SaiyanHajime
CF Legend
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Without trying to sound like a fanboy....
Stealth.
Why? Well. To be honest, it's not all that fair of a vote. All be it, i havn't ridden TTD... i doubt i ever will. But i never had much of an interest in TTD before the rumours of Stealth sprang. A 400ft coaster, eh? Whoopdidoo. I have no fear, what so ever, of heights. Views impress me, yes, but if i want stunning views i'll go to a tourist tower. The idea of a coaster being that high simply doesn't, in the slightest, interest me. Now, if we're talking about your regular lifthill coaster, height has a slightly larger impact on my opinion of things. Higher drops equals more speed! But now we're in a day where launch coasters can quickly acheive a more intense sensation of speed and an illusion of top speed despite even being slow. Yes, TTD thrusts riders forward now only at a high acceleration but at an impressivly high top speed... but then it dissopoints my interest. It goes up... looses it's speed almost instantly in it's climb before plumiting back down to earth. *claps* Oh wow, just... just wow.
So, okay, when i heard about Stealth i was excited for one reason. It's my homepark. And after riding Rita and experiancing the thrill of intense launched coasters, i was excited that i was getting a nice one-trick pony, with a big trick, at my homepark. That's all this really boils down too. My home park.
I'd laugh at Stealth if it was ANYWHERE else. Admittedly.
But theres also a few other things influancing my opinion here...
One of them is TTD's aceleration speed. Okay, so it's not a lot lower than Stealths, but it is lower by fact. It's top speed is huge, but if you really think that you can truly notice and compare top speeds then you're an idiot. By aceleration only do we feel speed. 0-80 and 0-120 at the same duration would result in the higher speed feeling quicker... lower the acel slightly on the higher top speed and i recon they'd feel the same, drop it a little more and the slower top speed will feel faster. You could be traveling at a zillion miles per second, but if you gradually got to that speed (looolz, and could magically cope with the forces!) over years (okay more like a centuary!) then you wouldn't bloody notice.
The other thing is the length of the launch tracks. Stealth's is shorter. Why does this matter? Because Rita's is shorter and Rita, despite having slower aceleration and a slower top speed, feels more intense than Stealth on the launch. Rita's is incredably intense, Stealth's is more draw out and.. well... drawn out, with a kind of graaaadual - BLAST! thing going on. Rita just thrusts to top speed in an instant. The launch is over in what feels like a split second! Now - that's influancing my firm belief that any launch track longer than Stealth's needs to be SIGNIFICENTLY faster in aceleration to even think about having a better launch in terms of intensity. But i supose it's quite possible that the launches on KK and TTD could just have a completely different experiance due to their long launch tracks. Though, i dobut it.
Then theres theming... oh dear. Well, TTD looks nice, i'll give it that. It's an impressive theme for a US park - i guess..... Adn it's colour scheme works, is eye catching, and ..just quite stunning. But after the removal of those hot backs to the trains it really offers nothing. I loved the theme of Amity Cove before Stealth, and Stealth has given the music, the atmosphere and the happy feel of 1950's California (even despite the Tidal Wave...) a new lease of life. I was shocked just how atmopspheric the area around Stealth is. The buildings are themed well, as are the rusted supports and seating walls. It's not oiutstanding on Tussauds standards, but it's darn good for a recent project. Especially considering Rita's crap.
Stealth wins it. It just does. Of course my opinion may be different if i had bloody ridden TTD... That's why i'm not actually going to vote. I'm just going to state why i think Stealth is the better ride.
As with Rita.
I don't udnerstand Ben's reaction in this topic.
Ben, if you think Rita is better than Stealth... than TTD will only be worse.
Without trying to sound like a fanboy....
Stealth.
Why? Well. To be honest, it's not all that fair of a vote. All be it, i havn't ridden TTD... i doubt i ever will. But i never had much of an interest in TTD before the rumours of Stealth sprang. A 400ft coaster, eh? Whoopdidoo. I have no fear, what so ever, of heights. Views impress me, yes, but if i want stunning views i'll go to a tourist tower. The idea of a coaster being that high simply doesn't, in the slightest, interest me. Now, if we're talking about your regular lifthill coaster, height has a slightly larger impact on my opinion of things. Higher drops equals more speed! But now we're in a day where launch coasters can quickly acheive a more intense sensation of speed and an illusion of top speed despite even being slow. Yes, TTD thrusts riders forward now only at a high acceleration but at an impressivly high top speed... but then it dissopoints my interest. It goes up... looses it's speed almost instantly in it's climb before plumiting back down to earth. *claps* Oh wow, just... just wow.
So, okay, when i heard about Stealth i was excited for one reason. It's my homepark. And after riding Rita and experiancing the thrill of intense launched coasters, i was excited that i was getting a nice one-trick pony, with a big trick, at my homepark. That's all this really boils down too. My home park.
I'd laugh at Stealth if it was ANYWHERE else. Admittedly.
But theres also a few other things influancing my opinion here...
One of them is TTD's aceleration speed. Okay, so it's not a lot lower than Stealths, but it is lower by fact. It's top speed is huge, but if you really think that you can truly notice and compare top speeds then you're an idiot. By aceleration only do we feel speed. 0-80 and 0-120 at the same duration would result in the higher speed feeling quicker... lower the acel slightly on the higher top speed and i recon they'd feel the same, drop it a little more and the slower top speed will feel faster. You could be traveling at a zillion miles per second, but if you gradually got to that speed (looolz, and could magically cope with the forces!) over years (okay more like a centuary!) then you wouldn't bloody notice.
The other thing is the length of the launch tracks. Stealth's is shorter. Why does this matter? Because Rita's is shorter and Rita, despite having slower aceleration and a slower top speed, feels more intense than Stealth on the launch. Rita's is incredably intense, Stealth's is more draw out and.. well... drawn out, with a kind of graaaadual - BLAST! thing going on. Rita just thrusts to top speed in an instant. The launch is over in what feels like a split second! Now - that's influancing my firm belief that any launch track longer than Stealth's needs to be SIGNIFICENTLY faster in aceleration to even think about having a better launch in terms of intensity. But i supose it's quite possible that the launches on KK and TTD could just have a completely different experiance due to their long launch tracks. Though, i dobut it.
Then theres theming... oh dear. Well, TTD looks nice, i'll give it that. It's an impressive theme for a US park - i guess..... Adn it's colour scheme works, is eye catching, and ..just quite stunning. But after the removal of those hot backs to the trains it really offers nothing. I loved the theme of Amity Cove before Stealth, and Stealth has given the music, the atmosphere and the happy feel of 1950's California (even despite the Tidal Wave...) a new lease of life. I was shocked just how atmopspheric the area around Stealth is. The buildings are themed well, as are the rusted supports and seating walls. It's not oiutstanding on Tussauds standards, but it's darn good for a recent project. Especially considering Rita's crap.
Stealth wins it. It just does. Of course my opinion may be different if i had bloody ridden TTD... That's why i'm not actually going to vote. I'm just going to state why i think Stealth is the better ride.
Stealth's launch track is shorter. They take near enough the same speed to cover the track, with TTD slightly lagging, but on Stealth the launch will have the illusion of being much faster...
As with Rita.
I don't udnerstand Ben's reaction in this topic.
Ben, if you think Rita is better than Stealth... than TTD will only be worse.
