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[fastman xc]

this is the thread for my school's 8th grade trip to Hersheypark. this will be in segments; I have about 60 total pics. I will upload them soon. I uploaded my only video (of superduperlooper) to Google just now...it is still processing, so you might have to wait....

[googlevideo]4580923583624198322&hl=en[/googlevideo]


overall I rode coasters 20 times...all, plus:
Great Bear 3 times
Trailblazer twice (no line, so we stayed in)
Wildcat 3 times (new trains explanation soon!!)
Lightning Racer 6 times

It was so fun to sneak my camera on many coasters to take on-ride pics!

here is the first batch of pics, GCI's the WILDCAT!!!! with NEW TRAINS!!!!! The millenium fliers were GREAT! the ride was much less violent. The smoothness was extremely noticeable. Yet, as usual, in the afternoon it was rougher becuase of the thermal expansion of the track and supports. pics...

[fastman xc]

I am going to make a new post now...sorry to all who will be annoyed...

after all the physics tests were done, we were free to go. not neccesarily in order....


Schwarzkopf's Superduperlooper, the second in the nation to have a loop. The first drop is for about 10 feet of track at about 55*, then gets less. The only G-force felt is the entry to the loop; the entire loop is terribly shaped.
I did manage to gat a few on ride pics as well as the video.




Sidewinder: the Vekoma boomerang coaster...nice and agressive. I loved it, especially the cobra roll, but most people to whom I talked did not favor it. Oh well, it's Vekoma 1991, so what can I say?

[fantom]

It's about time Wildcat got flyers. I just wish I would be able to get out their this year, especially to see the water slides they put in.

[fastman xc]

Ahh, the water slides....wooo hooo :iyes

they even took out my absolute favorite flat ride, the CHAOS, for some doofus WATERSLIDE! :rotz

[fantom]

Eh, hershey didn't know how to run their chaos anyway. I hope you know that's not the only reason they got rid of it though.

[fastman xc]

^well, what were the other reasons? injuries?

here is another onride pic of superduperlooper:




We also rode the Comet, the oldest coaster in the park, built first in California in 1923 by Philadelphia Toboggan Company. It was then moved to Hersheypark in 1947 and remodeled in 1978. It is a very classic woodie, featuring good straight hills and nice air time.



^errrgh, I was trying to get a good pic of the turnaround from the first drop, but obviously some girl's hand was in the way.

[fastman xc]

more pics! all of the Storm Runner....


















^my favorite pic of that day

well, more pics are coming (hopefully)

[Antinos]

Storm Runner was really fun, and it is one of my favorite coasters still. Unfortunately, I only got one ride on it before we left. Great pictures, I didn't get to see the ride from those angles when I was there.

[Ace o Spades]

About storm Runner, how is the force the launch comparable to Xcelerator at Knott's (if you know)?

[fastman xc]

^I have not ridden that, but the hydraulic launch on storm runner feels only slightly more intense than the LIM launch on Jokers Jinx, even though it is 12 mph faster.

personally, I think the Intamin inversions on SR are very awesome, but I like jokers jinx better because it is deathy compact and almost twice as long (of a time).

[Antinos]

About storm Runner, how is the force the launch comparable to Xcelerator at Knott's (if you know)?

From what I can remember about SR, the launch wasn't as strong as Xcelerator's. There wasn't much of a difference though, as neither of them compare to TTD.

[fastman xc]

here is a short vid of Lightning racer....[googlevideo]-400573413367564009[/googlevideo]

plus a few pics...

[Coaster105]

I like the second pic. It shows how complex the track is.
how come only a 20 second long video?

[fastman xc]

it was not my own camera and it was a digi camera that couldn't have all that space taken.

[NitroRyder33]

Um.. Every Chaos in the US has been re-called.

[fastman xc]

why were the chaos's recalled??

[TripleHelix]

Um.. Every Chaos in the US has been re-called.

Uhh, what? BTW, nice pictures.

[Top_Thrill_Dragster33]

Then why is there still a Chaos at cedar point?

[fastman xc]

^IDK...

more pics...today of B&M's the Great bear (this is not all of the GB pics...)

[Antinos]

They were all recalled because of an accident on another one somewhere else. I don't know why CP still has theirs, but I do know that they have changed it since the accident.