View Full Version : the mother of all roller coasters
Kiddie001
03-02-2005, 20:23
As one who felt a bit peculiar after goofy's barnstormer, I WILL NOT be going on this one......
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Lesley S
03-02-2005, 20:35
What a ride.....don't think I will bother....don't like rollercoasters at the best of time but have had a go at the odd one, none at Universal Studios....apparently they are to be my next goal...[xx(][V]
just looking at the pics made me feel a little wobbly [^]i like rides and theres not much i wont go on but that ! oh my god think it would be the sheer drop that would see me off ! has anyone actually been on this ?
John Rocke
03-02-2005, 20:43
not managed by Jarvis is it?
poohbear
03-02-2005, 21:02
i would have a heart attack on this one!!!!![xx(][xx(]
Nostromo
03-02-2005, 21:03
WOW! Great pics Kiddie! This one really looks like my kind of Coaster and I cannot wait to go on it (front row please!) after reading your report. I'm in Chicago in late May and had plans to visit Six-Flags. Instead, maybe I can nip over to Toledo and drive to Sandusky from there to Cedar Point. Could be worth the effort.
chrizzy100
03-02-2005, 21:03
I love the look of it.....but my back and bad ears do not......[msncry]
At $25 million Dollars a ride I'm surprised they get any riders [msnwink]
Nostromo
03-02-2005, 21:11
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by roger
At $25 million Dollars a ride I'm surprised they get any riders [msnwink]
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No silly! They mean that they'll give you the $25 million if you do the ride from the front row and then stand absolutely still immediatly afterwards balancing a pint of beer on the top your head for a full minute.;)
chrizzy100
03-02-2005, 21:14
They did a show over here where you had a front row view of that ride......and a few others......
Ray&Sarah
03-02-2005, 21:42
Wow looks fantastic, not that I would ride it but my son would.[msneek][msnsmile2]
LiesaAnna
03-02-2005, 21:48
brilliant photos Ian, but you wouldnt get me on if my life depended on it!!!!!
i will have to ask Steve if he would go on it![sick]
my man he say "yes" he would go on it....
MaggieAllan
03-02-2005, 22:06
You would have to give me a knock out shot....won't go on any like these unless my kids life depended on it.
Ray&Sarah
03-02-2005, 22:11
Just showed the pictures to my son and his first reaction was "Cool, where is it?"[msneek]
Looks like fun. I think a trip to Ohio is called for!
Ray&Sarah
03-02-2005, 22:31
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Snapper
Looks like fun. I think a trip to Ohio is called for!
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Got room for a 15 year old dare-devil, he won't be any bother![msnwink]:D
Oh wow, I have got to try that one, maybe have to do a stopover on the way to Florida later this year [msnsmile2]
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by John Rocke
not managed by Jarvis is it?
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Lol!!! Good comment.[msnsmile]
It looks great,would love to have a try of it...............
Sharon G
04-02-2005, 01:45
Great pics!!! Will have to put this one on my hit list!![msnsmile2]
Sharon
ringwood1
04-02-2005, 02:38
Saw this and thought WOW want to do it, unfortunately all in my house are wimps and won't come with me. Looks great and hopefully when the children are a bit older they will want to have fun too.
