Good Non-Coasters

[theRock-steel]

What are your favorite attractions that aren't coasters ? For me :
Thrill Rides
-- Skyhawk (Cedar Point)
-- Test Track (Epcot)
Water Rides
-- Journey To Atlantis (SeaWorld Orlando)
-- Splash Mountain (Magic Kingdom)
Dark Ride
-- Soarin' (Epcot)
Shows
-- Emerald Beat (Busch Gardens Europe)
-- Pets Ahoy (SeaWorld Orlando)
-- Shrek 4D (Universal Studios Florida)
-- Terminator 2:3D (Universal Studios Florida)

[thatdancingbear]

Swat - SFAW

Screaming Swing - KBF

Superman Tower of Power - SFOT
Supreme Scream - KBF
Scream! - SFFT

Freefall

[Cody]

Thrill rides:
Maxair
Test Track
G-Force (Old Town)
Dr. Doom's FearFall
Demon Drop
Hammerhead (when it was at knotts)
Big Shot

Water Rides:
Journey to Atlantis (Orlando)
Ripsaw Falls
Splash Mountain (Orlando)
Kali River Rapids

Dark Rides:
Indiana Jones
Spiderman

Shows:
Waterworld
Lights Motors Action


Dang! It's been a while since I thought of Hammerhead.

[Jake]

Dark Rides:


Haunted Mansion.

Pirates of the Carribean.

Indiana Jones

Anything at Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood - almost anything.

Water Rides:


Splash Mountain

Grizzly River Run

Jurassic Park

Perilous Plunge

Timber Mountain Log Ride


Thrill Rides:


Screamin' Swing (Knott's)

Tower of Terror

Supreme Scream

MaXair

Demon Drop



I can't think of any others right now..

[Brandon]

Top 5 Thrill Rides


1) X-Scream - Stratosphere Tower
2) Insanity The Ride - Stratosphere Tower
3) The Twlight Zone Tower of Terror - Disney's California Adventure
4) Big Shot - Stratosphere Tower
5) Sky Screamer - Victorville, CA Scandia

Top 3 Dark Rides

1) Indiana Jones Adventure: Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye - Disneyland
2) Haunted Mansion - Disneyland
3) Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters - Disneyland



Top 5 Water Rides


1) Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage - Disneyland (What cat. exactly would FNSV fall under anyway?)
2) Pirates of the Carribbean - Disneyland
3) Grizzly River Run - Disney's California Adventure
4) Timber Mountain Log Ride - Knott's Berry Farm
5) Bigfoot Rapids - Knott's Berry Farm



Top 3 Simulators


1) Klingon Encounter - Star Trek The Experience - Las Vegas Hilton
2) Star Tours - Disneyland
3) In Search Of The Obelisk - Luxor Hotel & Casino
4) Back to the Future: The Ride - Universal Studios Hollywood (defunct)



Top 3 3D/4D Shows


1) Borg Invasion 4D - Star Trek The Experience - Las Vegas Hilton
2) Honey, I Shrunk The Audience - Disneyland
3) Terminator 2: 3D - Universal Studios Hollywood

[Arez]

Darks:

-Inidiana Jones (DLR)

Water Rides:

-Perilous Plunge (KBF)

Flats:

- MaXair (CP)
-Dropzone (KI)
-Demon Drop (CP)
-Free Fall (SFMM)
-Skyhawk (CP)

-Alex

[Sam]

My pitiful list.

Sky Coasters (Dive Devil - SFMM :D)
1st Gen Freefall
Flume Rides
Go Karts (Unless it's slow cars which stop every few laps like at SFDK)
Sky Towers

I have yet to experience rides like Thrill Shot (SFMM) Screamin Swings, or any other large flats like those.

Also, pretty much any water slide always makes my list. :)

[mayoki]

Thrills:
Test Track
Maxair
Splash Mountain
Skyhawk
Tower of Terror (MGM)
Power Tower (Blue)

Shows:
Well, the only real park show I've been to was some kind of classic rock and roll show during Spring Fling '06 at SFoG.

