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 Review of Bizarro @ Six Flags Great Adventure
0 Rating Posted by: NYCTom on 9/2/2001 7:41:00 PM
Forget Kraken. Medusa is by far the best floorless coaster and it is my favorite roller coaster. The ride has a 14 story drop and that is followed by a large vertical loop. Then that is followed by a dive roll which is one of the best parts of the ride. That is followed by a huge corkscrew. Then the train heads into the boomerang and the ride slightly shakes and i found that to be a little unpleasant but it will scare you. Then the ride hits some brakes and heads into the grand finale. The ride drops and you head into a corkscrew and the ride turns and you hit another corkscrew. You wont know where you are going and that adds to the excitement of the ride. Medusa is now my favorite coaster. It provides a smooth ride and has tons of inversions and it wont make you feel sick. Ride Medusa, you wont regret it.
 

Review Comments

bb_dg on 9/30/2001 11:32:46 AM said:
sounds great. whens the best time to ride?
Paul on 9/30/2001 12:28:04 PM said:
when you first get there. I didnt relize you havent been here before.
Alfungus on 9/30/2001 12:44:48 PM said:
The line usually goes really quick. We get there and it will be full but it only takes like 15 mins to get on.
NYCTom on 9/30/2001 5:14:30 PM said:
oh its the best ride in the park as well as in the northeast.....by all means ride this ride its in the wild west section you should definetly go on it
bb_dg on 9/30/2001 5:32:39 PM said:
cool. ive been before but its been so long that im just finding out what other people think.
XtremeFan8 on 9/30/2001 9:12:57 PM said:
u noy this isthe best ride?- cuz its B&M!
bb_dg on 10/1/2001 6:32:05 PM said:
ofcourse
Sephiroth7 on 10/1/2001 6:51:10 PM said:
lol...b&m...whos better? Arrow...lol...lllllloooooooollllllll
O and it is not the best ride in the northeast. That goes to the Coney Island Cyclone. And the other options are Superman or Nitro, Medusa is the best looper, but it is not the best ride.
XtremeFan8 on 10/1/2001 7:37:30 PM said:
guess what arrow sux! they r running out of ideas since B&M came around and came out with new coasters!
XtremeFan8 on 10/1/2001 8:34:02 PM said:
and medusa is a pretty great ride from what i have seen and heard!
NYCTom on 10/2/2001 12:32:00 PM said:
Yeah true the Cyclone is the best...but I prefer smooth rides so I would definetly pick a steel over a wooden coaster....SROS is definetly not better than Medusa and neither is Nitro...It is the best ride in the Northeast
XtremeFan8 on 10/2/2001 4:44:52 PM said:
uh y did u put NYC infront of ur name? u dont live there.
Paul on 10/2/2001 5:58:52 PM said:
He said he did once...I think.
NYCTom on 10/2/2001 7:55:49 PM said:
no i put NYC in my name because I work there...its where i went to college...and its the place where I usually spend my weekends its a really cool place
Paul on 10/2/2001 8:05:19 PM said:
oh
Alfungus on 10/2/2001 8:08:19 PM said:
I dont like going into the city.
Pry cause a car hit us last time.
But its a cool place to hang out.
Sephiroth7 on 10/3/2001 3:13:12 PM said:
Medusa is a great ride. Probably the best looper in the northeast. But being it doesnt have any "real" drop detracts from its score. Kraken, its cousin coaster in the south, actually has a drop which is not found in most looping coasters. My biggest problem with loopers is they dont have drops(or i should say good drops). But neither of the two compare to Nitro which is leaps and bounds better than any ride in the northeast which offers tremendous air, an indredable first drop, and some wicked gs. It puts Medusa and every other ride in the northeast to shame, except for the Holy Cyclone of course.
Sephiroth7 on 10/3/2001 3:15:08 PM said:
O and your "14 story drop" that you rave about is a curved drop which basically gives you zero thrills.
NYCTom on 10/3/2001 4:08:49 PM said:
I love hanging out in 5th ave and like 42nd street its really cool there...the drop was awesome I thought the curved drop have the feeling that you do not know where ur going and it adds to the twisted feel of the ride
XtremeFan8 on 10/3/2001 4:42:21 PM said:
ight whatever- thats stupid!
