Best Coaster "Touches"

The mist inside the tunnel at the bottom of Top Gun: The Jet Coaster's batwing still gets me to this day. Everytime I ride I cant help but think I'm riding into a concrete wall. haha. Its so darn cool!

The Chaseing lights on all the HP woodies and SDL so classic yet soooo cool

The Lockness Monster expidition stuff in the queue, the way during 3 train operation two trains go through the loops at the same time and of course the tunnel.

The entire Escape to Pompeii ride

The entire Thunder Mountain set, so tame a coaster but its the senery that makes it a classic

On second thought lets just throw in any Disney ride made pre 1998

SFGAm's (and most others) B:TR blasting the Batman theme

The Hulk launch sequence

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I love the:

-Lights on the MF 1st drop towers @ night

-Overbank over the queue on MF

-Fog at the bottom of Sros @ dl

-Lights going up and down Mantis @ night

-Hulk's queue line

For now (I'll probably come back later)....Ozark Wildcat has tracers throughout the course, but the GOOD part is how (*fast* they run, and they do it *backwards*...having the lights come AT you that fast makes the whole ride SEEM a lot faster than it actually is...

Of course, my two favorite "touches" are still those on KW's Racer and CP's Gemini....:)

The countdown, street signs, and "peeling out" sound on the Rock n' Rollercoaster are all cool "touches"

I liked Alpengeist when I was there not only was the line filled with fake snow but when I was there it started to rain so that enhanced the ride also, I also like Millenium Forces station with the neon lights the lady talking and the music, and I liked how the last overbanked turn is there also, I like TTD themeing with the grandstands and around there "top chill zone" and things like that, and the lights on the tower really are cool, I also like the area around Wicked Twister, the music in the station, and the little emblum thing in the ground by the ride area. I dont see why people dont like waht CP did with Disaster Transport I personally like it. I also like The Hulks que, and the tunnel, and dueling dragons que, I liked Space Mountains que, i also liked at the entrance to SoB they had that box with a hole in it I thought that was cool.

There are others I cant think of but ill get back to you

I can't believe no one's mentioned The Legend's "Don't Look Back!"

A great touch.

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I love on the Phoenix how the trees cover the bunny hops. When you fly out of the seat it seems as if the the limbs are going to take your head or hands off!

The same goes with the Whirlwind. Although the ride isn't anything to brag about those over grown trees do make it tough to see whats around the corner!

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I used to love to just watch the Tidal Wave at pre-Paramount Great America, with the totally cool wave shaped tracer lights that would flash white during the launch, then once the train stalled at the top, instantly changed to blue and reversed direction as the train fell backwards. Really a cool sight. RIP Tidal Wave :(

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Thrillerman said:
I've always liked tunnels to the lift especially on old coasters

Gotta agree on that one, except my favorite happens to be on a very new coaster-Nemesis Inferno. As the floor drops for the train to leave the station, eerie pounding bass music plays until the next train arrives in the station. The train that just left swoops down a pretty good sized drop (much bigger than I was expecting) which leads to the pre-lift tunnel that's filled with fog and red lights.

Very, very good way to start out a ride.

By the way, the coasters at Alton Towers have many nice touches as well. I especially enjoyed the creepy "Don't look down" voice on Oblivion.

Little touches are what set apart some of the best rides, in my opinion.

I have a few:

Nemesis and its "beeaauutiful rust"

Dueling Dragons castle cannot be emphasized enough

Rock 'n' Rollercoaster's video intro is pretty neat

GASM at SFOG's decapitation effect before the breakrun

Journey to Atlantis's trick return and theme

Hypersonics' stern warning about keeping your head back and arms in the car, darn good advice!

I second:

Hulk's line, Kraken's lair, and Space Mt.

*** This post was edited by Willh51 7/14/2003 11:07:33 PM ***

Rushing through the trees on SFOG's Mindbender.

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The Bobsled shaped cars with the countrys flags and colors on alpine Bobsled

The old Style station on the Comet

The red Neon Lights in the bottom of the first tunnel of S;Ros at SFNE

Millenium forces cool music

The sand under the loading platform For Wicked Twister

The Bavarian town on Big Bad wolf

The ski thheming on Alpengesit ( if only they had snowmaking machiness in the tunnels)

Dueling dragons Que

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While all the theming on LoCoSuMo is great, I especially like the skeleton who refers to IB's own Taco Shoppe (pronounced "shoppie" ;) ) on your way up the lift. Genius.

Oh yeah! I almost forgot about the cool effects of CP's tallest coasters...

Magnum: the train disbatching over you if you come in from the breakers entrance. I also like how the last 2 tunnels hide the bunny hops so you dont know when their coming.

WT: The sand is fun and the emblem is sweet. Besides those I love how the front spike nearly crashes into the Disaster Transport building, and the suspence before the launch when the ride ops taunt you.

MF: Sweet effects at night. First off, the lights on the lift are awesome. Secondly, if your in line around closing, fireworks sometimes pop up behind the last overbanked turn just as the train crests it...

TTD: Didnt ride because it was broken then, but the theming looks great, and I'd love the launch(according to simulations)

Worlds of Fun's very own Orient Express's "Chicken's Exit" I love that one.

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-Hulk's entire queue, the visual aspects, and the amazing launch and sequence

-All the theming on DD (the trains w/ the dragons' mouths are sweet)

-RnRC's "alley" setting, and the music during the ride is spectacular

-Orient Express's walk through the forest and past the ride

-Wildfire's mist, the observation deck are awesome

-And who can forget Mamba's "CP" themed area ;-)

Just about anything at WDW has it. My favorites are Test Track's "assembly line" (maybe my favorite queue ever) and ToT's "basement."

I like the audible howl at the top of the lift on The Legend and the snow skis attached to the back of each carriage on Alpengeist.

I also like the countdown sequence on space moutain.

The front car's restraints on DD are pink - to simulate the dragon's tongue.

Nice touch there.

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