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Six Flags in NJ is planning to build this....
Kingda Ka
Even higher & faster then Cedar Points Top Thrill Dragster (which is always freakin' down). And it better not be when I attend in 2.5 weeks. 
Video can be seen here.
& here.
When will it stop? 
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I dunno, but my pop's an optometrist, and the medical journals have at least one article a year about detached retinas and other eye damage from the forces that these coasters can apply.
"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.
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Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
I dunno, but my pop's an optometrist, and the medical journals have at least one article a year about detached retinas and other eye damage from the forces that these coasters can apply.
but I love rollercoasters 
how often do you have to go on coasters for the damage to be done? or can one time be enough to mess you up?
Kim
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Needs less "needs more"
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Being a coaster enthusiast (or enthusist as some here would say  ) myself, I personally think these types of coasters are over rated. Yes you get to go high and fast, but that is about it and it is over in a blink of an eye. It is a bit anticlimactic if you ask me. The banks, turns, flips, acceleration and the g's applied throughout are what make a rooler coaster good. Also, the ride needs to have good pacing...meaning the ride needs to be good from start to finish. It is disappointing when a ride has one good drop or flip, but the rest of the ride stinks. Also, it has to have reasonably good length or else you feel cheated when you wait in line for so long and it is over before you know it. That is just my opinion, but I know other coaster enthusiasts that feel the same... Now if they could just create a ride that starts out like those but that goes one to have other features as well...    =) Christy
Christy Kinley
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Doesn't look nearly as fast as Hypersonic XLC at paramounts King dominion! http://www.kingsdominion.com/i/982.mov-Andy
Andy W.
The problem with America is stupidity.
I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment
for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety
labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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I'll show you a real roller coaster! 
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Totally agree Christy. That's why I'll always like the Magnum. Haven't riden the Millenium Force yet since the line was 2hrs. last time. 
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same coaster only slightly taller and a tad faster.
I still like the mellinium force and Raptor at Cedar point or the Batman ride for you Six flaggers. Batman and raptor are very close in every aspect
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The wait for MF and TTD was 25mins last sunday todd
Magnum and Mantis was like 5 mins and Raptor was a continuous ride if you wanted it to be. My buddy went there and i was extremly pissed that i didn't go when i heard that
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It should be short when I go too since the kids will be back in school.
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-'05 Mazda 6s, loaded, g/f's ride
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