NYCTom on 10/3/2001 8:54:36 PM said:
who are you talking to xtremefan?
Sephiroth7 on 10/5/2001 11:39:57 PM said:
Who knows dont listen to him...he never makes any sense. Dont get me wrong, I love Medusa...I just cant see people liking it better than Kraken. Kraken has an awesome drop...but if you like curved drops then so be it, Im not you last time I checked...
NYCTom on 10/6/2001 10:48:41 AM said:
Kraken was so weak it angers me to see others liking Kraken better when both are very similar...Even though Medusa has the better layout
Sephiroth7 on 10/6/2001 3:15:36 PM said:
Yea but Krakens drop goes striaght down(not curved). Plus the tunnel at the end of the ride gives it a another advantage. But what I really like on this ride is the diving loop. It is the best part of the ride and it is something Medusa does not have. But like you said they are both very similar. I think people like the cool little extras Kraken had to offer. Im sure nobody thought it was THAT much better, but I think more people happen to like drops that dont curve...thats probably the reason.
Paul on 10/6/2001 4:51:18 PM said:
exacltly, better airtime.
NYCTom on 10/6/2001 6:01:49 PM said:
um Medusa has a diving loop after its first inversion....the difference between the two is that Medusa is much smoother....the twisted dive in Medusa adds to the dizzying effect of the ride and thats what makes it more unpredictable than Kraken....Medusa is the better coaster
Paul on 10/6/2001 10:33:51 PM said:
Kraken is a very smooth ride...well when I went in 2000, maybe it hasnt aged well.
Sephiroth7 on 10/7/2001 4:29:44 AM said:
Yea...Kraken is definitely the smooother of the two even tho both are extremely smooth rides. The diving loop in Medusa is not a "real" diving loop. It adds that twist which makes it totally different. The Kraken loop is much tighter giving you more of a thrill. It is definitely the highlight of Kraken. I am sorry but the two inversions are totally different. Montu, at Busch Gardens Tampa has the same diving loop that goes underground. It is a tight vertical loop that is extremely thrilling. And by the way Kraken has aged perfectly. It is still the quietest coaster in the world...
Paul on 10/7/2001 12:19:46 PM said:
well what coaster did he ride?
NYCTom on 10/7/2001 2:53:51 PM said:
No way....Medusa is the smoother ride....I never felt the train shake during the ride unlike Kraken which shook a lot for me during the boomerang and also the loop it has aged awfully....I dont know if its because of all the rain that Florida gets but its definetly not as smooth as Medusa....I thought the diving loop was much better on Medusa and it is a real diving loop except larger....yes Kraken did have a tighter diving lopp which unfortunately made more intense rather than exciting. Sorry but Medusa was much better, and of course it was the first floorless making it the more memorable one. Kraken was too predictable for me especially since I rode it after I had been on Medusa and I knew what was going to happen so that also detracted from the rides excitement
Sephiroth7 on 10/7/2001 4:08:33 PM said:
I think it is simple....YOU LIKE MEDUSA...WE LIKE KRAKEN...YOU LIKE CERTAIN AREAS OF MEDUSA...WE LIKE CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF KRAKEN. You say it was intense but not exciting...for me the more intense, the more thril. The only thing I would differ with you is the smoothness. But once again they are both extremely smooth so I dont think it really matters...smoothness was not even an issue for me when I rode either of the two rides...that award goes to Batman and Robin at SFGA.
NYCTom on 10/8/2001 1:06:33 PM said:
B&R was bad....okay intensity is a bad thing because if a ride is too intense no one will want to ride it....and it detracts from the excitement of he coaster...smoothness is huge issue if the coaster is floorless
Sephiroth7 on 10/8/2001 2:09:54 PM said:
I think Hypersonic is an intense ride and people seem to love it, so I think the majarity of people dissagree...anyway your right smoothness is a huge issue on a floorless coaster and I cant think of a floorless coaster that isnt smooth. However, I found Kraken to be smoother than Medusa, but that didnt determine which ride I liked better simply because they were both extremely smooth rides. What I did factor in were the inversions, the drop, and the final tunnel in Kraken in which I based my final verdict. My final verdict obviously was Kraken, the tallest, fastest, longest coaster in Florida.
