Coney Island Tornado

This was the first coaster I ever rode. I was a kid in my teens and I do recall as you went up the first hill and looked to the left and down you could see the roof of a bath house with nude sun bathers. I rode the Tornado quite often after that.

T: Track was smooth and well paced thru out the course. Great work on the custom supports to build the structures. That takes skill and a lot of time.

A: I'm amazed you were fortunate to have ridden this great Classic. I have often wondered how the course was laid out. More proof that you don't need a monster high coaster for an exciting ride!

O: You did a good job keeping the Classic feel in this ride.

Overall, A great recreation and great coaster to add to my collection of keepers, Thanks!

WOW Bob!!! That was incredible!!! Glad you decided to upload it. This deserves a perfect 10 but since I uploaded a track I can't vote on this one but WOW what a ride!!

Amazing track! I find the first drop to be awesome on this layout. I wish more woodies had these drops.

Thanks for recreating it for youngsters to see!

Incredible Bob. I love riding your wooden masterpieces. It's truly art. I'm so jealous you got to ride this, it looks unbelievable. Like, this is how a wooden coaster is supposed to ride. The layout is genius, and it provides a ridiculous amount of airtime hills, surprises, and lateral forces. I'm sure your recreation is supremely accurate.

Not gonna drop a numerical rate, I just wanted to leave you a quick word on your great work!

F*** Yeah!, Bob!

You lucky S.O.B, you got to ride that. Even that you know the track is not spot on, this ride came out wonderfully friggin' well.

Rated from random seat: train 2, car 5, left seat

T - Those that think this ride is too strong on the lateral g force are mistaken. For when this ride was designed and built, I say the lats are spot on for a really old ride. And they are only strong in the pre-left section. Shaping is fluid at high speed and slightly rough at slower speeds (if that makes any sense). I have been on Wild Cat and Mr Twister at the old original site of Elich Gardens in Denver, CO in '94. I have not confirmed, but was told then that both rides were almost 100 years old. Scariest coasters I've ever been on. I feared for my life they were so fast and intensely rough.

A - Bob, I felt you captured that old style, well worn out coaster. The drop is awesome. Can't spoil the great part of the drop. Fun throughout. I don't know what else to say here really.

O - I will most likely be verbally reamed for the numbers of this rate. And for this, 1/4 pt. off only for not having enough room for riders to select a seat from the queue entrance and exit. That's the only thing I could find wrong or out of place on this ride. But great work on the store fronts and tunnels all made from supports. From the POV footage, you nearly nailed it. I would say it looks a lot tighter in the POV.

Passes E-Stop and Clearance

Thank you Bob. I am keeping this ride indefinitely.

Onjin

(note to high rate nay-sayers and moderators:

If you have downloaded and ridden this ride and think my rate is too high, then I don't think you really know what a fun ride really is and that I am my own individual and believe in the accuracy of my rate. I mean no disrespect to moderators. It is, after all, just Simulator that we coaster nuts love.)

gforce - Bob didn't say anything about there not being a POV. It's a top down view of the layout, like in the NL editor, that is not available. Airial(sp?) views are very important for doing a recreation as close to a T as possible.

Technical: The coaster was smooth and free of bumpy portions of track.
Adrenaline: the coaster was tight and kept up its speed throughout the entire ride!
Originality: Amazing as it seems there is a pov of the ride actually online: A 1976 pov of the ride at http://www.flickr.com/photos/37416464@N04/6782319864/. There was a tower in the turnaround area!