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Originally posted by biznology Ive been to quite a few in the US. Never Cedar Point tho it seems fun. Orlando places are reasonably lame, the free beer, better rides and animals at Busch Gardens Tampa make that park the best IMO.

woot!! my theme park... i was a Rhino Rally driver at Busch Gardens

yeah he's right about teh free beer

id have to disguise myself after work to make it look like i didnt work there to get the free beer... they werent too fond of their employees drinking at work

I grew up with Six Flags Magic Mountain. I would ditch 4th period+lunch and go to magic for a ride or 2 before going back to high school. All my friends worked there. If you ever have a chance to go there it's dope. We have a whole SHITLOAD of record breaking coasters.

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Originally posted by jrbuddha here's a pic of one of the rides that was closed when i went to Six Flags Elitch Gardens. also, check out the virtual ride on THIS PAGE to get a better look at the ride. was so disappointed it was closed

Wow, halfpipe rides!

it's been said, but Cedar Point is the best.

Went to Alton Towers a couple of times when I lived in Staffordshire as a kid, but didn't think it was that great. Probably better than most of the Aussie theme-parks though.

Six flags is a lot more fun when it's haloween, trust me!

haven't been to many theme parks, they're okay, but queing for hours for a 1 minute ride not that great to me. the screaming little kids etc, something for when you're a little younger possibly

wickstead park
thorpe park
alton towers

all in UK

thorpe park i went to a couple months back, best thing about the day was the view, very hot day...you get the picture

edit: oh, and disneyland paris, but i don't really rate that, there was one ride, which was pretty pants

There's a great program on discovery channel about rollercoasters called: "extreme thrillrides", it rocks!
I'm watching it now

Some of the great rides that are mentioned: "Air", "Obvilon" and "X", magnificant!

I live like an hour away from Cedar Point and I must say while it does have really awesome rollercoasters, as an overall themepark it sucks. It has horrible atmostphere, no shade anywhere, and is confusing as hell to navigate. I mean if you just like coasters and that's it, CP is your place, but that's really all it's got. I much prefer themeparks with more atmosphere and some non-coaster attractions.

Epcott Disneyworld is probbably my favorite overall themepark, just because it's a really cool looking place and there's tons to do with the 12 or howevermany sections emulating different countries. But then again once I ride a roller coaster once it's pretty much lost it's thrill to me.

Oh, and CP was sooo much better when they had the bereinstein bears instead of gay snoopy -_-

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Originally posted by Dyshein I live like an hour away from Cedar Point and I must say while it does have really awesome rollercoasters, as an overall themepark it sucks. It has horrible atmostphere, no shade anywhere, and is confusing as hell to navigate. I mean if you just like coasters and that's it, CP is your place, but that's really all it's got. I much prefer themeparks with more atmosphere and some non-coaster attractions. Epcott Disneyworld is probbably my favorite overall themepark, just because it's a really cool looking place and there's tons to do with the 12 or howevermany sections emulating different countries. But then again once I ride a roller coaster once it's pretty much lost it's thrill to me. Oh, and CP was sooo much better when they had the bereinstein bears instead of gay snoopy -_-

I also prefer non-coaster attractions. And believe me, I see the best at the Efteling. Most "rides" there are beautifully made. Just look at these pics:

"Spookslot" (sort of haunted house)


"Fata Morgana"
(Inside)


(outside)


There are also a lot of fairytales to "visit" there. Just don't say "yuk" yet, 'cause when you see it you'll respect the fact that there's put such an ammount of work in it!




Anton Pieck's masterpiece, "Diorama". You feel like you're Gulliver!


It's not always supposed to "kick ass"!

rollercoasters scare me so i usually go to disneyland. i love pirates of the carrabian and the haunted mansion (especially around christmas!) And i used to like when universal studios did halloween themed stuff. it was so scary

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Originally posted by TOR i have been working in a theme park this month. my job is nice, but the park itself sucks, hehe.. i refuse to give out the name of the park.

bobbejaanland????

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Originally posted by robin bobbejaanland????

Kings Dominion, Virginia, USA

Dropzone - Tallest freefall ride in the the US for sure, perhaps the world as well. Incredible ride.

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Originally posted by Siang Kings Dominion, Virginia, USA Dropzone - Tallest freefall ride in the the US for sure, perhaps the world as well. Incredible ride.

Another Kings Dominion visitor! Alas your trip fom Arlington was a little shorter than mine....by about 3500 miles!

Drop Zone was awesome, even better after I'd let the pizza settle! Did you try the Skyflyer thing? The sleeping bag where they raise you up and you pull the ripcord?

Nah never rode the skyflyer, Ive seen friends do it. Just never seemed worth the money to me. I rode dropzone like 10 times back to back. Love that shit.

edit: its best to ride it with no shoes on, or no socks if you want. Feels wonderful without shoes on.

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Originally posted by Siang edit: its best to ride it with no shoes on, or no socks if you want. Feels wonderful without shoes on.

Sounds scarry

Don't combine this with your lunch and/or dinner:



They say it's the best coaster in the world. Sure it had broken some world records, but what is your favourite coaster?

(Well, to me it has nothing to do with breaking world records, that's for sure!)

hey nice thread.

I like coasters and other thrill rides but just as Websley pointed out actractions were your imagination is thrilled is far more exiting!!

I really like what the efteling is doing. Not just building as many rollercoaster in a park, everybody can do that! No they really build intelligent attractions. Just look at the trollking, Droomvlucht, Villa Volta.The efteling is really great and a lot better then euro disneyland. It�s funny to see that Disney made so many faults when building in Paris. Euro disney never ever can make any profit.

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Originally posted by websley Don't combine this with your lunch and/or dinner: They say it's the best coaster in the world. Sure it had broken some world records, but what is your favourite coaster? (Well, to me it has nothing to do with breaking world records, that's for sure!)

i shoudl scan my pic of me on this ride. This kid in front of us looks like he is being possessed as teh ride goes on.




this one is definitely not the top coaster, milleniujm force murders it in every category. top thrill is just too damn short. 20 seconds and ur done/

Rollercoasters RULE!

They're certainly great when you got tired of all those chill-rides. But a themepark that has no chill-rides, or other things than coasters isn't even a themepark! I can imagine that people would call Cedar Point quite boring when it comes to atmosphere, views and the quality of other attractions outside coasters.

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Originally posted by websley They're certainly great when you got tired of all those chill-rides. But a themepark that has no chill-rides, or other things than coasters isn't even a themepark! I can imagine that people would call Cedar Point quite boring when it comes to atmosphere, views and the quality of other attractions outside coasters.

scary coasters is the theme !!!.



what else do ya need. They even have the pirate ship which I go on everytime and scream row row row your boat at teh other side.

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Originally posted by websley

it was broken when i went

Parks I've been to:

Six Flags in Arlington, TX

Six Flags in Gurnee, IL

Kings Island in Kings Mill, OH

and #1 King-of-Kings:

Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH

The last time I was there the Magnum and The Raptor were the big rides, good times.

Isn't the Millenium Force supposed to be twice as tall as the Magnum or something?

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