NYCTom on 10/8/2001 7:50:34 PM said:
oh that lame tunnel does not add excitement and Medusa was smoother are you sure you rode the Medusa in NJ?...Hypersonic depends on intensity see certain rides need intensity and floorless coasters do not rely on intensity of their excitement....and the rides are very similar...it makes you wonder if B&M even bothered making a new track layout
Sephiroth7 on 10/9/2001 3:43:31 AM said:
That tunnel is surely a positive, not a negative. And yes I am sure I rode the one in NJ. Every steel looper needs intensity. Ive never been on a looper where I didnt desire intensity. The only rides I think shouldnt be intense are woodies. Both tracks are different in layout and the first drops are TOTALLY DIFFERENT. A lot of B&Ms are similar rides I will admit to that, but Kraken and Medusa do have a lot of different elements. Its like saying both tracks in Dueling Dragons are the same, which as you can see by their ratings theyre not.
Paul on 10/9/2001 12:33:04 PM said:
I know really.
NYCTom on 10/9/2001 3:47:35 PM said:
oodies should definetly be intense....the Cyclone is intense and so was Gwazi Tiger....I know those two rides are not the same I did not say they were the same I said they were very similar especially how they both use the same inversion techniques....they could have put them in a different order so you would not know what would happen....Hypercoasters depend on intensity also but floorless def not...I mean if it is too intense it backfires...for example GASM is way too intense because the loops are way too small for I think its the 170 or 160 foot drop...its the feeling where you feel like your head will explode and it is really unpleasant
Sephiroth7 on 10/9/2001 3:59:13 PM said:
About the woodies mentioned they are intense in a different way. I can see what you mean by intense for a woodie and you are correct. All good woodies are intense, but I would have to disagree with looping coasters. I happen to love the GASM. I rode it for my first time this year ( I know its weird that I never went on it before, long story) and I loved it! I heard it was really rough, but they probably are using better wheels or somthin cuz I didnt find it that rough. My head was not nearly as banged around as I thought it would be. It is not in the same league as lets say Medusa, but I found the loops to be quite fun. There are only a couple looping coasters in my recent memory that I found to be "too intense". Those are B&R and Manhattan Express. Most looping coasters are not intense, but the good ones are. I mean check out The Hulk. The start of that ride is one of the most intense and exhilerating experiences found in theme parks today, yet it is also one of the most fun. Whatever the case is it seems we have different tastes...not all people will like the same kind of stuff. Also if you didnt get to ride the SM this year check it out next year. Maybe Im wrong about it getting smoother, but it was not as intense as people have said it to be.
bb_dg on 10/9/2001 9:50:59 PM said:
GASM hurts. its as simple as that. steel should be nice and smooth like medusa. if i want to ride something rough, ill ride a woodie.
Paul on 10/9/2001 10:52:04 PM said:
GASM was VERY smooth up until 1998 I think
Sephiroth7 on 10/10/2001 2:15:19 PM said:
Well when I went this year I simply kept my head back and both me and my friend had absolutely no problems. Now you say up until 98 it was smooth my friend told me when we went It was A LOT smoother this time around in 2001. When I looked at the wheels they seemed brand new. Once again though I dont have anything to compare it to so I cant give you a "real" answer, but I have a feeling they changed the wheels or somthin of that nature cuz it really wasnt that rough.
Paul on 10/10/2001 2:38:33 PM said:
ok I only went to SFGADV. in the following years...1994...1995...1996, and 2000. from 94 to 96 GASM was smooth as glass, In 2000 it hurt and it was slow [same goes for Rolling Thunder]. maybe now they fixed it up some.
Sephiroth7 on 10/10/2001 5:48:54 PM said:
possibley...and I have always liked Rolling Thunder every year I have gone. Its a great ride, they duel, and there is never a wait.
Paul on 10/10/2001 7:41:35 PM said:
The wait used to be huge. Its sad.
