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- From: chrisl@joplin.wri.com (Chris LaReau)
- Subject: Re: The Vortex
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- References: <1992Sep11.153907.6010@usl.edu> <chrisl.716237426@spider.wri.com> <1992Sep11.212253.19014@usl.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:03:36 GMT
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- In <1992Sep11.212253.19014@usl.edu> rhb@ucs.usl.edu (Bird Rendell H.) writes:
-
- >(Chris LaReau) writes:
- >>(3) Vortex at Carowinds.
- >> I thought
- >> the Carolina Cyclone was a better ride though, and many of the
- >> locals I rode with concurred.
-
- >***OOOOUUUUCCCCHHHH***
-
- >Carowinds is on my list of favorite parks in the country. I gave it
- >this personal distinct DESPITE the Carolina Cyclone. This was the first
- >of the cookie-cutter-Arrow-coasters I had ridden. I truly despised
- >this ride.
-
- >#begin Bette_Midler (imitation)
-
- > Ees the Vortex *really* **that** ***bad***?!?!? Why bother.
-
- No, you will probably like it about as much as you like Iron Wolf, I did.
-
- Sounds like you don't like Arrow coasters that much. That's fine, but
- not all of us share that opinion.
-
- Cookie cutter? It's unique as far as I know, and I've been on a lot of
- Arrow coasters. "Cookie cutter" would apply to to the Arrow standard model
- corkscrew (i.e. Geauga Lake, Canobie Lake, Myrtle Beach, Busch Tampa,
- ad infinitum), or the Arrow shuttle loops, but not to their larger coasters
- which generally have some differences in track configuration. I thought
- that the Carolina Cyclone was the best Arrow coaster of its size that I've
- been on for the following reasons: good airtime first drop in the back
- seat, zippy loops, a really nice negative-G hit before the turn into
- the corkscrew, a very fast corkscrew (they are not all created equal, and
- this one compared with Great America's (IL) ShockWave in terms of speed),
- and a very nice and fast _downward_ helix in a tunnel before the station.
- The ride is well paced, no dead spots, everything goes bam, bam, bam,
- right in a row with no letup from top of chain to break run.
-
- For its size, I liked it very much. Your mileage may vary.
-
- Chris
-
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