Putz does USA Today

Yeah, I know... It's more of a CoasterBuzz thing, but he's still webmastering here so what the hey!

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Duane Cahill
http://www.RavensSuck.com
The only thing other than CP that Steelers and Browns fans agree on

Good article Jeff...While we are on the topic, I was just wondering what Coasters at CP are clones. I believe that Wildcat was a clone, as well as Jumbo Jet when it was around...but I may be wrong. What others are there?....

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~Josh M.~
**Formerly CoastFreak**
2002 - Ripcord
2004 - Millennium Force

Wildcat and Jumbo Jet are off the shelf production coasters, so I guess you can call them clones.

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I'd rather be in my boat with a drink on the rocks,
than in the drink with a boat on the rocks.

In Japan, there is a clone of Raptor called Orochi. Raptor came first though.

http://rcdb.com/installationdetail1186.htm

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The Point of Cedars
www.thepointofcedars.tk

You da man Jeff

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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html
Will this kid ever sleep through the night?!?

Valley Fair has the same Corkscrew CP has, and Michigans Adventure has the same Corkscrew Geauga Lake used to have. I ofcourse am talking in terms of layout, not physical parts. Thunder Canyon seems to be the exact same model at all the Cedar Fair parks too.

1EJ

*** This post was edited by 1eyedjack 4/30/2004 7:46:43 PM ***

I know that Thunder Canyon at CP is an Intamin ride with large rafts. The one at Dorney is a different manufacturer, O.D. Hopkins maybe, with smaller rafts. So, the raft rides at those two parks at least, are different.

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I'd rather be in my boat with a drink on the rocks,
than in the drink with a boat on the rocks.

My mistake. I meant to say Snake River Falls. I always get the two names confused.

1eJ

I guess you could count Ripcord as a clone...is there one of the exact same height else where though? 152' tower, 173' arch...i may be rusty with my stats...its been 2 years

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~Josh M.~
**Formerly CoastFreak**
2002 - Ripcord
2004 - Millennium Force

While Corkscrew at Vallyfair is similar it is far from being a clone. The speed hill on the Vallyfair Corkscrew comes after the loop and doesn't have that killer airtime like at C.P. There is also a helix at the end of the ride that CP doesn't have.

Chang at Kentucky Kingdom is a clone of the first half of Mantis, just mirror image.

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Richie Anderson
Millennuim Force TL '01
Ride Maintenance '02 & '03

"Six Flags in particular has taken a lot of verbal abuse for this," he says, noting vicious griping in Web chat rooms.

Huh? What he talking about? We never do that... 0:)

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Someone better explain what's going on here...or...there will be a lot of explaining to do!

I would have to agree. Being from MN, and after going on corkscrew at CP, CP's was suprisingly better. I wasn't really expecting much when I first went on it.

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