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Originally posted by verdeyw
The engineers on my team also always head out to Kissimmee, where they have the biggest skycoaster I've ever seen.
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Ah, 'cause it is the largest skycoaster in the world
There are larger models available for purchase, but nobody has decided to install any yet.
At any rate, $80 for two riders. Ouch. Otherwise, if you're out at Old Town, they've got an S&MC Windstorm, and an Afterburner. They're both neat rides, but nowhere near as large as the Skycoaster.
If you head up International Drive, you'll pass Congo River Golf... They have a ride there called Katanga. Also very cool.
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. . . The best drop ride on the planet, nearly. If you want the *best* ride imaginable, ask for the seatbelt. It's the middle seat on row 5, right in the aisleway. You don't have to worry about too tight a lap bar at all in this seat. Woooo, airtime!
Fantasmic, I think, is overrated.
Rockin' Roller Coaster, of course, is awesome. 120 Speakers per train, Aerosmith blastin' the whole way through. . . and it's a smooth Vekoma coaster, which is an amazing feat unto itself. (It's because Disney designed it, really
)
Alien Encounter rocks, I think, as well. An awesome show all around, and the most technically complex on Walt Disney World property.
I love Dinosaur. If they've got the intensity on the program all the way at the top notch, this ride really tosses you around....and if you're so lucky as to get a ride where all of the effects are working (The vortex generator, in particular), it's one incredible ride.
And, of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention a classic - The Haunted Mansion. I can't say enough good things about this attraction.
Wayne - visit Islands of Adventure over Universal Studios proper. It's a far superior park. They've got the Incredible Hulk (a very cool coaster) as well as Dueling Dragons (The best dueling coasters on earth
)...as well as The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman. If you know *anything* about 3D projection and points of convergence, this thing will have you drooling
The Incredible Hulk uses soooo much power for each launch that the electricity must be taken off the power grid at a constant rate and stored in capacitors. . . why? To prevent brownouts in greater Orlando every 2 minutes
Can y'all tell that I spend way too much time in, around, and thinking about theme parks? It's true, there can be passion for things other than FIRST