NYCTom on 10/10/2001 7:58:17 PM said:
No way GASM is extremely intense...in fact when i went on with a friend one time she was wearing earings and her ears were bleeding when we got off the ride so I do not plan on riding GASM ever again...IF they would make the loops bigger then it would not be so intense...Hulk was def not intense I mean the first inversion was smooth I found to be very smooth and pleasant...Manhattan Express was not that intense to me and if it has a name like that you would have to expect it to be rough
Sephiroth7 on 10/10/2001 8:10:27 PM said:
I rode it this year, I dont know about other years...are you even paying attention what we are saying? I said this year it was NOT rough, but it was the first time I rode it so I would have no clue how rough it was other years. My sister said it hurt her head when she went back in around 98. And you should not wear earings on any looping coaster (unless there is a lap restraint)! And when I say intense I dont mean how rough it is. Intense does not ONLY mean rough. Intense is also how thrilling a ride is. You must mean another word. And Manhattan Express is one of the worst and roughest rides I have ever ridden. Also the Hulk is an intense coaster. The launch is intense and the ride in general is intense. And when I say intense it is not a bad thing it is a good thing... the Hulk is on my top 5 coasters of all time.
daptwa on 10/11/2001 1:18:03 PM said:
Look here. You were debating Kracken vs. Medusa as the best floorless. Batman Knight Flight is better than both of them. Its way more explosive than Kracken and definatly more than Medusa. BKF was built in a very small space which makes the turns tighter and drops are filled with more airtime. Ride this ride if you have not.
Sephiroth7 on 10/11/2001 4:21:35 PM said:
Thx for the information I understand there may be better rides out there, but that isnt the issue. Also where is BKF? At one of the Six Flags I assume...
bb_dg on 10/11/2001 7:00:17 PM said:
SFGadv is really starting to detiorate. rolling thunder doesnt duel anymore and when i was on GASM i kept my head back and the ride still beat me up.
Paul on 10/11/2001 7:52:05 PM said:
BKF is located at Six Flags Worlds Of Adventure in Ohio.
Alfungus on 10/11/2001 9:15:48 PM said:
Rolling Thunder was a dueling coaster?
Sephiroth7 on 10/11/2001 10:06:08 PM said:
Have you guys ever been on RT. I have gone there roughly 8 times in the last 3 years and every time I rode, both coasters were racing. I dont know what you people are talking about...RT was and still is a dueling coaster. Scream Machine was smooth to me. I dont like rough loopers but it gave me no problems.
Paul on 10/11/2001 10:09:26 PM said:
It was my first adult coaster, but on 3 occasions when I went to the park only 1 side was running, including my last visit in 2000. [only left side]
Sephiroth7 on 10/11/2001 11:00:47 PM said:
Maybe u just had bad luck cuz everytime Ive been on it the other coaster had been running.
Paul on 10/11/2001 11:36:03 PM said:
one side used to run backwards, I widh they stll did that....On the other hand maybe then it was fun but now....OUCH!
Sephiroth7 on 10/12/2001 3:07:27 AM said:
Ouch? This ride was not that rough. And now they just run both of them forwards.
Paul on 10/12/2001 1:38:16 PM said:
The right side is deadly.
Sephiroth7 on 10/12/2001 3:38:22 PM said:
Do you have weak bones or somthin? Neither of the two sides are that bad. I have been on ride MUCH rougher than this. Even your Cyclone is rougher than either of the two sides. RT is an average woodie in terms of roughness...
NYCTom on 10/12/2001 3:55:45 PM said:
I have been to SFGADV like 15 times and every time I went there RT had only one side running...M Express was a good ride especially since th second drop was larger than the first...another coaster that had way too much intensity was Viper that ride was a trainwreck!
bb_dg on 10/12/2001 5:59:37 PM said:
the right side of RT was closed and i even think i saw the chain on the lift hill off.
Sephiroth7 on 10/12/2001 6:55:05 PM said:
Not when I went, EVER! I have NEVER BEEN to SFGA without both left and right side running. I have been there at least once each year since Viper has opened. I dont care that the second drop is bigger on Man Express, that does not make it a good ride. It was still rough as hell. Viper wasnt that intense, it was just rough and stands to this day as my least favorite rollercoaster. And ThemeParkCritic can back me up with the Man Express, that ride sux.
