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[Cheap Thrills] Your Favorite Ride

John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
edited April 2010 in Social Entropy++
My Mother.

Ok, now we have that out of the way, I will explain the point of this.

On Monday I went to Thorpe Park in the UK and tried out their newest rollercoaster based on the Saw franchise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0_Sk4uDhEo

On the way up you have to walk through a building made up to look like scenes from the Saw movies. The usual stuff you see on franchise rides but it did wonders to increase my anticipation. The ride itself was fantastic. I have bruises from some of the force on this one.

The main point of the thread is this. What is your favorite ride you have experienced? It need not be famous. Obscure rides can sometimes be the best.

Share with me your love of cheap thrill rides.

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I hated the Saw movies.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    VoC that was the best response.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Hulk

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    your mo- oh

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    But anyway I love the Rocking Roller Coaster at MGM

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The big coaster at California Adventure is really really good

    The Simpsons ride at Universal is genius if only for the line and the part where they take your picture

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    That's the best thing to come out of the Saw franchise.

    Well this and Saw Babies.

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  • Josiah_9Josiah_9 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I love the Magnum at Cedar Point:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Si_xOp_crc

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Fahrenheit at Hershey Park!

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
  • DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3OiAlvpw2w
    You can just feel the puke stains in the seat

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    At Hershey my favourite will always be Wildcat. I love wooden coasters and the Comet is a sad little thing and some people take Lightning Racers waaaay too seriously.

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Usagi wrote: »
    Fahrenheit at Hershey Park!

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    That is very similar to another coaster at TP that was down for maintenance on Monday :(

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOK73JNV3A

    Next time.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Usagi wrote: »
    Fahrenheit at Hershey Park!

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    hahahahaha...yes!

    Also Great Bear simply because of the sound it makes.



    Hell, most of that park to be honest.

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    what was great was living basically 5-10 minutes away from busch gardens

    rollercoasters out the wazoo with a season pass

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Montreal's Goliath was the tallest and fastest rollercoaster in Canada for 2 years before stupid Toronto beat us like they've done with everything else in the history of this country.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwiU5rU-JGI

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I'm going to Montreal next month for the first time. I'm excited.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    At Hershey my favourite will always be Wildcat. I love wooden coasters and the Comet is a sad little thing and some people take Lightning Racers waaaay too seriously.


    I, uhh...we...I mean.....who? Us? NEVER!

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  • THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Millennium Force

    It is fucking intense.

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    At Hershey my favourite will always be Wildcat. I love wooden coasters and the Comet is a sad little thing and some people take Lightning Racers waaaay too seriously.


    I, uhh...we...I mean.....who? Us? NEVER!

    Haha, this does not surprise me.


    I always seem to end up at Hershey on school field trip day so I end up on the ride with 20 some odd 13 year olds who get really into it.

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I'm going to Montreal next month for the first time. I'm excited.

    Man July is when you wanna come. Ain't shit to do in Montreal in May.

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    When I was younger I went to a park that I can't remember the name of. They had this ride that was basically a giant wheel you stood inside with your back against the inside wall.

    It would then spin and spin and the floor would lower leaving you pinned against the inside of this thing. I went on it about 4 times and I regret that decision for the rest of my life.

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    At Hershey my favourite will always be Wildcat. I love wooden coasters and the Comet is a sad little thing and some people take Lightning Racers waaaay too seriously.


    I, uhh...we...I mean.....who? Us? NEVER!

    Trash talkin at every turn

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    That's called a centrifuge ride. They have them in lots of parks.

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    rollercoasters scare me
    I went on a relatively small, wooden one at valleyfair in minneapolis and I could just handle it

    I will never ride a rollercoaster again
    or any ride that goes high up

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    natek wrote: »
    rollercoasters scare me
    I went on a relatively small, wooden one at valleyfair in minneapolis and I could just handle it

    I will never ride a rollercoaster again
    or any ride that goes high up

    See, wooden rollercoasters scare me more than new ones.

    I mean, that shit is old and rickety.

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    When I was younger I went to a park that I can't remember the name of. They had this ride that was basically a giant wheel you stood inside with your back against the inside wall.

    It would then spin and spin and the floor would lower leaving you pinned against the inside of this thing. I went on it about 4 times and I regret that decision for the rest of my life.

    I fucking hate these things. But that's because I operated the Gravitron as my #2 ride when I worked at the boardwalk and that thing sucked to be inside for 4 hours.

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-nYY7Zlz1c&feature=player_embedded

    I really liked this. I really like roller coasters. At Disneyworld it was all thunder and storming and raining so nobody was on the rollercoasters except for us because we're like rain? Lol w/e. That was good stuff.

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    natek wrote: »
    rollercoasters scare me
    I went on a relatively small, wooden one at valleyfair in minneapolis and I could just handle it

    I will never ride a rollercoaster again
    or any ride that goes high up

    See, wooden rollercoasters scare me more than new ones.

    I mean, that shit is old and rickety.

    Rickety is just another word for fun! I love the way an olden wooden coaster creaks at every turn.

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    When I was younger I went to a park that I can't remember the name of. They had this ride that was basically a giant wheel you stood inside with your back against the inside wall.

    It would then spin and spin and the floor would lower leaving you pinned against the inside of this thing. I went on it about 4 times and I regret that decision for the rest of my life.

    They had that one at La Ronde long ago, like in the 80s. Called it the Rotor. I went on it once. They took it apart because it wasn't safe or something (or maybe too many people were getting sick in it and it was too much of a pain to clean up).

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    i used to be scared shitless of rollercoasters until i was like 18 or 19 when i rode the demon at great america in san jose

    it's really tame as rollercoasters go but i really liked it and it got rid of my rollercoaster fear

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    natek wrote: »
    rollercoasters scare me
    I went on a relatively small, wooden one at valleyfair in minneapolis and I could just handle it

    I will never ride a rollercoaster again
    or any ride that goes high up

    See, wooden rollercoasters scare me more than new ones.

    I mean, that shit is old and rickety.

    Rickety is just another word for fun! I love the way an olden wooden coaster creaks at every turn.

    I hate the way that I pee a little bit at every creak!

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I believe it is spelled: favourite

    ahem.

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Also, Le Monstre:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al_1dZ7gtTI

    You think it's gonna fall apart because it's made of 25 year old wood. You'd think that. But that shit's sturdier than the metal rides.

    Also: The only thing holding you into that ride is a metal bar on your lap. It's probably more just terrifying than thrilling.

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    I believe it is spelled: favourite

    ahem.

    Pshh, I spelled it that way.

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  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The Rattler

    This is probably one of my favorite roller coasters. My first time on it gave me whiplash. The first drop give you that nice sensation of floating before slamming down and hitting a hard right turn.

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  • DJ Cam CamDJ Cam Cam Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4H0Sq2-Vg
    Don't ride rides in China

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Goliath at Magic Mountain is pretty damn fun

    But hands down my favorite ride of all time is Star Tours

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I hated every single roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure but Batman and Super Man. Even Medusa sucked.

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