fishman100
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Fishman100 here, still semi-tired from a long day at BG yesterday 
Actually, our orchestra at our school participated in a contest right next to BG, so we spent the day there after our ~10 minute performance
The Park
We entered through the England entrance; I don't know if there are other entrances to the park. But the main gate led us to every section of the park, which was pretty helpful. The layout is fairly simple but sometimes the various turns and hills may make it confusing-and if you don't have much energy, then be wary of the hills And for some reason, we kept overshooting Loch Ness Monster after we rode it the 1st time, so keep looking for the signs that will point you in the right direction.
Loch Ness Monster
After having a not-so-great time on Anaconda, I was pretty impressed by the smoothness of LNM. Of course, that may be because I sat in the front each time, but I did that with Anaconda too
The interlocking loops were pretty cool; it's too bad they don't synchronize the trains.
The first drop can be pretty scary, but it's not that fast. I didn't experience any headbanging, etc. on LNM, which is good Overall, a good ride for warm-ups.
Griffon
The coaster I was looking forward to riding the most For a pretty popular coaser, we were surprised at the ~15 minute wait. The lift hill was very steep, but it was fast-and when we were stopped at the top it was scary, especially on my first ride, when I found that I could wiggle forward a bit, so when we were tilted downwards, I was (literally) on the edge of my seat :shock: The drop wasn't as scary as I thought, and the 2 immelmans felt great. This one ranks 2nd in my "Favorite Coasters at BG" list, but only by a shred. I managed to ride this 6 times, all of which were good.
Alpengeist
I still have no idea how to pronounce that, but oh well
The same problem occurs here in most of the inverted B&M's: everywhere but the front is bumpy. We sat in the front the first time and experienced a great ride. The drop looks steep, but you don't even feel the first drop. The speed was great; it made my feet feel nice I rode it a second time and it was unusually bumpy (in the second row). On our 8th time, it started raining as we were ascending the lift hill, which made the ride a whole lot more painful-the rain felt like hail. Don't ride this if it's raining But when it's not, it's a great ride and it was my favorite ride there.
Apollo's Chariot
So I was hesitant to ride this one (from the airtime hills), but I eventually forced myself onto the ride. The restraints were interesting; I've never seen a restraint like that before. It was sunny out when we were at the peak of the lift hill, which was very relaxing. The drop, from a non-rider's POV, looks insanely steep, but like Alpengeist, it wasn't. The first hill wasn't that bad, and I only got somewhat sick
I thought there were 5 coasters, but it turns out there are only 4. However, the quality of the coasters compensates for the quantity.
It's a good park, and with the construction of Mach Tower (almost finished) and another coaster opening sometime next year (or that's what I hear), it should be better. I look forward to riding Griffon again
Actually, our orchestra at our school participated in a contest right next to BG, so we spent the day there after our ~10 minute performance
The Park
We entered through the England entrance; I don't know if there are other entrances to the park. But the main gate led us to every section of the park, which was pretty helpful. The layout is fairly simple but sometimes the various turns and hills may make it confusing-and if you don't have much energy, then be wary of the hills
And for some reason, we kept overshooting Loch Ness Monster after we rode it the 1st time, so keep looking for the signs that will point you in the right direction.Loch Ness Monster
After having a not-so-great time on Anaconda, I was pretty impressed by the smoothness of LNM. Of course, that may be because I sat in the front each time, but I did that with Anaconda too
The interlocking loops were pretty cool; it's too bad they don't synchronize the trains.
The first drop can be pretty scary, but it's not that fast. I didn't experience any headbanging, etc. on LNM, which is good
Overall, a good ride for warm-ups.Griffon
The coaster I was looking forward to riding the most
For a pretty popular coaser, we were surprised at the ~15 minute wait. The lift hill was very steep, but it was fast-and when we were stopped at the top it was scary, especially on my first ride, when I found that I could wiggle forward a bit, so when we were tilted downwards, I was (literally) on the edge of my seat :shock: The drop wasn't as scary as I thought, and the 2 immelmans felt great. This one ranks 2nd in my "Favorite Coasters at BG" list, but only by a shred. I managed to ride this 6 times, all of which were good.Alpengeist
I still have no idea how to pronounce that, but oh well
The same problem occurs here in most of the inverted B&M's: everywhere but the front is bumpy. We sat in the front the first time and experienced a great ride. The drop looks steep, but you don't even feel the first drop. The speed was great; it made my feet feel nice
I rode it a second time and it was unusually bumpy (in the second row). On our 8th time, it started raining as we were ascending the lift hill, which made the ride a whole lot more painful-the rain felt like hail. Don't ride this if it's raining But when it's not, it's a great ride and it was my favorite ride there.Apollo's Chariot
So I was hesitant to ride this one (from the airtime hills), but I eventually forced myself onto the ride. The restraints were interesting; I've never seen a restraint like that before. It was sunny out when we were at the peak of the lift hill, which was very relaxing. The drop, from a non-rider's POV, looks insanely steep, but like Alpengeist, it wasn't. The first hill wasn't that bad, and I only got somewhat sick
I thought there were 5 coasters, but it turns out there are only 4. However, the quality of the coasters compensates for the quantity.
It's a good park, and with the construction of Mach Tower (almost finished) and another coaster opening sometime next year (or that's what I hear), it should be better. I look forward to riding Griffon again
