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- From: Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Re: Anaconda like Nessie? (was Re: Wooden Rollercoasters)
- Message-ID: <70070@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 17:17:57 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Nov18.024135.9538@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- >>I don't see how you can compare the Anaconda with the Loch Ness Monster.
- >>IMHO, The Loch Ness Monster is CLEARLY better than the Anaconda.
- >
- >Here's one vote for the Anaconda. I don't like the Loch Ness ... after
- >the first drop, it's utterly boring imvho. I've had some killer rides
- >on the Anaconda -- it can produce some great speed and lateral g's when
- >it wants to, although, I heard Arrow reworked the ride just a tad after
- >it's debut, so many it's not quite as wild as it once was?
- >
- >
- >Buck
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- Each ride has it's good and bad points. The Loch Ness Monster clearly
- has the better first drop, and the second drop into the first loop
- wouldn't be bad if it weren't for the brake. Anaconda, on the other
- hand, has a horrible first drop but the slowest (and in my mind best)
- corkscrew ever built by Arrow. Anaconda's butterfly element is unique
- among Arrow coasters, and works fairly well, even if they haven't been
- able to completely eliminate the head-banging that you get at the
- bottom of the first "loop".
-
- Tom "The Middleman" Obszanski
-
- BTW, The Steel Phantom at Kennywood would have the best corkscrew (as
- well as best boomerang and best vertical loop) that Arrow ever built
- if it weren't for the wretched brakes you hit as you're shooting up
- into the loop. I had the opportunity to ride the Phantom without the
- brakes and it's a wild ride, with the train whipping through the
- inversions as no other Arrow coaster ever has, or probably ever will
- again.
-