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0 Rating Posted by: CoasterMac on 4/3/2003 8:48:00 PM

wow, i love this ride, one of my absolute favorite flat designs! iv never seen this anywhere else, so for me at least its home is SFNE, and i anit complainin. if u have a tolerace for spining rides, gotta get on this, u can do it multiple times in the same amount of time it takes to do almost any of the coasters in the park (w/ the exception of SRoS). i just would sugest it right after eating, unless u have a really though stomach, i mean REALLY tough!

I never found th espinig bad on this. I could write a story while on it. it is a fantastic ride thow. SFGAdv has one also.

yea i was gonna say GADv has one. it is a great ride tho. when it picks up at the end is just the best. i think its the best flat at SFNE

Acually it dosnt go any faster. its the change in direction that is doin it.

well it feels it and thats what they want you to feel i guess so theyre successful.

ya, the ride is fantastic thow. and looks good in the area.

yes it does

yeah, good place for it, and it deffinitely is the best flat a SFNE. they have one at SFGAdv? really? man i gotta get back there! the change in direction sounds like it would produce more volatile (and fun!!) gs than just increasing speed, and with the pressure applied right at the end of this, i believe thats what happens.

its the best part of the ride

17rpms thats it, I counted. feel sliek more. you get abotu 2 Gs every time you come accross the botom. when the revirse spin hapons and you hit the outer swing and th espin you gan get a quick 3-4 Gs dependign where you are positioned.

wow..it feels like a lot more. well i guess if they can get the feeling without puttin in the power its good. the gs are great.

Ya the Tirkish Twist is the only ride I know that gives you more Gs.

i rode that once but i dont remeber it well. its been awhile.

4.5 Gs for well more then a Minute straight.

WOW.intense. all i remember is my friend got so sick afterwards. that explains it.

its a hellof a ride. all the other roters are slower.

Its the only one ive ever been on but i really dont remember it at all.

It became a somewhat comen ride inhte 70s. camobie got theirs in te 60s. you can find a few but this one is the best Ive ever riden.

i think ive seen one other in BGW

thay migh thave one. dont know. canobie may not have the bast most fantastic coasters but they tak it in flat rides. i have yet to find oen park that have the number and quality of flats that canobie dose.

eh, Turkish twist? i think i know the ride but where is it? iv never gotten to go on one before. everytime i had the chance, i chickened out. iv always wanted to, they had one at PKD, Time shaft they called it. i think they took it out, so i never got to ride it, but i pretty sure they dont have one at BGW.

Canobie Lake Park

i went to BGW in 96 so they may have removed it since.

i dont remember one before that, and i was there every year from 94 to 98, with the exception of 97. but they have moved a few rides around, and i think added a ride (a flat obviously) so i think its possible because i didnt get to ride all of the rides each time i went we werent there the whole day, plus one dya we split between BGW and Water country U.S.A. there acctaully are at least two maybe three rides i missed at BGW.

and the think is the water park had asked forhte name jsut 2 days erlyer they wouldnt have to have the USA.

it might have been at BGW but im not 100% sure.

I dont remember one when I wend in 92

ok im lookin at the BGW map that i have from 96 buts you canyt make out rides so i can only read the descriptions. these are the ones that could be oit if it was at this park. the description soinds right. see if they sound familiar,tradewind,sea dragon.

I have yet to find a roter that was roter. or somthing twiste. but I dont remembe rany of those rids.

yeah, i cant remember most of the rides at BGW, with the exception of the rollercoasters and Pompeii. if they dont have a ride like that though they should get one! it would go great with the theme of the Globe theatre in England.

i know i went to one park once and my dad rode the ride but i didnt and it was a long ltime ago. i was pretty sure it was BGW. if not that then id guess hershey but i doubt hershey.

Canobie and Lake compounce has one, River side had one, Great Adventure has one. it could have been one of those.

iv never been to compounce or GAdv. i only went once with my dad to riverside and i was older. i was young when it happened. i dont htink it was canobie. i highly doubt it. im almost positive it was at BGW

i remember there was one at SFGAdv because when we got to the ride i didnt go on it, i think i just wasnt feeling up to it, so i watched the others ride it. i cant wait to go on one though!

Their fun. its more of an intensity ride then a thrillride. but they are fun. i love watch ing people freak out when the floor drops.

yeah, thats one thing i remember, my friend screaming like a baby when the floor let out! and i laughed and i laughed...he didnt, he cried!!!!

