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Twister is an excellent wooden roller coaster, though not nearly as good as the Phoenix. Located at the far left side of the park, Twister is in its own section at Knoebels. With a massive, light brown, wooden structure, Twister is designed to have an almost identical layout to the legendary Mr. Twister. Unlike the Phoenix, Twister isnt loaded in air-time and is instead filled with many twists and turns. Generally Twister has a wait under 10 minutes because of exceptionally fast loading, unloading, and dispatching. Along the walk up the queue line, you can see a bolt from the original Mr. Twister ride. My favorite seat was the second seat because it generally doesnt have a wait and its just as good as the front seat. Running a maroon and light green train, it depends on how busy Knoebels is if theyll run 1 or 2 trains. With no seatbelts, you are restrained only by an orange lap bar. Beginning the ride is a lift hill, followed by a curved drop and curve before a second lift hill. At the top, you wind around for a while and then plunge down a steep drop heading right into the beautiful structure. The back seat gets a pop of air-time during the drop. Following that is a large turnaround hill providing a viscious pop of air-time launching riders at the front of the train into the lap bar. It was the most exciting burst of air-time I have ever had on a roller coaster. Then you go down another large drop giving back seat riders some air-time. Afterwards you go through the mammoth double helix that is fast and exciting. There was some brief jostling. Later in the ride, you speed down a steep drop and around a curve and zoom through a suprise tunnel that caught me off-guard. Following the tunnel is a quick pop of air-time for front seat riders and a turn before hitting the brake run ending the long and fast-paced ride. Twister was fairly smooth for a twisting wooden coaster. Overall, an excellent twisting wooden coaster complimenting the Phoenix nicely. I highly recommend Twister for anyone who enjoys twister-layout wooden coasters.
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