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  1. I've done Viper at Darien Lake quite a few times in a row without getting off. I'm not sure just how many times, but it was a lot. It's difficult to re-ride this particular ride when there is a line. The exit spits you out on the opposite end of the ride and you have to do a good deal of walking just to get back on.
  2. I'm sure it's possible for B&M to build a Giga, possibly better than what Intamin and Morgan have given us, but.... When Millennium Force and SD2K were built, there was a lot more hype around them because they each opened as the tallest coaster in the world, with SD2K replacing MF's record. But now there are full-ciruit coasters that go over 400 feet. For a park to build a giga-coaster now, it would just be a rediculously expensive investment, with no height records being broken. A park can get just as good/popular of a ride from a hyper as they can from a giga, but for far less money.
  3. When I went last in '07, it was Maverick, Millennium Force, and Raptor for early entry. I actually ended up of being able to get a nice front seat ride on Raptor (one train wait) before doing anything else. On the other hand, since MF and Maverick are your goals, you would probably want to pick those two. I had time for two rides in my early entry, and I went with MF as my second ride, because Mavericks queue seemed close to full; MF's line was just out of the station. I'm not sure the waits for the two rides would be that unbalanced now, since Maverick isn't brand-spanking-new anymore. I'm not sure if they still do these three rides now either, maybe they switched it up. When I don't have early entry (or after my early entry) I seem to start at Magnum and make a circle(ish) from there. Dragster's line seems to move quickly when i've been on it, unless there is a major break-down, which doesn't seem to happen nearly as often as it once did. Have a good time!
  4. Well unless I make some freak unplanned trip to a year round park, it will probably be Darien Lake. Also, unless it's for some reason closed, I generally ride Viper first. Not really sure why, it's just an unofficial tradition I guess.
  5. A lot of Arrow coasters have really loud lift hills, especially the loopers and hypers. Gemini's is pretty loud as well, but I was surprised at how (relatively) quiet the lift was on Iron Dragon. Also, Intamin Impulses and Vekoma Boomerangs as they whip through the station.
  6. Well this is some good news that I didn't expect! Even though it sounds like a mild/family ride, it will probably be the third or maybe even second best coaster in the park.
  7. I'm gonna say Vekoma makes the rougher coasters of the two. I can't think of anything by Arrow that's as rough as the Mind Erasers i've been on, as well as Top Gun at Wonderland. I don't have too many problems with Arrow coasters, though some of them can be uncomfortable for sure. Magnum is pretty rough and painful, but I still like it a lot. I guess Corkscrew at CP is the worst Arrow i've been on, and it fails more on being lame than being painful.
  8. Wow, this is a very easy question for me. My first Predator ride was by far the most horrible theme park experience in my life. I had ridden the Comet at Hershey, so that was basically what I expected. I even tried to hold my hands up on the first drop. My ribs hurt got banged up so bad, I remember wishing the ride would end the whole time. It gave me a fear of coasters that lasted about two years, and was ended by my first Viper ride, hence my bias for Darien's Viper.
  9. I didn't think they'd tear it down, only because there are rides still operating today that people have died on. Then again, every accident is an individual situation, and this was clearly not a "rider error". It must not have been possible and/or worth it to keep this ride open after this.
  10. B&M. I really like Mantis, and have no problems with roughness on it. To me it's just a big forceful B&M. I did still somewhat enjoy SkyRider and Iron Wolf, but got beat up a bit more on them. I've never ridden an intamin, but there's one sitting in pieces at Darien right now. I doubt it will ever be installed, and that really doesn't bother me one bit.
  11. Well, i've done Viper at Darien Lake 15 times in one day during our camping trip of '03. Many of the rides were consecutive without getting off.
  12. Predator-It's like falling down 10 flights of stairs while strapped into a wheelbarrel. Nothing good about this ride. SLC's-Too rough to enjoy, to me anyway. Both of which can be found at my local park. Mean Streak, while very slow, and forceless, really didn't seem to be too rough to enjoy this summer, at least to me. Magnum really is actually kind of jerky and painful, but I still like the ride a lot for some reason.
  13. I always thought it was kinda redundant the way they put two inverted shuttle coasters in the same park, in the same year. I know they're different and all, but still. Maybe i'm just being over analytical. I can't see removing this rides as being a bad thing for any of the parks. All three of those parks have plenty of other coasters with good capacities to ride (If SFMM loses theirs too)
  14. Eh Canyon Blaster is tiny. It's a family coaster, under 60 feet tall. Also, it never operated at Old Indiana. Old Indiana was closed when Opryland's rides were stored there, and only a couple of the coasters stored there ever operated again (Kong at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is another). As far as large relocated rides, both of the Vekoma Six Flags Ninjas were relocated from other parks. They aren't that big, but for relocated coasters I guess they are. According to RCDB, the Georgia one is over 120' tall, so I guess that's the tallest relocated coaster I can think of.
  15. Oh wow I forgot about Gemini. It's on the top of my list as well. I think it's smoother than the Magnum, and definitely more comfortable. I like Magnum's layout a lot better though, and it's much more exciting. Oh and BTW, Gemini was always steel.
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