Best thing is canobies floor drops liek 3-5 ft. a little more then alot of the ones Ive seen. so people tend to freak out even more.

it is cool. it prob somethin that in a couple years they find causes like brain damage but its still fun. i wish more parks had them.

They have averry visable wornign size that worns you of the presure. they also worn you a second time tat this is an extreamy intenc ride before startign it and give you ampe opertunity to get off. so I dont think you woudl ave much t complain about.

im not complainin im just sayin its prob somethin in a couple of years theyll deem not safe but who cares.

theyre always sayin rides arent safe...bulls*** they arent!!!! rollercoasters and thrill rides are safer than the car ride u take to get to the park to begin with!!! ur right, someone will do some stupid study or something ain a few years to deem this ride un-safe...kinda like cell phones and flying!!!

You havea better chance of geting into a golf cart acident then a coaster. the rides bont put yu at risk. pluse they have the right to get off.

i think you all missed my statement. im not sayin rides are unsafe although i beliece some prob are. true maybe safer than ridin in a car but still unsafe is unsafe. awhile ago there was a study proving a link between brain injury and coaster riding. it was late proven false but thats what i mean. someones gonna do a study and say its not safe but i dont care. its fun.

Im sarry ontillit is proven by many people its caled a theary. a theary isnt wothte covermant being jurks and bothering the parks. I know you wernt sayign that. I just through outthe info. but I woudnt mind parks beign required to rport any injerys a the park that require a hospital run. and passign out from heat dosnt count.

Thow t woudl rarly hapon adncanobei. they have fully trained EMS at teh park. they also have as much equipmt as any ambulance. in fact the park just bought a comercial grrade Defibulater.

I know what u were saying, i just ut my two cents in on that subject, and i know about that study too, and from the day they said they cause brain damage i said bull! then they said "we were wrong!!!" so i agree, even if they say it isnt safe, im still goin!, so long as its fun. plus, my grandmother passed out of heat-exaustion at a theme park, and iv seen it happen to at least 5 other people so i know it is pretty common. if an injury isnt ride related, they shouldnt post it, just handle it. i think most parks are much more than well equiped to handle heat-exaustion!!

CAnobei and other parks aroung hear se alot of it. the teperature gets higher then normal and people dont compansate. thow at least canobie has alot of water Bublers and theyre clearly visable with signs. actualy its a state law that the park have to offer free water.

my sis passed out from heat at USF in line for MIB. yes parks should report all injuries and have a trained medical staff. maybe even do practice drills. ive seent hat they do it at schlitterbahn. they have ppl pretend to have heart attacks and they have to react exactly like they would if it really happened.

MAny parks do do that. most ly water parks wer esafty is well a mater of life and death. cover is another thing. shade is needed. if anything that parks chould be required to do is rovide shade in que areas and around the park.

like superman. most of cyclone is shgaded. BTDK isnt but when i went it looked like they had misters for hot days.

verry little of superman is shaded les. only about a fourth of it is. Cyclone is shaded out side the main que. Batman has misters but thy are varly runing . but misters arent goign to help you that much. it will keep you a little cooler but wont get you out of the sun. there are only a few rides that have shaded covered ques. Hudini, scrambler, Jocker, Mind eraser, and sream. thats it. you are still stuck in te sunfor much or all of the rides lines.

thunderbolts covered isnt it. the mister at BTDK werent on ewhen i went but they prob create a cool effect

only a thid of Thundrbolt is shaded. the magority of the SF created line is out side the coaster in the sun.

Sf does need to work on shade cuz yea not many are covered. i thought nightwing was.

Actualy it is. i forgot that one. butthey shoudl install a fan becouse its varry hot under it.

Batmans misters dont do anything pretty much, they do need shades over that line. iv seen em on, and they really dont help compared to Mind Erasers and Screams and Cyclones queue shades!

i bet the misters look cool tho.

I dont know I have never seen them runign.

i havent thats why i said i BET they look cool

But ther misters. theirs nothign really special aboutthem. so Imnot so optimistic. SF is probubly trying to say its themeign.

i think it is. look at all the batman movies. the streets are always dark and covered in Fog. the misters aere themeing.

RAM20884, thats an EXCELLENT point. Especially at night, the misters from SROSS second tunnel add MUCH to the entrance of the DC area.

