For the past two weeks, we’ve wanted to know which wooden roller coaster manufacturer was your favorite. Great Coasters International, is known for their twisted, overlapping layouts where the coaster crosses over itself numerous times, including rides like Thunderhead (Dollywood), Prowler (Worlds of Fun), and Troy (Toverland). The Gravity Group on the other hand is a much new wooden coaster manufacturer that gears their layouts...
These past two weeks we wanted to know what Park Thoughts readers thought of stand-up coasters. The topic is a bit controversial as some coaster enthusiast find them to be an instrumental element in a roller coaster’s success. The stand-up places riders in a unique position that completely changes a ride experiences. Others however find stand-ups to be nothing more...
The latest poll was a battle between the top two Bolliger & Mabillard flying coasters in the United States, Manta and Tatsu. In 2006, Six Flags Magic Mountain introduced Tatsu, claiming the title as the tallest, fastest, and longest flying coaster on the planet. After climbing a staggering 170 feet, Tatsu then drops guests over 100 feet into two back to...
Two weeks ago, we asked what attraction you are most excited for in 2011. Choices included the first of it’s kinda Bolliger and Mabillard coaster Raptor at Gardaland; the super massive Windseeker swinging attractions at multiple Cedar Fair parks; Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas, a newly rennovated super beast that is has undergone transformation from a wooden coaster to a steel coaster; Georgia’s...
The most recent poll was about what was your favorite new addition of 2010. The options consisted of a wide variety from shows, to coasters, to entire parks. The options were: World of Color, the nighttime spectacular at Disney California Adventure with 1000+ fountains, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Islands of Adventure’s highly anticipated land themed around the billion...
Park Thoughts’ latest poll was all about Six Flags. Which Six Flags park is the best? Is it the original Six Flags park, Six Flags Over Texas that features mammoth coasters like Titan? Or is it Six Flags Great Adventure that has record breaking thrill rides like El Toro and Kingda Ka? Perhaps its just your local Six Flags park....
For October, we asked what was your favorite Halloween event. Readers gave us their park thoughts and after lots of input, where is the best place to spend their Halloween: Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, Knott’s Scary Farm, Knobel’s Hallo-fun!, Busch Garden’s Howl-O-Scream, or Kennywood’s Phantom Fright Nights. No surprise, but the clear winner in this race was Universal’s Halloween Horror...