Paul on 10/12/2001 7:30:39 PM said:
Viper is an ok coaster, it never bothered me ever.
Sephiroth7 on 10/12/2001 9:54:24 PM said:
Yea except it broke your sholders each time you rode. Does anyone know what they did to it this year? It was under construction when I went to GA this year...
Paul on 10/12/2001 11:35:05 PM said:
not if you make your lap bar tight.
NYCTom on 10/13/2001 11:16:08 AM said:
No Viper was rough and intense especially the first inversion....M Express was such a good ride...so what if that ride was rough....with a name like that you have to expect to be rough and the inversions on that ride were so dizzying....and the theming is wonderful....I dont think that they are doing anything to Viper, maybe they are knocking it down
Sephiroth7 on 10/13/2001 8:33:26 PM said:
It seemed like they were repairing the heartline roll. I found the last roll to be the most rough part of the ride, not the first inversion. My lap bar was tight and I still got banged around. Manhattan Express would be a good ride if it was smooother. The ride is simply too rough. Possibly if they changed cars or wheels or somthin it would be worth reriding. Otherwise, Id rather be stuck in traffic in Manhattan than riding that piece of crap...
DmctNY8 on 10/14/2001 11:55:45 AM said:
People were talking about earlier how bad Batman and Robin was. I feel that ride is great. No, I havent rode it with the new restraints but I liked it anyway. Why does everyone hate that ride it is excellent.
Sephiroth7 on 10/14/2001 5:23:53 PM said:
Because it is horribly engineered. If it were made by B&M it would have been a great ride, but Pheonix, whoever that is, did a terrible job on keeping the ride smooth.
xDisney on 10/14/2001 6:04:32 PM said:
B&M has made some bad coasters too.
bb_dg on 10/14/2001 7:06:25 PM said:
yeah but everyone messes up sometimes. batman and robin is just a bad ride, i had such a headache after it.
Sephiroth7 on 10/14/2001 7:12:04 PM said:
What extremely rough ride did B&M make??? I dont know of any that causes headaches like this.
DmctNY8 on 10/15/2001 9:53:31 PM said:
The roughness helps this kind of ride though.
bb_dg on 10/16/2001 11:01:37 AM said:
b&m doesnt make rough rides but batman and robin, which isnt b&m, was very rough
ThmPrkCrtc on 10/16/2001 4:27:36 PM said:
OMG an actual discussion whooo whoo :thumbsup: hehe
Sephiroth7 on 10/16/2001 7:58:22 PM said:
Yea B&R was made by crappy Pheonix. I am saying which what ride did B&M screw up???
DmctNY8 on 10/16/2001 9:31:41 PM said:
I want to know what bad B&M ride there ever was. Secondly, why does everyone hate Batman and Robin? First of all head-banging only affected me once. Riding the Mind Earser at Six Flags New England when it was about fifty degrees out. Two, the ride is intence but fast. Slow loops are what are terrible. Lastly, going on the Batman and Robin you can impress your friends by saying, "I went on that".
xDisney on 10/16/2001 10:52:44 PM said:
Hey AW, try the B&M Vortex at Paramount Carowinds, It was B&Ms third coaster and is an awful stand-up.
DmctNY8 on 10/17/2001 2:03:49 AM said:
Not everybody though it was so bad. It got reviews of 10, 5, 7, 5, 6 and 10. For an average of 7.166666666---->. This does prove to me this is a bad ride. NOTE: I have never been on this ride and I am hoping that the reviews were not bogus (like Shaw115s).
bb_dg on 10/17/2001 10:49:35 AM said:
none of b&m rides are bad, some are just worse than others
daptwa on 10/17/2001 11:08:52 AM said:
How about Batman the Escape at Six Flags Astroworld. That coaster looks Horrible. B&M designed that ride while they were with Intiman.
bb_dg on 10/17/2001 11:11:51 AM said:
what about b&m as their own company
daptwa on 10/17/2001 11:28:46 AM said:
Youre probably right about that as their own company. I hope the track record continues next year with their new floorless at SFNE (119ft tall and 2600ft of track????)I dont know????
bb_dg on 10/19/2001 7:24:51 PM said:
i think thats right. it gonna be great
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