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Someone took Michigan's Adventure SLC as an example of how not to paint a roller coaster. Post sponsored by McDonald's.

Off the top of my head: - Furius Baco's silly theme song. - TTD's Ready to go (I can still picture waiting for boarding the first time listening to this and getting reeeally pumped!) - Some Disney classics (SM:DLTALL, Phantom Manor, Splash Mountain) - Phantasialand's Taron, Chiapas, Black...

I guess Vekoma owns them a decent coaster after having tricked them into buying Saven.

According to reports, ride is running four trains reaching an average of over 1,300 guests per hour. They can do better than that (I think they aim at 1,800 pph), but I guess that's what soft openings are for, right?

But why tone it down? If riding in a single file, going down at a 90° angle from 100+ feet with many inversions doesn't scream "extreme" it's not the coaster to blame, but people's judgement. Not every ride has to be for everybody, and if you can't read a coaster by looking at it (unless it's...

I couldn't sum up my feelings about the park better.

I feel like this is a downgrade from the original model? I mean, from an operations standpoint having longer trains is a plus but if that is at a cost of altering the ride elements so much, I am no sure how this is going to turn out. The 90° drop, for instance, was one of the ride's highlights...

I've heard it has quite a rattle for being such a new ride. Intamin rattle curse strikes again?

Judging by the amount of speed these raptors gain upon leaving the lift hill I can't picture a train stalling.

I visited Rhône-Alpes last summer and I was blown away by Mystic. I think a coaster as creative and compact as that one could do wonders for such a small park.

Been on one at Tivoli Friheden. It was such a fun disorienting ride! Love to see more popping up!

Paulton's just kicked Merlin's ass with these additions. They proved that you can theme properly and choose suitable, good-looking, quality attractions for the whole family. Genuinely excited about Tornado Springs opening. Well-done!

^You can't compare Condor to this. Bloody hell, 180 ****ing minutes for such a short, dull, drop ride? No thanks. Hard pass. I must admit that the croc mouth themeing is on point but the ride's hardware is really poor-looking and the ride cycle is lackluster to say the least. Definitely not a...

Magnum's pads lasted just one season.

I said this about Van Helsing when it was being built and I am glad I was proven wrong upong riding it and realising there was so much more to it than just the track. I think this is the case again, because so far the ride looks dull and uninteresting. Sure, coaster in a box with track switches...