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Oct 14

Orochi Turns into a Monster!

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Posted in News | by Justice

Monster 2010

After that terrible accident and other financial problems at Expoland Theme Park in Asia, they were forced to shut down.  One of the park’s coasters, Orochi, is a clone of Cedar Point’s famous Raptor coaster.  When Expoland’s owners closed the park, they decided to sell off some of the park’s attractions; Orochi being one of them.  Well one man’s loss is another man’s benefit as a new park has bought the coaster and it should be opening next year.

Striking in 2010, will be Monster at Walygator Theme Park France.  The B&M Inverted coaster is set to debut as part of the park’s 2010 line up and is sure to be a hit among park goers.  Think this is a smart move for the park?  Leave your comments and park thoughts.

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eCoasters has taken their eCam on yet another incredible coaster.  Katun, a well themed B&M Inverted coaster, is a high speed thrill ride with several inversions, and a twisted, unique layout that cannot be found in any other amusement park in the world.  Katun features a massive loop and some nice scenery as well.

So what do you think of this week’s video of the week?  Leave your comments and park thoughts!

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Sep 19

Top 10: Best Queue Lines

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Posted in Thoughts | by Austin

Typically, you spend more time in a queue line than anywhere else during your day at a theme park. Some parks go above and beyond to make sure guests are entertained, even while they’re waiting in line.  We see these as the top 10 queue lines in the world:

1. Dueling Dragons

This queue line takes you through castles, caves, and caverns, filled with skeletons, bones, and more scenery telling the story of the Fire and Ice Dragons.

2. Revenge of the Mummy

Revenge of the Mummy (there is a full review on this site)’s line takes you through the on-location set for the newest “Mummy” movie, inside an Egyptian tomb.

3. Flight of Fear

This line takes you inside an Area 51-style aircraft hanger, where they are holding a UFO. The queue line goes into the UFO, where you load the coaster. Something I found interesting was, I found a crack in the wall. I looked inside to see if I could see the loading station or maybe some behind the scenes stuff, but there was a pile of dead “aliens”. It is interesting that they used my curiosity to theme the ride even further.

4. Terminator Salvation: The Ride

Though I haven’t been on the ride yet, the queue line looks amazing! The outdoor queue has an apocalyptic feel with rusty metal fences and machines, and the indoor queue features three-pre shows, tunnels, and more.

5. Rock ‘n RollerCoaster

Rock ‘n RollerCoaster’s queue line is through a recording studio, where you watch a pre-show, and then into a very realistic “parking garage”, where you load the limos.

6. Space Mountain

Space Mountain’s queue, which is under rehab, took you through a light tunnel and had great mysterious space music, and the station also has no roof, so you can see green cars flying by in the huge dome. The queue shows no distinct theming, which might be what they are adding now.

7. JAWS

JAWS at Universal’s queue line reminds me of being down the shore, because on the TVs they have corny TV ads and shows similar to shore shows, and restaurants that would be found on the shore. On the walls, there is a poster giving out a reward for the shark that killed Alexander, the boy from the movie.

8. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

This queue line is western themed with wood, pretty generic, but what is cool is that you go through the rock formations, and you can the train negotiating the track.

9. Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster at Busch has little, but effective theming. There is a board telling about the dive to try and find Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, and precedures for what should happen if she is found.

10. Batman: The Ride

I’ve only been on the clone at Great Adventure, but they are each themed differently. The queue starts in Gotham Park, with tons of greenery, shrubs, and fountains. There is a construction wall which says something like “Gotham, Building a Better Future” with sounds of jackhammers and picks and construction. Behind, you can hear cars passing over the underpass, and you see a junkyard with barbed wire fences, and hear police dogs chasing gangs. You enter the “Broad Ave. Storm Drain”, where you can hear Alfred telling you to hurry and come up to the Batcave, because trouble is following you. This is very effective, but does not reprieve a ride which is rough and not very fun.

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Universal’s Islands of Adventure recently released details on its highly anticipated Wizarding Worlds of Harry Potter island opening next year.  Some of the finer details have been released however the park didn’t care to release the name, ride type, or any other ...

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Sep 13

Europe’s Fastest

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Posted in Reviews, Thoughts | by Jeremie

Silver Star Now Silver Star is not Europe’s fastest coaster, it is their 4th fastest. But you can say that it is the fastest in Europe that has a lift hill before it’s main course ride. You just nearly make a 79 mph ...

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Six Flags Great Adventure unvieled Medusa in 1999, as part of a major expansion including two other coasters and 25 mechanical rides, but Medusa was the star. She was the world’s first floorless coaster. However, as rides like Nitro, ...

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I went on a trip to visit Busch Gardens Europe and Kings Dominion, to see which I liked better. Busch Gardens won by a land-slide, even though Kings Dominion had more than twice as many coasters. Here is why Kings Dominion, for me, was almost entirely not worth ...

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