Hey everyone,
SFGAM has been my home park since I was 5, so I've had several visits over the years. Now, I've taken a moment to reflect on some of the best and worst that the park has had to offer over the course of those 20 years. I have the questions and my answers below, but I'm interested to see what the rest of you have to say. Here goes:
Favorite GA coaster of all time: Deja Vu--I know this one will breed controversy, but, for me, it's just so different from everything else that they've got that it stands out as an exceptionally good ride, when it is running that is.
Least favorite GA coaster: Whizzer--This ride certainly has its place in the park, and I'm not saying that I want it gone. However, I have never enjoyed this ride, even when I was young. The way that it speeds up and slows down makes me sick.
Most Intimidating Ride in GA history: Shockwave--This one wasn't hard for me, as I can still remember the first time I saw the blue and white giant with the insane number of loops and corkscrews. You can say what you want about the quality of the ride, but, for me, no coaster at GA has ever held a candle the SW in terms of the intimidation factor.
Favorite flat: Rides that spin make me sick, so I really don't have a favorite flat. I put this one on here, however, because I know several of you really like the flats.
Favorite water ride: Yankee Clipper (Ice Mountain Splash)--I know that this one is probably the worst for actually getting wet, but I have great memories of riding this one during my earliest trips to the park, so I will always place this ride first among the water attractions.
The one that got away--Z-Force (Flashback at MM) --This refers to a ride that has been removed that you wish you'd have gotten the chance to ride. Z-Force never received good reviews anywhere it has been, but it was the only coaster that GA has had in my lifetime that I did not get a chance to ride. I still remember how disappointed I was when I saw that I was too short for that blue and white twisted mass of metal. Even if it would've caused neck and back pain, I still would've like the chance to tell for myself.
Pleasant surprise ride: Viper --When I first saw Viper I was not impressed, as it did not look high or fast enough to grab my attention. However, the internal portion of the ride provides some of the best air time I've ever encountered, and that's a big plus for me.
Well, that's all that I've got for now. I'll be interested to hear what some of you have to say about some of these categories. Feel free to create categories of your own and add them in if you want. Have fun with this. It's not meant to start a freakin' debate!
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My SFGAM Poll--What are your thoughts?
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I'm gonna twist ya, and I'm gonna flip ya. Every time you squeal, I'm just gonna go faster and harder.
Favorite GA Coaster of all time - Raging Bull - Always delivers for me.
Least fav. GA Coaster - Iron Wolf Most Intimidating - Shockwave - Just by the look of it Fav. flat - Giant Drop Fav. Water Ride - Splashwater Falls - Hopefully it will stick around. Suprise - I'd have to say Viper as well, doesnt look like much, but ti sure does deliver for me.
Favorite GA Coaster of all time - Deja Vu. My first ride on it was incredilble, and the rest have followed up.
Least fav. GA Coaster - Spacely's. Need I say more? Most Intimidating - I'd say BTR. When I first saw it I must of been around 5-6 years old. Fav. flat - Triple Play. It was the first "big" ride I ever went on at Great America. Fav. Water Ride - Roaring Rapids. Suprise - Ragon Cajun. I expected it to be a lil airtime, with minor spinning. WRONG!
Favorite GA Coaster of all time - Deja Vu
Least fav. GA Coaster - Spacely's Most Intimidating - Shockwave, and BTR Fav. flat - Revolution Fav. Water Ride - Roaring Rapids One that got away - All of the defunct coasters besides Shockwave. Suprise - Deja Vu was a big surprise for me, lol. Same with Ragin' Cajun.
Fav Coaster: Viper
Fav Flat: Revy (But ERC and Triple Play come close) Least Favorite: Iron Wolf- I just don't like it! Most Intimidating: I would have to day V2, before i was into coasters, I had gone one day expecting to ride V2, but the height and the speed scared me away! Water Ride: Rapids! I love that ride! unless it's scorching hot, that's the only water ride i'll bother with. The One that got away: Shockwave, I unfortunatly never got a chance to ride this beast. It was removed the year I really got into coasters.
Fav Coaster: Raging Bull
Fav Flat: Revolution with Triple Play a CLOSE second Least Favorite: Spacleys also Most Intimidating: Defnitley V2.. but once on it it's one of the funnest rides out there 
Water Ride: Rapids The One that got away: Tidal Wave - I loved that ride! I need to take a trip out to Kentucky soon. Surprise: King Chaos - My fiance hates it.. says it's the most boring ride but everytime on it I still feel a little bit nervous. I love just sitting there upside down for that 15-30 seconds!
Fav. Coaster: Demon.
