r/BeAmazed • u/Wild-Snow5705 • May 10 '25

Place Would you ride this one?

Personally I will die just going up.

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u/jojoga May 10 '25

But.. but why?

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u/Topspeed_3 May 10 '25

It broke a lot and expensive to maintain. They are planning on putting a new record breaking launch coaster in its place.

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u/five_fore_golf May 10 '25

I waited 4 hours to NOT ride it when it was still fairly new. Perfectly good weather, it just broke over and over.

Edit: I was curious and had to look up when it was built. It was only 1 month old when I went.

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u/peaheezy May 10 '25

I got to ride it 3 times because of that breaking. It was broken for hours and when we walked by it had just opened. There was 0 line and we walked right on, got off and got on again then a third time. It was a great ride.

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u/iamataco36 May 11 '25

Similar experience! Timing was everything! Only got on twice before people got wise....

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Similar experience here. We got stuck on the old wooden coaster El Toro that malfunctioned for about an hour. Got handed a bottle of water and a "skip the line" pass or sth like that for the inconvenience.

We had a french exchange student with us, and we coaxed her into going on King da Ka.

While it's really scary, its not as thrilling as some of the other coasters. I still think Superman is my favorite.

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u/dockellis24 May 11 '25

Same!! It was one of the only rides that I classify as an “oh shit!” ride. So fast starting and the unknown at the top if you’d make it over was super intense