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What is the best thrill ride that was ever at SFGAm?also tw
I LOVED the Edge! First generation freefalls offered a ride experience like no other. They are also fun to watch operating- like some weird factory assembly line! I hope Cedar Point keeps Demon Drop going since it's the last one standing in this country. I also miss the Tidal Wave tremendously- there's nothing like sitting in that front seat as you head up the dead end track!
I was looking around on youtube and I found this video from the park during its first year of operation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCicA7SU ... re=channel I thought that it was neat. Rip Sky whirl (1976-2000)
\ Great find Clipper. I actually remember the 80's commercials on youtube in similar sections. So cheesy, but memories none the less. Good times, I miss those old days.
I'd have to agree. That video was pretty neat. I haven't seen too much video of Turn of the Century before, and it was sort of funny to see Standard Oil/Amoco.
I never said that is how everybody is. I was just adding to something that was fun to add too. Everything is not serious.
"The rides are GREAT, The shows are GREAT, the fun is GREAT. At Marriott"s GREAT AMERICA!"
Those commercials are 100X better than we will ever see again I'm sure...until Mr. Six resurfaces of course. I'd have to say Deja Vu was the best thrill ride because it was so horrifying and outrageous SFGAm could only handle it for 6 years before sending the monster to Idaho where most people will never see it again.
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^ Do you even understand the true definition of Thrill Ride?
"The rides are GREAT, The shows are GREAT, the fun is GREAT. At Marriott"s GREAT AMERICA!"
you mean whats your definition...
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Wow, are you kidding me that you are being that nit-picky???!?! A thrill ride is just that - a thrill to said rider. My word.
I never went on Power Dive but I do really like King Chaos. Deja Vu was very thrilling. Oh the kids teacups in wiggle's world because of the speed you can get those cups turning
 I'm irreverent and stuff...
I wish I could see a good video of Power Dive. Weren't you able to see it on Iron Wolf before? 13 Years with SFGAm World!
Im just going with the title What is the best thrill ride that was ever at SFGAm?also tw ^ referring to a flat ride ^ referring to Tidal Wave "The rides are GREAT, The shows are GREAT, the fun is GREAT. At Marriott"s GREAT AMERICA!"
A thrill ride is a thrilling ride, and it doesn't have to be a flat ride!! I think we have pretty poor thrilling flats in order to call a lot of them great. I only consider the Hay Baler a great flat ride. I think a number of them are good, but not great like some of our roller coasters are in my opinion.
thrill - "to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body" from dictionary.com ride - "to be borne along on or in a vehicle or other kind of conveyance." from dictionary.com "I've been staring at the world, waiting. All the trouble and all the pain we're facing. Too much light to be livin' in the dark. Why waste time? We only got one life. Together we can be the CHANGE. So go and let your heart burn bright"
Well stated lovethevu. I think we can agree that your summary is a good definition. By the way, the Vu is the only ride I have never been on at Great America since I've been going there (~30 years). I regret that I never got to ride it, but since moving away in 2001 to the western suburbs, I only got to get to great america once per year if lucky and everytime I did...well you know the story...it was never working. Oh well. At any rate, I look forward to going there someday when my 3 year old daughter is older (to see her enjoying classic rides for the first time).
Believe me as much as I loved my first time on Deja Vu (8/12/07), the experience is too short and the ride too magical to leave a big impact after only one ride. You don't even remember that much and you don't really get a feel for the ride after only one time on it. I remember the station and the awkward seat layout, the quick launch going so fast you can't see a thing besides the blue and green and the somewhat uncomfortable "falling forward" portion of when you are hanging down the towers. If you can't fill the seat in enough, you feel like the bars will open up and you will fall right out. Scary.
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Where did you like to sit on the ride? Was the front or back better? Good description given that I have no clue how the ride was seeing that I never got to ride it. V2, however is one of my favorite rides and I'm glad that there isn't the same problems with it...great, great ride.
I sat towards the back. It was closed right when I got near it but reopened fairly quickly. Walking towards the front of the queue was cool as the cobra roll and loop gave you great shots of the riders screaming their heads off. I remember thinking how amazing the ride looked and how I can't wait to ride it over and over again. What do you know right when we got close to entering the station for our turn the ride went down for like 5-10 minutes. I told my brother how great it was we were next after it just experienced 2 problems almost back-to-back. The seats were weird they were set up in a way that didn't allow you to really see the person you were sitting next to. I told Peter to make sure he is buckled in securely and the announcer said to to this not this wait for that as far as the restraints are concerned. I was never that terrified in my entire life. It goes so fast and the cobra roll was 100X better and more outrageous than I could even imagine or describe. Doing it twice just the other way was fun as when I was facing the tower instead of hanging of it I felt more safe and secured. I was so scared facing down so many feet in the air thinking this needs to end because these might open up and I will fall right out.
I'm a pretty skinny guy those bars left way too much room. Anyway, don't feel bad because like I said for a ride like Deja Vu you need to go on it more than once to really get the feel of it and have a good recollection. There is something that bothered me though for the longest time ever since I found out Vu was leaving late 2007. Why on earth did they wait till the very end to announce it was leaving? They must have known way in advance just like with Splash Water Falls why not announce it sooner so people have more chances to get their last rides in? How lucky was I? My two favorite rides at SFGAm taken down in the same off-season. 13 Years with SFGAm World!
Great description, thanks!!! I wished I could have experienced the initial part where you hang facing forward, while going up backwards up the first spike. I love that feeling on V2 (though it's much faster obviously).
I found this video of these old thrill rides!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgAPeBSF ... reat%20ame Rip Sky whirl (1976-2000)
Ha three roller coasters for the price of one. We have come a long way.
"The rides are GREAT, The shows are GREAT, the fun is GREAT. At Marriott"s GREAT AMERICA!"
It is hard for me to believe that the park only used to have 3 coasters and now we have 13 of them.
13? Oh with Ragun Cajun and Spacely's. Yeah, more like 10 without those and Dark Knight.
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Coasters are coasters, regardless of how big or exciting they are.
Favorite Wood Coasters: The Voyage, Ravine Flyer II, Thunderhead, Balder
Favorite Steel: Voltron Nevera, Steel Vengeance, Expedition GeForce, Olympia Looping Parks visited: 232, Coasters Ridden: Steel: 894, Wood: 179, Total: 1073
Big, exciting or the cheapest thing you can put together and gear it toward "families" while not letting the thrill seekers know they are being ignored until families start complaining again---which they always eventually do.
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