Comments on: Insane Coaster Wars Coming to the Travel Channel

By: LinaSkye

LinaSkye — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:55:37 +0000

Coaster Critic, if you come out to Dorney, I'm always looking for ride buddies (none of my friends are quite as enthusiastic as me). I have grown up with Dorney being 15 minutes away or less for my whole life, so I'm always up for a trip over there! I wouldn't make the trip for Hydra though…Bizarro at Great Adventure is everything Hydra SHOULD be (though the jojo roll is cool because the gates open and suddenly there is an inversion where a lift hill should be).

By: Shane Arman

Shane Arman — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:28:25 +0000

pretty cool show, looking forward to it!

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:15:28 +0000

The Jojo roll is quite awesome since it's taken at such a low speed. Hangtime would be a good description of it. Plus there's a camera that takes your picture in the middle of it while you're upside down (there's also a second traditional camera right before the cobra roll). The wife and I took advantage of that and posed for an awesome picture that we used for our "roller coaster"-themed wedding!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:59:41 +0000

The jojo roll is very cool. Since you come out of the station and do it right away, with little speed, it is definitely more intense than other inversions. You feel like you are going to fall out of your seat and hit the ground below. It is definitely a cool experience.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:12:56 +0000

That's cool Matt. Let us know if you make it in on the show. I'll probably be writing about the episodes when they air.

I've been wanting to get back to Dorney for Hydra for years. Is the jojo roll as cool as it looks?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:41:10 +0000

I participated in the filming session on Hydra. It was fun, and we got somewhere from 7-9 rides in a row. I will also agree that the categories do seem a bit strange. For example, Apollo and Intimidator are about the same type of ride yet apollo is in g force giants and intimidator is in extreme heights category.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Mon, 07 May 2012 07:31:26 +0000

You may be right. They interviewed roller coaster enthusiasts like myself at the parks, but I'm not sure how they came up with the concept of the show. And I didn't know when I was talking to them that I was comparing Afterburn with others in its category. It seems a bit random, but if they just want to create a buzz and get fans voting for their favorite then the'll probably succeed in doing that.

I share your sentiment, but hopefully the inconsistencies are few what with this powerful tool of knowledge known as the Internet these days.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Mon, 07 May 2012 07:27:15 +0000

I'm not sure how they came up with the categories, but you're right it can't be as simple as which is taller in the height category. That's not really something you can vote on.

By: READYdot

READYdot — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:18:22 +0000

I think this will not serve as a Roller Coaster enthusiast show, but merely a showcase for what the US has to offer and put it in some excuse of a show, so that it does not get boring for the "normal" travel channel viewer. But anyways, if I can get the shows here in Europe in some way… I will certainly look at them. But as said before there'll be a lot of inconsistencies for us RC-geeks.

By: CFC

CFC — Sat, 05 May 2012 20:30:27 +0000

Um, if my eyes didn't deceive me, I saw Intimidator and Kingda Ka together as the only contestants in the "height" category. No offense, but IMO, this is a pretty dumb comparison, because they are two completely different types of roller coasters. What would they compare them on, other than height. Because if it is only height, then of course KK would win, and the two coasters have almost nothing in common other than being tall.