Kingda Ka - I think I filled the cup [Archive]

Tenbatsuzen

05-30-2005, 05:24 AM

Sooo, thanks the great folks at Six Flags Great Adventure, I had the run of the park yesterday.Medusa is still my favorite ride in the park, but for pure speed and adrenaline, it doesn't compare to Kingda Ka, the fastest, tallest coaster in the world.I thought it was Linear Induction, but I was wrong - it's a hydraulic based system, so it doesn't throw you around as much as Batman and Robin, which is one of the rides at SFGA that I'm not a huge fan of.It's a fast ride (only 40 seconds), and the lines are tremendously long, but bar none, it's a great coaster experience.  It's not very creative (go fast, go high), but still, it's a ton of fun.What are YOUR thoughts on Kingda Ka or the rest of the rides at Six Flags?

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gypsy

05-30-2005, 05:43 AM

0-128 in 3.5 seconds, that is amazing.

Death Metal Moe

05-30-2005, 07:06 AM

Roller Coasters make me motion sick.  Very gay, I know.  But never the less, I don't go on them.  I went on something called like "The Ninja" (no, not AIDS) or some shit out in Missouri's Six Flags and I was dizzy the rest of the day.

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HBox

05-30-2005, 06:23 PM

I thought it was Linear
Induction, but I was wrong - it's a hydraulic based system, so it
doesn't throw you around as much as Batman and Robin, which is one of
the rides at SFGA that I'm not a huge fan of. 
I heard that when they were testing that
they had test dummies coming back after the ride with limbs missing,
and that they had to delay opening the ride because of it. The only
thing about that I know for sure is true that the ride's opening was
delayed; it was only open for like half a season during its first
year. 


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Tenbatsuzen

05-30-2005, 08:21 PM

quote:  I heard that when they were testing that they had test dummies coming back after the ride with limbs missing, and that they had to delay opening the ride because of it. The only thing about that I know for sure is true that the ride's opening was delayed; it was only open for like half a season during its first year. 1) This is Kingda Ka's first year.  You may be confusing it with Top Fuel Dragster, which the ride is based off of at Cedar Point in Ohio, which did have a lot of operational difficulties its first year.2) Although the ride was delayed, the test dummy story is inaccurate.  It's a very simple coaster - fast, up, corkscrew, apex, corkscrew, fast, down, braking hill, stop.  I can't see how you can lose a limb.

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Tenbatsuzen

05-30-2005, 08:34 PM

I checked some coaster boards about this Test Dummy story - all are inaccurate lies and bullshit rumors being spread.For a dummy to "fly from the train" is beyond me. I have been hearing this rumor for about a week now... and all I can say is Wow! People believe anything they hear huh? First of all, yesterday was Monday, and they were closed, they start daily ops this Thursday. 2ndly, the restraints are held in by hydraulics, a seatbelt, and the shoulder harness is PROBABLY held in by a "clicking lock system" I am not 100% sure on the last part, but even still, BOTH hydraulic tubes on the harness would have failed and the seatbelt would have snapped. How they can both break boggles my mind. Did you also hear that the dummies were coming back into the station without arms and legs? This is accurate.  Most coasters at SFGA have a hydraulic restraint system that's also held in by a seatbelt.  Double-failure safety.  Kingda Ka has this.  

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Death Metal Moe

05-30-2005, 08:43 PM

Jesus Matt, you're defending this roller coaster like you were on the development team.  If it's cool, people will go on it.  I can't because of my motion sickness bullshit, pussy ass problem.  Very gay of me, I know.

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Snoogans

05-30-2005, 08:43 PM

rollercoasters dominate, i will definately be at GA this year 

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Tenbatsuzen

05-30-2005, 08:55 PM

quote: Jesus Matt, you're defending this roller coaster like you were on the development team.  If it's cool, people will go on it.  I can't because of my motion sickness bullshit, pussy ass problem.  Very gay of me, I know.  If there is untruthful information being propogated on the internet about something that you like,  wouldn't you try to correct the situation? It's not the first time I've heard this garbage about Kingda Ka being unsafe, and I'm trying to dispell rumors. 

