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Gunkey Monkey
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: Rank The GL Coasters |
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Everyone usually has a top ten list of their favorite coasters. How would you rank GL's coasters and you can include the Corkscrew (and Zyclon if you rode it if you'd like).
My list...
1. Dominator/Batman Knight Flight
2. Big Dipper
3. Steel Venom/Superman Ultimate Escape
4. Villain
5. Double Loop
6. Thunderhawk/Serial Thriller
7. Head Spin/Mind Eraser
8. X-Flight
9. Raging Wolf Bobs
10. Corkscrew
11. Beaver Land Mine Ride/Roadrunner Express
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Katie
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BigDipperLover
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: Re: Rank The GL Coasters |
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| Gunkey Monkey wrote: |
Everyone usually has a top ten list of their favorite coasters. How would you rank GL's coasters and you can include the Corkscrew (and Zyclon if you rode it if you'd like).
My list...
1. Dominator/Batman Knight Flight
2. Big Dipper
3. Steel Venom/Superman Ultimate Escape
4. Villain
5. Double Loop
6. Thunderhawk/Serial Thriller
7. Head Spin/Mind Eraser
8. X-Flight
9. Raging Wolf Bobs
10. Corkscrew
11. Beaver Land Mine Ride/Roadrunner Express |
Mine would be:
1.X-Flight
2.Villain
3.Big Dipper
4.Dominator
5.Raging Wolf Bobs
6.Double Loop
7.Thunderhawk
8.Corkscrew
9.Mind Eraser
10.Superman
no 11 since I never rode BLMR
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myriam
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't seem to recall Zyclon, can you give me a hint as to where the ride was and some more specifics to revive my old brain? Thanks |
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coasterdad
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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1. Steel Venom/Superman Ultimate Escape
2. Dominator/Batman Knight Flight
3. Big Dipper
4. Villain
5. Double Loop
6. X-Flight
7. Raging Wolf Bobs
8. Corkscrew
9. Thunderhawk/Serial Thriller
10. Beaver Land Mine Ride/Roadrunner Express
11. Head Spin/Mind Eraser
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GLMemories89
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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hmmm....very interesting.
well i thought for a while, and here we are:
1.) Villan (such an innovative wooden coaster!)
2.) Dominator (greatest floorless ALIVE!)
3.) Steel Venom (such a powerful Intamin!)
4.) X-Flight (the wonders of flying coasters!)
5.) Big Dipper (although its not too close to the top, its still the greatest historic woody ever!)
6.) Thunderhawk (bumpy most times, but a nice SLC)
7.) Double Loop (a definite Classic)
8.) Headspin (not the greatest fan of boomerangs)
9.) Ragin Wolf Bobs (well, i loved it, just not my favourite, a little bumpy, and havent rode it since 2004)
10.) BLMR (only rode it once in 2000 when it first opened.)
Honestly, every single coaster at Geauga Lake was just simply amazing just because GL's coasters were like no other coasters in the world. They were innovative, had historic value to many of them, and were just different then other coasters. (even though there was a vekoma boomerang and SLC, they just seemed completley different then all the other clones.
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Gunkey Monkey
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Zyclon was a small steel coaster (late 70's) that was located in the vicinity of where Turtle Beach would be later on. The Rotor was placed in the same location in 1981.
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1. Villain (had 183 laps on the ride)
2. Batman Knight Flight/Dominator
3. Big Dipper
4. X-Flight
5. Raging Wolf Bobs (much better after the re-tracking)
6. Double Loop
7. Corkscrew
8. Superman Ultimate Escape/Steel Venom (Only reason why it's so low, the seatbelts weren't long enough for fat people like me)
9. Serial Thriller/Thunderhaw
10. Road Runner Express/Beaver Land Mine Ride
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cstrwomann
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1. Big Dipper
2.Villian
3. RWB
4. Dominator
5.X-Flight
6. Superman
7. Double Loop
8. Thunderhawk
9. Mind Eraser
10. BLMR |
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JDT
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1. X Flight
2. The Coaster Formally Known as Batman
3. Steel Venom
4. Big Dipper
5. Thunderhawk
6. The Villain
7. Raging Wolf Bobs
8. Double Loop
9. Headspin
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ChrisC
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1. Villain
2. Dominator
3. Steel Venom
4. X-Flight
5. Big Dipper
6. Raging Wolf Bobs
7. Double Loop
8. Thunderhawk
9. Beaver Land Mine Ride
10. Head Spin |
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I'd have a hard time with the top three... so...
1a) Big Dipper (made me fall in love with woodies)
1b) Zyclone (my first coaster ever)*
1c) Batman/Dominator (especially my last ride on her)
2. The Villian (with trick track)
3. The Villian (without trick track)
4. Raging Wolf Bobs (regardless of re-tracking)
5. Thunderhawk
6. Corkscrew
7. Double Loop
8. X-Flight
*Funny thing is, until coming here I could have sworn it was on "The Wild Mouse" and would have put money on that. I specifically remember my grandmother taking me on "The Wild Mouse" but since that would have been mid to late-70's I guess that's impossible.
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I'd go with this:
1. Batman (dominator)
2. Serial Thriller (aka thunderhawk)
3. Villian (and front row only)
4. Big Dipper
5. Raging Wolf Bobs
6. Double Loop
7. Corkscrew
8. X-flight
9. SUE (Steel Venom)
10. Head Sping (mind eraser)
11. BLMR (aka Roadrunner)
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1. Big Dipper
2. Double Loop
3. Villain
4. Mind Eraser
5. Corkscrew
6. Wolf Bobs
7. Superman
8. X-Flight
9. RoadRunner
10. Thunder Hawk
11. Dominator (Gave me a migrain every time I rode it. And broke down all 3 times)
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| Zyclon was a small steel coaster (late 70's) that was located in the vicinity of where Turtle Beach would be later on. The Rotor was placed in the same location in 1981. |
Looking at the '75/'76 photos and the old maps, it looks like Zyclon was where the Corkscrew would go later, and the Little Dipper was over where the Rotor went. |
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