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I suppose that's true. There's alot of coaster after the top hat so it'll need some speed going through. The whole positioning of this coaster is a bit confusing to me. The station area already felt like a bit of a pinch point for congestion. If it were up to me, I'd put the station where the...

I kind of wish it didn't un-invert at the top so we'd get some sweet standing hangtime like the loop on Full Throttle. But the entry and exit transitions look super snappy so I'll forgive.

Tokyo DisneySea has a whole area themed to Jules Verne — which has way less relevancy to modern audiences than LOTR. However, it works because: it doesn't rely on deep knowledge of the source material. Other than a vague idea of the stories, it can just be enjoyed as a cool 'steampunk' land...

Mack did install drive tires on RtH after it stalled on the top hat. So it's not a totally crazy rumour to believe 😅 However, I think those are just used to help recovery and aren't actually used as boosters (as far as I know). It seems like the outerbank requires a slim margin on speed to...

Ugh, I normally love WOF but I hate everything they are doing right now 😅 Couldn't they have achieved rain protection without *completely* enclosing the lift? At least leave it open to the inside so you can actually see you're going up a spiral. What's the point of a spiral lift if it's...

It's seeming less likely this ride will repair the working relationship between (legacy) Cedar Fair and Intamin like some hoped 😬 My gut instinct is the wimpy water effects were a Six Flags cost-cutting measure. I can't imagine anyone involved thought four spray nozzles would create the effect...

Brava! at MASS MoCA was open for 18 months. Even running only 8 to 10 cycles per day, I wonder which Skyline credit is more rare? 😬

I really hope they've at least *considered* an RMC conversion 🙏 WOF is a complete gem of a park, but their coaster line up doesn't need a tepid titan track re-imaging or another GCI experiment. The dream: an RMC conversion of Timberwolf and Orient Express revived as a modern Vekoma looper (a...

I feel like the water jets were added to camouflage the trims. However, the execution was severely lacking.

I hope SFM also gets a second next-gen train for their SLC. Upgrading only one of the trains to vest restraints is peak old-school Six Flags. Imaging waiting 2 hours for an SLC and having a 50/50 chance of getting the old train 🥲

The renaming seems like a plus to me! It'd be great if they strip out the cheap DC Friends and Bugs Bunny themeing to make one cohesive western area stretching all the way to the mine train entrance. When I visited SFOG in 2023, I was kind of shocked to see the concrete from Splashwater Falls...

If Intamin were involved, I think we'd have a pretty good idea of what the ride might feel like. But Zamperla is such a wild card! Definitely makes the project a lot more interesting. For better or worse, only time will tell!

After hearing so much hype, I was underwhelmed with Dollywood. I loved SDC though...I think it's better in every way!

Based on the shape of lapbars in the promo teaser, people figured out that the train was from Kumbak. But I don't think it was ever officially announced/confirmed. Edit to add: Maurer was rumored to be involved too among others...