Tomb Raider....whats your thoughts???
I think this is a good ride that a lot of people are putting down and I don't understand why. I enjoy the ride and the themeing is nothing short of excellent for a world class park like PKI.
What do you think??? Please dont turn this into a mud-slinging contest but what are your honest thoughts? Like it or not.
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*** This post was edited by PKI Rulz on 6/19/2002. ***
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You can see my assessment of the ride here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RollerCoasterTalk/message/8006 .
You'll have to scroll down to find it. I'd post it her but it's lengthy enough that a link would be better.
-Nate
Well, first the ride is at PKI so by that qualification it will never get a fair shake by many enthusiasts. PKI falls into the relm of a handful of parks that many enthusiasts love to hate.
But not me!
I like it alot. I like the themeing, I was surprised at how well it fits into Rivertown and I think it fills a unique void at the park. The overall experience pleasantly surprises me and I find it very re-rideable. It is a ride I definitely look forward to when I go to PKI now. The immense enormity of the ride unit itself still blows me away. I am glad they installed it and I hope it has set a precident by which other attractions there will follow.
Downside? The pre-ride movie gets old after a few viewings ala FOF. Also, knowing what the ride *could* do with a different program, it is not as thrilling as it could be. The ending definitely needs some work, which I understand the park is addressing.
I have no issues with the lingering upside down hang time. However apparently larger folks are bothered by it. That is the part that gets the most whines from enthusiasts that do not like it as far as I can tell.
Shaggy
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Shaggy
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I love it. I was actually expecting it to be a big disappointment when they announced it. I was definetly wrong. We ride it everytime we go and are getting to know the employees that work on the ride. I agree with Shaggy, the rides does have more potential, the programming just needs to be worked out. It seems to me that they have actually slowed it down recently. Anyway, I think it gets a bad rap because it is short, but that doesn't bother me. It's intense the whole time. Look at The Raven!
Eric
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That is alllll........
I Love the Ride. Theming is Great and I really love the music. Especially the music that is played while loading the actual ride, it really adds to everything.
Like Shaggy said, the pre~ride movie does get to be old after a couple of viewings but I can deal.
Sure the actual ride could be a bit longer but I think over time this length of the ride may change, and if not, I will still love it.
Like Shaggy also mentioned, the different cycles can definitely make a difference. There are so many aspects of the actual ride time that I enjoy.
All in all, TR is my Favorite ride at PKI.
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bigger is better
The ride time from bridges-up to bridges-down is TWO AND A HALF MINUTES. By most flat-ride standards, that is a ridiculously LONG ride!
The fact that people are getting off of it saying that it was "too short" is a code that really means "it didn't do enough." It FEELS short. But it is NOT a short ride.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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I like the ride very much. I will love it if they do 1 thing: add a quick, intense finale. Maybe a double or triple spin before ending. For me, the end is a little flat. I hope Shaggy is right (he usually is) and the park is doing something about the ending.
I like everything else about the ride. The themeing; the movie (yeah, it will probably will get old); and the hanging.
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joe. said:
Great ride... just too damn short.
What? I'm willing to bet it's one of the longest rides at the park.
I love it. The theme is well executed, the program is exciting without making you puke and the got John Voigt to voice the intro.
Now, I just hope that the park realizes that, being part live theater, you can't let little aspects of the ride go down unrepaired. Live theater doesn't work with lighting problems and non-functioning set pieces. No problems yet, and I'm not suggesting there will be, I just want to reinforce that idea.
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Sorrrrrrrry folks! Parks closed. The moose out front should have told you.
I don't wanna tip my cards before writing my Park #7 review...oh, wait a minute--I already did in the overview. Oops. What the hey, I got five coasters and a wavepool to review anyway.
While the preceding chambers were as meticulously themed as anything from USF/IOA, the final sequence was far simpler and lower-budget on the FX than the rest of the experience. Frankly, even the Outer Limits seemed more polished in comparison.
Buuuuut that didn't stop it from being a lot of fun. It wasn't white-linen napkin fun, but huge greasy-spoon hamburger topped with a mess of stringy fried onions fun. Roll up your sleeves, put both elbows on the table and let all the sloppy juices run down your chin 'cause it's gonna happen anyway fun. Suspend your disbelief and kick, scream and laugh yourself hoarse fun. Wait a minute--I've got another sentence ending with the word 'fun' coming up...
-'Playa
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Joey Ciborek, Florida Coaster Club, Member
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When a new ride opens a Kings Island, the theming is done well. But normally that is not maintained to the highest standards as time passes and the ride gets less popular. Lines for this ride will dwindle to nothing, it is not a timeless attraction. Sort of like Flight Commander did (huge lines the first year it was open).
They spent a lot of money on theming that could have been used to install other flat rides, which the park desperately needs. Or more family oriented rides (which the whole family can ride together, kids to grandma, such as dark rides). There are some MAJOR flat thrill rides out there that do not exist in Ohio. Intamin gyroswing, looping starship (which all the other Paramount parks have), Nauta-Bussink evolution, etc. The "show" on tomb raider will get old after a few times, and you will basically have a top spin as the theming goes down.
And this ride does not fit in Rivertown. There were not middle eastern tombs in the river days of Ohio. And there were not jeeps. Paramount has just about totally raped all the original theming of the themed sections of their park, and Tomb Raider was another step backward in that aspect. I like good rides, but part of the park experience for me is being totally transported into a different place or time with the theming of each section. While tomb raider itself is well themed, most of that theming is indoors, which the whole point of going to a park for me is to be outdoors.
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