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Industry => Trip Reports and Meeting Plans => Topic started by: Millennium Force 44 on April 05, 2011, 09:58:25 PM
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Bubba, Bubba's friend Drew, AVMatt, and I went to Kings Dominion this past Sunday and here are some pictures I would like to share with everyone. Enjoy!
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5593804176_4b4f30fc75.jpg)
I really like the way this picture turned out.
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The "new" I305
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Bubba and Drew about to blast off on Volcano
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Two trains at the same time!
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Dominator was AWESOME! Biggest surprise of the day.
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Here is the link to the entire album:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50040206@N08/sets/72157626313620593/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/50040206@N08/sets/72157626313620593/)
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Good stuff
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I like the new Timmy. Didn't care for the old Timmy. It still makes me grey out in the first turn and the ending still suffers El Toro's anticlimax, but the new restraints eliminate virtually all of the horrible neck/head banging it had before. You don't even have to hold on now!
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TIMMY!!!!!
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Dominator was awesome at GL, can't wait to ride it at KD! Oh yeah, can't forget about I305 as well...
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Never had the opportunity to get out to KD in recent years. With the prospect of moving it's about to become my home park! I've heard of Dominator being a very exciting ride and it took me a bit to realize why the layout of the ride was the way it was. Don't care much for i305 right now, none of the hills look to have much airtime to them and the only part of the ride that looks to have some sort of force is that right hander (timmy?).
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Timmy is the exact opposite of Millennium Forceless. The first two hills have loads of airtime and there a few pops after that. Every single turn has powerful positive G's and the rolls in between some of the turns are kinda fun. If only it had some sick overbanks!
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So its a good rating on the TIMMY improvements?
that's good to here since I really like this ride
seems to be the fastest I been on after Kingd Ka
Millennium is to high up to really feel the speed as much as Timmy
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Why's it Timmy? I'm out of the loop. Is it as simple as Timmy is messed in the head and I305 will make you messed up like Timmy?
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Timmy-InTIMidator.
It irkes me when people say that because the person that came up with it is someone I don't care for and thought they were being cute. And it caught on.
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Timmy is the exact opposite of Millennium Forceless. The first two hills have loads of airtime and there a few pops after that. Every single turn has powerful positive G's and the rolls in between some of the turns are kinda fun. If only it had some sick overbanks!
Right, Timmy isn't amazing and Millennium Force is AMAZING. lol. I like I305, it's a really fun ride and neat experience, but I don't think it is as awesome as some people make it out to be. The first drop is great, but is over way too fast which I think is partially due to the super fast cable lift. I think El Toro has a more exciting and "lose your stomach" drop. All of the quick transitions give a nice pop of airtime, sort of like Maverick's quick transitions, so there is airtime in many places on this ride. It's just too short and well, just no Millennium Force. =)
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Millennium Force has four overbanks which don't provide much force, and also has two "air-time" hills which lack the negative-G's. Millennium Force has over a mile of potential, but very, very rarely uses it. I got lucky with my only ride on it and got a good bit of floater air over both of its hills, but I've had more action on El Toro's return run...
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I sense a Millennium Force hater! just kidding, I understand that some people are just not fans of the ride. I am just obsessed with that coaster like many people know so I will always stick up for it even though it may be pointless at times.
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I don't love either giga coaster. Gemini is better than both of them. :)
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Why is Timmy so much more catchy then I305...especially when there are two of them...
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I don't like the Timmy name thing either
the ride would have been better if it was longer
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I also like Dale 305.
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I like timmy if you say it like south park TIMMY!
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Timmy is more simple than i305. But yes, I really don't understand it. Quite like kids these days with their pants below their *plural explicit*.
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Thats a really starnge comparison B-mac. lol
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Not their *plural explicit*!
Sometimes that filter is better than Mad Libs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Libs).
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what *WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP!*ing filters? :D
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another brain washed TPR member hailing I305. Is it just me or does anyone else think that people over rate I305?
http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1026081#p1026081 (http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1026081#p1026081)
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Lol, I was about to say because you support MF too much but damn you're right. Not exactly a #1, it only has a speed factor and some force; nothing fully exhilarating.
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another brain washed TPR member hailing I305. Is it just me or does anyone else think that people over rate I305?
http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1026081#p1026081 (http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1026081#p1026081)
If only you had come to East Coast Bash, you would know how much they got a boner over it and were so pissed when it got trimmed, even booing the park president lol
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Matt, I like MF as well.
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lol it's not even just Millennium Force that I am thinking of. I mean, I rode Nitro on opening weekend this year, just one week after this KD trip, and I thought Nitro had a better first drop and delivered a better ride. That's just one example too.
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Well, I adore Maverick. I think I-305 is a dandy coaster but not that *Cows kissing grass* incredible!
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hahaha. I agree I like Maverick a lot, in my top 5. I305, not even in my top 10.
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I wasn't planning on doing the VA is for coaster lover's event because of the alveyites.....
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They are everywhere. There's no use trying to avoid them. No matter what event you go to, you'll see his flock sporting their TPR shirts.
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It's a fun event either way, I'm there to ride coasters and have fun. I've been to a couple of events hosted by each club. Ends up, I only hang out with the people I go with and say Hi to the friends I already know. I don't worry about the politics of the hobby to get it the way.
Not sure how they will pull off ert on grizzly tho. ???
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It's always fun overhearing people ask what TPR is and then getting it explained to them by a member. :)
Like Bubba said, don't let the clubs ruin your fun.
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We're a club in and of ourselves lol...
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"VA is for coaster lover's" isn't even a TPR event.
I thought last years Intimidation event was extremely fun and that was done by the same groups (and I even didn't care for i305 v1.0).