I feel ill even looking at the PepsiMax in Blackpool,but this looks even worse if possible. Chloe
chunkichik
04-02-2005, 04:16
I'd be on it in a Shot!!!!, if you do a web search, there is actual video of a news reported riding it, I did download it, the thing is they look worse than they really are[msnwink]
Liesa, tell your Steve I'll go on it with him[msnsmile2]
Nostromo
04-02-2005, 10:46
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by chunkichik
The thing is they look worse than they really are[msnwink]
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That's true of a lot of big roller-coasters. Looking at the diving, looping and twisting cars laden with their shreiking cargo might put you off from the outside. But once you are actually sitting in one, all you have is thrilling anticipation! I certainly will go on this one on the first chance that I get.[msnsmile2]
Ray&Sarah
04-02-2005, 12:14
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by chunkichik
The thing is they look worse than they really are[msnwink]
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That's true of a lot of big roller-coasters. Looking at the diving, looping and twisting cars laden with their shreiking cargo might put you off from the outside. But once you are actually sitting in one, all you have is thrilling anticipation! I certainly will go on this one on the first chance that I get.[msnsmile2]
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Thrilling anticipation!! Thats not exactly what us designated bag carriers would call it![msnscared][msnwink]:D
MaggieAllan
04-02-2005, 12:21
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Ray&Sarah
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by chunkichik
The thing is they look worse than they really are[msnwink]
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That's true of a lot of big roller-coasters. Looking at the diving, looping and twisting cars laden with their shreiking cargo might put you off from the outside. But once you are actually sitting in one, all you have is thrilling anticipation! I certainly will go on this one on the first chance that I get.[msnsmile2]
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Thrilling anticipation!! Thats not exactly what us designated bag carriers would call it![msnscared][msnwink]:D
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Agreed..us bag carriers can get our thrills in other ways thank you very much[msnwink]
markandpam
04-02-2005, 16:22
Oh I would love to go on that. Unfortunately I don't think my vertigo could stand it. A couple of years ago I went on a much smaller ride at Busch Gardens but afterwards spent 30 minutes staggering around like some drunken idiot feeling rather ill [msnsad] My kids thought it was hilarious :)
Pam.
Nostromo
04-02-2005, 17:08
I discovered that with almost all big rides it is a question of breaking the mould. I had not even seen a rollercoaster till I was 23 years old, but once I rode my first one, the subsequent rides became progressively easier. Most people who feel scared about riding big rollercoaters and suchlike are probably intimidated by the advertising images and so on. Once they bite the bullet and and have a go themselves, most will probably become addicted to the rides (like me [msnembarrased])
MaggieAllan
04-02-2005, 17:20
No Nostromo...they make me physically ill...I have "had a go" in my teens, twenties, thirties and forties....and I haven't become addicted yet...I find rides that spin Ok and simulators etc, and the small ups and owns and speed like on Mummy are OK, but these big ones are just not for me and others like me.
The advertising actually looks good..but the actual rides..no thank you..and I'm not scared for my children or hubby..I wish I could do them, but it's just not worth it for how ill they make me.
I would not get on this for all the money in the world. My husband would and so would my girls.
Nostromo, my husband talked me into going on Kracken, he said " once you have been on one you will love it and go on them all." I hated every second of it and thought my heart would stop when we came down the first drop. I thought it would never end.[msneek]
Nostromo
04-02-2005, 19:39
Maggie & Sally, I understand what you are saying. If any ride makes you physically ill - as in motion sickness or similar - then obviously you will never get used to it. But I was talking about those who hesitate to go because of FEAR and nothing else, in which case, what I suggested will eventually work.
Ray&Sarah
04-02-2005, 20:47
Afraid I must be the exception to the rule then Nostromo, well theres always one![msnwink][msnsmile2]
I have been on a few white knuckle rides over the past few years with my eldest son and still hate the things, would rather hold the bag! Luckily my hubby will go on them now as he like you got over his fears and is now a bit of an addict.[msnsmile2]
Show me were the queue starts. I'll be there so will my girls husband may lag behind as last year was the first time we got him on a roller coaster mind you he has been on all the major ones.
ORLANDO_MAGIC
04-02-2005, 22:44
I just wish it was in Orlando and not in Ohio.
Of course in a few months it will no longer be the highest coaster as the new Kingda Ka in New Jersey overtakes it at 456 feet high.
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Ray&Sarah
04-02-2005, 22:48
Thats even worse, feel sick just looking at it.[sick][msnsmile]
jolliffee
05-02-2005, 21:05
Now NJ is an easier bet to get to and have a go or two. Think a visit to my NY friends is on the cards....[msncool]
Nostromo
05-02-2005, 21:17
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by jolliffee
Now NJ is an easier bet to get to and have a go or two. Think a visit to my NY friends is on the cards....[msncool]
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My sentiments exactly. I've got friends in Brooklyn that I just remembered that I am eager to meet ;). Kingda Ka? Looks like a piece of Kake!