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Viper is the first coaster that comes to mind with those 'hints' but there was a coaster which had a description that fit PKD's Shockwave perfectly on a used rides site awhile back... I hope not, though, Shockwave has great stand-up air and positive g's, a rarity these days, although it's poor curve transitions which do make me rank it lower on my list...
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The concept for the ride is neat, but what makes me not want to ride the coaster anymore is those restraints. I rarely have a problem with any form of restraints, but the way the restraints sat on my shoulders, and the bad transitions during some of the curves made the ride something unpleasant for myself.. Out of the 389 coasters I have ridden, there are only 3 that I don't care to ride again.
The weird thing is I rode Manhattan Express in Vegas earlier this year with no problem. I didn't find it as bad as some made it out to be, and it has the same restraint system as Viper. Go figure. I remember at one time, TOGO had a full sized working model of the concept for Viper sitting in the back of the offices in Southern Ohio. Parts of that model were used in Viper.
When I was at SFGADv earlier this year, there was welding being done to the last heartline spins of the ride so it was closed.
It is interesting to note that Viper is the second Togo to be built and removed(?) in that exact spot.
If the coaster is removed, I hope they at least try to save some of the cool western theming. It is one of Great Adventure's better theming jobs.
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*** This post was edited by millrace on 11/7/2001. ***
*** This post was edited by gatorwoodie on 11/7/2001. ***
I had no idea that Viper was supposed to be a larger coaster, although I do remember seeing pics of Togo's new "Mega Coaster" (or something like that) in ACE News before the coaster came over to SFGAdv, and it did have some track that the Viper doesn't have.
As others have said, the first drop was fantastic, definitely one of the better steel coaster drops I have experienced.
The 3 coasters I don't care to ride again are:
1. Viper at SFGADv (as mentioned above)
2. Thriller (Texas Tornado) at SFAW- As far as restraints go, those are the absoulte worst I have experianced. Never have I ridden a coaster where my back actually snapped because of restraints...until I rode that one.
3. Serial Thriller at SFWoA- I have ridden many different SLC coasters, but for some reason, after the first season for this coaster, I can't enjoy it anymore. I gave it two more chances this past season and decided not to try it again.
I didn't mind Revolution that much, although I would love to ride it without the OTSR. As far as Raging Wolf Bobs goes, I might have to include that one also, but not because of the restraints. It's just the jarring, slow, ride it provides that makes me wonder why I waited in a long line for it.I I have gotten a good ride on it before, but not recently. Now, if the rumors are true, and a Gerstlauer train ends up being installed on the ride in the near future, then perhaps I will give it another try.
As far as the roughness of Viper, I found it to be the most rough in the middle sections of the ride.There are a couple of curves there that the train enters to violently IMO.
The TOGO that used to sit on the same site as Viper was the Ultra Twister that now resides at SFAW. Call me crazy but I kind of liked Ultra Twister. It was kind of rough on the shoulders but it has one of the best first drops (85-degrees!) I have gone down.
gatorwoodie said:
My worst experience on a woodie was RWB (sorry bigkirby)
Awww :(
;) It does get a little shaky, but gotta love the short lines :)
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