SFGAdv Medusa to get a little makeover...
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I dont know, Im not liking the ALL blue track. I know the hope of it being primer is pretty much over, but Im still hopeing. How is dark blue supposed to fit western theme? The colors cool, but not as it is. Maybe the new color for the supports will drain it out.
Im shocked theres even debate on which coaster is smoother, Medusa or Hydra. In my honest opinion I found Hydra quite boring, uneventful and quite jolty and rough for a new coaster(especially B&M!). The only few things Hydra has going for it is the neat Jo-Jo Roll and its quite nice to look at. As for the other things, boring and jolty.
Medusa is much more enjoyable. What I dont understand, why are people comparing the first ever floorless coaster that is nearly 10 years old to a fairly new B&M? Ofcourse Medusa is going to seem rough, but quite frankly it isnt. Especially next to Hydra.
BTW, Scream! is a newer ugly clone, Medusa is still better.
(this isnt a definate opinion, Ill be riding Scream! this summer..)
**Also, new to the forums, 1st post.**
Im shocked theres even debate on which coaster is smoother, Medusa or Hydra. In my honest opinion I found Hydra quite boring, uneventful and quite jolty and rough for a new coaster(especially B&M!). The only few things Hydra has going for it is the neat Jo-Jo Roll and its quite nice to look at. As for the other things, boring and jolty.
Medusa is much more enjoyable. What I dont understand, why are people comparing the first ever floorless coaster that is nearly 10 years old to a fairly new B&M? Ofcourse Medusa is going to seem rough, but quite frankly it isnt. Especially next to Hydra.
BTW, Scream! is a newer ugly clone, Medusa is still better.
(this isnt a definate opinion, Ill be riding Scream! this summer..
)**Also, new to the forums, 1st post.
**Might just be me but I thought Scream! wasn't anywhere near as good as Medusa. The latter I thought was virtually as smooth as glass. Scream! on the other hand felt much more rattly and I can't say the car park setting helped it out aesthetically either. (Something thats surely a major factor other than roughness in deciding which clone is better)
For the record I went on Medusa in 2006 and Scream! last Summer, but I doubt that the ride quality of Medusa has deteriorated that greatly in two years.
For the record I went on Medusa in 2006 and Scream! last Summer, but I doubt that the ride quality of Medusa has deteriorated that greatly in two years.
Just want to get this straight UC. It's not that you hate Medusa or anything, it's just that you like & think Scream is much better. Right?
I mean you never complained about it when we were waiting to ride it together, so it's not so bad or was it just because of the company of Marcus & myself?
As for Scream, I can't comment until I get my ass to Cali but I see no reason why a clone of Medusa couldn't be better. The fact that it's a parking lot coaster has absolutely nothing to do with how good the coaster itself is (as UC pointed out), as Superman Ultimate Flight at SFGAdv (a parking lot coaster) is better than it's clone at SFOG IMO.
I mean you never complained about it when we were waiting to ride it together, so it's not so bad or was it just because of the company of Marcus & myself?
As for Scream, I can't comment until I get my ass to Cali but I see no reason why a clone of Medusa couldn't be better. The fact that it's a parking lot coaster has absolutely nothing to do with how good the coaster itself is (as UC pointed out), as Superman Ultimate Flight at SFGAdv (a parking lot coaster) is better than it's clone at SFOG IMO.
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You know UC, you saw the little smiley face after I made that response, ment I was just poking fun. I have yet to ride Scream!, and I will give my opinion on it then(come Summer 09)...Haha.
So...How bout that new Medusa color.......yeah...not much talk about that.....Lmao.
So...How bout that new Medusa color.......yeah...not much talk about that.....Lmao.
Naemuti
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UC said:
At the risk of incurring a 10 page UC rant, I'd have to say, I thoroughly agree with Ben. I don't find it rough at all. I quite like the ride.
*runs and ducks behind a tl;dr bunker*
Ben said:
I agree with you here too. Maybe it's because I'm a bit resilient to change and I liked Medusa's old color a lot, but the lime green/yellow/whatever it was was much better, just a bit worn. Honestly, how many red and blue coasters DO we need?
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The point of the previous post by me in this thread was to show that a construction website has recently been set up by Six Flags. There are images from as recent as yesterday (February 5, 2009), and it could possibly mean that a some further disclosure could be coming out soon! They did also say "compelling details will be revealed as Spring 2009 draws near", and Spring is only 43 days away, and April 4 is only 56 days away. A new press release about the Dark Knight Coaster was released March 3 (last year), 25 days away. The time'll go surprisingly fast, and we might know about this project before we do know that we know it!
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Medusa looks so much better IMO.
My opinion on floorless coasters can be sumed up in saying I've ridden three, and only rode them all once. But I think I will re-ride Medusa this year.
My opinion on floorless coasters can be sumed up in saying I've ridden three, and only rode them all once. But I think I will re-ride Medusa this year.
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^ I have to agree with you on that.
But comparing the two then Medusa looks a lot better then SRoS, since it have a higher blue over purple ratio. The massive amount of purple makes SRoS just fade into the surroundings and don't look as imposing as it once did.
But comparing the two then Medusa looks a lot better then SRoS, since it have a higher blue over purple ratio. The massive amount of purple makes SRoS just fade into the surroundings and don't look as imposing as it once did.
CedarPoint6
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I guess SFGAd's is a little more interesting in that they already have a Superman there. And this (floorless) is kind of like the reverse of Superman (flying). The track is sort of considered like a flipped version and the seating is sort of reversed, I suppose. So if you want to go with the backwards version of Superman sort of thing, then that's at least a loose storyline they could use.
Either way, the paint job is growing on me-- it doesn't look half bad. I just hope they do a little more then stick a few props up. They don't have long!
Either way, the paint job is growing on me-- it doesn't look half bad. I just hope they do a little more then stick a few props up. They don't have long!
