Manta Unveiled

On March 4, 2009, Manta's car was unveiled with a zero car shaped like a manta ray that will scoop up the water causing the splash effect. A zero car is a car without a row of seats. The first coaster to introduce the zero car is Alpengeist at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in March 22, 1997. In case you people who post on my blog do not know, Alpengeist is a B&M Inverted Coaster that stands 195 ft., thus making it the fastest inverted coaster in the world. After Alpengeist opened, there were no other new zero cars built, until the day Manta's car was unveiled. Here is a picture:

The Fair!

Today, I have gone to a fair in Miami Gardens and it had many rides. I had to give them tickets to ride them, that I rode only 3. Here are the rides:

1. Giant Expo Wheel (Ferris Wheel)
2. Yo-Yo (Chairswing)
3. Star Trooper (Orbiter)

My favorite of them is the Yo-Yo. And before I went on the swing, I have never gone on a swing before. It was wicked!

While on Star Trooper, I felt like my feet were about to rip off.

In the upcoming Harry Potter island at Universal, I think they should build a chairswing themed to the Whomping Willow.

P.S.: Before today, I have not gone on a ferris wheel in ages.

P.S.S.: There was also a freefall, but I thought to myself, "Dr. Doom is a plethora of times bigger and better."

Poseidon's Fury rehab

Last November, the water vortex was removed from Poseidon's Fury. Late November was your last chance to ride Poseidon's Fury with the water vortex. In the beginning of December, it became a mist vortex. A reader of screamscape pondered that the vortex would return in the summer, but that is unknown.

P.S.: I surmise that what they did was quite depressing. All they did was make the thing worse. Makes me wonder if they even bother to have it open, when the new Harry Potter island opens. They should turn Poseidon into a water coaster like Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld Orlando (like I said in the July comment, "A Fake Closure").

Universal Future #5 Back?

On February 5, 2009, Fear Factor LIVE! (USF) closed for its seasonal schedule, where it will not reopen until Spring Break. Because of this, Universal Future #5 is back. I'm, once again, keeping an eye on it. The reason is because the Hollywood version was in the seasonal schedule shortly before it closed on August 14, 2008 to be replaced by Creature From the Black Lagoon: The Musical, because that version did not get popularity. Since this version is going on seasonal schedule, I surmise that soon, it will take the same path as its Hollywood cousin. Remember that August 2008 comment about me pondering on a Mamma Mia attraction. I think it should replace FF if it closes, which will be likely (hopefully). You read that right, like I said on the July comment about T2:3D rumored to be closing, I hope FF closes soon. That show is just AWFUL!

New Yellow B&M Track

According to Screamscape, the red Dive Machine track has left for Happy Valley, and new yellow track has appeared by the Ohio Plant for B&M track. I think it is a sitting track. I do not know which park will receive it, but I think it should be for Dorney Park. You noticed a pattern for B&M coasters debuting in Dorney Park. 2001, they installed Talon, a B&M inverted coaster, and in 2005, they installed a B&M floorless called Hydra: The Revenge, so I think this year, they will install a sit-down coaster. I think it should be themed to Thor, the God of Thunder, and it should be called Thor's Thunderous Coaster. Its track layout should be:

*150 ft. lift hill
*Pre-drop
*147 ft. drop
*Loop
*Cobra Roll
*Zero-G-Roll
*Carousel turn
*Block brake
*Loop
*Interlocking Corkscrews
*270 degree helix
*Tunnel
*Final Brakes

The on-ride camera should be just after the first vertical loop and before the cobra roll.

Back to the Future: The Coaster

I'm thinking that since the BTTF rides have closed in America, I proudly surmise a new original Back to the Future ride should be built in a park I'm doing: Universal Studios Massachusetts (located in Plymouth). It should be a B&M Floorless Coaster called Back to the Future: The Coaster, themed to the animated series. Here is how the seats will be like:

*Under the train (which will be themed to the DeLorean Time Machine, but with no floor), there will be station floor which, when the riders are all set, will come down.

*The back rest will be black, while the harnesses will be gray.

*The trains will still have doors and a front, despite it not having floor, to make it fit the DeLorean theme, thus making this the first B&M floorless coaster to have a front and door.

*In the front, facing the riders, will be the flux capacitor, the speed, the time you are arriving, and a monitor.

Here is how the track will be like:

*The track color will be black railings and gray track.

Track layout:

It starts with the station floor going down and Doc appearing in the monitor soliloquizing, "Now, to go through time, it is quite paramount to accelerate up to 88 mph." The train starts moving and turns to the left leading to the 120 ft. lift hill. As you slowly go on a lift chain, Doc counts the speed, "25 miles per hour, 35, 45, 55...", the train ascends, "... 65, 75, 85, 88 MILES PER HOUR!" The train gets launched from 0 to 40 mph. in 2 seconds through a zero-g-roll and a 115 ft. drop. The train goes through an immelmann loop followed by a loop surrounding the tunnel containing the lift hill. The coaster goes through a cobra roll, followed by a mist tunnel (where your on-ride camera is taken) under the walkway leading to the entrance of the ride, and a 180 degree overbanked turn to the block brake. After the block brake, riders go through a 80 ft. drop under the track leading to the cobra roll, and another vertical loop, followed by a corkscrew, a helix, and a tunnel. After exiting the tunnel, the train goes through the plot twist (a 540 degree helix which originated at Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit) and the final brakes.

There are rumors of on-ride videos installed throughout the coaster, like the ones recently installed on the Hulk.

Disney Trip

On my birthday, January 24th, I visited Magic Kingdom. I went on the following:

1. Space Mountain
2. Tomorrowland Indy Speedway
3. Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
4. Pirates of the Caribbean
5. Jungle Cruise
6. Splash Mountain
7. Haunted Mansion
8. Tom Sawyer Island
9. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
10. 2nd time Splash Mountain
11. Stitch's Great Escape
12. 2nd time Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
13. "it's a small world"
14. Snow White's Scary Adventures
15. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
16. Mickey's Country House
17. Judge's Tent
18. Barnstormer
19. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
20. Tommorowland Transit Authority
21. Carousel of Progress

I met the following:

1. Rafiki (between the time I went on Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor and Jungle Cruise) - Adventureland

2. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse (Judge's Tent) - Toontown

P.S.: This spring break, I think I'll be visiting the other three parks in Disney (EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom)

P.S.S.: I've bot a Splash Mountain ride photo to remember my time on Splash Mountain. The photo was on the first time.

P.S.S.S.: "You can do whatever you want to me, just please... PLEASE don't throw me in the Briar Patch"

-Quoted by Brer Rabbit
Splash Mountain