With Demon Drop moving to Knott’s Berry Farm, there wasn’t much room to place it. What have they come up with?

To remove the Screamin’ Swing. Now there are bigger version of this ride at Valleyfair, Cedar Point and Liseberg, but those you can ride for free. This smaller version located at Knott’s Berry Farm can be ridden with a little up-charge. This is where Demon Drop will ride, while this ride will fall.

California’s Great America stepped up to claim the ride, which will mean the ride will be moved over 400 miles north. I am not sure if it will be an up-charge at their park, but it is atleast another thrilling flat to add to the collection.

Which ride do you think is better? Demon Drop or Screamin’ Swing? Leave a comment below with your Park Thoughts.

The world has been seeing the first generation Intamin free-fall towers come down one, by one, by one. Many rumors suspecting that Demon Drop, the only standing 1st generation Intamin free-fall in all of North America, would come down soon. Six Flags Magic Moutain was the last park to take down its’ aging drop tower last year, in 2008.  Now that rumor has come true, but a twist has been added.

Recently released, Demon Drop is moving to Cedar Point’s sister park in California, Knott’s Berry Farm.  It will start construction in January of 2010, and will open Memorial Day week-end. Demon Drop was added to Cedar Point in 1983, this year including, will be its’ 26th year of operation.  It stand’s 131 feet above the ground and drops 100 ft. before reaching its final position. It turns riders 90 degrees from a sitting position, to a laying on your back position that comes to a hault! Also, the ride reaches a top speed of 55 mph withing 2 seconds.

There are good and bads about the ride. It is old, and needs a lot of fixing. The ride is moving, which is definitely good. It means the ride will stand for years to come! Hopefully, it will be re-colored, fixed up, and up to date when completely rebuilt. It will still be the only 1st generation Intamin freefall still standing, but a newer version. It could just be a move by Cedar Fair to save money, instead of adding a completely new attraction. Cedar Point had trouble selling Demon Drop for years, but somehow, they managed to Knott’s Berry Farm.

The ride itself, definitely a thrill! Standing in line, you hear the old rusty parts, making the ride way more scary. Going up that vertical lift is creepy. At the top, you move forward, lots of sound effects, and then you come to a sudden stop. Drop! This ride feels like it has the fastest accelerating drop! It really lifts you out of your seat with 2.5 seconds of weightless-ness. Starting toward the sky horizontally, adds to the ride. The cart then comes to a stop and you return the station. It is a ride a ride, and it’s great to hear it is staying longer even though it is moving.

What your thoughts on Demon Drop? Leave a comment below with your Park Thoughts. Thanks for reading!

If you cannot tell from the title, the next roller coaster review will be the one and only, SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge! The roller coaster’s name was inspired by the Sponge Bob episode when Patrick and SpongeBob fall to “Rock Bottom.” It was a very nice connection, instead of just using a bland name. Also, it is one of the 2 “Euro-Fighters” in America, the other being Mystery Mine at Dollywood, both “Euros” are amazing!

Here’s the story. You finally find your parking spot anywhere around the mall, and you rush to get it. The theme park is located in the middle of the mall, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find. You are walking by stores after stores, but you can hear the echoes of the screaming in the distance, and before you know it, you are standing in front of the giant SpongbeBob roller coaster with its phenomenal entrance sing!

So you are not walking towards the arch. Familiar thoughts come to my mind, with that glove, to that bus, to the red veins in SpongeBob’s eyes, and don’t forget the “Bus Ztation.” You now enter the queue, their are not many switch-backs which is satisfying. The coaster surrounds the queue, and you can always see the people’s faces. Finally, you board the train, in the front. They check your restraints and then leave the station. Vertical lifts are no familiar in the coaster world yet, so experiencing the lift for this was pretty, out of the deep blue sea.

The chain doesn’t make a big clink sound, but it goes up pretty fast. You start reaching the top as it slows over the crest, high then anything in the mall. You are even hired then the bares keeping the windows up, you are in a window roof area. All of the sudden, you drop with a very scary head chopper, and head into the loop!

The unique blue color scheme gives you the blur stream effect when riding. The loop is not that forceful, but definitely an experience. The cart is now reaching a top speeds and you head over the smallest airtime hill going into a over-bank turn. It turns some rides upside down, coming within a couple feet from the ferris wheel. Another inversion awaits you, the zero-g-roll. Not many roller coasters have these inversions, besides B&M’s, so it is nice to see a new company using it. Quickly making a sharp turn into the mid-course brake run, you start having all the fun in the world. Turn towards your bottom right into another over-bank turn, twisting turning, final helix, and then reaching the final brakes. Overall, it is a very smooth, one of a kid,  roller coaster.

To finish up the report, I want to talk about the amazing support structure of  SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge! The roller coaster is so compact, and big for the area it takes up. Literally, it takes up as much room are possible, barely reaching the ferric wheel and its right up against the Ghost Blasters ride. But this picture has to be a pretty neat one, along with the lift hill’s supports. They couldn’t be regularly built, and some wacky ones are pretty much taken pictured of by other tourists. So if need to come ride the roller coasters, and after getting off, ride again, and again, then check out the supports.

What do you think of the report? What do you think of the SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge? Leave a comment below along with your Park Thoughts. Thanks for reading.

Tokyo DisneySea continues to offer world class attractions since its grand opening in September in 2001.  And as more news continues to come in, the future looks promosing for this spectacular theme park.  With some very likely rumors, as well as a few announcements, take a look to see what the park has in store for 2012.

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