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Vertical construction begins at Carowinds

Posted on September 1, 2009 in News by

Today, Carowinds began vertical construction on Intimidator with the station track now fully in place. This was a surprise to many people who were guessing that Kings Dominion would see track in place before Carowinds. For me, I kind of expected Carowinds to see track in place first, building a much more common coaster type than the rare breed of...

Poll Results: What do you think of Intimidator 305?

Posted on August 28, 2009 in Uncategorized by

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What do you think of Intimidator 305?

  • Amazing! Can't wait for it! (47%, 17 Votes)
  • Meh, Looks alright. (42%, 15 Votes)
  • Huge disappointment (11%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 36

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In this weeks poll we asked what you think about Intimidator 305, the new Intamin Giga Coaster at Kings Dominion.  Throughout the week the results generally remained the same, most people think the ride looks...

Carowinds announces “Intimidator”

Posted on August 26, 2009 in News by

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Today, Carowinds announced Intimidator, their largest investment in the parks 37 year history. The $23 million dollar B&M Hyper Coaster will be the break almost every record in the southeast as the tallest at 232 feet, fastest at 75-80 mph, and longest at 5,316 feet. This is Cedar Fair’s second roller coaster this year to have the “Intimidator” name and...

How’s Freestyle Music Park doing?

Posted on August 22, 2009 in Reviews by

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During my trip to Myrtle Beach, I was able to spend a day at the newly transformed Freestyle Music Park. Here are some of my thoughts on how the park is doing under the new management:

Freestyle Music Park's beautiful lagoon

Freestyle Music Park's beautiful lagoon

1. Ride Operations: The ride operations were pretty good. Round About, formally Maximum RPM, was open all day and was cycling...

Google Street View invades LEGOLAND California

Posted on August 18, 2009 in News by

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Recently Google has been adding Street View, but this time they have started getting images from private properties. Some of these include Thunderhill Raceway Park and San Diego State University, but the most intresting and exiting to me is LEGOLAND California, the first theme park to be mapped on Google Street View. This is certainly exciting because this now opens...

Jeff Gordon’s day at Cedar Point

Posted on August 15, 2009 in News by

Cedar Point just posted a video of NASCAR driver, Jeff Gordon’s visit to Cedar Point. In the video he signs autgraphs, takes photos with fans, takes questions, and rides Millennium Force with Dick Kinzel, President and CEO of Cedar Fair L.P.

My question… Why didn’t he ride Top Thrill Dragster? Seems like that would have been more appropriate.

Check it out:

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