Dark Rides/Simulators
Mission: Space
Corkscrew Hill (BGE)
Curse of DarKastle
Spiderman: The Ride
Earthquake
Jaws
Men in Black - The Ride
Pirates of the Carribean

Scare Mazes:
All the mazes in the Happily Neverafter Scare zone (BGE) - They rocked this year!

Food: LOL no, I'm not fat

Grogan's Grill (BGE) MMMmmmm..... dressed up potates
Almost anything from Festhaus (BGE again)
Some little restaurant at Old Key West resort @ WDW (Chicken pot pie just like Grandma's)


Those are my favorites.

[apsterling]

Hmm...

5. Mission Space
4. Riptide (KBF)
3. Power Tower (Turbo Drop)
2. La Revolución
1. Any working Chaos. (CP's wasn't bad)

[Top Thrill Dolphin]

Thrill Rides
Delirium (King's Island)
Drop Zone (ditto)
Double Shot (Indy Beach)
Tampico Tumbler (RIP)
Rainbow
Tower of Terror (MGM)

Water Rides
Timber Mountain Log Ride (Knott's)
Splash Mountain (Disneyland)
Jungle Racer (Holiday World)
Shipwreck Rapids (Sea World San Diego)

Dark Ride (Disney)
Haunted Mansion (Disneyland)
Pirates of the Carebean (ditto)
Indiana Jones
Mission Space (Epcot)

Dark Rides (Cheesy)
Cave Train (SCBB)
River Caves (Blackpool)
Alice in Wonderland (ditto)

Shows
Fantasmic (Disneyland)
Stomp (was at DCA)
Aladdin (DCA)
...

Food:
Ms. Knott's fried Chicken
Le French Eatery (Epcot)
Dollywood

[JD71]

Bisch Rocco:
Flying Scooter (Flying Eagles -KD)


Chance:
Chaos (Belmont, Various Fairs)
Rotor (Spin Out -SFMM)


Intamin:
1st Generation Freefall (Freefall -SFMM)
Giant Drop (Tower of Doom -SFA)
Gyro Drop (Drop Zone -KD [my fav drop tower])


KMG:
Move It 24 (http://www.kmg.nl/kmg/factory/moveit24_en.html) (Various Fairs)


S&S:
Space Shot (Maliboomer -DCA)
Turbo Drop (Supreme Scream -KBF)
Combo Tower (Scream -SFFT)
Air Launched Screamin' Swing (Screamin Swing -KBF)


Schwarzkopf:
Enterprise (Wagon Wheel -SFFT, The Orbit -CGA)


Zamperla:
Samba Balloon (Emler's Weather Balloons -SFMM)



Can't think of anymore at the moment.

[Michael]

Here are some of my fav's

Cedar Point

Maxair - easily the best thrill ride I've been on.
Skyhawk - this surprisingly is the scariest ride or coaster I've ever experienced :eek: This is still the only ride I get nervous waiting for.King's Island

Delirium - not as fun as Maxair, but still pretty neat! :D
Flyers - why'd they take these out?
Drop Zone - aka the **** your pants ride ;)Park at MOA

The Log flume (unsure of name) - great great ride, the dark portion of the ride leading up to the drop is cool too.

[The Storm Runner]

Thrill Rides/Family Rides:
Sky Coaster (Kennywood; best ride out there)
Chaos (Hersheypark)
Merry Derry Dip Fun Slide (Hersheypark :p)
Swing Shot (Screamin Swing; Kennywood)
Pitt Fall (Kennywood)
Kissing Tower (Hersheypark :rolleyes: ;))
Aero 360 (Zamperla Hawk 24, Kennywood :))
Tomb Raider: Firefall (KD)
Drop Zone (KD)
The Claw (Hersheypark)
Power Surge (Knoebels)
Satellite (Knoebels)
Super Round-Up (Knoebels)
Houdini's Great Escape (SFGAdv)
Parachute Training Center (SFGAdv)
Tilt O Whirl (Hersheypark; and others)
Scrambler (Hersheypark; and others)

Dark Rides:
Gold Rusher (Kennywood; now defunct)
Curse of DarKastle (BGE)
Spiderman (IOA)
Men in Black (USO)
Reese's Xtreme Cup Challenge (Need I say where it is? ;))
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (the WDW one)
Scooby Doo's Haunted Mansion (KD)
Corkscrew Hill (BGE)
Noah's Ark (Kennywood; bad memories however 12 years ago...)
Garfield's Nightmare (Kennywood; it was...different. :))
Haunted Mansion (Knoebels; Best haunted ride there is.)
Spongebob 3D (SGAdv)
Great American Chocolate Tour Ride (Chocolate World, adjacent to Hersheypark)
Tower of Terror (MGM)
Plus, any Disney ride pretty much.

