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  1. NAPayne31

    Coaster Speed

    How do parks and manufacturers figure a coasters speed? Obviously they have an idea of how fast it will go prior to the ride being built but once it's built do they have sort of speedometers in the trains that keep track if speed and RPM's??
  2. NAPayne31

    BANSHEE and then some headaches.

    Well I finally got over to Kings Island after 6 long years and 2 coasters. One of which blew me away and the other was meh, so let's get started. The day began with a 3 hour drive over to Mason from Terre Haute, Indiana (my hometown) for my buddies' 16th birthday. We got to the park right...
  3. NAPayne31

    FIFA 14 Tournament (Xbox 360)

    Would anyone be interested in playing a FIFA 14 tournament via Xbox 360?
  4. NAPayne31

    Hot feet and water rides/detective work: Holiday World TR

    This past Sunday, my brothers and I made our annual trip down to Santa Claus for a day of bonding. We arrived at the park at roughly 10:20 after a late start and longer drive than we had anticipated but the park was dead and we hardly had a wait all day. First off, we went ahead and hit the...
  5. NAPayne31

    The Bat Flies Again... This time for real!

    According to twitter, Kings Island is ditching the Flight Deck theme and going to the old Bat theme. Kinda comedic considering that the teaser on the site for Banshee was themed for The Bat and now it is real! Source to come.
  6. NAPayne31

    Holiday World announces investment with new ride

    Holiday World and Splashin' Safari released today its plans for the 2014 season. After several years of waterpark only expansion they have taken an $8 million investment and are getting a swinging ship called The Mayflower. This seems very generic but the $8 million is geared towards the dry...
  7. NAPayne31

    NFL/College Favorite American Football Teams

    So I thought I'd go ahead and do this because of the upcoming NFL/College Football season but what are some of your guys favorite teams? Mine for sure is my hometown Colts Andrew Luck <3
  8. NAPayne31

    Downtime

    It has always puzzled me how a coaster can go from perfectly fine, to not able to run within minutes. This is disk closing major problems on coasters like the smiler for instance. Mostly the coaster I'm talking about is maverick because it seems to be always down
  9. NAPayne31

    Holiday World Future Plans

    As a park not usually mentioned to often on here, Holiday World has yet to build a follow up to the successful Voyage. They are in desperate need of a new coaster but have yet to supply. We know they held that survey about coasters but not much else has been said.
  10. NAPayne31

    Holiday World- June 12/Cedar Point-June 23-25

    Hey guys, first report on here and I decided to combine my recent trips to Holiday World and Cedar Point in one report! Enjoy. Holiday World- Well I live in Indiana and Holiday World has been my home park for about all my life, so this year round I went with my friend and his family. We hit the...
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