I find them ridiculously endearing and a lot of fun for that very reason.Pretty much any of the Japanese "Jet" coasters as well. Some of them look quite impressive, but you just meander around for a bit and that's it.
The Santa Monica Pier is best experienced from a safe distance. Ugh.The setting is far better experienced by surfing, rather than the roller coaster.
I know. It blows my mind why anyone wants to go there.Santa Monica (the area in general) was a f**king dump.
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It must have somehow changed a lot over the years as I can’t conceive of how the Santa Monica i knew growing up could be called a dump. It could be criticized in some ways, maybe for getting too commercial, but a dump? Aside from always having a lot of homeless along some sections of the beach, I don’t know where the dump tag would come from.I know. It blows my mind why anyone wants to go there.
I haven’t seen the pier in its latest incarnation as an amusement park or whatever it is.Having visited for the first time this year, I think the tag 'tacky' would be better than 'dump'. It wasn't dirty or falling down, just a bit naff. Had this image in my head from Hollywood/music that it was very fancy and full of famous rich people posing. A but like Miami I guess. But it wasn't really like that at all.
To be fair, I'm only basing this on the walk from the car park to the pier.
Who even thought of that? Was this the early precursor to the monorail or something?Its this https://rcdb.com/2239.htm#p=44108
There is a load of flat track. One drop and then a lift to the station. Thats it.
Forgot about that thing. Waste of time. It used to have an actual layout, but most of it was taken out and they were left with a flat oval.Who even thought of that? Was this the early precursor to the monorail or something?
Why did they remove so much layout?Forgot about that thing. Waste of time. It used to have an actual layout, but most of it was taken out and they were left with a flat oval.
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Absolutely no idea.Why did they remove so much layout?
Absolutely no idea.Why did they remove so much layout?