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[thedoctorpepper]

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[Spasmodically_InSaNe]

I live in orlando florida,so naturally,i dont have much coasters.Yet again,naturally i spend alot of time at ioa and universal studios,and i love the hulk and Dueling Dragons.The front seat of Ice on a good day((hold on ill explain what i mean))is definetly awesome.Its weird,with the Dueling Dragons,sometimes they run slow,sometimes they run really fast,a good day would be the fast one.Its also good when your dragon wins!The hulk is basically the same no matter where you sit,and the cobra roll on the hulk is awesome!

Edited by Spasmodically_InSaNe, 07 September 2003 - 06:41 AM.

[Mr Volcano]

I live in orlando florida,so naturally,i dont have much coasters.

What? Thats crazy!
I live in Winter haven florida (about 45-50minutes from Orlando) and I think we have a great selection of coasters. We have Hulk, Dueling Dragons Fire, Ice, Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Primeval whirl, Rock "n" Rollercoaster... etc... Not including the ones 2hrs away to Tampa which have the ones at Busch Gardens.
Sure they may not be the biggest but there good!

-Justin

[RNRMontuX]

What? Thats crazy!
I live in Winter haven florida (about 45-50minutes from Orlando) and I think we have a great selection of coasters.

I live in winter haven too. and we have plenty of coasters. A place without coaster is like when your 600 miles away from a park.

[xophe]

A place without coaster is like when your 600 miles away from a park.

That would be me, then! I live in Scotland, UK. Some annoying company own all theme park rights for Scotland, so, unless they say so, there is absolutly NO CHANCE of Scotland getting a Six Flags, Busch Gardens, or anything! There are 2 theme parks in Scotland - M&D's and Loudan Castle.
M&D's has a Pinfari looping coaster called Tornado, which may well be the world's roughest coaster! It has padded bars instead of side-friction wheels! The rest of the things at M&D's are games arcades, not what a coaster freak is looking for!
Loudan Castle is even worse! It has some very old flat rides, a Pinfari non-looper (that when you ride shakes and you think it is going to colapse!).
The nearest decent park with decent coasters is probably Blackpool Pleasure Beach, but that is about 600 miles away! (well, almost)

So, all you people complaining that you have to drive for 3 hours to get to a good park, think of me - I have to drive for 3 hours to get to my local "theme park" if you can call it that

I HATE SCOTLAND!!!

Xophe

[jonathan h]

Unlucky! I live about 1 hour and a half away from Thorpe Park so I down there quite often! I also live about 2 hours away from Drayton Manor, home to the BEST drop tower in Britain, and I live 2 hours and a half from Alton Towers! Yay!

[Josh TPT]

Yeah, jon's in the middle of it all, I'm about 20minutes drive away from Chessington and a 10 minute cycle away from Thorpe, not that I visit it that much. If you count 45+ visits this season not that much!

[xophe]

Lucky you! I wish I lived that close to AT!

Xophe

[Rizla]

lol not only do i live 10 mins from Blackpool Pleasure Beach i also worked there for 3 years.FREE TICKETS YAY and was also among the certain few staff members that were asked to pre test The Pepsi Max Big One.I nearly lost my job when Geoffrey Thompson overheard me saying that it was a hell of a lot of money wasted on 1 drop.Is it me or has any ever had a real good ride on that?Give me The Grand National,Wild Mouse , Big dipper and even The Rollercoaster over a ride on that any day.
BTW any1 visiting for any1 visiting Blackpool, got to south pier n try that giant swing...what a rushhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[B&M_Fan]

Well, I live 10 minutes away from my local home theme park, Wonderland Sydney. I visit there mostly every week with my friend, who is a coaster nut like me. So far this year, my Space Probe ride count is 210!! The. best. drop. ride. ever!! The Demon there, a Vekoma boomerang is pretty good, as followed by the Bush Beast the 'biggest wooden coaster in the southern hemisphere'. I hate the ride, it is so rough... But lately it has just re-opened over a 10 week rehab. Nothing has changed, except a train has been refurbished, amazinG!!

The water park has also re-opened ("The Beach") and the slides have been re-painted as well as a new competition to win $1,000,000 Aussie dollars. 9,000 bottles, yes, 9,000 bottles in one baby pool are chucked in there and every day 2 people from a draw have to go and run in there and grab a bottle.. Every bottle contains $100 bucks, and one contains the million. a 1 in 9,000 chance of winning, lol.

Also the defunct "Hanna Barbera Land or Little Wonder's Land" has been closed for over a year now, and there are rumours are going round that it is going to re-open as a Marvel themed land. The only bad thing is the Scooby Doo GC clone that stands there is closed (The Beastie).

Also, Wonderland used to be owned by Paramount, that is why the woodies are named "The Beastie" and "The Bush Beast". The Bush Beast also has the same logo as The Beast ar PKI except it has "Bush" lol.