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Pretty sure that's a roller coaster and not an actual steam train, but whatever.

Steven Spielberg...designing a B&M...for Magic Kingdom.

Re: Your Bottom 10 Non kiddie and non junior (for me, anything more than 66.66 kph [~41.42 mph]) Bottom 10: Cheetah Wood (Hybrid) Custom Coasters Int'l Wild Adventures Georgia USA Timberhawk: Ride of Prey Wood S&S Worldwide Wild Waves Theme Park Washington USA Timber Terror Wood Custom...

Re: Rank the regions in the US for best amusement/theme park Top 5: California Pennsylvania Ohio Florida Texas Even if California were split between Northern and Southern California, Southern California would still be #1.

Thanks. The current top-rated roller coaster on my list is Fury 325. It's just something fun (for me) that I like to do. It's definitely not because I'm making any money off of it, that's for sure (even if I did, firsthand accounts of the rides are still going to be valued the most). Also...

Here you go, Chris. What you see are all of the roller coasters from the parks you listed that have an above average overall score (currently, the average is 2.50 out of 10). I'd attach a screenshot, but it says the board attachment quota has been reached. Name Location Country Ranking...

The main issue I have with that is that opinions of hardcore park enthusiasts on a specific ride are not always consistent. If one person who has ridden 1,000 coasters says Ride X is the best ride ever, but another person who has also ridden 1,000 coasters says Ride X is just mediocre, both are...

The age component is one of six separate components used to make up the scores for roller coasters. If it gets a low score in the age part, it can easily compensate for that if it is really tall, really fast, etc. The ones that seem to get hit the hardest when they have a bad score for their...

In terms of the average opening date thing, I'm examining roller coasters the same way an average person would see cars in terms of their age. Newest ones held in high regard, the exceptionally old held in high regard, and those nearest the mean age held in low regard. In any case, the age is...

Well, you could easily look at the tab with all of the roller coasters listed individually and simply show only the ones you have ridden to see which one ranks highest. If you want, you can give me a short list of roller coasters you like and I will do a snapshot for you to see how my...

Hot off the press: the Smiler at Alton Towers is set to re-open with the rest of the park for the 2016 season on 19 March, per Screamscape.

That .gif was pretty clever and I liked it overall; however, it lost me when it said that one of things the EU has done is bring peace. Technically, that distinction belongs to NATO. Until there is a true united and centralized European Military Command, the EU cannot truthfully claim that it...

Here's a neat place I discovered just today in England: Fawley Hill. It's the private residence of Sir William McAlpine, who has saved a number of steam locomotives in the past including the Flying Scotsman. On his property, he has a standard gauge rail line (supposedly the steepest in Great...

I think you might be right on that one. Because they have steam trains and vintage carousels, it really popped up on my radar. I would be especially interested in checking out the Mr. Field's Steam Circus, a very old carousel dating to the late 1870s and claimed to be the oldest...

This topic may turn out to be a wall of posts stating "Epcot," but whatever. Also, it doesn't have to be a theme park. It can be a city park, museum, mall, you name it. It just has to have at least one ride or attraction commonly found in a theme park or an amusement park.

What do you think of this development? Will the UK leave the EU? If so, what effects will it have on both sides? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu- ... m-35624694

Alright, sorry I see my error. Yeah, 200 kph. I was thinking of the conversion to mph, which is just over 120 mph.

Re: Can you explain the inversions on coasters at Kings Isla Here are the five roller coasters at Kings Island with inversions: Banshee Vortex Firehawk Flight of Fear Invertigo Of these, Banshee is the best (it's a B&M). Also, if you need to look up stat-specific things like this, rdb.com...

Okay: http://rcdb.com/3747.htm The stats for the height and length from that advertisement are on the link, but not the crazy speed stat. No idea who made it, but its Wikipedia article says Vekoma made it (no source for that was posted, though). ??? I did say kph.

Here's a good one from Suoi Tien Park in Vietnam. Who knew a roller coaster with a conventional 30 meter-tall lift hill was capable of going 120 kph? If it were true, it would be the third-fastest roller coaster on Earth and the #1 fastest unlaunched one.