sixflags...
pplz.. just check out SixFlags.com for all the info u needz..
but here's the lowdown anyway and some more Wonderland Bashing...
SixFlags in Darien Lake - New York is located in Bavaria which is about 15-20 min from NIAGARA FALLS. In that park they have standups, inverted, upright, and wooden which are all equivalent and better than Skyrider, Top Gun, Dragon Fire, and Minebuster. And they also have the Superman ride which is a 210ft drop higher and longer than any rollercoaster at wonderland. You can basically do this park in one day and that i mean LEAVE Toronto in the morning and be back that SAME night. Many people do not realize the vicinity of this park and often feel that Wonderland is their only option of a good amusement park in the summer.
Now there are also Six Flags parks in New Jersey, and Chicago which are all 1 day's drive from Toronto. But you're probably going okay why would I want to drive all the way there for an amusement park? Well because these parks all have coasters that are 200ft+ drops that go at over 70 mph and some use magnetic induction. They also plan on building more coasters every other year to compete with the surrounding parks. And let's keep in mind that Wonderland has not built a rollercoaster since Top Gun which was 8 YEARS AGO !! The park is WAY past due for a new coaster. Most other parks out there already have inverted coasters that seat 4 abreast with 200 ft drops and 72 mph average speeds.
And here's to rub it in even more... Amsterdam has a Six Flags park called Mysterland which they have a coaster that's better than anything we have at Wonderland. And let's not forget their little music venue in the park as well Eclipse Hall... I'm sure many of you have livesets of DJ's playing from there. Hrmmz.. Marco V, Jean, Gielen, etc. What do we get ?? EC @ Wonderland... pfft.
Oh yea and let's not forget about the Busch Gardens park in Williamsburg, VA which is about 2 hrs from Washington DC. still a one day drive from TO. They only have the world's largest and fastest inverted steel coaster and 2 of the world's largest steel upright hypercoasters all having 200+ ft drops.
If you don't know how bad Wonderland REALLY is .. take it into comparison with the other Paramount Parks such as King's Island. You can ask Bizz all about it.
And last but not least CEDARPOINT which is probably the Rollercoaster Mecca of the world in Cleveland. One coaster there Millenium Force: 300 ft drop @ over 90 mph. Hrmmz.. Cleveland is 5 hours from Toronto, HEY isn't that about the same distance from here to MONTREAL ? :P
Finally let me just give u a small bit about relative heights. The highest drop at Wonderland is the Bat which is about a 160 ft drop.
Anyone up for a road trip this summer ? :]
ps. oh yea, all these parks have CHEAPER admission than Wonderland... :]
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Last edited by dEsidEL on Jul-04-2002 at 06:31
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