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Death Metal Moe

05-30-2005, 08:58 PM

If there is untruthful information being propogated on the internet about something that you like,  wouldn't you try to correct the situation?I don't have time ever since I read on the internet that Death Metal causes your feet to swell up to the size of watermelons.

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Tenbatsuzen

05-30-2005, 09:03 PM

quote:  <blockquote /> I don't have time ever since I read on the internet that Death Metal causes your feet to swell up to the size of watermelons. Ahhh, but you do post every chance you get about how much Don and Mike suck - I don't see anyone accusing you of working for a competing radio show.FOCUS: I also just read up that SFGA is planning to build a german-designed Wooden Coaster for 2006... finally dismantling Viper and putting it there.  The area leading to Viper from Medusa is all blocked off, and Jackson apparently approved construction to begin 2 weeks ago.

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HBox

05-30-2005, 09:11 PM

The test dummy story was for Batman and Robin,
and I heard it from people who worked there. It didn't open on time. It
opened June 7, a couple months after the park opened, and then had to
close down AGAIN after opening. It wasn't opened full-time until the
next year, and they had to change the restraints.<a href="http://www.rcdb.com/id424.htm" target="_self">Proof.</a><a href="http://www.rcdb.com/id424.htm" target="_self"> Check the bottom of the page where it says history.</a> 

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King Imp

05-30-2005, 09:16 PM

quote: If there is untruthful information being propogated on the internet about something that you like,  wouldn't you try to correct the situation? Remember when that girl died on Freefall because her hair got caught in some mechanism and when the car dropped, it ripped her scalp off?

Tenbatsuzen

05-30-2005, 09:17 PM

Re: Viper's demolitionThis pic made me think of the Simpsons' "Escalator to Nowhere" gag.Worst...coaster... EVER!!! <a href="http://amusementpics.com/Viper/052705-048.jpg">http://amusementpics.com/Viper/052705-048.jpg</a>

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Death Metal Moe

05-30-2005, 09:18 PM

I remember the girl who stood up on one and got her head cut off.

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Tenbatsuzen

05-30-2005, 09:21 PM

quote: The test dummy story was for Batman and Robin, and I heard it from people who worked there. It didn't open on time. It opened June 7, a couple months after the park opened, and then had to close down AGAIN after opening. It wasn't opened full-time until the next year, and they had to change the restraints.<a href="http://www.rcdb.com/id424.htm" target="_self">Proof.</a><a href="http://www.rcdb.com/id424.htm" target="_self"> Check the bottom of the page where it says history.</a>  Yes, but those issues were seven years ago and there hasn't been an accident on B&R ever.These rumors about safety have been directed at Kingda Ka NOW.Scalping - Girl didn't die from the scalping on Freefall.  She got fucked up, but she didn't die.  The deaths at Six Flags GA to my knowledge were lightning loops - which was a combination of rider and operator error - and the fire.

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HBox

05-30-2005, 09:29 PM

I wasn't talking about Kingda Ka. I wasn't even
trying to insinuate anything about it. Batman and Robin, on the other
hand, I never trusted it, and don't know anyone who even enjoys it.And
let's not have a Great Adventure discussion. I live in Jackson, I
worked there, I have known people who have worked at just about every
position in the park. And I got stories.For starters, there's NO
security there off-season. When I was interviewing there a few years
ago, I had to talk to people in loss prevention, whose offices are
inside the boundaries of the park, but not in the public area. Well, I
got lost, went into the park, walked around for 5 minutes, and left
without anyone knowing I was there.Or there are the conspiracy
theories that the tiger from that Jackson tiger fiasco was from Great
Adventure, and that the town was so desperate to protect the safari and
its tax revenue that it framed the crazy tiger lady. File that under
crazy rumors.

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Death Metal Moe

05-30-2005, 09:30 PM

Didn't a few women get hysterectomies from riding these things?

