King Cobra

Now wait a minute, doesn't Busch brew King Cobra Malt Liquor? Sounds like a great addition for a Sea World or something. ;)

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"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

As long as you mean *my* Sea World, I'm all for it....

Seriously, at $1.1M, no one's buying KC....DF sat on the market listed at $4M....don't these people realize that in order to SELL something, it might need to be "priced to sell". I just think KC was far too good of a ride to end up as the beer CANS....
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Mistakes were made, others are to blame...

Well I just wish they would bring it back fo a year or two. Because I never got to ride it.

Jacob...you are always welcome to come on down to PKD & ride Shockwave while it's still standing.

It produces pretty much the same head banging for your buck that KC did with an even uglier paint scheme & horribly long line free of charge.

And it's a shame because you missed out on the world's best steel coaster......

*ducks from flying objects*

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Coaster Insomniacs

I've heard it was bad. But I would still have liked to ride it.

Thanks,

Batwing

Maybe SF will buy it an enter it into their ride rotation program.

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-Rob (just thinking aloud)
A.C.E. member since 1990
Posting @ Coasterbuzz since 2000
E.C.C. member since 2002

Use the rails for a new ladder in case Drop Zone gets stuck

Well looks like the Cobra is scrap. Wonder how much it will go for as scrap melt? Who know they mite reuse the melt in the lines at Boomerang Bay. :)

Jacob, I don't think it was bad. I thought it was pretty fun. The restraints were kinda cumbersome though.

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"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

Speaking of those restraints...how exactly did they work. I always wondered about that. Did King Cobra have a little bicycle seat as well?

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WDW College Program Alumni
=brandon=

Two "D"-shaped restraints that you put your arms through

One "L" shaped lap bar that didn't quite reach your belt line

and yes....

One little bicycle seat

http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery68.htm?Picture=2

Later,
EV
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"Everybody has desperate days of quiet questioning.
Everybody has times when they feel like they don't fit in."
- Color Theory, So Many Ways, 2001

Man at least when KC got repainted they kept the original structural colors because Shockwave went from black & yellow to a horrible blue color with multi colored rails,much like KC's rails.

KC's train colors looked better too,Shockwave's train went from blue/yellow to an ugly orange/yellow.

Hey Gator, maybe they will put on the cans "Recycled from Da Cobra". :)

Seriously, you wont see KC go anywhere. I know why, but I cant tell noone, cause then I would be in trouble.

Also, sorry for the long hiatis, Ive been a trifle busy.
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SOB crew in 2002
TRTR crew in 2003
.....Yeah, I think that smoke is supposed to be there.....

I'm gonna laugh my ass off it ends up somewhere.

Those who know don't tell, and those who tell don't know.

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God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!

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*** This post was edited by S00perGIR 11/12/2003 4:32:22 PM ***

If I were rich enough I'd buy Cobra and put it in my back yard.

King Cobra is never gonna come back sadly (:-D) but Shockwave will be around for a while, and it runs pretty good, it's no TOGO, but it's rough.

And Den: The trick track IS the helix
;-D

Umm... ETSURF51, Shockwave is a TOGO.