| # | Author | Message |
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| dshyates
Fri 7/11/2008 3:43p | "FYI: California Screamin' is a custom coaster."
Short of mad mice or other traveling coasters and the permanent instillations of those, all coasters are custom coasters. But there are a selections of standard options. And for CS they actually chose very few options. 1-flat LIM, 1-hill LIM, 1-vert loop, 1 set of minor bunny hops. |
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| Hans Reinhardt
Fri 7/11/2008 3:47p | So what? It's still custom and a darn good ride too. Best coaster on the entire property in my book. |
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| dshyates
Fri 7/11/2008 3:49p | "Theme parks are about characters"
Really. I thought literature, movies and TV were about characters. I thought Theme Parks were about immerse environments and attractions. Slathering with characters is "synergy". Synergy is commercialization and is all about selling product and has nothing to do with Theme Parks other than the in-park guests are a captive audience to push commercial product otherwise not related to amusemant parks. |
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| dshyates
Fri 7/11/2008 3:53p | "So what? It's still custom and a darn good ride too. Best coaster on the entire property in my book."
I prefer either Space or BTMRR. I find CS to be a complete waste of time. I used to say its a great coaster for little girls and grandmas. But my 7 year old daughter after riding Millinium Force at CP (310', 93mph) has no interest. If its too boring for a 7 year old girl, than I will say its a great coaster for grandmas. |
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| Hans Reinhardt
Fri 7/11/2008 3:56p | If your 7 year old thinks CS is boring she must be comatose on slow-poke BTMRR. |
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| dshyates
Fri 7/11/2008 4:01p | "If your 7 year old thinks CS is boring she must be comatose on slow-poke BTMRR. "
She loves BTMRR, but not for the actual coaster. She loves the themeing. She love the HM too, and it goes, what like 3mph? But if your not going to actually theme it, it better be balls to the walls fast. The "its a coaster themed to look like a coaster" crap still leaves her a bit confused. She's not quite as sophisticated as the designers. |
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| Hans Reinhardt
Fri 7/11/2008 4:38p | >>The "its a coaster themed to look like a coaster" crap still leaves her a bit confused.<<
Maybe she's over thinking it. All she has to do is just sit down and enjoy the ride.
Your daughter's taste in coasters notwithstanding, my point still stands that CS is the best coaster at DLR. |
68
| trekkeruss
Fri 7/11/2008 5:12p | <<if your not going to actually theme it, it better be balls to the walls fast.>>
IMO, it's not about speed, it's about character. The Cyclone in Coney Island is definitely not anywhere near the fastest or tallest coaster, yet it is probably on the top 10 list of every coaster fanatic out there. Personally, I think Screamin' is a very good coaster.
<<The "its a coaster themed to look like a coaster" crap still leaves her a bit confused.>>
I'm sure she got that from you. Kids tend to mimic what their parents do, say, or think. |
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| Hans Reinhardt
Fri 7/11/2008 5:17p | ^^I was going to say that but I was afraid of getting flamed. I know, I'm a coward. |
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| dshyates
Fri 7/11/2008 6:12p | Actually I did apply the themeing aspect to her opinion. What she says is BTMRR is funner. But interpret that is 1. CS has little themeing to hold her interest. And 2. for an unthemed coaster it isn't all that exciting compared to other unthemed coasters she has ridden. She didn't actually say anything about themeing. Just not much interest in riding it. But she does show more interest in riding all the other coasters at DLR, gadgets withstanding. And she really likes BTMRR, Space, and Matterhorn. I actually like CS more than anyone else in the family. I think her problem is there are no real drops. She loves the big drops. She doesn't really care about loops.Personally I'm not a big Intamin AG fan. I like the B&M steelies much better.
And as far as Coney Island's Cyclone, I think it ends up on most top ten list more as an honorary nod to its importance, because as far as woodies go I wouldn't put it in the top ten. There have been so many great woodies built in the past 10 years that its hard to understand how the Cyclone stays on the lists, but its always there. So my guess is respect. GCI has really redefined wooden coasters. |