That is a extreamly far streatch. Ill admin its neet seign the mist fall oner the side of the tunel into the walk ways at night. but Misters arnt themeing. if they were they woudl have been heden so it looked natural. it was theri excause to put somthignin the cool the line without spendign the money for a roof.

Sometimes the best atmosphere is created by accident, like a film maker who shoots a scene with the wrong lens and the scene comes out better than he ever intended. In any case it still works.

To many people ate too easly pleased. no wonder SF is so loved.

i think its both. they wanted to cool off their guests and decided instead of doin somethin boring like just covering it theyd mist it to both cool you down and create a cool atmosphere. i bet it looks cool and i think it is themeing.

Its not that Im easily pleased, its just that I dont need an amusement park to pretend its something its not, and because of the success Disney has had over these past three decades, every park in America feels it has to say its a "theme park". Someone once said that a theme park is a place that has a few rides and lots of things to see, while an amusement park is simply about screaming your head off on a lot of rides. Well count me with the group that enjoys the later. What themeing a park comes up with I appreciate, but I dont need it. Neither does themeing change my view of a ride. I dont think a ride needs to tell a story, I just think a cool ride needs to kick a little ass. As Ive said before on this site, I much prefer a well LANDSCAPED park to a well themed park. I just wish Six Flags would admit to themselves that theyre really an amusement park chain, not a theme park. Then they could concentrate on an overall pleasant environment and cool rides, and not try and please the "themeing" crowd who will always complain and never be satisfied.

i agree. SF parks are amusement parks. i enjoy both theme and amusement parks but i believe if you call yourself a theme park itts ahrd to live up to. Disney, Universal and Busch have all lived up to it. SF hasnt.

Hav eyou ben to any of the origanal parks? SFOT was a theme park the owner wanted a themepark. and he themed the park. he calle din friens from hollywood to guild themed areas around the park to prign outthe experiance. it was wen Premier bought it and started Brandign parks like River side that this stoped. I;m shore he is rollign over in his grave right now over what was come of his company.

lol. i look at the 2 parks ive been to and then the ones ive seen on TV and there is minimal themeing. GAdv looks like they have some but not alot. i mean isnt Nitro in an area designated as Gotham?

No actualy its behing the movie town. it looks that way because the only way to get a good shough tis fromthe mid way were you see the stunt show arena and the BTR ride. the themeign on everythign exept the few new rides if verry good. a great weastern, English(midival) festival, Movie area, pirate, weasters, etc. for the most part its well themed. but their last 3 coaster re porly themed. again Premier influance.

how does nitro tie intpo a movie town. wait, im lookin at a map of the park. there is not Gotham lol. they should call it that with all the batman themed stuff there. Nitro still doesnt seem to fit in. your right their last couple of coasters arent up there woith themeing

true but I woudl remove the acme Arena. it just takes up space. most of it is Batman. bet theri is also the Acme water works, Stuntmans Free fall, I thign I might be misign one none coaster one. but a Gotham city is goign a little overboard.

it could work. change stuntmans to like a joker theme and paint it green or mr freeze. i dont know what the acme waterworks is but could it possibly be themed like penguins blizzard river.

A penguin themed shoot-the-chute is pushign it. I injoy themove theme better. Nitro can become a pirotechnic display gone haywire(theme story). and then you have two batman things. with the arena gone you can instal a fw attractions.

well then nitro needs more themeing

Like I had said before build a searis of buildign wre the que and buildign is. make it look liek a buildign area for Pyrotechic efects. even have wornign signs aroungd that worn of explosions.

yea thatd work. but they have like no themeing right.

Right now their is no thmeing. just a really good coaster.

so the easy part is done

ya somthing like that. they shoudl add some theamign at least around the que. you thign a Giant Firecracker tunnel is too much?

would that tunnel be part of the ride or part of the queue?

I was thinging the ride. there is a bit of a straight away befor comign back up so a tunnel of some sort woudl be good for the ride.

hmmm, yea it could work

just somthign to liven it up a bit. the coaster itself is good so al you ned is to add some theming.

ill see how much themeing it really needs when i go. they could always make it dive through a ring of fire while pyrotechnic displays go off on the sides lol. thatd be some good themeing.

Thow expansive. I woudl more worry abotu addign some themeing to the que area. then add what you can to thecoaster itself.

thats tru cuz when ur on a coaster you rarely notice the surroundings

thou the coasters do need then as well. trees and other landscapign need to be placed if high themeing cant be seen.

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