Well I JUST came back from a 3 day stay at Las Vegas. A four hour drive from Los Angeles, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. Because I'm quite tired, I'm just going to review & rate the rides, how they were, so on so on. The rating is on a scale from 0-5, 0 being the worst, 5 being the best.
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Desperado
• Location: Buffalo Bills Hotel & Casino
• What: 209 FT, 80 MPH Arrow Dynamics Hyper-Coaster
• Pros: First Drop, Tunnel, Tunneling Helix
• Cons: Very jerky, Rough Transitions
• Rating: +1/5
• In My Own Words: This ride was not at all what I had expected. It was surprisingly painful and bumpy. The bunny hops are oddly angular at the tips making for a sharp body slamming into the lap bar. Very rough transitions through elements. Very discouraging to say the least. I enjoyed neighboring ride Turbo Drop better. That must mean something.
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Speed : The Ride
• Location: Nascar Cafe @ The Sahara Hotel & Casino
• What: 224 FT, 70 MPH Premier LIM Shuttle Coaster
• Pros: Tunnel, Powerful Acceleration, Vertical Spike, Smooth
• Cons: Too Short, Few Sharp Turns
• Rating: +3/5
• In My Own Words: This ride was quite enjoyable although it left me a bit light-headed afterwards. Th $8 for 2 ride deal was also very nice. The loop taken in reverse was one of the better parts of the ride.
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Canyon Blaster
• Location: The Adventuredome @ Circus Circus Hotel & Casino
• What: Four Inversion, Indoor Arrow Dynamics Multi-Element coaster
• Pros: First Drop, Tunneling, Intense, Airtime
• Cons: Can sometimes get jerky in 2nd half.
• Rating: +3/5
• In My Own Words: This ride is NOW a blast. I used to despise this one though. New trains have allowed it to run smoother than ever before, therefore explaining my riding it 10 times during that visit. The ride is very intense, giving riders no time for a breather. Riders are blasted through two vertical loops, a double corkscrew, a helix tunneling into the "canyon wall" in just under a minute in a half. Quite a good ride considering it's an indoor coaster.
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Turbo Drop
• Location: Buffalo Bills Hotel & Casino
• What: World's First Turbo Drop Tower Attraction; 185 FT, 45 MPH, Drop Tower
• Pros: Airtime, Anticipation Of Surprise
• Cons: Ascends Too Quickly
• Rating: +3/5
• In My Own Words: Your typical standard (& the first) Turbo Drop tower. The cars climb the tower at a very rapid rate compared to the other Turbo Drop attractions I've ridden before. Provides good airtime, speed, thrill, and exhileration.
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Manhattan Express
• Location: New York New York Hotel & Casino
• What: 203 FT, 67 MPH, two inversion Togo coaster
• Pros: Decent Drops, Heartline Dive, Helix
• Cons: Bumpy, Shaky Trains, Few Rough Transitions
• Rating: +2/5
• In My Own Words: A semi-rough roller coaster. Your typical Togo ride. The ride's 203 FT lift hill only is followed by a 75 FT first drop, very ridiculous usage of track. Largest drop is the second one at 144 FT high. Heartline dive gives good moment of zero Gs.
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High Roller
• Location: The Stratosphere Tower @ The Stratosphere Hotel & Casino
• What: Steel Tubular Track Roller Coaster
• Pros: N/A
• Cons: N/A
• Rating: N/A
• In My Own Words: This ride was operating during my visit (is down majority of the time), but I did not take the effort to ride such a thing. I've read reviews about this 35 MPH helicing coaster. Not enough to make me spend $X for a ride to circle a building.
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The Big Shot
• Location: The Stratosphere Tower @ The Stratosphere Hotel & Casino
• What: A single 160 FT Space Shot tower on top of a 921 FT concrete structure. Yes, you're shot 45 MPH vertically over a 1,000 FT up.
• Pros: Incredible view, Killer Anticipation Build-up, Airtime, Powerful Gs
• Cons: Lacks Sense Of Surprise
• Rating: +4/5
• In My Own Words: This ride is absolutely amazing. Not so much as terrifying, but quite exhilerating. Just waiting to be blasted up was more terrifying than the ride itself. It's like nothing I've ever done before. Feels like you're taking off into outer space.
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*** This post was edited by kRaXLeRidAh on 6/24/2001. ***