Anyone really looking forward to a specific ride or park that they are planning to go to that they haven’t been on/to before?

For me I’m heading to King’s Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg this week and I’m super excited to ride the restored Grizzly… and hopefully, if the gods are willing, I’ll finally get on Pantheon which I’ve been to the park 3 times for and still haven’t been able to get on it.

    • Bob K Mertz@lemm.eeOPM
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      1 year ago

      I can’t wait to get on that thing. I miss Wildcat but Joe Draves is my favorite designer so I’m still hyped. Crazy that it’s at my home park and I still haven’t got there this season.

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    1 year ago

    I’m really hoping I can get up to SFDK and ride V2 now that it reopened. For personal reasons I can’t travel anywhere besides my two home parks and I haven’t been on V2 since February 2020.

    • Bob K Mertz@lemm.eeOPM
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      1 year ago

      V2 is the impulse that they got in trouble because of height restrictions and had to make the one spike “sideways” right? Maybe I’m thinking of another one.

  • dawnerd@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m trying to lose enough to get the Hollywood Dream credit when I go back to USJ this fall. I missed it earlier this year but was able to ride everything else. Those dang B&M hyper seats are not forgiving.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve been on other hypers just fine, I’m not too fond of them personally. Never really liked any b&m seat.

        • Bob K Mertz@lemm.eeOPM
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          1 year ago

          I find the B&M hypers very comfortable personally but their horse collars kill their rides (honestly I think they are comparable to Arrow trains, just not as aged). Their vest restraints are one of the better moves they’ve made for inverting coasters though (compareale to Vekoma MK1212 trains IMHO)

  • GandalfDG@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Finally getting on Pantheon was what I was most looking forward to this season. I think it’s a better ride than Velocicoaster disregarding theming. Unfortunately the operations were pretty bad when I was there, either slow two-train ops, or agonizing one-train ops

    • Bob K Mertz@lemm.eeOPM
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      1 year ago

      I liked Pantheon but… I dunno. I think it was the agonizing ops, the fact that I had visited 3 times prior without being able to ride (one of those was a ticket given to me by BGW specifically so I could ride Pantheon), and the over-hype that knocked it down a bit. It’s really hard for me to see it being above VelociCoaster though… but if you pull VC out of it’s enviornment I’m not sure I’d have the same feeling.

      Don’t get me wrong… Pantheon is absolutely the best in the park (Verbolten is closely second) for me… I did very much enjoy it… I just felt like it could have been more with just a little more effort.

  • will6789
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    1 year ago

    In September I’m going on holiday to Singapore with friends so we’ll be visiting Universal Studios Singapore while we’re there. I think its the smallest of the Universal parks, but it’ll be my first so I’m really looking forward to it!

    • Bob K Mertz@lemm.eeOPM
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      1 year ago

      If it’s anything like Orlando you’re in for a treat. UOR is my happy place (despite the neighbor trying to steal that type of marketing thunder 😂)

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        1 year ago

        OHHHHHH

        yeah i forgot you guys not at the equator have seasons where the world freezes over :D

  • thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Honestly my goal for this year is just to actually get on a rollercoaster, and it’s not looking like even that will happen!

    Wish we lived somewhere with better access, but it is what it is. Next year, baby.

    • Bob K Mertz@lemm.eeOPM
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      1 year ago

      What region are you in if you don’t mind me asking? I know there are parts of the US that have a severe lack of coasters and I’m sure other countries have the same.

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        1 year ago

        I’m North East England, so there are a few places we could visit (although no easy new credits). But the parks are getting pretty expensive here (transport even more so) and given that we just got married and went to Eurovision it’s hard to justify. You know how it is!

        Hoping to start venturing across into more European parks from next year though. Sadly it’s no longer quite so easy these days.

        • Bob K Mertz@lemm.eeOPM
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          1 year ago

          Certainly… I haven’t quite hit that point here but I have already cut some specific parks out of normal plans because of unjustified costs and I am also no longer that person who just automatically clicks renew on season passes each year with the prices going up all over the place. As for getting to parks I am lucky to be in a region where I have lots of parks that aren’t right by me but easy to do in a day so I consider that a huge blessing.