[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bopfi0g0HI[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr1aTIHjz6U[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlfeDHrqM8E[/youtube]
Just got back from the Giant Media Day, I'll be posting photos, and videos and such will be up soon. I will give my review within the report so read on. Here's how it went....
Got up, went to band rehearsal and was picked up by my dad, but it was still drizzling quite a bit, and we were hoping it would stop.
I am?!
Here's what greeted us
WHat are we here for again?
hey that's me!
Good lookin' cowboy
Wristband
Goodie bag
That it did.....
It looks so much more menacing
FAT JOKE?!?!?!
I don't care who you are, I love this sign
Through the trees drop shot
Double up (delicious <3)
<3
LOVE the detail
From the queue
"I knew I should've taken the left turn at Albuquerque!"
So we wouldn't have to go all the way through the queue
NERDIN'!
MORE NERDIN'!
Big smile for awesomeness!!!!
Dirty humour in the gift shop? Damn right
Fail artsy shot
THAT'S artsy
OMG RUN!!!!11!!11
Woulda been better if it was zoomed in more
Before brake run
B-Roll set up
Where the horn sounded
To believe that's what it used to look like.....
Had a fantastic time, I just wanna say congrats to all those who worked on this project, y'all did extremely well in resurrecting a sleeping Giant, and I commend each and every none of you, and I thank ALL of Six Flags Over Texas for the opportunity to come to this event and experience it firsthand. Also, getting to meet Tom (tomahawKSU) was absolutely awesome, Tom you're a great guy, fun to hang around with, and I'm glad we spent this awesome event with each other (Nerdin'! "Hello, my name is Charlie Sheen and all I do is win" XD). You guys rock!!!
Last but not least, my review....... (even though you'll see it on the video)
First ride: Get into the station, choose second to last row. Sat down in the MASSIVELY comfortable seats, and pulled down the hydraulic restraints (which were not bad at all except for the bars if you were in the front of the car). I could tell just getting out of the station that you'd be pulled along the whole ride. The lift was smooth, and was going up at a pretty decent pace. And then, once we reached the sign on the top of the lift hill, we literally just get pulled over for some MAJOR ejector airtime off the drop. I was standing in my seat the ejector was so strong. The pullout wasn't too intense but then the double up came and that was some good ejector as well, and then came the first overbank. Very smooth, pulled into and out of it, then the second overbank, same as the first, then came the biggie, the 115. Not bad at all, not as great as I expected, but still really decent. Then another pop of ejector right before the brake run (which started to bite throughout the day as they would reset everything every hour or two) and the drop of the midcourse was just as good when it was wood. Then you get some small ejector as you get ready to go under the structure twice. Great airtime here as well. Then there's kind of a relaxation point right before the tunnel, the S curve is nice, but then the tunnel comes, and I definitely was not expecting LED lights under the track, and the train was still hustling through the tunnel. The second one then had LED lights on the top of the tunnel. Still haulin' ass. And the third tunnel, despite having no LED lights, was great and was a perfect lead in to the finale, which gave amazing airtime just like it used to. All in all, the ride is just fantastic, and I think for me, it beats out Maverick for my third spot.
Ride Count: x10
Front (first two cars): x3
Back: (last two cars): x4
Middle (everything in between): x3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr1aTIHjz6U[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlfeDHrqM8E[/youtube]
Just got back from the Giant Media Day, I'll be posting photos, and videos and such will be up soon. I will give my review within the report so read on. Here's how it went....
Got up, went to band rehearsal and was picked up by my dad, but it was still drizzling quite a bit, and we were hoping it would stop.
I am?!
Here's what greeted us
WHat are we here for again?
hey that's me!
Good lookin' cowboy
Wristband
Goodie bag
That it did.....
It looks so much more menacing
FAT JOKE?!?!?!
I don't care who you are, I love this sign
Through the trees drop shot
Double up (delicious <3)
<3
LOVE the detail
From the queue
"I knew I should've taken the left turn at Albuquerque!"
So we wouldn't have to go all the way through the queue
NERDIN'!
MORE NERDIN'!
Big smile for awesomeness!!!!
Dirty humour in the gift shop? Damn right
Fail artsy shot
THAT'S artsy
OMG RUN!!!!11!!11
Woulda been better if it was zoomed in more
Before brake run
B-Roll set up
Where the horn sounded
To believe that's what it used to look like.....
Had a fantastic time, I just wanna say congrats to all those who worked on this project, y'all did extremely well in resurrecting a sleeping Giant, and I commend each and every none of you, and I thank ALL of Six Flags Over Texas for the opportunity to come to this event and experience it firsthand. Also, getting to meet Tom (tomahawKSU) was absolutely awesome, Tom you're a great guy, fun to hang around with, and I'm glad we spent this awesome event with each other (Nerdin'! "Hello, my name is Charlie Sheen and all I do is win" XD). You guys rock!!!
Last but not least, my review....... (even though you'll see it on the video)
First ride: Get into the station, choose second to last row. Sat down in the MASSIVELY comfortable seats, and pulled down the hydraulic restraints (which were not bad at all except for the bars if you were in the front of the car). I could tell just getting out of the station that you'd be pulled along the whole ride. The lift was smooth, and was going up at a pretty decent pace. And then, once we reached the sign on the top of the lift hill, we literally just get pulled over for some MAJOR ejector airtime off the drop. I was standing in my seat the ejector was so strong. The pullout wasn't too intense but then the double up came and that was some good ejector as well, and then came the first overbank. Very smooth, pulled into and out of it, then the second overbank, same as the first, then came the biggie, the 115. Not bad at all, not as great as I expected, but still really decent. Then another pop of ejector right before the brake run (which started to bite throughout the day as they would reset everything every hour or two) and the drop of the midcourse was just as good when it was wood. Then you get some small ejector as you get ready to go under the structure twice. Great airtime here as well. Then there's kind of a relaxation point right before the tunnel, the S curve is nice, but then the tunnel comes, and I definitely was not expecting LED lights under the track, and the train was still hustling through the tunnel. The second one then had LED lights on the top of the tunnel. Still haulin' ass. And the third tunnel, despite having no LED lights, was great and was a perfect lead in to the finale, which gave amazing airtime just like it used to. All in all, the ride is just fantastic, and I think for me, it beats out Maverick for my third spot.
Ride Count: x10
Front (first two cars): x3
Back: (last two cars): x4
Middle (everything in between): x3
