Quality not Quantity - CoasterBuzz

Anybody have pics of Bandit?!?!?! I've heard this coaster is awesome but have only found ONE pic.

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Playerpunk, are you satisfying the question of this thread yet? This has nothing to do with anyone liking half the coasters at a park. This topic is about a park that boasts a small number of coasters but those few coasters are very good, therefore satisfying the initial question of the thread.

And where exactly does it say this? I know the poster proabably meant that, but I took it in a different way. Sorry for posting on this thread.

Bubye.

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Getting back on subject and off CP, I agree that BGW as amazing coasters. I even enjoyed Wild Maus, but then again, I rode it before Ricochet. It was my first Mouse Coaster, and they are good fun.

Alpengeist, Apollo's Chariot, Loch Ness Monster, and Big Bad Wolf are so great.

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Two parks I find to be great despite their limited coaster selection are BGW and SFFT:

BGW is home to my favorite coaster, AC, and Alpie and BBW are also best of their types.

SFFT has some great coasters as well, minus Rattler. Superman:Krypton Coaster is the best coaster in Texas in my opinion, smooth and forceful. Poltergeist is nice ride now with lap bars. Roadrunner Express is probably the smoothest and most enjoyable mine train I have rode, and the Boomerang is considerably smoother than others.

Since PPP is around the bend, I'll kick in KG....:)

There is a site (won't mention it because I don't want to spam), that has a Top 20 parks with the best coasters. This takes into account the average rating for the total number of current coasters at a park, based on members ratings.

The top 5 looks like this:

1) Holiday World

2) Islands of Adventure

3) Knoebels

4) Kennywood

5) Busch Gardens Williamsburg

I am not saying this is foolproof, but it seems to reflect some people's opinions in this thread.

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CobraRoller said:
Everybody isn't going to like every ride at a park....
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I like EVERY ride at PKI.

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PhantomLost said:

Vertigo said:

Yomiuri Land
But that all changes once you take the dive taht leads into the world's first overbanked turn and into a 256 foot drop.

I still question the authenticness of the 256 foot drop. Why would it's top speed be only 68.3 mph?
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Vertigo, what are you talking about? You're info on Bandit is all wrong. (If you got those numbers off of Cbuzz, they are incorrect)

It's height is 160 something, and there are no drops over 200 feet. Due to the terrain, the maximum height difference is over 200 feet, but sadly none of the drops are that much. There is no overbanked turn. After the first drop there is an elevated turn like most twister woodies have, but nothing like today's overbanks. (I have a pro video and a home video of Bandit that show the entire layout)

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Grant, that certainly is reflective of a lot of people's opinions (hey, mine included), but I don't really agree with "penalizing" a park for having bad coasters....just don't ride THOSE! I mean, SFWoA would move UP if RWB were torn down....as would SFMM/SFGAdv if their "horrendous" woodies left the line-up.....but some people still enjoy them, and they do help the lines for the good rides - well, a little bit...;)

My point is that a park with lots of good coasters and one "crappy" ride shouldn't be marked down for having quantity too....but the five parks you listed certainly are great places to visit....shame I've only gotten to those two PA parks once each.....so far!

Idlewild Park would be a good coaster for the category. It has one of the worlds biggest mice ever, and a small yet thrilling wooden coaster. Also I have to agree with Holiday World and Knoebels.

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phantoms_revenge_rules said:
Idlewild Park would be a good coaster for the category. It has one of the worlds biggest mice ever, and a small yet thrilling wooden coaster. Also I have to agree with Holiday World and Knoebels.
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No, no no!!!!!!!!!! Idlewild does not have any insanely thrilling coasters. When was the last time you saw either of them in the top 100 list? They are not considered good coasters. They're more less family coasters, which is the whole point of Idlewild, a family park. I can't believe Idlewild was mentioned as an example, geez.

Peabody, I got the stats from a park brochure, and it's very hard to be off by over 50 feet in Japanese, because if I was off by that much it would be another 10 marks. Now, the banked turn on it's layout can count as an overbaked turn. When was the last time you rode Bandit? When it wa brown orwhen it was red?

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Vertigo, that number is correct, but only in terms or height difference (a sneaky way of getting a big number!). There aren't drops over 200 feet :( In fact, I still am pretty sure the first drop is the tallest from crest to valley. Sure the other drops are huge, but they are so shallow! I'm still not sure which banked turn you are referring to. Before the second big drop, or before the third drop?

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When it comes to "quality not quantity", you have to side with Islands of Adventure. IOA has the Hulk, which in my mind is the best steel coaster in the world, and it has the Dueling Dragons, which are just downright mind shaddering when you think about the time and coordination that it took to create and make them work correctly. Spiderman, just plain awesome! The entire park takes my breath away and there is NO park in the entire world that can even think about saying "we compare to IOA", because they don't! NOT EVEN CP.

Definately Six Flags Fiesta Texas! Superman is incredible, and so is Poltergeist. I really enjoyed Boomerang, and Roadrunner Express! The only bad ride was Rattler.....(I didn't ride Der Rollerschucoaster or wahtever it's called.) But I really like that park.....and it's rides!

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Check out the vid of Bandit on http://www.asovini.com/screamer/e/index.html

That might help...:)
~Rob

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what about Knotts berry farm?

Silverwood. Three Ts, Tremors and Timber Terror.