Well, I also thought that some in school would know the difference between homophones and be able to deduce the correct one in use in a sentence!

I just new someone was going to bring that won up. Your write!

-Tb, who loves this sight two much!

screechin eagle was great , and the coaster on top of the stratosphere was great!

I never staple my-self on MF. Maybe I am just to fat?

OK, I thought I was up on my park lingo, but "staple"? I never heard of that. Could somebody please enlighten?

And to throw my hat into the Millie debate, it's my favorite coaster that I've ridden. Of course that was when I was still able to fit into it before the tighter Intamin restrictions (which I know their reasoning for, so I'm not complainin' now... but I was then!). Hopefully DB will replace all memories of Millie in my mind, like those commericals where getting a Lexus replaces the memory of getting a Big Wheel as the coolest gift ever.

"Staple" is when you or a ride opt tightens your restraint all the way to your body, which makes it hard to move.

I would have to say Maverick. However, I'm hoping to ride it sometime in 2009.

^^Thanks TOPGUN1993. I thought that's what it meant. I have always tried to avoid getting stapled in on rides but never knew there was a term for it!

Can someone tell me how good Americana's Screechin' Eagle was. I was too young to ride it before Americana closed.

"Staple" is when you or a ride opt tightens your restraint all the way to your body, which makes it hard to move.

If I get stapled on Diamondback, someone is going to get hurt.

Can someone tell me how good Americana's Screechin' Eagle was. I was too young to ride it before Americana closed.

Screechin' Eagle was a fantastic ride. It had a great deal of floating airtime, was usually relatively smooth, and had one spot of tremendous ejector air just after the turnaround, where on the way up a hill the coaster jolted (on purpose) to the right.

It and Big Dipper at Geauga Lake were the last two operating John Miller coasters in Ohio. John Miller designed fantastic wooden roller coasters. Jack Rabbit and Racer at Kennywood are the closest remaining operating ones for most of you....

"Staple" is when you or a ride opt tightens your restraint all the way to your body, which makes it hard to move.

If I get stapled on Diamondback, someone is going to get hurt.

I gotta a trick I'll tell you about sometime...but needless to say on D-back I will have to be careful since on Behemoth I was getting the "Six" (the 6th car on the train) call a little too often when I rode...and I prefer staying under the radar.

But as Terpy would confirm, on El Toro, getting your seat called out is NOT advisable!! You don't want any extra op attention at all!!

I don't know about rides I've NEVER ridden. I have such an issue with heights that I tend to skip the really tall coasters just because of the first hill. I WOULD like to use the KIC time machine and ride The Bat one more time. Those of you who never got the chance on that one missed something fun.

...But as Terpy would confirm, on El Toro, getting your seat called out is NOT advisable!! You don't want any extra op attention at all!!

Actually, Terpy is virtually ecstatic that he CANNOT confirm that one from personal experience. He can, however, tell you exactly what it was like to not fit Superman: Ultimate Flight at Six Flags Over Georgia on media day, or Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Great America or even Wicked Twister at Cedar Point. Since then, he has become much lesser a person! Before such a change, he can also tell you that Nitro was a tight fit, but he could ride...nowadays, Terpy has no problem whatsoever with Nitro, Goliath at SFOG, etc. Perhaps most amazingly, he can (though he'd really rather not) ride Beast with the orange restraint pushed all the way down...when once upon a time he used to hope that a one click ride could be obtained, and a two click ride was possible but painful...

"Staple" is when you or a ride opt tightens your restraint all the way to your body, which makes it hard to move.

If I get stapled on Diamondback, someone is going to get hurt.

I could see you doing that. Well for me it would have to be ethier SoB w/ loop, TTD, or Milly

mine would be X2 and Chang

I'm going to have to say Maverick. But that will change in August. I don't care if I have to wait three hours to ride by myself I'm riding it this year.

...make at least one of those rides in the front row, or you are going to be very, very disappointed, in my humble opinion.

Terpy, whose favorite steel coaster is Maverick in the front row, but who would rather sit on a park bench than ride any other row on that wonderful machine.

I'd still like to ride some classics like Jack Rabbit, Thunderbolt, Racer (Kennywood), Giant Dipper, Blue Streak (Conneaut Lake) and Leap the Dips.

If we are going to do that, as I have said many, many times before, given a time machine and a chance to ride one and only one ride, I'd choose the Rye Airplane aka Rye Aeroplane. I sure hope I wouldn't be disappointed. I wonder if Rye Airplane riders back then would have been happy with our rides of today!

(See post 20 in this very thread...ole Terp knows many readers do not go back and read the beginnings of older threads when they re-appear)

I like the back row on Maverick. I am not sure what the best ride I have ridden is. I still kind of like the Hulk at IOA.

Mind Bender at Six Flags Over Georgia (Good topic)

The smoothest Coaster, I have ever, ever ridden!

Mind Bender is great!

Mine actually was Mystery Mine at Dollywood and Thunderhead. Mystery Mine was a large let-down, and Thunderhead was amazing, it just flat out attacks you!

Now, I am looking forward to Voyage and Fahrenheit.

I found Thunderhead to be a letdown and Mystery Mine to be amazing... lol

I guess it is all in what you like. I enjoyed them both but Thunderhead is more my type of ride. I like every Coaster at Dollywood though.

I would say Montu, Kumba, there might be a few others but can't remember. Oh and next year Ring Racer at Nurburgring.

Sadly I have only been to Dollywood one time and that was before the park is what is now. I think it might of had a few rides but I can remeber any roller coasters being there.

Going back in time I would like to ride Puritas Springs' Cyclone. http://www.coasterglobe.com/features/lostl...clone/index.cfm

Top thrill Dragster would be my best ride that i have never riden

Sadly I am going to have to say Millennium Force!! I am riding it this year... and no i have no idea why i have never ridden it I just havnt But this year I am running straight to it!!! i have been on everything at Cedar Point but that

I would have to say it is Diamondback.

Oh I wanna ride the voyage sooo bad. I have seen so many videos of it. It looks so much fun. I hope Kings Island gets a hybrid woodies soon.

Heres a few more...

Coal Crackle- Flume (Hershey Park)

Jet Stream- Flume (SFMM)

Matterhorn Bobsled (DisneyLand)

Mammut http://mainelycoasters.890m.com/mammut_photos.htm

Lochness Monster (BGE)

Mine Ride (SFOT) http://www.rcdb.com/ig30.htm

Shockwave (SFOT) http://www.rcdb.com/ig28.htm

Jackrabbit (Seabreeze)

Tower of Terror (MGM)

DuddledoRights (IOA)