2006 Coaster Draft-Round VOTING BEGINS SOON!!!

Good idea of you guys to go with some smallish rides, I had the same idea too[;)]

My pick: Matterhorn Blitz @ Europa Park.

The best wild mouse IMO as it features a unique enclosed elevator lift with a fun little swinging feeling to it. The first drop is one of my favourites and may be more thrilling than silverstar's under the right circumstances Also, the theming is very worked and atmospheric and makes up for some fun queuing and a nice headchopper effect on the sudden photo plunge into a small wooden building (http://www.rcdb.com/ig971.htm?picture=9).

Info: http://www.rcdb.com/id971.htm
thumbs: http://www.rcdb.com/ig971.htm
more pics and german review: http://www.coastersandmore.de/rides/mbl ... main.shtml

Oh, and sorry Dirk but I remember that Boosterbike HAS been taken... I've forgotten who's picked it, but hyyyper commented like "lol I own that ride, ..."

CoasterkidMWM has until 03/05/2006 : 10:16:28 AM

[Coasterkidmwm]

I need a good launcher, so I'll go with SFFT's Poltergeist.

http://www.rcdb.com/ig528.htm?picture=1

Awesome. My hometown park, and one of my favorite rides. The launch is even the 7th powerful launch in the world.

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by Pad

Oh, and sorry Dirk but I remember that Boosterbike HAS been taken... I've forgotten who's picked it, but hyyyper commented like "lol I own that ride, ..."

CoasterkidMWM has until 03/05/2006 : 10:16:28 AM

i already thougth that is has been taken, i think it was DJTommy who did

no you are thinking of me but i took a different vekoma booster bike

[coolbeans326]

Originally posted by Jakizle

Awesome. My hometown park, and one of my favorite rides. The launch is even the 7th powerful launch in the world.

I have the most powerful launch in the world.[pshades]

And I have the fastest Plus it lasts about 3.5 seconds, with an extra 2 seconds or so of travelling at it's top speed of 128+ mph! [8D]

[Coasterkidmwm]

Dude, Dodonpa's launch is better, don't even try.

Yeah, but the rest of the track isn't.

[coolbeans326]

^ touche!
I wish Xcelerator was designed to have a faster launch (which it can) but the forces you'd experince on the rest of the ride would not be good for you.

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by RRollergod

no you are thinking of me but i took a different vekoma booster bike

i know, you took velocity, but someone else (i think i was tommy) took the boosterbike, which i replied that i 'owned' the coaster because i live 5 miles from it

^exactly. I also thought it was DJ Tommy who picked it, by the way.

[Coasterkidmwm]

I have a feeling someone missed their turn.

yup someone did.

What the hell is happening to that great draft, so close to its end?

e-man and bigboy_1234567 have both missed their turn!

dcs221 has until 03/07/2006 : 10:39:46 AM

Next drafters:
13-Fornication Nation
14-coolbeans326
15-hyyyper
16-guitarplayer673

Sorry I didn't do that before, I'm feeling kinda unfair now... but it can't be up to me alone! Is it so hard to know after which drafter one picks? it's every round the same after all...

Nevermind. e-man and bigboy, yours are still some of the greatest parks IMO so don't worry.

[hyyyper]

it started when jim thought he could go on vacation

To round out my world class park, I'll turn everyone's world upside down (8 times) by taking Avalancha, the Intamin multilooper. This coaster is sure to thrill considering it has nearly the most inversions in the world. Add a low and ferociously fast airtime hill, a cool turning drop, nice landscaping with some snow theming, and you have a great coaster.

Really, when you think about it, this ride's almost the same as VERY highly rated Storm Runner...only less launchy and more loopy/lengthy!

lol but yeah joking aside, judging from the popularity of it's clone Colossus at Thorpe, this is definately a solidly fun ride.

Here are some pictures...
http://rcdb.com/ig1635.htm?picture=11
http://www.guate360.com/galeria/data/me ... lancha.jpg

Thumbnails
http://rcdb.com/ig1635.htm

Info
http://rcdb.com/id1635.htm

Hm, not really sure how it can be compared to Storm Runner, if anything it should be compared to Colossus.

"lol but yeah joking aside"

[coolbeans326]

^ btw, some one died on that aqua trax coaster you picked awhile back. NO one wants to go on one of those. ha you lose![lol]

Its not a clone though! Im just saying, but that one in China (the 8 looper) has been opened, and it has an extra helix at the end.

Apparently according to RCDB it opened Jan 18 or something like that... I was going to take that otherwise. Coolbeans...does anyone want to go on SROS SFNE? Oh yeah, it's still the best or one of the best rides in the world, and gets huge crowds still. So yeah, you lose.

Jackizle... is this the extra helix you speak of? http://rcdb.com/ig1635.htm?picture=7
http://rcdb.com/ig1635.htm?picture=8
http://rcdb.com/ig1635.htm?picture=12
http://rcdb.com/ig1635.htm?picture=9

Oops, I seem to have accidentally posted more pictures of Avalancha...funny that it seems to have that "extra helix" you speak of...

I guess I will pick whatever Deja Vu is left over, preferably the one at SFGAm.

Deja Vu's is a ride that packs a big punch with nice g's, vertical drops and 3 inversions.

Pictures and info; http://rcdb.com/ig746.htm

why SFGAm?