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Postby CoasterEricHP » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:24 am

Wow! El Toro looks awesome!!

So does the Voyage!!

Why is everyone trying to make one "seem" better than the other because they are BOTH going to be amazing coasters. :roll: I'm more worried right now about finding time to get to both of these parks!

But WOW.. does any park come close to having the amount of different coaster types that SFGAdv has? Strata, Hyper, Giga, Flying, Dark, Inverted, Wooden Out and Back Air Time Machine/Twister'ish thing with El Toro, "Racing", Mine train, Looper, launched, Floorless... etc.. thats insane if you ask me! Plus, they dont slack off that much with theming, they dont use Vekoma, and they make sure that the parking lots are at least 50 feet away :).

With a very decent looking wooden coaster I definately think SFGadv has one of the best (if not THE best) overall lineup in the world.. even better than Cedar Point.. *IMO*. Now all they have to do is get the operations aspect down which I hear is so bad.. however when I was there a few years ago during NITRO's first year I was actually blown away by the op's who were doing a really good job and even having fun with people in a good.. not SFA way :)

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Postby ParkTrips » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:29 am

I do want to point out that they don't always avoid the parking lots by 50 feet (look at Superman :-()


I hope my post wasn't misconstrued to be "Voyage hating" as I am very much looking forward to that ride and will more than likely ride it next year whereas Toro is up in the air.


I think all three new woodies are going to be very different and hopefully all of them will be excellent.

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Postby tngdiablo » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:42 am

At least there is grass on the field, so play ball! :lol: They were at least nice enough to put some grass under Superman unlike with Scream!.

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Postby DragonKhan » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:56 am

Hercules wrote:
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robbalvey wrote:With El Toro you get the modern smooth Hybrid, most likely packed with steep drops


Well, duh :roll:

Isn't comparison part of what makes things interesting a fun though? You know that after people ride them they will be comparing, placing things into their Top whatever lists.


It's fun, yeah, when you can actually do it! When you ride one, you'll know why. I always had trouble putting Balder and Colossos in my "woodie ranks". Not because they're bad, no, it's just hard to fit them in. That's why most the time I just say they are a "very honorable mention"...

It's not gonna change with El Toro. But I'm still excited! Especially since it appears to offer just what I missed on Balder and Colossos.
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Postby ebl » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:00 am

SFGAd is lucky to have enough room to put in all of these rides. SFMM is landlocked and couldn't even consider anything like this.

I do like how both of SFGAd's woodies intertwine with each other. What concerns me is the fact that this is a large woodie, which, as we've seen with Son of Beast, Rattler, Hercules, etc. doesn't always work out. But being an Intamin plug-n-play, I hope things work out better.

And I hope Six Flags takes care of this one.

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Postby GAcoaster » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:07 am

I just got word from someone at the press conference that El Toro will utilize a cable lift (which will be very fast) and magnetic brakes. This just keeps getting better and better!!!

Add to that SWAT is supposed to be coming from SFAW as part of the re-theme to the section and SFGAdv is gonna be an even more amazing park next year. :D

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Postby robbalvey » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:15 am

^ If that's all true, that would be pretty nice!

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Postby Hercules » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:15 am

No way?! SWAT?! It just keeps getting better and better. It looks like I'll be riding a Sky Swatter next year too. How sweat it is :D

I don't know if anything could replace Evolution though. Oh wait, they never had it up and running :roll:

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Postby robbalvey » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:23 am

Hercules wrote:How sweat it is :D

On a hot day, probably fairly sweaty!

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Postby SonOfBeastSucks » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:30 am

My only complaint is short legnth of the ride, but other than that I think it looks absolutley wonderful. I have plans to visit the park next year for the first time. Mayby I will choose this for #100? Looking forward to next year!

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