Zero to 128 MPH in 3.5 seconds. :eek: Taller than a 45-story building. :eek: :eek: No word regarding nearby Depends concession. 
::salivates::
I am SURELY getting a Season Pass this year, and making several trips from Port Authority. Anyone else in? =D
I am so there.
That kicks some serious ass.
I’d be all over that if it weren’t build at Six-Freaking-Flags. I’ve had some bad experiences at their various parks and surely wouldn’t trust my life to that coaster.
I’m getting sick just thinking about it.
*Zero to 128 MPH in 3.5 seconds. Taller than a 45-story building. No word regarding nearby Depends concession. *
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Just wait until Cedar Point gets wind of this… :dubious:
By all that is Holy, I must get to New Jersey. And I never thought anything could make me say that! 
We should definitely get together a Great Adventure DopeFest (is it still “Great Adventure?”)! If you ever go and want company, count me in. I’ve been dying to go to an amusement park, but have no desire to go by myself.
ALthough, I was seriously disappointed by the Great American Scream Machine when it came out. I spent all day working up the nerve to go on it and then thought… This is it?
Goliath is prettier.
-California
At this rate, it won’t be long until we have roller coasters that hit terminal velocity.
At that point roller coasters will be moved into the upper atmosphere where terminal velocity is higher.
I am so there.
One way or another, I’m going there to ride this monster. Right now, I’m trying to convince my brother and/or sister to make the road trip with me, but if that doesn’t pan out, I’ll find someone to go with me.
The best time of the year to go is before Memorial Day weekend. After Memorial Day, the lines at the park are insane. I went one year on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend because we had free passes. It wasn’t worth it, even for free. It was unusually hot, and we spent more time waiting in line than anything else. Great Adventure designs the line for its attractions so you can’t tell how long the line is when you enter the queue. Just when you think you’re getting somewhere, you turn a corner and see a whole new rat maze full of people ahead of you.
Last year, by contrast, we went the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend, and the park was almost empty. Just about only other people in the park were high school kids on their class trips. We got there around 10:30 and left at 3, and managed to hit every attraction in the park we wanted to ride, often getting the front seat.
And for the love of Og, avoid the Viper at all costs! I have never had the displeasure of riding such a bone-jarring roller coaster in all my life. We were all sore from getting banged around after we got off of it.
Oh yeah! I tried this when they opened Superman but there were no takers. We’ll try again this summer.
The Great American Scream Machine is the worse coaster ever made. It’s called The Scream Machine because of all the screaming in pain you do banging your head and ribs in that badly designed seat.
Hmmm…get to ride the biggest/fastest/tallest coaster in the world. Have to go to Jersey. New coaster. New Jersey. Coaster. Jersey.
Any chance we could get them to move it further west?
I live maybe 20 minutes from the park. If anyone needs a riding partner, lemme know ('cause I sure as hell not going to be able to get kittenlm on that sucker :)).
It’s been close to 15 years since my last visit to that park-but honest to Og I loved Free Fall. Kind of a unique feeling when the majority of your internal organs are trying to hunker in behind your adam’s apple. 
Oh, I am so there as soon as possible!
Wheee!
I am terrified but I absolutely have to ride this coaster.
This is the sort of thing where I’ll try to escape from line a dozen times and need to be restrained by stronger, braver friends. I’ll be hyperventilating when I get strapped into the car, and I’ll be mumbling Hail Marys under my breath as the ride gets underway. My heart will most likely stop completely during that unbelievable drop and I may require jumper cables to get it going again.
But once it’s over I will hop up and down and scream "Again! Again!!"
Last year, my nephew and I rode Nitro at the park. It was pretty unnerving as you top the first peak when you realize that you can’t see the track in front of you until the bottom. I screamed myself hoarse and somehow had spitle running on the side of my face (?? at least I know it was mine as we were in the front row). That was a high ride at 230 feet. This new one is 456 feet high!?
I am so there. But I am also a chicken, so I’ll only be so there if there are equally foolish Dopers there with me. I promise to sit in the back row :D.
Hmmm, the .0864MiHiDopefest? The BarrensBarfin’ Dopefest? The Ummmm…I’ll Watch You From Down Here Dopefest??
When does this coaster open for the first victims anyway?
Yeah, it looks awesome, and I’ll be there next year for sure, but they made the same mistake that they made with Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point. The twist on the downside actually detracts from the ride.
On Xcelerator at Knott’s Berry Farm, which is the prototype for this type of coaster, you go straight up, turn 90 degress, go over the top, then turn 90 degress back, and go straight down. TTG and Kingda Ka rotate the opposite direction coming down, making a 270 degree twist before coming to straight down vertical. The twist going down is so disorienting that you lose track of where you are for a second, and don’t quite get the same sesation of going straignt down at a 90 degree angle for the whole way. It’s only 205 feet, but I enjoy Xcelerator more than TTD. Kingda Ka is just TTG with an extra 30 feet of height.