Any coasters near Ft. Lauderdale?

I am heading to Ft. Lauderdale on a business trip this Saturday and was wondering if there were any coasters in south Florida that I should try to hit on Sunday. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

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Mamoosh,

Thanks!!!!

Fever

Absolutely! ;) You might want to use the "Parks Nearby" feature as I think there may be a few kiddie coasters in the area, should you be in a credit-whore mood.

da mOOSH

Not sure about the Miami area kiddie, I think it may be a carnival-type thing only open on rare occasions....

The small park at the Swap-n-Shop is pretty cool, plus you can visit a third world mercado while you're scoring a credit (small Herschell)...there's also a Techno-Jump and a powered Dragon coaster, as well as a small flume and a few other goodies for the little ones...
http://www.rcdb.com/locationdetail972.htm

Have FUN!

I was going to suggest the Dania Beach Hurricane as well -- it's delightful! Fast and smooth for a woodie, with a lot of airtime if you're in the second row of the first car (don't ask me why, but I got the tip from someone else and WOW is it true). The cost is $6 plus tax per lap, but you can buy wristbands on particular nights that allow unlimited rides. Beware, however: it runs a single train at an incredibly slow pace (or has every time I've been there). But have fun!

DBH is teh roXors!!11!

Sure, the ops are painful slow, but those wristbands are available every day now, and for 10 bucks you can ride until you're done...catch it after a rain, when the sun is down and the weather's warm, and you MAY find yourself making room in your top ten....:)

Abandon Mine (sic) is a darn fun ride though, and ya never know when you'll get another shot at a Molina...my advice, go to BOTH places....SwapShop by day, and Boomers at night...

rdbc ROCKS doesn't it? :-D

-Tina

*** Edited 1/14/2004 1:40:48 PM UTC by coasterqueenTRN***

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coasterqueenTRN said:
rdbc ROCKS doesn't it? :-D

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The Roller Doaster BataCase, Tina? ;) *** Edited 1/14/2004 1:51:26 PM UTC by Vater***

The Dania Beach Hurricane is one of the country's best "coaster surprises." It is a fantastic ride, but hardly anyone ever seems to get down there to ride it. But those who have all say similar things about the ride. Definitely in my Top 5!

What's funny to me is that Tina already EDITED that....good times!

That's what ya get when ya get up too early in the morning...;)

Thanks for the input everyone!

I am now REALLY looking forward to this business trip!

Not to mention, Boomers (where the DBH is) has the "world's largest arcade." ~drool~

DBH is very unique. I want Coasterworks to build more like it. It might not be in my top ten, but probably in my top twenty.

It is not to be missed if one is in the area.

Yeah, I live down here in Miami and your only real option is the Dania Beach Hurricane. When are you going to be here, because we have literally a few dozen huge traveling carnivals in different parts of the year, but the only thing really work going to is the Dade County Fair which usually starts about 3 weeks before Easter and ends on Easter (I always go on Easter and it's empty till about 4, when everyone comes in their fancy church dresses) Oh, by the way, I'm jewish.

If I lived in Miami, I'd be at Boomers every weekend! Its a fantastic ride. Too bad that they never opted to build any other wooden coasters... I'd love to see another coaster built there. It'd give me another reason to head back to Dania- a town which sadly has very little else to offer.

I used to live in Bonaventure, which borders Dania. Unfortunately I moved before DBH was built. Does anyone know if Boomers is what once used to be Race-o-Rama? I can remember going there all the time and riding their insane go-karts.

I thought that I heard that somewhere, but I'm not positive.

lilspike, yep. Grand Prix Race-O-Rama is the same place....

I lived down there briefly before coming up to UF before college....that was a LONG time ago....;)

I have just returned from my trip and I want to say thanks to everyone that pointed me in the direction of the Dania Beach Hurricane...what a great ride!!!!

First, I can't emphasize how nice it was to ride a woody without any trims at all. The ride is very fast paced and has excellent air-time, especially at the end.

After riding in all rows, I lost track of rides after 25 or so, which was well worth the $10 all you can ride wristband. While riding at night, I ran into an older couple of ACErs and we discussed recent happenings while riding. Unfortunately I did not get their names.

Officially, the Boomers people are rebuilding the red train, as it is completely dismantled under the station. While there on Monday, they were repainting the metal frames of all the cars with black paint. Also, I would like to share that the 'lighting' system for the ride is somewhat unique...it must be a 'Coasterworks' exclusive, as I have never seen it on any other coaster. The lights are actually LED's attached to long, skinny PC boards, and flash with either in unison, strobing, or pattern.

If you are ever near Ft. Lauderdale or Miami, I strongly suggest that you stop by and run a few laps on this great paced ride!