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Tenbatsuzen

05-30-2005, 09:37 PM

For the record, there's been 10 deaths at SFGA from three incidents.1) Park employee dies on Rolling Thunder while testing it.  Fell out because he was unrestrained.  (early 80's)2) Girl falls out of Lightning Loops.  Fiance gets a re-ride, but she leaves.  When she realizes he's getting a re-ride, she re-boards, but doesn't get harnessed correctly.  Ride operator launches w/o checking.  Girl dies.  Next to her FIANCE.  Goddamn, that's gotta suck.3) The fire at the Haunted Mansion in 1984, which kills 8.

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monsterone

05-30-2005, 09:59 PM

can't wait.

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Tenbatsuzen

05-30-2005, 10:18 PM

quote: I wasn't talking about Kingda Ka. I wasn't even trying to insinuate anything about it. Batman and Robin, on the other hand, I never trusted it, and don't know anyone who even enjoys it. And let's not have a Great Adventure discussion. I live in Jackson, I worked there, I have known people who have worked at just about every position in the park. And I got stories.For starters, there's NO security there off-season. When I was interviewing there a few years ago, I had to talk to people in loss prevention, whose offices are inside the boundaries of the park, but not in the public area. Well, I got lost, went into the park, walked around for 5 minutes, and left without anyone knowing I was there.Or there are the conspiracy theories that the tiger from that Jackson tiger fiasco was from Great Adventure, and that the town was so desperate to protect the safari and its tax revenue that it framed the crazy tiger lady. File that under crazy rumors.Look, I'm not doubting you, but your original post was a little misleading.  I thought you were referring KK, not Batman and Robin.Not for nothing, the park has done a shitload of renovation and it's trying to become the place to go to for rides.  Cedar Point threw down the gauntlet - now SFGA is answering the call.The park looks 20 times better this year than last.  Cosmetically and with the new rides.  

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monsterone

05-30-2005, 10:18 PM

best rides i've been on in past few yearsmedusa, nitro -njspideman, hulk, aerosmith, tower of terror -flanascar, big shot -nv

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LordJezo

05-31-2005, 03:34 AM

I cant comment on Kingda Ka directly but I was on it's almost exact twin at Cedar Point last summer, Top Thrill Dragster. Pretty much the same ride but a little shorter and slower, but that rollercoaster was amazing. Everyone on it was clapping and cheering when it came back into the loading dock thing. Riding it was a blast as well. Even though it was only a few seconds long it was worth the hour+ wait that it took it get on. Nothing else out there compares to that ride, well, nothing else compared to it until Great Adventure opened up it's own version this year. I am sure it is just as good and more. As for all the injuries and what have you, most of those bugs were worked out at Cedar Point over the past year.  <a href="http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/news/stories/071304_01.shtml" target="_self">Read about it here.</a>I think that the one at Six Flags can be considered the version 2.0 of the Cedar point one.  They built it there, worked out the bugs, then made a better version here in NJ. ------------------------------------------ 
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Hosp

05-31-2005, 05:51 AM

I want to ride it, but I'm just skipping the whole Great Adventure thing this year. Maybe next year 

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Tenbatsuzen

06-10-2005, 07:05 AM

Whoops.Maybe I spoke too soon - the Great Adventure fansites are reporting that Kingda Ka had a major issue and now the ride is shut down.  Perhaps for a while. EDIT: For clarity's sake, the issue happened during TESTING.  No one was on the ride during the incident.<img src="http://img227.echo.cx/img227/2240/ollie11po.jpg" border="0" />

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06-10-2005, 07:54 AM

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Tenbatsuzen

06-10-2005, 08:12 AM

quote: <a href="http://www.rideaccidents.com/" target="_blank">Matty wishes this site just didn't exist...</a>   Are you kidding me?  That's one of my favorite porn sites.

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fiestygal

06-24-2005, 07:28 PM

i was only on one roller coaster ONCE in my life! ONCE! it was in hershey park on my 8th grade trip .... I HATE THEM.. I WILL NEVER GO ON ONE AGAIN... i felt like i would fall out of the seat....call me a chicken if you want BUT at least i will be an alive chicken

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