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^I hear you, most of my top ten coasters are under 200 feet. And a lot polls/awards indicate the same, but a 300+ footer can still be a good coaster possibly lol. Coasters in my top ten under 200 feet or thereabouts: Outlaw Run, New Texas Giant, Phoenix, El Toro, Balder, Boulder Dash, Maverick, Expedition GeForce. Wow that's 9/10.

Great review, and thanks for the tip offs. I'll know what to do when I go this Saturday.

^I can't say I've been following it too closely. Local mates I was visiting with were saying get a ride now because it will be closed by the time I get back. I guess we'll have to wait and see, I hope it stays as a coaster.

Cool report. I went there for the first time in 15 years at the end of last month...during the day that is. Potter seemed to have more in it than the Orlando version. Love a Butterbeer. I thought the small raptor show outside Jurassic Park was simple, but very effective. The Mummy is a decent coaster, I always ride it - I see some good possibilities with a Jurassic World rework (don't know if they'll re-theme or build something from scratch) - imagine a raptor attack from all sides in that stationary bit and then reverse launching out of there.

Sounds awesome, I'm doing it this Saturday (followed by UTT) - I'll be particularly grateful if they do a maze walk-through. I'm sure I'll be accompanied by a gang of enraptured radio contest winners lol.

The stats are slight bigger than the Mack coaster at Iewa World, I'd say that is a possibility, but I'm hoping for something bigger still. ^I think some slack should be given, 99.99% of the content of this thread is speculation lol.

Probably not ironic if you're going by the dictionary or Alanis Morrisette lol. But I'll go back through pages of posts and see who gave me the idea next time. I did seriously consider it and talked to some friends who'll be there from interstate on the 29th doing Star Tour and UTT, and if I could get there whether we should go for it. I'd be in for a world of pain after, all-nighters are like really bad jetlag. If I'm spending the $$$$ on flights and accommodation might as well experience as much as possible while I'm there.

I'm not fussed about theming if it's a kick ass ride, and sometimes simple theming can be effective - like Top Thrill Dragster, with the sound effects, Christmas lights and bleachers makes every time it launches a spectacle, builds anticipation while you're waiting and makes people on the midway stop and watch.

I wonder if it got pulled or sold out? If I could get there on the 29th I would have done the Star Tour, UTT, after party, then Silverwood LOL.

That's pretty cool it's on free-to-air, if I wasn't so busy at the moment I might check it out. Based on my impressions from the maze, it's got a real carnie horror feel to it. At the moment I'd settle to find out who Negan kills in Walking Dead, I know who I have my money on.

^What I meant to say is do people on this website like the show, as I was unclear what kind of a following the show has in Australia. I've never seen a single episode myself. It seemed to be one of the more popular mazes at HHN. On the night I went Krampus and Halloween had the shortest lines - and both were really good mazes.

^The Arkham Refurb definitely counts, if not just for the great reduction in the pain associated with riding that coaster from the unfortunately placed restraints lol.

Yeah I'd like to stay on property, it's so convenient for night events like Fright Nights when there's limited public transport options to get back to accommodation in surfers. I just booked a cabin at the Holiday Park across the road from MW as I'm only doing MW for the whole weekend in a couple of weeks. And if this coaster truly is the world's best, I might want to stay there for a while lol.

On American Horror Story, do people really like the show, I've never seen it personally? I did the HHN Hollywood version of the maze, it wasn't bad, though my lack of familiarity with the show impacted the experience a little. Just booked the Ultimate Terror Tour, looking forward to it.

LOL I went there with an ex, and her little boy had his first coaster ride there. I think I've officially left credit whoredom. I stayed in the car in the car park when my mate went it to get the kiddie credit at Happy Hollow on a bay area credit run a couple of weekends ago.

Thanks for your views on Fury 325, sounds awesome. Last time I went to Carwoinds was before the Hypers arrived, Intimidator was just a dirt clearing. Afterburn was great when I was there, just rode his brother at California's Great America the other week, it was kick ass.

It would have to be pretty impressive to even be the best coaster at Movie World.

I went to HHN in Hollywood last week, it was amazing, the Exorcist was killer - went to the park in the day too for the first time in 15 years. Only thing that sucked was the Jabberwokeez show, that did nothing for me and had nothing to do with Halloween. Knotts Scary Farm was very strong this year also, as was Dark Harbor at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. Pleasant surprise was the Haunt at California's Great America (got to do Fear VR and their Asylum maze before they closed). I'd love to do that Asylum thing on the 29th, and the Ultimate Terror Tour and Star Tour, but sporting commitments will probably keep me away.

I just did my first VR coaster which was the SLC at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom on Sunday. It was fun without being mind-blowing, and took my mind off the beating I was getting from the Vekoma. On this one there's active shooter element when you're going up the lift hill. You move your head to aim and tap on the right side of the goggles to shoot. After that, you're there for the ride. I think it will be a fun addition and being an upcharge should regulate demand and not make the queue a nightmare like the free-for-all at Six Flags (we got lucky and stumbled into a season passholder ERT and didn't have to wait).

From Dusk Til Dawn should be good, the Gold Coast has a rather vibrant stripper community (a friend told me) to fill some of the roles lol.

I totally understand and respect your point of view and preferences - it can be a love or hate kind of place. I'm the opposite, it was the lack of concrete that I liked personally, and being in the middle of nowhere in a forest - to me it was kind of an antidote to the big corporate parks (and I was on the last day of a tour that had plenty of big parks involved). I thought the dinky carnie rides were cute (some were a lot of fun), but the high points were what I remember with the most fondness - I spent a big part of my day (and night) riding Phoenix, the bumper cars (the GCI guys were getting them airborne lol), and the Haunted House. Since I went, Black Diamond, Flying Turns and Impulse look like fun additions.

^OMG Margot Robbie, that would be too awesome. I must admit (as many others have observed), the precinct looks great. Hopefully they won't stop at Doomsday for rides.

I could make a side trip to Tennessee the week after next and I've got Tuesday and Wednesday free, and they're open Wednesday. I'll have to come over from the west coast...dammit I can't decide. Nah do it next year. Gosh, RMC keeps hitting home runs, though the problems with the launch system may scare off some future clients. From what I heard the contractor they used for the launch had never done something like that before. So many people I know went there and missed out, but it looks like it's fine now. I like that Knoebels ranks so highly, it's just such a cool place and Phoenix is more a near-death experience than a coaster. Extreme airtime plus buzz bar equals coaster heaven.

Here's the results, I preferred the Hawker Poll for rating coasters, but winning one is a good selling point for a park: http://goldenticketawards.com/2016-2/ Of note: Europa voted best park, ahead of Cedar Point Fury 325 voted best coaster, ahead of Millennium Force Lightning Rod at Dollywood voted best new ride If the Golden Ticket Awards were just for Australia, I wonder who'd win...actually I don't..I think Movie World might do OK.

^LOL that makes total sense, or maybe they are left over boxes from their last Mack installation being used as a decoy. Maybe next week they'll put out boxes with B & M spray painted on them, or...Vekoma.