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    US Election; what are your thoughts?

    I am aware of Sotomayor's dissent. But its problem is that it ignores the limits of the majority's analysis. Chief Justice Roberts, "As for the dissents, they strike a tone of chilling doom that is wholly disproportionate to what the Court actually does today" The implications of this...
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    US Election; what are your thoughts?

    No you couldn't. You're just either reading the nonsensical dissent or some narrative of the nonsensical dissent and running with it. It's fear mongering and you're taking it hook, line and sinker.
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    Six Flags / Cedar Fair Merger Announced

    Six Flags has reduced some operations but by the start of Q2 of this year, the transaction had been fully underwritten so there would be no need for Six Flags to improve its bottomline for purposes of the merger. As long as its Q1 & early Q2 earnings weren't a disaster case scenario, the...
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    Six Flags / Cedar Fair Merger Announced

    I think this is tongue in cheek but Cedar Fair parks aren't going to add the Six Flags "courtesy title" to existing parks name. The main question I have is what parks, if any, are going to be sold. I know the company wants to further delever its balance sheet and I could see some less...
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    Last Cred Review

    If it makes your heart break less, I thought Skyrush was a gem for the reasons you mentioned when I rode it on June 18. These were all back row wing seat rides, 2x on left wing and 1x on right wing. I have heard that the new restraints have neutered the ride to an extent but I quiver to think...
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    Your Intamin Count

    I had been waiting to post on this until my most recent trip was complete as I added a lot of Intamin's. 24 Intamin's in total. Coaster Park Date 1st Ridden Maverick Cedar Point 6/16/2022 Millennium Force Cedar Point 6/17/2022 Steel Venom ValleyFair! 6/16/2023 Matugani Lost Island...
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    Last Cred Review

    I just got home from my trip yesterday and including the coasters above I notched 69 new credits from the following parks: Six Flags America Kings Dominion Busch Gardens Williamsburg Hersheypark Dorney Park Knoebels Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags New England ... I screwed up and was...
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    Last Cred Review

    208 - Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion Holy cow! I had high expectations and was still blown away. Positive Gs rarely get to me but I started to feel my vision deteriorating towards the end of that first 270 degree turn. Then airtime and snappy transitions, oh the snappy transitions! 10/10...
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    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    That if Intamin did submit a bid on the project, I think that it would've been a swing launch similar to the Zamperla's TT2. But there is a chance that Intamin could've opted for a more forceful LSM launch that tried to get over the top hat on a single launch similar to the design of Red Force...
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    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    To your first bolded point, I would be shocked if Cedar Fair did not send a RFP to Intamin. Cedar Fair is a publicly traded company with a duty to maximize returns to its shareholders and given what Intamin has done over the past decade, one cannot deny the quality of work it has delivered. If...
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    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    I was not a fan of choosing Zamperla for the TTD/TT2 makeover but am I the only one that thinks Cedar Point's continued name dropping of Zamperla in its Tweets is immature and unprofessional? I think saying simply "We are continuing to work on..." would be enough. I get that the closing isn't...
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    (Why) Are big coasters becoming more rare recently?

    Amusement parks/chains aren't reducing CAPEX, at least in North America. Herschend opened Big Bear Mountain last year and Fire in the Hole this year. BBM was probably a >$20 million investment and FitH was reportedly a $30 million investment... not small investments. Cedar Fair had $220...
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    Why queue for hours?

    Queuing for any material amount of time is a non-starter for me. I will almost always "happily" spring for a skip the line pass. The closest park to me is about a two and a half hour drive or five hours round trip. And that is the fastest way to access the park. I also often travel by...
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    Cedar Point | Top Thrill 2 | Triple Launch Renovation | 2024

    It is hard to do these high speed, high heights projects but Intamin has proven it can done right with Red Force that opened 7 years ago. Zamperla hasn't even proven it can do a coaster at half the scale of TT2s speed or height. The fact that Cedar Fair chose Zamperla almost certainly had to...
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    Your Least Common Opinion?

    And when people aren't coaster nerds and rarely ride roller coasters, the forces that coasters can apply can be terrifying and in the moment, can cause one to think that a catastrophe is about to occur. Xcelerator at Knott's is a prime example (also the last one where my ears were destroyed...
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    Top 10(ish): 2024 Edition - page 124

    Presuming that 15 was supposed to be Hyperion and not Hyperia?
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    Milestones in Your Counts

    50: don't know, this was before I started counting but I'm just going to assume Steel Vengeance, haha. 100: Goliath - Six Flags Great America 150: Twisted Cyclone - Six Flags Over Georgia 200: Twisted Colossus - Six Flags Magic Mountain
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    Valleyfair Project 2026

    Got me lol
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    Valleyfair Project 2026

    Per minnesotacoasters on Instagram, plans have been discovered for a narrow tracked dive coaster coming in 2026.
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