Water Rides:
Tidal Force (Hersheypark)
Canyon River Rapids (Hersheypark)
Flume (Knoebels)
Jurassic Park (IOA)
Typhoon SeaCoaster (SFA)
Log Flume (SFGAdv, name?)
The Boardwalk at Hersheypark (:D)

Food:
Decades (Hersheypark)
Famiglia Pizzeria (Hersheypark)
Minetown Restaurant (Hersheypark)
Pizza Planet (MGM lol)
Kettle corn from Hersheypark <3

I really don't know many food eateries outside of Hershey...

[supremescreamer]

SCAD towers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq9dPHVADh8

[FX-1]

Almost anything at Disney World ESP. Tower of Terror, TestTrack, Star Tours, Pirates of the Carri bean, and Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin.

[theRock-steel]

Can anyone recommend any nighttime laser/fireworks show in a park ?
I don't really have a favorite.
All the Busch parks have good food. :rolleyes:

[Dan]

I still think Disney's fireworks shows are the best. They really make you remember the great time you had that day at the park

[thatdancingbear]

^^^^, that looks awesome!

[rollercoasterfreek]

The best ride I could think of would be at SFDK which is that 2-D theater. Also Splash mountain is another candidate.

[mayoki]

I still think Disney's fireworks shows are the best. They really make you remember the great time you had that day at the park


I agree, especially Illuminations at Epcot. There are like, wedding receptions during that show daily.:confused: When I went there were people at a wedding in the perfect photo spot... darnit!

[Cody]

I love the Zipper!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3OiAlvpw2w&feature=related

The best ride a fair can have.

[tycooner55]

I like maXair at CP and Kennywood's Pittfall.

[Top Thrill Dragster]

Flat rides

http://www.flatrides.com/Ride%20Index/KMGSpinout2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Speed_ride_crop.jpg/323px-Speed_ride_crop.jpg

http://www.twistedrails.com/2002fair/images/experience04.jpg

Other

Tower of Terror

Indiana Jones

[Sam]

The best ride I could think of would be at SFDK which is that 2-D theater. Also Splash mountain is another candidate.
I was very disappointed with that when I rode it. Among the different rides in there (Dinosphere, Stargate, etc.), none have been very thrilling. The last time I rode it, my seat was broken and did not move at all. Isnt that the whole point of a motion simulator!?

This reminds me, I forgot to add drop rides like Supreme Scream to my list. That ride is amazing!

[rollercoasterfreek]

^ the only reason why I said the 2-D theater is because the change in it was better. The non-coasters in Disneyland are probably the best ones. I forgot to add that Buzz Lightyear astro blaster thing. At least it's something anyone can do. Also the "tower of terror" thing is nice in effects.

[FX-1]

^ Why does every ride name have to have "thing" at the end?

Oh! And how could I forget Spiderman at IOA?

[rollercoasterfreek]

Sorry about that, I couldn't come up with a title.

[zburns999]

http://history.amusement-parks.com/CISummer01/breakdance.jpg
Best. Ride. Ever.

The people who run this thing are ex-convicts, so the program they run is almost sadistic.

[p0tat0]

http://www.twistedrails.com/2002fair/images/experience04.jpg


I've rode one exactly like that at the LA county fair! Really awesome ride! I loved it!

Along with that from my experience I'd choose,

S&S tower rides
Swing rides!
Dragon swings!
Log rides.
Rocket Rods!
Wow, that's all from my own experience. Thought it was going to be more... :confused:

[Dan]

Samurai, hands down, is my favorite flat ride. It beats out all other flats I've been on by a mile. In second would probably be any drop ride, those are also great.

For those of you who don't know what samurai is...

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/528/pfohxydljnxregxq9.jpg

http://coastercapture.com/files/lc4ykygnr5m_reg.jpg