What was your first Premier coaster and did you like it or hate it.
I'm a fan of Premier and think there coasters are painless.
Mr. Freeze - See below for the answer to the 2nd part of the question.
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Current favorite coasters:
Wooden: 1) Beast 2) Raven 3) Son of Beast 4) The Boss 5) The Legend
Steel: 1) Raging Bull 2) Millennium Force 3) V2 4) Wild Thing 5) Mr. Freeze
My first was the original Flight Of Fear in PKD. I didn't find it painful...but I rode in the front. Then, I met a little thing called Batman and Robin: The Chiller...and that changed my whole perspective of Premier. To get the feeling of riding Chiller:
Run around your house doing cartwheels really fast while beating your face in with a baseball bat!
Thank god for their new discovery of Lap Bars!
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KoЯn Rules! I just came out to feed!
FOF at PKD, in the front. Hated it, figured maybe the back would be better...just as bad! Other Premier rides I've been on are Batman and Robin, and Joker's Jinx, both horrible. Hopefully all their rides get lap bars to make up for the roughness.
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First Premier ride was Outer Limits: Flight of Fear @ PKD back in '98. I thought it was awesome, it just hurt a little. After my headache went away, I rode it again. I still thought it was awesome, but I was through riding for the day.
I cannot pass up these coasters, headbanging or not. I will almost always ride Jokers Jinx even though S:ROS is only steps away. They are just so forcefull the entire way through. I love them. And Mr. Freeze @ SFStL was one of the most suprisingly stunning coasters I've been on in a while. There are some interesting visuals from both the front and back. And it didnt hurt nearly as much as the Boss (perhaps I'm just thick headed :))
jeremy
--who notes that he just admitted to liking some coasters....
My first Premier coaster was FOF at PKI. I rode it in 2001 so it already had lap bars, thankfully. I enjoyed the ride and rode it again.
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Talon laps: 171
Mine was FOF at PKI in 98. I liked the ride. It was really intense. It was my last ride of the night and it had been a long day so I don't really remember too much headbanging.
My first was Poltergeist at SFFT, which I loved. Just one week later, I rode Mr. Freeze at SFOT, and I loved that too. The restraints are very soft, and the rides aren't too painful. I most recently rode Mr. Freeze at SFSTL, and thought that it was also great. Premier makes some great rides, and I hope to see new layouts from them sometime soon.
Coaster131 said:
". To get the feeling of riding Chiller:
Run around your house doing cartwheels really fast while beating your face in with a baseball bat!
Thank god for their new discovery of Lap Bars!
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Koßn Rules! I just came out to feed!"
LOL!!!
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"Thank you for challenging the Raging Bull-We hope you enjoy the rest of you're day, here at Six Flags Great America"
mine was FoF @ PKI, i think B&M should have tophats!
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HurricaneGeauga- Just in case
I think a B&M with a tophat would rule.
Speed: The Ride at the Nascar Cafe was my first Premier roller coaster. Great ride, but not quite a top ten ride.
first ride: FOF at PKD back in 96 when it first opened,wasn't too rough back then.2nd:Joker's Jinx at SFA on opening day 99,what a wake up call.that thing was just as rough back then as it is today.(please let us get the lap-bar makeover on the joker next year like FOF)
Speed: The Ride at the Nascar Cafe was my first Premier roller coaster. I thought it was a good coaster, not my farvorite but it was still really fun.
I also have rode Flight of Fear at PKI after the OTSR were taken off, I can see why they were taken off. It was bumpy but good thing there was no head banging wich made it good ride.
FOF at PKI in 2000 - like it then, love it now!
And the Tophat on Batman: The Chiller is cool.
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My first premier coaster was Mr. Freeze at SFStL. I was VERY impressed by it and I LOOVED it! People say that they have a huge headache when they get off, but I thought it was one of the smoothest coasters I've ever been on.
My first was Flight Of Fear (with lap bars) at PKD. I thought the first half was excellent, but the trim brakes almost stop the ride.
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Parks for 2001: SFEG, Lakeside,Funtown USA, Palace Playland, HP,BGW,PKD,Alton Towers.
Well my first and only premier ride (i don't get out enough. not my fault.) was fof at pki. the first two times i rode it was with otsr's but because i'm tall, i didn't experience any headbanging. third time i rode it was wednesday and i still love the ride even though it was kind of a tight fit. my older brother couldn't fit becuase of his big legs and he is po'ed because they changed it. oh well. you can't please everybody.
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Vortex rules!!!! (still)
Batman & Robin is getting lap bars and i think Mr Freeze and Joker will to.
Mad Cobra in Suzuka, Japan. Loved it with complete and utter passion. Unlike FoF or Jokers Jinx, Mad Cobra uses a different restraint system. Most Japanese tend to be smaller than us 'bulky' Americans, so they use this really tight fitting, but super-padded OTSR. They are not your traditional horsecollars, so they keep the ride in check, so to speak. I love the rush, and the intensity of Premier. I wish I could ride one right now, in fact. Haven't ridden the Premier coasters without the OTSR, but I imagine they are even better.
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