Coaster track records with anomalies?

haha, Rob....Brian and I are getting to "the Fox" come April. I'll be sure to tell you ALL about it...;)

P.S. Wasn't there a Civil War general named "The Swamp Fox"....Francis Marion, or something like that...

Who's ridden a wooden mouse? Well, anyone who went on the ACE European Odyssey, for starters :)

I definitely wouldn't call not having ridden one an "anomaly", though. HAVING one, perhaps...

Some of the things people are listing are interesting choices. There really aren't very many B&M hypers, or floorless, rides out there yet, so it's really not unlikely for someone to have not gotten on one yet.

However, if you want to play it that way, I haven't ridden any Virginia Reels yet...

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rollergator said:

P.S. Wasn't there a Civil War general named "The Swamp Fox"....Francis Marion, or something like that...

No, "The Swamp Fox" was a Revolutionary War General.

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My mind works in strange ways. Yeah with a chain driven lift hill and gravity.

I have never been on a Pinifari... other than that my trips have been planned out to get something new... and I live in California. :)

I'm at 164 and have yet to ride half the coasters in my own state. I live in central PA, and have never been to Kennywood, Dorney, and haven't even ridden 1/2 the coasters at Hershey!

That should all change though this summer...

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Hmm, compared to being one of the smaller lists here I think I have hit about almost all the major categories and am pretty well rounded.

B&M floorless,inverted,sit-down, stand-up (flyer next year, although I do have zamperla's)

CCI, GCI and CoasterWorks

Hypers by Arrow, Giovionala(sp),B&M,Intamin and Morgan.

Stared a long time at X and Xcelerator..no credits....still bitter

No Impulses or Invertigos but I do have a GIB and damn... 7 Boomerangs!

As for number 100, if I can manage to get to IoA this semester before May and pick up my credits there. Then number 100 will be between MF,WT, or TTD at the point!

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Antuan said:
I just hit 103, and I have never ridden a morgan. Thats fine though because the only one that appeals to me is mamba

Um, okay. Why would only Mamba interest you when it's practically a clone of Wild Thing and Steel Force? I guess I don't see anything Mamba offers that the other two don't.

IMO, Phantom's Revenge is the one that should interest you - it's almost as good as an Intamin hyper!

-Nate

Actually, they aren't all similar. Wild Thing isn't really that closely related to Steel Force/Mamba. Look up pictures on rcdb.com and you'll know what I'm talking about. Also, none of them are exact clones- the helix is different in each of them.

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Track Record: 164
Favorite Wood: Phoenix at Knoebels
Favorite Steel: Millennium Force at Cedar Point

I know the helices are different. I've ridden both Wild Thing and Steel Force. They both feel very similar in terms of the airtime they give and the style of ride ("family hypercoaster" comes to mind).

I never said they were exact clones. Why is everyone on this site so quick to assume everyone else is a moron?

-Nate

Calm down, sheesh. I never called you a moron or meant to sound like I was. I was simply stating that they aren't clones.
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Track Record: 164
Favorite Wood: Phoenix at Knoebels
Favorite Steel: Millennium Force at Cedar Point

And when did I say they were clones? :)

-Nate

No 4D, no B&M Flyer (that will change this summer at GAdv.) I think I have all the other bases covered state-side.
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If you have a problem with clones, the solution is real simple—Stop traveling.
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One thing I'm missing is the Vekoma Tilt. Damn, I've got to get to Taiwan!

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coasterdude318 said:
Um, okay. Why would only Mamba interest you when it's practically a clone of Wild Thing and Steel Force?
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Track Record: 164
Favorite Wood: Phoenix at Knoebels
Favorite Steel: Millennium Force at Cedar Point

LOL! The trouble we go to to prove we are right, eh? ;) I forgot about the Tilt coaster. Is that thing actually running? I haven't heard heads nor tails...
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Trust in the Lord for He is good - He made Coaster after all...

Okay, notice the word practically.

As defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Practically: (adv) almost, nearly

There's a big difference between stating "Mamba is a clone of Steel Force" and "Mamba is nearly a clone of Steel Force." Both rides are remarkably similar and, in my book, practically clones.

You'd think by the time you were 15-16 years old you would have been taught the definition of "practically." What do they teach kids now???

-Nate

I give up. You win. I'm just a stupid teenager who knows nothing I guess. I was simply saying that there are many differences with these coasters, go check them out on rcdb. Wild Thing is taller, and has different sized hills than the others. Also, check out the pics. All of the helices are different. By the way, I'm 16. If you would have looked in my info and not been judgemental, you would have known that though...

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Track Record: 164
Favorite Wood: Phoenix at Knoebels
Favorite Steel: Millennium Force at Cedar Point

I've ridden a:

Morgan hyper

Intamin hyper

Togo hyper

Arrow hyper

but no B&M hyper yet!!!

I've ridden every type of power launched coaster that I know of except Superman:The Escape. Funny part is, I've been to SFMM multiple tiems, and for the 12 1/2 years I lived in California, it was one of the few luanched coasters in the state!!!

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I have many missing, but ill just name the major ones.

Nothing above 200ft.*, no flyers*, no B&M sitdowns, or floorless, no launched*, and thats about it.

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I have many missing, but ill just name the major ones.

Nothing above 200ft.*, no flyers*, no B&M sitdowns, or floorless, no launched*, and thats about it.

Needless to day that this leaves a major hole in my track record. The ones with the asteriks indicated that they are on the schedule for this summer.

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