Fav. Flat: Theyre all the same. Least fav. Coaster: Vertical Velocity, I need some sort of other movement than up and down. Most intimidating: American Eagle (I remember the first time I went on it, so damn big). Water Ride: Ice Mountain Splash. One that got away: Dont really care, mainly cause the stuff they replaced it with is better  .
Surprise: Cajun Ragin' (the only mouse i'd been on before that was Busch's, go figure ). S:UF is also awesome (I wasn't expecting it to be that good).Last edited by Virtua Tennis on September 10th, 2004, 4:18 pm, edited 4 times in total.
Favorite Coaster: Demon
Least Favorite Coaster: Iron Wolf Most intimidating: Shockwave Favorite Flat: (tie) Ricochet, Triple Play Water Ride: Yankee Clipper/IMS One that got away: Tidal Wave Surprise: Deja Vu
Favorite Coaster--Raging Bull
Least favorite coaster--Spacely's Sprocket Rockets Favortie Flat--Chubasco Favorite Water ride--Ice Mountain Splash One that got away--Shockwave, should have never been replaced with "'S:UM' Superman Ultimate Mistake" -Planea380 Surprise--Cajun, did not expect much on that ride, the first time was painful, ask Brad, he knows Universal Orlando Mechanical Engineer
Marathon down, Goofy to go.
Favorite GA Coaster of all time - Raging Bull. No matter how many
times I ride it, I still love it. Least fav. GA Coaster - Whizzer. SNORE! Most Intimidating - Well, I would have to say Batman. Batman was the first Rollercoaser I've ever been on, and when I did it back in 1995 (I was 15 at the time, I'm now 24) I was very intimidated by it, but I convinced myself to go on in and I've been a coaster fan since! Fav. flat - Revolution. Gotta love that ride. King Chaos is a very CLOSE 2nd. Fav. Water Ride - Roaring Rapids. I don't ride the water rides anymore, but I love Roaring Rapids, cause I've always loved that ride, ever since I was a little kid. I've been going on that ride since ever since I was tall enough to ride it. One that got away - I didn't care about Z-Force, but the one that got away would have been Rolling Thunder. I did that ride about 3 times, but I loved that ride, and I miss it! Suprise - I'd say Viper too. I wasn't a big fan of the Wooden coaster, until I rode Viper. "The world of politics is filled with uncivilized, snarling, rapacious beasts that, like untrained mutts, raise their legs and urinate on everything we hold dear," - Michael Savage
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Fav GA coaster of all time- Batman
Least fav. GA coaster- American Eagle Backwards Most Intimidating- Superman Ultimate Flight Fav Flat- Revolution Fav Water ride-. Logger's or Ice Mountain ONe that got away- Shockwave Suprise- Demon Goodbye 11/9!
Favorite GA Coaster of all time - Raging Bull
Least fav. GA Coaster - Spacelys Most Intimidating - Shockwave Fav. flat - giant drop, erc, and king chaos Fav. Water Ride - Roaring Rapids One that got away - Rolling Thunder Suprise - Rajun Cajun
Favorite Coaster:Raging Bull/Deja Vu/Demon/Shockwave. It is really hard to decide.
Least Fav: Hard to decide but if I had to pick one it would be AEB. Most intimidating: Shockwave/AE during Fright Fest. Fav. Flat: Giant Drop/Chubasco/River Rocker. One That Got Away: All the taken down coasters even shockwave I only got to ride it 3 times and each time was fun. Fav. Water Ride: Roaring "You Go On A Journey" Rapids. If it was still called "Yankee Clipper" I would pick that. Surprise: All the 5 new ones this year. And Superman. I want the sfgam survivor to be held every July and August.
Favorite roller coaster of all time at SfGam- Definately DejaVu. People put down this kick-butt of a ride just because of all its problems. Aren't we coaster buffs because we like the thrill the ride gives us? The hanging, blacking out, and awesome inversions all =#1 to me.
Least favorite roller coaster- Probably Spacelys because it isn't meant for the thrill seeker. I know it is for the kids, but I am looking for the thrill. Most intimidating- Probably DejaVu. The first time I rode this, I was literally freaking out. I felt really cool after it though. Surprisingly, Shockwave really didn't intimidate me. Favorite Flat- It would have to be Giant Drop(Even though I don't like its title of flat ride.) It is great. especially when you put your arms and legs out. Also when your're dropping(on the AE side) and you compare your position to AE's helix. Favorite water ride- It is definatelty Roaring Rapids. I love the nice long journey with all the waterfalls and water cannons. It is just plain fun. The one that got away- It would probably be Tidal Wave. I have heard great things about these type of rides and I wish I would also have gotten the chance to ride it as Tidal Wave(Not Greezed Lightning.) Pleasant surprise ride- It will be Whizzer. It is peaceful, at times intense, and is a very neat experience. A classic can't get much better than this.
