- July 12th, 2004, 5:27 pm
#7224
Hi. I just got back from a family vacation to Chicago (family there) and was able to visit Six Flags Great America. Overall I thought that the Rides, Food, and Themeing were better than carowinds, although the employees were nasty!!! Here's how the coasters add up.
Check <a href='http://www.rcdb.com/quicksearch.htm?quicksearch=Six+Flags+Great+America' target='_blank'>this</a> out for pictures and discriptions
Superman: Ultimate Flight was awesome. The seats were VERY comfortable but not that much more than Borg's. I thought that the pretzel was better than anything on the borg ***, but the rest of the ride was boreing. Overall I think Borg gives a better ride. I also think that when the seats go up in the station to the flying position, it kinda "Gives away" or "Spoiles" the feeling of flight. I like it on borg how you are on your back almost like any other coaster and then 115 feet up in the air it flips you over and you feel what "flying" is like when you are whizzing down the first drop at 55 mph. I prefer borg over superman. call me crazy.
If you think Vortex is rough, you need to give Iron wolf a spin. This was the first B&M coaster and you would think that they hadn't invented spring loaded wheels yet. If it were smoother, Iron Wolf would probably be as good as the scorcher.
Won't go into much detail about Batman cause there are so many, but this was the first B&M invert and its suprisingly smooth for its age. I find that batman clones are very intense, but are lacking in the speed department and provide a relatively short ride. TG is better.
American Eagle is my favorite wooden racer ever!!! This intamin woodie is very long and smooth. The helix at the turnaround is soooo much fun. It was really great how they were actually racing the trains.
V2 was broken, but was testing throughout the day. looked fun though.
Viper, along with the Georgia Cyclone is a clone of the Coney Island Cyclone. Great ride because it was so smooth. SFGA sure knows how to maintain woodies.
Wizzer is the best family coaster ever and one of the few schwartzkoph jumbo jets left. Great ride.
One to my new favorite coaster ever!!! This is quite an honor considering I have ridden over a hundred. The new winner is RAGING BULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Raging Bull is a B&M hyper and was the first. Raging Bull provides a long ride packed full of air time in the back few rows. It is incredibly smooth and gives some good G's in places. The fourth hill is kinda like an inclined curve like MF's 2nd hill, except the openness of B&M hypers makes you feel like your going to fall out. The best seat on the ride is Back row Left side. Take all this and add it with excellent ride capacity and you have a winner. Oh, and might I add that the B&M hyper restraints are some of the most comfortable in the world. This is way better than apollo's charriot.
There was a discussion about getting a B&M hyper a while ago, and I say a ride like raging but would be AWESOME!!!
Check <a href='http://www.rcdb.com/quicksearch.htm?quicksearch=Six+Flags+Great+America' target='_blank'>this</a> out for pictures and discriptions
Superman: Ultimate Flight was awesome. The seats were VERY comfortable but not that much more than Borg's. I thought that the pretzel was better than anything on the borg ***, but the rest of the ride was boreing. Overall I think Borg gives a better ride. I also think that when the seats go up in the station to the flying position, it kinda "Gives away" or "Spoiles" the feeling of flight. I like it on borg how you are on your back almost like any other coaster and then 115 feet up in the air it flips you over and you feel what "flying" is like when you are whizzing down the first drop at 55 mph. I prefer borg over superman. call me crazy.
If you think Vortex is rough, you need to give Iron wolf a spin. This was the first B&M coaster and you would think that they hadn't invented spring loaded wheels yet. If it were smoother, Iron Wolf would probably be as good as the scorcher.
Won't go into much detail about Batman cause there are so many, but this was the first B&M invert and its suprisingly smooth for its age. I find that batman clones are very intense, but are lacking in the speed department and provide a relatively short ride. TG is better.
American Eagle is my favorite wooden racer ever!!! This intamin woodie is very long and smooth. The helix at the turnaround is soooo much fun. It was really great how they were actually racing the trains.
V2 was broken, but was testing throughout the day. looked fun though.
Viper, along with the Georgia Cyclone is a clone of the Coney Island Cyclone. Great ride because it was so smooth. SFGA sure knows how to maintain woodies.
Wizzer is the best family coaster ever and one of the few schwartzkoph jumbo jets left. Great ride.
One to my new favorite coaster ever!!! This is quite an honor considering I have ridden over a hundred. The new winner is RAGING BULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Raging Bull is a B&M hyper and was the first. Raging Bull provides a long ride packed full of air time in the back few rows. It is incredibly smooth and gives some good G's in places. The fourth hill is kinda like an inclined curve like MF's 2nd hill, except the openness of B&M hypers makes you feel like your going to fall out. The best seat on the ride is Back row Left side. Take all this and add it with excellent ride capacity and you have a winner. Oh, and might I add that the B&M hyper restraints are some of the most comfortable in the world. This is way better than apollo's charriot.
There was a discussion about getting a B&M hyper a while ago, and I say a ride like raging but would be AWESOME!!!
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