Wicke Twister VERY in Depth and S:UE
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First thing Shawna and I (Matthew) noticed is how open the que and station is. Everyone and the ride is going to be sand blasted BAD! We already got a few sand particles in our eyes. The station is one of the cheaper looking stations at the park. Not that this is a bad thing, but it really is cheap; cement poles, no fancy brick...but this station will last and does have it's own personality. Of course we went to the back seat for our first ride. We got all the way up to the ride and the first for rides ahead of us WAYYyyy overshot the brakes. The ride went down right before ours. We Waited. It opened and we got on. To those who think the seats are high...Ummmm. I don't think they are higher not than SUE? If anything it's an optical illusion since there is no valley in cement to give you a reference point comparitive to SUE? We also noticed the seats are thinner than SUE we actually had to actually snug ourselves in. Harnes felt the same. Oh, we also noticed that WT did not have the wheel covers on either like SUE yesterday. I was upset that at launch they do a 3-2-1 thing...no suprise like SUE (but hey maybe it's a safety facter.) The lauch very intense as expected...A LOT of fun. And yes, the is a VERY stupid place to put the electrical equ. and a HUGE cement wall blocking the view of the lake during launch. I guess CP thought that it would be a blur? First time up the spike, we barely broke up the curve. Now the fun part...we launched backwards and the force of the turn up was awesome! Now the twist...very nice. I'm amazed that no one has talked about how you actually go through the supports and how they also fly around you compared to SUE where you really don't see them? Anyway, you fly up and through the supports then come back down spinning like mad again. Does it look cool? Yes. Does it feel cool...not as cool as SUE. I don't get that "GREAT" feeling since I'm spinning. I do a get an intense feeling but it's not a great intense. Launch back through the station. I did not feel like we went up as high as I thought we were going to go on the front spike, but the trains are longer. Back through the station and up the back spike...yep very intense. And back down through the station and back up the straight spike. We jumped off and went down a VERY suprisingly short exit ramp for CP. Shawna asked me if I was ok and I said my head hurt a little and than she pointed out that my right ear was bleeding A LOT. I knew my head smacked hard both times on the back spike, but I have ridden many coasters and have been smacked around a lot (hey I rode Steel Phantom 30 times in one day before), but I never bleed! I'm 6'2 and she's 5'8 she's the one who usually gets the smacking. Bummer. We had to take care of that. We watched WT quite a few times and Shawna pointed out that she doesn't think CP is running this ride a it's "ideal power." I agree. It looks like it should be coming a little closer to the top on both sides. it's really not making the 450'... twist more like 405'. Hopefully CP will tweak it all this week. We rode again...still only 20min! What's up with that? You would think with this being a new ride, the public would flock to it. Some did, but not nearly as many as we were both expecting. And yes the general peeps know about "the others." We rode back seat and front seat each one more time...this time no headbanging sice I actually had to learn how to ride this one. I timed a few things and noticed CP's crew is moving about 10 seconds faster for 3 on each side compared to SUE's one on each side. Wich we figured would help CP a little but not to much...good thing the line wasn't long. In the end, and as of right now, I have to give the nod to SUE and Shawna gives it a split. We both agree that the brake and "WHOA!!!" feeling on it and the absolute freefall after it or just plan fun and make you want to reride. WT is it fun? Yes. Is it Fast? Yes. Will I ride it again? Without a doubt! Can a tell a difference in speed? Not unless I'm in the very front. Will I tell others about it? Yes. In the end it is a great addition to CP but it just has that feel of "15th coaster lets just move on to 16!" But I still give the nod to SUE. It was the first and still packs one heck of a punch. Hope you enjoyed this!!!
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Just wanting to know where you experienced the headbanging? I felt none the transition to the twist was very smooth. The end car only came about 10 feet from the end of the track also, the end car did 1 and 1/4 twists.
It just sounds like to me that you are just trying to find any kind of fault you can with WT.
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The Beast and Night, They go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly
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MagnumForce. Are you shocked that someone finds S:UE better then WT so you have to make the statement that he is looking for fault? He has his opinion just like you have yours. We have heard alot of opinions siding with WT. Not everyone is going to feel that way about it.