Fav. Coaster: Raging Bull. Everytime I ride it, it's still like the first; Awesome!!
Fav. Flat: Revolution and The Orbit Least fav. Coaster: Spacely's Most intimidating: V2. Seeing that launch for the first time scares a lot of people, just like it did me! Water Ride: Ice Mountain Splash. Good memories from my 8th grade class trip. One that got away: Tidal Wave. I'd just like to see what the ride was like. Surprise: The only ride I've ever ridden(at GAm) that I thought was more fun than it looked would be Spacely.  Finally Coaster Season!!
Hey everyone,
SFGAM has been my home park since I was 5, so I've had several visits over the years. Now, I've taken a moment to reflect on some of the best and worst that the park has had to offer over the course of those 20 years. I have the questions and my answers below, but I'm interested to see what the rest of you have to say. Here goes: Favorite GA coaster of all time: Vertical Velocity. Just something about quick acceleration and awesome airtime.
Least favorite GA coaster: Demon, I can't even ride it-I'm too tall. Most Intimidating Ride in GA history: Giant Drop. It still gives me a little bit of anxiety before riding it. Favorite flat: I can't ride too many of them. I hate being dizzy. Favorite water ride: Loggers Run. Great theming (the best in the park in my opinion)! The one that got away- The edge. I love freefall! Pleasant surprise ride: American Eagle Red this year. When I had my amazing ride in June, it easily surpassed Viper for best woodie. I can only imagine what this ride once was (consider yourself lucky Scott..  )
Most Memorable trip- July 23rd 2001. First time ever there. Raging Bull at night looking down at the fireworks. Amazing.
Favorite SFGAm coaster of all time: Raging Bull, I'd say Batman is really close 2nd.
Least Favorite: I dont know I guess Spacelys. Most Intimidating: Shockwave, Eagle, I guess Iron Wolf. Favorite Flat: Love em all, King Chaos and Giant Drop if I have to choose also TP. Favorite Water ride: I guess none. The one that got away: TidalWave, I've ridden Greezed and its awesome. Surprise: Can't choose I'll edit my post later if I think of one. All the rides at SFGAm are awesome so they were all hard to choose. CANT WAIT TO GO TO SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE! Hurricane Harbor! MAXXX! (Kingda Ka)
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Favorite Coaster: Raging Bull (Demon and Iron Wolf are close)
Least Favorite Coaster: Spacely's Most Intimidating: Shockwave and Iron Wolf I was really afraid to ride these when I was little Favorite Flat: Revolution, Fiddler's Fling, and Chubasco. (I'm terrible at making decisions) Favorite Water Ride: Rapids. I love that ride! I don't know why though. The one that got away: Z-Force and Shockwave Surprise: AE I was scared to go on it when I was little but in the end I had a great time. NEW! Biggest Upset: King Chaos. I was very excited for this ride to open but after I rode it (I rode it after they changed it) I was dissapointed with the lack of flips. Yet I still think it's a fun ride... weird... /X\
Biggest upset: Revolution. This was fun the first time but now it makes me way too dizzy.
 I want the sfgam survivor to be held every July and August.
My biggest upset would have to be... Oh wait, I don't have one. I haven't disliked one ride at GAm yet.
My Biggest Upset would have to be DeJa Vu. To me, it's the most boring
thing I have ever been on. I've actually yawned on that ride. "The world of politics is filled with uncivilized, snarling, rapacious beasts that, like untrained mutts, raise their legs and urinate on everything we hold dear," - Michael Savage
Favorite Coaster: Raging Bull
Least Favorite Coaster: Iron Wolf Most Intimidating: Shockwave Favorite Flat: Triple Play Favorite Water Ride: Yankee Clipper The one that got away: Rolling Thunder Surprise: Ragin’ Cajun Biggest Upset: Fiddler’s Fling
Favorite Coaster: American Eagle (red)
Favorite Flat: Giant Drop( but i consider it a coaster) Favorite water ride: Ice mountain splash. Favorite food place: Aunt Marthas chicken dinners. Suprise: American Eagle i discovered that it was my favorite at ff in 2003. Unsuprise: By this i meen i expected the ride to be good, but it turned out to be bad. Superman.
Food place for me: Hometown Funnel Cake
Mmmmmmm Funnel Cake (drools)
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