^I think full-autos were either regulated in the 30s or 60s, similar to how certain other guns and accessories are today (like silencers and sawed-off shotgun, along with some other weapons, require ATF registration and a tax stamp), and then were banned (except for pre-1986 full-autos) in 1986. Thus, full-auto guns today are old, scarce, and very, very expensive.
Cedar Point needs to stop calling Pipe Scream a coaster. Six Flags already calls Super-Loops coasters. Don't be more of a Six Flags than Six Flags.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34450218
And of course Pipe Scream is a roller coaster. It says so right there on the website. ;)
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Pipe Scream is a coaster.
R.I.P Luminosity ~ 2012-2017 ~ Greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth
Steel Vengeance rides: 20
Pipe Scream should be considered a powered coaster like a Mack powered coaster (Thunder Run at Canadas Wonderland being an example.)
According to the manufacturer, the disk-o rides are coasters: http://www.zamperla.com/all-products/roller-coasters-rides/
~chugh43
LightDark18 said:
Cedar Point needs to stop calling Pipe Scream a coaster. Six Flags already calls Super-Loops coasters. Don't be more of a Six Flags than Six Flags.
Pipe Scream is a coaster! And so are super loops. I can't wait for CP to add a 205ft super loop coaster!
They actually do...Kings Island touts 16 roller coasters with Mystic Timbers being the 16th.... Kings Island's New Ride 2017
They don't list all of the roller coasters under the "roller coaster" portion of the website, they have the "kiddie coasters" listed under Kids Rides. 12 on the roller coaster page, 4 on the kids rides page.
I've also heard Don Helbig and other park full timers talk during events like Coasterstock stating that Surf Dog is considered a coaster.
~chugh43
Can’t argue with the manufacture. I call it a coaster.
1999: First visit
Halloweekends- Harvest Fear, Tombstone Terror-Tory
Ride Operations- Professor Delbert’s Frontier Fling
You can argue with the manufacturer, the park or whoever you want. Not that it will change anything. Personally I don’t call it a coaster but a fun ride. Except for the groin crushing seats, not a fan of those.
Have a similar issue with Valravn. It’s those shapped seats and probably exasperated by my large size so I sit more forward in the seats. I think I have only been on it a couple of times but remember not being very comfortable.
TMI but I am more sensitive than average down there as well. I had some kidney stones about 16 years ago and it took the doctors a long time to figure out what was going on becuase although the stones were trapped in between my kidney and bladder the pain was felt in my sack so they kept focusing on that.
The interesting thing about Pipe Scream's restraints is that the automatic "individual" lap bars actually stop at the largest person, which usually means I'm the unlucky recipient of a stapling. However, one of my first rides, if not my first ride, on Pipe Scream (Media Day IIRC) was with a lady in my row who was quite larger than me, leaving me borderline unrestrained. (Not unsafe at all, as long as you're not an idiot who stands up and literally jumps out.)
Does anyone get pressure on their hip on Gatekeeper? This always happens to me. By the end of the ride, the restraint pushes down hard on either my left or right hip, and it's really uncomfortable. This doesn't keep me from riding Gatekeeper though.
R.I.P Luminosity ~ 2012-2017 ~ Greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth
Steel Vengeance rides: 20
I get the groin crush feeling on Maverick with the middle part sticking up at the bottom of the seat. I got more and more used to it the more I rode it that it didn't bother me like it used to. When I rode it in 2015 after a long hiatus of visiting the park, I certainly had an uncomfortable feeling.
Sacrificing playing video games to ride roller coasters.
It's funny, the only ride I get the groin crush on is Wicked Twister. I also got it on the old Superman/Steel Venom at Geauga Lake in my younger and thinner days.
^^I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds Maverick's seats less than comfortable. That seat protrusion is quite annoying, but I find that if I sit in the back row of a car and cross my legs, it's not bad. They can't all be B&M buckets I guess.
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