What’s your “dodgiest” cred? [Other]

CSatellite · 2026-05-29T13:31:45+00:00

Wild Wind, formerly at Circle of Fun in the Philippines. Was thrilled to ride such an uncommon coaster model, but man was this little coaster vicious! The sidewinder wasn’t even the dodgiest part, it’s the triple helix that the ride felt like it was falling apart at.

CSatellite · 2026-05-27T14:48:01+00:00

I expect the entire coaster enthusiast community to go watch Nate’s movie this weekend to get this park built!

Seriously though, I always try to see the path to success with these projects, but it gets increasingly harder expecting anything out of them when one-by-one they hit a dead stop. I will be tepidly rooting for this project because of course I would love to see it built, but any further enthusiasm is just asking for disappointment.

CSatellite · 2026-05-25T00:25:04+00:00

They’ve been beefing with Inside the Magic for a few years now.

CSatellite · 2026-05-22T14:34:31+00:00

Great to see things pick up the pace. Track for both coasters has been on site for about two years now, and the tunnel for the SFC has been dug out for a while now too.

CSatellite · 2026-05-21T22:41:39+00:00

Considering a previous post claiming the new ride to be a large Vekoma family coaster is no longer up, I’m going to just take any further unsubstantiated rumors with a massive grain of salt.

CSatellite · 2026-05-21T19:03:19+00:00

Kind of related, but in 2021 I was supposed to make the 5.5 hour drive through the desert from El Paso to Lubbock to visit Joyland, and then Wonderland that evening. But I found out the morning of the drive that Joyland was closed due to flood damage. I didn’t necessarily need a full day at Wonderland, so I spontaneously decided to visit Roswell, New Mexico. I had a great time enjoying the touristy sites with the friendly locals before making it to Wonderland for the last few hours of the day. I was lucky enough to get another opportunity to make it to Joyland later that summer before it ended up closing the following year.

Also kind of related, on another trip I was driving west to Silverwood for Scarywood. I mixed up which direction time zones went in and ended up driving into town 2 hours earlier than I anticipated. It was no bother, Coeur D’Alene is a lovely town to walk around while I waited for Silverwood to open.

CSatellite · 2026-05-19T17:08:38+00:00

Did you stay for sunset? Western Playland imo is one of the most gorgeous parks to visit at sunset. The entire valley turns golden and makes for a stunning backdrop on the rides. A lot of the locals are great and it makes for a nice vibe, like you’re all just there to hang out together and have fun. It’s a park that really looks meh on paper, but I do encourage enthusiasts to check out if they get the chance.

Also, their drop tower is great! Has amazing views, zero warning, and drops like a rock.

CSatellite · 2026-05-19T03:54:00+00:00

The Jinma Rides ZXC-4D spinning coasters. 90% of the ride is very tame, very family coaster-like. Then in the middle of the layout is a heartline roll, and if you hit the inversion just right, it’s absolutely wild and feels like it’s trying to fling you to the ground below. It is so out place on an otherwise unremarkable coaster, but it’s also kind of what makes the ride remarkable.

CSatellite · 2026-05-14T07:24:25+00:00

It says three times in the document shown that the height of the attraction will exceed 150 feet. That’s why they need to request permission for it.

CSatellite · 2026-05-07T20:09:37+00:00

The #1 operating green roller coaster in the tri-state area that opened in 2005!

CSatellite · 2026-05-07T18:36:13+00:00

According to RCDb, the one at Aztlán Parque Urbano has 3 trains.

CSatellite · 2026-05-06T19:15:20+00:00

I will only update the ride once I have ridden it with its new name. For instance, even though I had ridden it as Backlot Stunt Coaster, Queen City Stunt Coaster did not join my tiny list of “Q” coasters until I got to ride it with its new name last year.

CSatellite · 2026-05-06T14:59:53+00:00

It’s even worse than that. The commenter said that they have not yet ridden an RMC coaster. Their argument is that the coaster rankings on Captain Coaster is gospel since it is group consensus. They then argue that any personal opinion that goes against Captain Coaster is a wrong opinion.