I thought this was a very well thought out description. I cant wait to try WT myself.
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"The Peoples Elbow" or "The Spinaroonie?. Cant decide which is the most electrifying move in sports entertainment!!! LOL
MagnumForce said:
It just sounds like to me that you are just trying to find any kind of fault you can with WT.
Sure sounds to me like you are being awful judgemental. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Besides it (WT) bloodied his ear.... Sheesh have a little heart man.
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Six laps on WT and dozens on S:UE, and I don't see how either one is going to smack around your head, let alone make you bleed unless you've got sharp earings or a big zit. Let me clarify again that's the way I feel about any Impulse.
I didn't read the initial post because, well, paragraphs make things much easier to read.
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LOL.
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"The Peoples Elbow" or "The Spinaroonie?. Cant decide which is the most electrifying move in sports entertainment!!! LOL
RollerCoasterGod made it clear in the first line of his post that his statement was his honest opinion, and nothing more. So he finds fault with the ride... so he likes S:UF better. That's his opinion. Just because something is at Cedar Point does not make it better, or shield it from negative opinion. It is not the exact same ride as S:UE (a fact which CP diehards were quick to point out when the park was criticized for adding a "clone") and therefore is going to get different opinions from other Impulse coasters. Some will like it. Some will like other coasters more. Its an opinion.
An opinion which I agree with when the author said that the WT seems like a ride that was added to get Cedar Point its fifteenth coaster. It does not seem to have the "grand" feeling of an installation like Raptor, Mantis, or MF. Just an opinion :)
I am not "shocked" i just don't see how the heck you would get your ears bloodied and it was twisting 1 and 1/4 times.
Geez, I thought WT was the most intense coaster at CP but ya know I am also entitled to my opinion.
Just that his "humvle opinion" sounded extrmely biased too me.
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The Beast and Night, They go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly
Opinions are biased, that's what bias means. ;)
I guess what people take issue with is the fact that, secretly, even us fan boys didn't have high hopes for the ride, and have since been blown away. To dismiss it as a trivial addition seems a little hard to swallow.
But the "filler" ride thing... that I'll never get. How many parks would be perfectly happy to have a ride that's "only" $9 million?
I also find the notion that they built it for the coaster count kind of silly. Aside from Dick Kinzel mentioning in an interview on this very site that no ride decision is made for the ego, this ride fills a dual void in the park's lineup: lack of a launched ride and a shuttle coaster. Now they have both. What, were they supposed to build another $25 million coaster?
This doesn't even get into the long-term strategy of revitalizing an area of the park that has been sorely dead for years. Now with Giant Wheel, Twister, and... we'll see.
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Ahh ya just can't win LOL
Maybe I'll go to my "favorite" park GAM this weekend and actually get to ride V2. But I am thinking anything would be hard pressed to beat getting sucked down through those supports and actually being able to see the tower bend while I was on it. Seriously I haven't rode an impulse before and wasn't expecting much. What I got blew me away more then any coaster ever has. I was whipped when I got off, total sensory overload.
-Brent
Who throws CP, SFGAM, and PKI into his collective favorite park plate.
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The Beast and Night, They go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly
I think WT kicks S:UE's butt. I just more intense. I mean I miss the whole holding break, but you cant do that on a twisted peice of track. I thought it was an awsome coaster, and very re-rideable (i got 4 laps on it). S:UE was fun, no doubt, but WT is just better.
As for headbanging, im 6'2" also and I never experienced any headbanging on Wicked Twister.
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Somedays it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.
I prefer WT to S:UE because of the lack of holding brake.
I find the twist more enjoyable personally because I am not a fan of being slammed into restraints.
S:UE is a more intense ride because of the brake IMO, but again I prefer to ride WT.
Shaggy
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And yes, I have gotten headbanging on Superman before. I know it sounds impossible, but i have. It's usally when i don't prepare myself for the twist, and its only happened twice.
WT is ot better because it's at CP and S:UE does not suck because it's at Six Flags- simple as that!!
I'll ride both any day
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