Animan1
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 12/13/2003 11:38:00 AM
This is a topic to discuss coasters you wish you could have ridden that you won't ever get a chance to because they are gone forever.
I would have liked to ride the Bobs at Riverview Park, Hercules at Dorney Park, and The Lightning (forgot the park, but I do know it was built by Traver). Even though that last one was supposed to be wicked and a person died on it, I would like to see how intense it really was.
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MovieCoast
Posts: 1359
Registered: 1/1/2002
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12/13/2003 12:20:00 PM
Hercules at Dorney Park
Drachen Fire @ Busch Gardens
Crystal Beach Cyclone
Revoultion @ SFMM before it was ruined
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Red Rascal
Posts: 7284
Registered: 1/28/2003
Rank: Croatian Critic
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 12/13/2003 12:49:00 PM
-Wildcat @ Idora Park
-Thriller @ Euclid Beach
-Flying Turns @ Euclid Beach
-High Frolics @ Cedar Point
-Cyclone @ Cedar Point
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3r1c
Posts: 5466
Registered: 6/7/2003
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12/13/2003 3:32:00 PM
Any coaster by Traver.
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Chet
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12/13/2003 8:47:00 PM
i'd like to ride any coaster that was torn down no matter what it was... unless it was dangerous, like the flip-flop
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Swimace
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12/13/2003 9:15:00 PM
Drachen Fire
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Hercules
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Swimace
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12/13/2003 9:17:00 PM
Quote:
MovieCoast said:
Revoultion @ SFMM before it was ruined |
How was it ruined?
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3r1c
Posts: 5466
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12/13/2003 9:31:00 PM
Swimace, OSTRs (some of the worst designed, ever) and trims. Lots of trims.
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Swimace
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12/13/2003 9:35:00 PM
Speaking of trim brakes, I would have liked to have ridden Mean Streak before the trim brakes where added
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adriahna
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Skooter Junkie
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12/13/2003 11:37:00 PM
Ahhhh...three come to mind. Of course, the Crystal Beach Cyclone. Secondly, the Tornado (Coney Island). Last but not least...The Aeroplane (Rye Playland). My god, I was born way too late.
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Horizons12
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Registered: 8/16/2002
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12/13/2003 11:48:00 PM
- Any Schwarzkopf Jumbo Jet
- A Schwarzkopf Katapult
- Coney Island Thunderbolt
- Loop-the-Loop, the fixed one after the Flip-Flap. I rather not break my neck on Flip-Flap. 
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3r1c
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12/14/2003 12:02:00 AM
Quote:
Swimace said:
I would have liked to have ridden Mean Streak before the trim brakes where added |
Now that was a hell of a good ride.
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Swimace
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12/14/2003 12:54:00 PM
Why did they add so many trim brakes? It is possible to add trim brakes without ruining a ride. Montu got trim brakes added and it's still great.
Message updated 12/14/2003 12:55:00 PM by Swimace
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cujo
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Registered: 10/21/2003
Rank: Bronze Critic
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12/14/2003 2:18:00 PM
Twister @ Elitch's, Airplane @ Rye, TX Cyclone when it was first built, Rattler when it was first built, Drachen Fire, The Bat
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3r1c
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12/14/2003 3:02:00 PM
Quote:
Swimace said:
Why did they add so many trim brakes? |
To make it less intense? I also heard they added OSTRs because of laws in California, but Montezumas (sp?) Revenge doesn't have them.
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Cyclonic
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Registered: 7/19/2002
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12/14/2003 3:19:00 PM
Quote:
adriahna said:
Ahhhh...three come to mind. Of course, the Crystal Beach Cyclone. Secondly, the Tornado (Coney Island). Last but not least...The Aeroplane (Rye Playland). My god, I was born way too late. |
Those are some of my top ride's as well, plus the Bobs at Riverview and the Thunderbolt at Coney. A little insider info, you may be able to ride the Aeroplane sometime in the nearer future.
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Cyclonic
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12/14/2003 3:22:00 PM
Quote:
Swimace said:
Why did they add so many trim brakes? |
Usually it is to reduce maintaince costs. By slowing the ride down it reduces the wear and tear on the track. The trains are very heavy and cause a lot of damage, expecally on wooden coasters.
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Swimace
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12/14/2003 3:28:00 PM
That's stupid. "lets ruin a ride to make maintanance cost less"
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Cyclonic
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12/14/2003 3:37:00 PM
It can cost millions to maintain some of these coasters year after year. For example, the turnaround after the first drop on Hercules had to be retracked nearly every year. That costs a lot of money. Parks have to put that in the equation. If they did not break even, there would be no rides at all.
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UC
Posts: 68
Registered: 11/26/2003
Rank: Senior Critic
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12/14/2003 5:14:00 PM
Rye Playland Aeroplane
Drachen Fire
Orient Express
Theres a few more but my brain really aint working right now....
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zjohn1988
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Registered: 6/8/2003
Rank: SFGAm Critic
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12/31/2003 1:39:00 PM
Drachen Fire @ BGW
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Danny
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1/1/2004 11:28:00 AM
Drachen Fire and Mean Streak (before the trims)
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coasterbil
Posts: 68
Registered: 12/13/2003
Rank: Senior Critic
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1/1/2004 12:33:00 PM
Believe me you DO NOT wish you could ride Hercules.
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larrygator
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1/1/2004 2:57:00 PM
Thunderbolt at Coney Island - after looking at the remains for years before finally destroyed just makes you wonder what you missed
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Red Rascal
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Rank: Croatian Critic
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1/1/2004 6:34:00 PM
Isn't that coaster haunted or something?
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larrygator
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1/1/2004 7:34:00 PM
I never heard of any coaster being haunted. I'll ask around with some of the older people who knew Coney Island better
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coasterbil
Posts: 68
Registered: 12/13/2003
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1/3/2004 8:23:00 PM
No, That's the Tornado (BOBS) which I think was removed in the 70's
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coasterbil
Posts: 68
Registered: 12/13/2003
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1/3/2004 8:23:00 PM
No, That's the Tornado (BOBS) which I think was removed in the 70's
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Swimace
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1/3/2004 9:02:00 PM
Quote:
coasterbil said:
Believe me you DO NOT wish you could ride Hercules. |
I do. Sure, it could be horrible, but I've made it through some pretty tough things and no roller coaster could be that bad, so what's the worst that could happen?
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Red Rascal
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1/3/2004 9:31:00 PM
It's not as bad as people say it is.
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