Recent content by Strathven

Thanks! And I'm in a similar boat--I'm entering into my thirties next year, and haven't had the opportunity to travel much. I hope to spend my thirties catching up on what I've been missing, so I hope theme parking doesn't become too hard!

On November 20th, 2023, as I nervously courted a migraine and tried not to be too concerned about Google saying the park was closed, I made the hours-long drive to San Antonio to visit my home-away-from-home for the first time in half a decade. What followed was a day that frequently threatened...

I have to say B&M as well! The box-beam design looks great painted, and I like the triangular shadows on the really twisted sections.

I was torn a bit between Cat C and D. I'm not really interested in adding to my coaster count just for its own sake, but sometimes a coaster that seems like it'd be unexciting and more-of-the-same can turn out to be more unique than you expected, and I think that makes trying them out worth it...

I love revisiting parks! I couldn't imagine being "done" with one. There's something to be said about building a sense of familiarity with a place by visiting a lot, like a home away from home. It also makes changes and new additions more interesting, because they're happening in a place you...

2007 Pandemonium (Six Flags Fiesta Texas) 2018 Time Traveler Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster 2023 Kid Flash Cosmic Coaster (Six Flags Fiesta Texas) And possibly Iron Shark and Boardwalk Bullet--I made visits to those parks somewhere around the times those rides opened, but I don't know the...

1) Fury 325 2) Intimidator 305 3) Steel Vengeance 4) Skyrush 5) Nitro 6) Raging Bull 7) Velocicoaster 8) Batman: Dark Knight 9) Dominator 10) Alpengeist

I would like to write in Ultimate Ride! I used to play that sooooo much as a kid, competitive with RCT3, and I think it left more of an impression on me. As a coaster building game it's pretty limited, but it has the absolute best vibes, building coasters outside the context of theme parks and...

Hmmm...dive coasters, wing coasters (I don't count S&S Free Spins), and just Intamin coasters in general. The only Intamins I've ridden have been family-oriented rides.

I think it's okay for a coaster to be forceless. If a ride has a cool layout, comfortable seats, an interesting location, provides lots of eye candy, or just has good vibes, it can still be a contender for my #1. Strong Gs are always nice, but there are other ways roller coasters can be enjoyable.

Wildfire (SDC) is my #1 coaster! Lots of love also for Superman: Krypton Coaster and Poltergeist.

They're my fave manufacturer, but admittedly, my experience with their work is really limited: Batman: the Ride (SFOT) Great White Goliath (SFFT) Superman: Krypton Coaster Wildfire (SDC) Over half of them are Batman clones, lol.

Iron Rattler, in the back row with arms up! I don't know why it hits so differently from New Texas Giant's drop, it's only a couple dozen feet taller and 2º steeper, but there's no comparison. Maybe it has to do with the way it quickly shifts over to the left as it goes down?

Iron Rattler's first drop Wildfire's (SDC) Immelmann Titan's airtime hill

I think my favorite coaster name is probably "Steel Eel." It's just fun to say, it's kind of cute, and a little bit whimsical while describing a ride that is actually fairly large and intense. I also really like "Millennium Force" for the opposite reason; it sounds grand and dramatic, which...