Ok, ok...with all of the TR:TR:TR's I think that something has been lost in the mix, here. Tomb Raider is simply amazing. That's all I can say about it. What I could say about the ride has already been better said by other people here, and I'll tell you this: its all pretty futile trying to describe what the ride is actually like. I had been invisioning something for nearly a whole year, and what I experinced was honestly completely different. So, any attempts to explain what happens in that building just aren't going to do any good. Go ride it for yourself.
If you ask me, though, there is news that is almost just as big across the park. In the past, the Racers, no matter how they were running always delivered at least one really good shot or air on the bunny hop just before the turnarounds. That has all changed. I rode backwards first, and as I looked up the first drop, my first thought was "Wow, look at all of that new wood." But the new wood didn't stop coming. The first bunny hop has usually provided some air, and it did, but moreso then usual. The train flew over the second bunny hop and provided another good shot. Sitting near the front of the train, going up into the camel back, we got a HUGE float up out of our seats. It was incredible, and I've felt nothing like it in my 14 years of riding Racer. The bunny hop provided once again big air as usual, and then here's the thing, more huge, floating air going up into the turnaround. I was so astonished, I got in 3 more rides that day.
I suppose it should be attributed to all of the new wood. The whole thing, seriously, is like a brand new ride. I've never had a problem with roughness on the Racer, but in past years the ride has had a bad problem bottoming out really harshly at the bottom of the larger drops and really slamming riders down into their seats. That is no more, and the airtime on this ride is back in abundance. I was really, really amazed, and I like to think the ride now kinda harkens back to when the park first opened. Go ride Racer, people.
Go ride.
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*** This post was edited by ravenguy98 on 4/21/2002. ***
Man, I am really looking forward to my trip up there in May! Beast brakeless, lapbarred FOF, repainted Vortex, and now the Racer. I never noticed much air on either side, hopefully that'll change this year.
I love how this park takes care of their rides. Even King Cobra had a fresh coat of paint. Now, if they would only put in another Huss Skylab instead of that stupid climbing wall...
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I`ve ridden Son of Beast 67 times!
The park was pretty empty actually. Longest I waited was 20 mins for FOF. When did you wait 50 for Papa? The only time I saw the line that long and then I dont even think it was that long was right after it opened up after being down for a couple hours.
BTW I was the first car in the parking lot. Rode Sonny 11 times, Papa 4, FOF 2, Reptar 1, Beastie 1, Racer 2, AE 1, Faceoff 1, Eagles 2 (The second time Kneemeister thought sure I was gonna flip over I was snapping the cable so well)Rode the flume, The Train, Went to the top oF the Tower, had the ACE walkback to TR:TR and all kinds of other good stuff, and the longest wait for any of it was 20 minutes on FOF.
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*** This post was edited by MagnumForce on 4/21/2002. ***
The park was practically empty. When I was there the line for Fof started just inside the spaceship, Beast in the morning was a walk on, and then about a 3 train wait in the afternoon, SOB's wasn't too long at all, and just about everything else I rode was a walk on except for TR, of course. Lines there were probably about 30 mins tops both times I rode.
Just a tip for people going, the guy at the front gate of TR claimed the wait was about an hour. The line was backed up online through the first row of the silver rails and couldn't have been 30 minutes at the most. The line moves nice and fast, too, which is nice. I really loved everything about the ride, but like previously said, they just need to turn down the effects, and give us about 15 seconds of just good old fashioned flipping at the end. Other than that, the ride really is a 100% classic. I loved everything else about it.
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*** This post was edited by Koaster King on 4/21/2002. ***
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ravenguy98 said:
the ride has had a bad problem bottoming out really harshly at the bottom of the larger drops and really slamming riders down into their seats.
Yeah, I noticed that this past summer when I rode it although I didn't notice it the summer before. I'll have to ride it again and see how it is now with the new wood.
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