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I know it's the usual response, but my favourites have to be Intimidator 305 and Bizarro. Also others that aren't usually as popular or well reviewed that I personally really really enjoy are Superman Escape at Warner Bros Movieworld and Superman ride of steel at Six Flags America. I am...

^ I should have clarified, my bad. I meant to ask if it was necessary for anyone to pull on the seatbelts. I know it's the standard thing, but it's not unheard of when it's just a visual check (I've worked on a ride before where seat belts were just visually checked). I know it's unlikely, but...

Oh man, this really sucks. While I'm obviously really annoyed about this unnecessary change, I'm gonna try and hold judgement until I actually ride and see how it affects the ride. I also have a question for anyone who can answer me: When it comes to the ride ops, are they having to physically...

With the vests that don't lock, you can staple yourself as badly as you want and still be totally comfortable, even if the 'lap bar' part of the harness comes all the way down. Because the vest becomes stretchy and you can push out against it as much as you want, and even when you're not it just...

Re: Ocean Kingdom | Flying Over The Rainforest | B&M WingCoa I hasn't seen this posted anywhere in this thread so I thought I would go ahead and share: I found a video of what seems to be initial testing! The surrounding area looks really interesting and I am very excited to see the final...

Regardless of the fact that wing riders don't go through the inversions themselves rapidly, you can still experience nice forces. I personally am a big fan of the wing riders and it seems alot of enthusiasts really don't care for them that much. I don't totally understand why, because I think...

I think its going to be really fantastic! Remember that the trains are only half full at the moment when they are testing in this video, and of course test runs are going to be slightly slower. I would expect the speed to pick up definitely, but not by that much really. Either way I am very...

Well I should say mostly that is the case with chain lifts then, not always. Yes, with a ride like raptor, you have to wait for the floor to go down and front gate to lower before the train leaves. Takes about 3-4 seconds. This isn't the case with all inverts though, as I noticed when I rode...

I do actually remember someone telling me that in person Banshee's purple track looks similar to the faded 'red' of Diamondback. No complaints here, just an observation, but the purple track does seem to be a much darker shade then showed in the animation. I mean it wouldn't be the first time...

Re: Heide Park | Unknown | B&M Wing Coaster ^ That sounds far more realistic. At absolute best, if hitting theoretical capacity, it barely manages to skim into the thousands. But when pencil comes to paper I doubt it will be much higher then 900 ..... which sounds so, so awful to me. Hopefully...

Plus, something that has ALWAYS really gotten on my nerves as a ride operator ..... With cable lifts, the moment that you say 'clear' and enable the ride for a dispatch, you have to wait a good amount of time from when you originally pushed those buttons until the train actually takes off. Bugs...

I find it sad that everyone hates on this ride so much, because I really enjoy it! I don't know if Dorney is just terrible with maintenance and never replaces their wheels (but then why would Talon not have the same problem? Idk ....) but I found Hydra to be pretty dam smooth. It wasn't intense...

I love all sorts of airtime (duh), but personally there is nothing I love more then actually rising out of your seat quite a bit ie B&M hypers, due to the lack of seatbelts. Intamin airtime is great, but you are always pretty much stapled and kept bolted into your seat, because its usually some...

Dragster usually flies over the tower because there are no holding brakes up at the top, like there are on KK. It provides some pretty delicious airtime at 420 feet, but you don't really get a chance to catch the view, whereas on KK you do, therefore being the reason as to why you feel like its...

Capacity is almost always the thing I think about most .... So if they put those 2 seats back it would make a small, yet helpful difference. I just rode Bizarro this past April, and I must say it was bloody brilliant! However, there was no music and no fire of course ....... and it was still...

Re: B&M Dive Machine for Gardaland in 2015 (?) Well I think something as small as griffon having that second immelman is cool, as opposed to just turning around and going straight into the brake run. They are definitely short and satisfying though! It doesn't really bother me they're short...

The track shape sort of looks like intamin triangle track, which I like. The colour isn't the most desirable thing in the world, but I still like the looks of this coaster. I cannot wait to see testing and once the trains start going around.

Re: Heide Park | Unknown | B&M Wing Coaster 1200? I would believe that if I ever saw it .... I'm not saying that the capacity wouldn't be decent for heide park and better then alot of the rides they have there anyways, there is literally no way you would ever actually see 1200 riders per hour...

I was about to ask the same question .... even if it was busy, how well does the flash pass work at magic mountain?

Re: B&M Dive Machine for Gardaland in 2015 (?) Well that's what I pretty much meant to say, is that they will turn out mega expensive if the ride was to be a little longer than the other dive machines. Regardless of the short time, I fell in love with Sheikra, so yeah it seems that its...