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Batman Knight Flight- Well this was a cool B&M, noticably higher than Medusa at SFGadv and apparently longer. However, this ride seemed shorter than Medusa and wasn't as much fun for me. I mean the first drop was better and the loop was really cool, but after that it was good but not great. Also, after the first downpour they only ran one train. 8.5/10
Raging Wolf Bobs- Ok yes this ride is a little rough- but for me that's what made this ride so much fun. This ride was so much more fun than I thoguht it would be. It had unexpected drop and call me sick but I love how the trains shuffled on the turns, made borind turns into exciting turns. IMO I don't think coasters should ride like cars, I think they should be scary and relatively intense and that's what these Bobs are. 8/10
Serial Thriller- Better than ME at SFNE that's for sure. Also, seemed to be taller, but maybe its' just me. 6/10
Villain- Ok now this is an overrated woodie. Now don't get me wrong- it's a very fun ride. But it's nothing I haven't done before and Boulderdash at LC blows this thing away. Also, the trains lapbars really hurt your legs. However, this ride is cool because it's drop are very intense for their size and often unpredictable but that still doesn't make this a top ten coaster. 8/10
Double Loop- Reminded me a lot of Black Widow at Riverside- had small uncomfortable trains, and a small but intense first drop. Also the shaking on the loops was a lot like Black Widow. This ride is not as smooth as I was told. 5/10
X-Flight- Ok here's a coaster that's cool because it's different and thanks to Fastpass I got to do it twice. The whole riding experience was very unique and cool alhtough I thought my legs were going to fall out. However, I didn't think the ride was intense at all and I didn't feel any substantial G's. Nightwing the HussFlyaway at my home park pulls more G's than this thing does. Anyway my favorite parts of the ride were when the train gets flipped over without warning. However, I feel once B&M comes out with one of these Dutchman types of coaster these will be disreguarded as something similiar to SLC status.
Big Dipper- Oh this was sooooooo much fun. I love the classical look of the trains and the ride that this coaster gives is nothing short of a classic itsself. This ride is an airtime machine. I don't think there was one hill that I wan't miraculously popped out of my seat on. How come I don't hear more eclaim for this wooden roller coaster? This thing is a gem. 9/10
Superman: Ultimate Escape- Ok this ride was a surprise and a dissapointment. The dissapointing part of this ride was the launch- it was good but not nearly as good as B&R the Chiller's launch. However, the most pleasant surprise about this ride is the feeling of going up the back spike backwards and spiraling up the front spike. Those two factors quickly overshadowed the first one and completely redeemed this ride. Man, I want one of these in im park, but a B&M would do just nicely. Anyway, very cool and very reridable. 9.5/10
Mission to Bermuda- I've been on worse simulators than this and it provided nice shelter from the rain. 7/10
Pirates 4d- Now this was really cool! Is that Leslie Nielson playing the captain on this film? Anyway the 3-d effects were really cool and they made me wince once or twice. Also the use of wind and water really enhanced the effects as well. 9/10
Shark encounter- big dissapointment. the moving walkway doesn't go through a full tube like at other Seaworld's, only half of a tube. 5/10
Overall, I was very very impressed with SFWoA. The operations weren't perfect but they weren't horrible. The crowds were fairly large, but the lines were fairly small. In fact, I don't think I waited longer than 15 minutes for any ride that I rode. The wild rides section of the park was very small areawise and didn't have a lot of flat rides. However, who cares about flat rides when you have that many roller coasters. The food that I had at the park was also better than average and of fair price (10 bucks for fajitas and drink at Swamp water jacks- fajitas acutally cost less than Chili's and were of the same quality). Also, this park is not the dirty filth hole that everyone makes it out to be. Actually most parts of the park were well landscaped and very clean and nice to look at. However, like all SF parks shade is not an option. Also, the walkway between both sides of the park is very boring but I'm confident that it won't be that way for long. Anyway, I see great potential in this park in a few years- I think they have the power to be just as good as the two other parks in the Ohio area really quickly. over all park rating 9/10
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sigh, SFNE goes "tiny" for 2001
Spincycle45 said:
"Superman: Ultimate Escape- Ok this ride was a surprise and a dissapointment. The dissapointing part of this ride was the launch- it was good but not nearly as good as B&R the Chiller's launch."
Nice TR, sounds like you had a good time.
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Aaron
The Buzzer formerly known as RagingBull.
ALL CLEAR
*** This post was edited by Mr. Mouse on 8/28/2001. ***
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sigh, SFNE goes "tiny" for 2001
*** This post was edited by duke on 8/29/2001. ***
Big Dipper- Oh this was sooooooo much fun. I love the classical look of the trains and the ride that this coaster gives is nothing short of a classic itsself. This ride is an airtime machine. I don't think there was one hill that I wan't miraculously popped out of my seat on. How come I don't hear more eclaim for this wooden roller coaster? This thing is a gem. 9/10
wesleyg said:
Yup, Pirates is funny stuff. But WoA did not have it first. It was at BGWilliamsburg for quite a while. SF is just recycling it.
Correction. "Sea World Ohio" received Pirates before BGW did. Six Flags was able to keep it when they purchased the park from Busch.
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