Roller Coaster you would have liked to have ridden

I'd love to take a spin on each of the still operating P&C coasters in the original trains. Damn Morgans.

Count me in on the Revolution bandwagon, as well.

I'd also be interested in checking out a pre-butchering Colossus.

BaSSiStiSt said:
Eh, it wasn't that great.
BWA HAHAHAHAAHAHAH! Yes it was!!!

What a bASStrad. ;) Somebody's just jealous because he won't be at PPP.

Wow! I am surprised it took some tool on this boad 12 posts to mention Drachen Fire.

Mine would have to be the Turn of the Century before they reprofiled it to the Demon. If only I hadnt been such a chicken when I was younger.

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Bob Hansen
Resident Airtime Whore

Pre-modified vote:
add another for the OTSR-less Revolution

Before-my-time vote:
Flying Dragon at Walled Lake, MI (my former place of residence)

Too-chicken-when-I-was-younger vote:
Jumbo Jets at CP

Later,
EV
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Everybody has times when they feel like they don't fit in."
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Comet at HP with no skid brake.

Raven with Buzz bars.

The Beast, full out.

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But the Beast NEVER ran full out. It had trims all the way down the first drop, at the top of the second hill, in the shed, and on the drop to the helix.

It doesn't go any slower today then it ever did except for the beggining of last year when it ran trimless on the first drop, however the new brakes completely ruin the pacing of the ride.

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If I was part of a coaster, I would be an upstop pad on an Arrow Mine Train.
MAGNUM HAD MY BABY!

BaSSiStiSt said:
Comet at HP with no skid brake.

Ooohh...I forgot about that one. Good call!

The Comet at Cascade Park. The way it was laid out running through the trees, over a creek and in a gorge (hence the original name The Gorge) would have been pretty cool. Unfortunately, by the time I was old enough to ride it, I wasn't brave enough. That thing was rickety as crap and there was no way I was getting on it.

....and to think of the drenching we took in an effort to get a brakeless Comet ride....;) Oh well, at least it PALED in comparison to bASS's Lake Compounce waterfall ride...:)
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So, did you get a "brakeless" Comet ride? What was it like?
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-Rob
A.C.E. member since 1990
Posting @ Coasterbuzz since 2000
E.C.C. member since 2002

Nope, Rob, the Comet was as braked as ever. And we got drenched. It sucked.

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Mike Miller - The CPG: The ORIGINAL flash mob

I would have thought that rain would have killed that damn brake...

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-Rob
A.C.E. member since 1990
Posting @ Coasterbuzz since 2000
E.C.C. member since 2002

I've had brakeless Comet rides, many years ago. The ride was a lot wilder, air on the return bunny hills. Of course, this could be my ancient memory playing tricks on me, but I remember it have a lot more air/speed many years ago.

I also experienced the Revolution in all its glory. What they have done to this ride is very, very sad. SDL at Hershey still runs with lapbars, so you can ride that and sort of imagine what Revolution used to be like, though of course to me Rev has a much more interesting layout.

My pick for this list would probably be the original Colossus at SFMM, just because it looked like it would have been a great deal of fun from the pics I've seen of it.

dt

Drachen Fire , Bobs @ Riverview and Crystal Beach Cyclone

Rob Ascough said:
Pretty much anything that I can no longer ride!

Ditto. I probably would've liked Rattler pre mod cuz I like it now.

In a unrelated, yet still on topic vote...

Must kill self for visiting a year before construction and not returning vote: IOA(Hulk and DD), and SDC(Wildfire)

PS.. To chicken to ride as kid vote: Big Thunder Mountain and Space Mt. in Disneyland (Orlando)

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I've got to place a vote for Mr. Twister. Any coaster cool enough to inspire not one but two replacements...

I also have to vote for Wild One at SFA before reprofiling. I did ride it when it opened, but I was young and stupid and I had been out to PKI that summer and ridden Beast...

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I want to live where it's all the same.
I want to live where it's all just like today.
I want to live where it's always Saturday.

I forgot all abotu the Harry Travers Cedar Point Cyclone. I would love to see a reproduction someday.

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If I was part of a coaster, I would be an upstop pad on an Arrow Mine Train.
MAGNUM HAD MY BABY!

Phoenix at Knoebels with it's original trains. 'nuff said... :)

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I'm a loser.

http://rcdb.com/installationgallery1882.htm

Uh-huh. Yep. Thats what I want.

krazy pete said:
Can The Phantom Get Enough Revenge?
The Steel Phanton was in my crosshairs for a ride (and in a way it still is) but since they've taken all the inversions out (and why on earth would they do that?) I've lost a lot of interest in the ride. But if I come across a chance to ride Phanton's Revenge, then maybe i'll give it a spin.
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Never eat before going on a loopy coaster.

If you've never rode the Steel Phantom, you cant say its better than Revenge, which It's not. SP beat the living crap outta you. It was worse than SOB, or any other woodie ive rode. The head-banging was so bad I had a headache every time when I got off, and I consider myself to be quite tolerant of rough rides. Dont get me wrong, I loved it at the time, but I never rode more than 2 times in the same visit because it was that bad.

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The Millenium Force ride Ops: Squishing you where it counts since 2000.
Track Record: 62 coasters at 17 parks.