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Postby stergmi on January 15th, 2017, 12:44 pm
So the park keeps marketing Joker as the 15th coaster. But I only count 14. So what an I missing that the park counts?

Whizzer
Demon
Viper
Raging Bull
X-Flight (5)
American Eagle
Goliath
Spacely Sprockets
Little Dipper
Batman The Ride (10)
Vertical Velocity
Joker
Dark Knight
Superman Ultimate Flight
???? (15)


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Postby anewman35 on January 15th, 2017, 1:19 pm
I assume they're counting the Eagle twice.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on January 15th, 2017, 1:47 pm
Jester's Wild Ride . . . . . oh, wait :lol:

Real answer though is:
American Eagle Blue
American Eagle Red
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on January 15th, 2017, 3:43 pm
Yeah, Eagle counts as 2 since there are two different tracks. Some count Eagle as a single credit, which is understandable, which gives the two different figures.
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Postby RollingCoasting on January 15th, 2017, 4:54 pm
No idea why some people count Eagle as 1 credit. Which ever side you ride on, blue or red, you never at any point during the ride go on the other side's track. If it were a mobius loop style coaster then yeah, it'd be 1 credit, but it's not. : p
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Postby Tardis1972 on January 16th, 2017, 1:23 pm
Clearly its our 2018 Super Loop. What else would it be.
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Postby gottastrata33 on January 16th, 2017, 1:40 pm
This is why blue side on AE should get the RMC hybrid overhaul. One classic, one hybrid intertwined together. Call blue side "Rebel" ;)
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Postby stergmi on January 16th, 2017, 10:05 pm
That's what I was thinking but no other park counts a racing coaster as 2 different rides.


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Postby Wisco Woody on January 17th, 2017, 7:11 am
Compare AE to Racer at Kings Island and even Gemini at CP and Colossus before RMC conversion to TC at MM. Unlike AE, the only difference between the 2 sides on Racer is that Red turns right and Blue turns left at the sole 180° turnaround, and since they've stopped running one side backwards for years now, the 2 sides are essentially the same and identical experiences. Colossus was and Gemini is just an alternating between which side turns on the outside and inside, the 2 sides parallel the entire ride with an identical ending.

AE's 2 sides on the other hand have a different g-force and speed in the massive double helix, a crossover right after, different return trip airtime hills, and a tighter and faster helix finale on the blue side. This leads to a big difference: the 2nd half of Red side is devoted to floater airtime and relative smoothness, while the 2nd half of Blue side is devoted to speed, intensity/relative roughness and brief ejector air. I would consider AE to be one duelling/racing "super coaster" with 2 distinct credits, similar to Lightning Racer at Hersheypark, while the other 3 are regular racing coasters with 2 near-identical credits that need not both be ridden.
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on February 3rd, 2017, 3:26 pm
Wisco Woody wrote:Compare AE to Racer at Kings Island and even Gemini at CP and Colossus before RMC conversion to TC at MM. Unlike AE, the only difference between the 2 sides on Racer is that Red turns right and Blue turns left at the sole 180° turnaround, and since they've stopped running one side backwards for years now, the 2 sides are essentially the same and identical experiences. Colossus was and Gemini is just an alternating between which side turns on the outside and inside, the 2 sides parallel the entire ride with an identical ending.

AE's 2 sides on the other hand have a different g-force and speed in the massive double helix, a crossover right after, different return trip airtime hills, and a tighter and faster helix finale on the blue side. This leads to a big difference: the 2nd half of Red side is devoted to floater airtime and relative smoothness, while the 2nd half of Blue side is devoted to speed, intensity/relative roughness and brief ejector air. I would consider AE to be one duelling/racing "super coaster" with 2 distinct credits, similar to Lightning Racer at Hersheypark, while the other 3 are regular racing coasters with 2 near-identical credits that need not both be ridden.


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