Travel Channel Programming 8-6-2008

They mainly showed TTD and MF but there were short clips of other rides.

No Maverick. But that was a good show! :) I havn't seen one with a good chunk about CP in a while. Now my withdrawls are kicking back in full force. ;)

A few weeks ago the science channel had a "How They Work" episode and the main thing in the episode was Maverick. It showed the construction and how they built it. Then they had a POV.

Did anyone notice when they said on a clear day you can sometimes see Canada from the top of millenium force, and when they showed the view from the top and pointed with an arrow that said Canada, they were pointing at marblehead? Like 5 miles across the water!

^ I laughed when I saw that.:)

Yeah I thought that was fun to, about the piece of land thats not apart of Canada. Other thing that didn't seem right was TTD being the first to break 100 mph, but SMTR at SSMM was the first to break that. Oh and KK is the tallest and fastest coaster in america.

That was kiling me, they made it seem like half these rides 

only broke records in the US.

^^ - its actually Superman: The Escape, not The Ride. Did anyone else feel like they were watching Manswers while listening to the announcer?

For some reason I thought it was The Ride, but your right. ;)

The segment also said Fahrenheit, has the steepest drop in America to.

^That now belongs to Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach which opened back in July. But before that, yes it did have ONE of the steepest drops in the US.

Daniel Smith said:Other thing that didn't seem right was TTD being the first to break 100 mph, but SMTR at SSMM was the first to break that.

Dragster was technically the first full circuit coaster to break 100mph. Plus many enthusiasts don't consider Superman the Escape a true coaster......but let's not start that conversation.:)

Oh I didn't see that about Steel Hawg, at Indiana Beach. I can't say anything about SuperMan, but if that's not considerder a coaster then, Dodonpa at Fuji-Q Highland opened up in 2001. It's top speed is at 106.9mph, that's a full circuit. I'll just leave it at that :)