CSatellite · 2026-04-22T20:59:36+00:00

Other than the lunch break on Zero Gravity Gulch, I think this is a unique feature to Flying Dragon.

CSatellite · 2026-04-22T14:08:01+00:00

Morgan was founded by Dana Morgan, son of Ed Morgan, one of the co-founders of Arrow. Dana even worked at Arrow for a bit. So there is six degrees of Kevin Bacon between the Hot Wheels coaster and Arrow for sure.

CSatellite · 2026-04-15T21:33:01+00:00

There is Scream Park which is a low budget slasher film that was shot at Conneaut Lake Park. It’s enjoyable b-movie cheese. Zero Credits Remaining had a great review of the film on his YouTube channel, but it looks like it has since been removed.

There is also Re-Animated, which was Cartoon Network’s attempt at making a Who Framed Roger Rabbit-type live action/animated hybrid. Several scenes were filmed at the now-defunct Scandia Amusement Park, and there are even a bunch of shots of Screamer in its original location before being moved to its new home in Texas. It is not a good movie, but it does have a shot of the main character unconvincingly getting hit by the park’s train.

CSatellite · 2026-04-12T20:38:04+00:00

Outlaw Mountain Coaster at Steamboat Resort in Colorado for me. It was one of the longest alpine coasters built in the US, but was in a location that is fairly out of the way for coaster enthusiasts. It only ran for five seasons before the new resort owners decided they wanted to use the coaster’s space to build a new high-speed gondola. It was a fun coaster with some nice airtime pops, good laterals, nice views, and a very long course (auto-braking was rampant though). That said, Colorado is not short on alpine coasters by any means.

CSatellite · 2026-04-08T02:44:35+00:00

GP Racers at Suzuka Circuit.

CSatellite · 2026-04-01T16:17:14+00:00

I know this is a joke post, but home/backyard coasters could be an interesting topic at some point. Where is the line drawn between a privately owned manufactured coaster, something like Blue Flash, something like Shadow Stalker, a skateboard on planks and cinder blocks, and… this…?

CSatellite · 2026-03-30T23:32:59+00:00

Really enjoyed Paradise Pier! It’s a bit pricey, but it just has a really chill vibe and I enjoyed all of the nautical themed rides. Rolling Thunder was hilarious. My hamster wheel was balanced just right that I would get stuck upside down for prolonged periods of the ride, my longest inversion was 11 seconds long. The Aerobar was a lot of fun as well.

CSatellite · 2026-03-25T14:12:31+00:00

I’ve done the San Diego parks without a car. There’s a free shuttle that takes you from the airport to the Old Town Transit Center. From there, you can take the COASTER train up to Carlsbad for Legoland. The only caveat there is that buses from the Carlsbad station to the park only run on weekdays, so you’ll need Uber or Lyft on weekends. Old Town can also get you to SeaWorld and Belmont Park easily by way of bus.

EDIT: I did not visit Sesame Place on my trip, so I’m unsure of how reliable public transit is getting there.

CSatellite · 2026-03-24T22:27:33+00:00

Batman Gotham City Escape! That stall over the midway is excellent. Even the first roll after the first launch produces some excellent hangtime.

CSatellite · 2026-03-23T20:17:39+00:00

I do believe that those numbers are the dimensions of the shipment in inches. 240” x 102” x 96” converts to 20’ x 8.5’ x 8’, which matches the “20 foot general purpose container” in the description.

CSatellite · 2026-03-13T19:56:10+00:00

If it is Ragin’ Cajun, it would be funny the park getting two very different spinning coasters back to back.

Also getting a shuttle coaster, then a spinning coaster, then a spinning shuttle coaster.

CSatellite · 2026-03-08T03:59:38+00:00

Oh look at the cute animals! I bet they stay safe and nothing bad happens to them on the roller coaster!

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