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Old 11th June 2008, 09:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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On Jun 11, 5:40 pm, Eric Griswold <eric_grisw...m> wrote:
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> * Griffon: Oh my, oh my!  What a ride!  I've been on Oblivion, the original
> B&M dive machine and liked it well-enough, but Griffon takes a prototype
> idea and gets it right.  I thought I had become jaded about B&M stuff
> but especially the front right corner on Griffon gives a stupendous ride.
> Everywhere else is fine, too.  Somewhat short, Griffon is, but absolutely
> satisfying.
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> Dominator: Another great, great surprise.  B&M managed to kick it all
> up a notch.  I never rode it at Geauga Lake, but this easily takes
> it for my favorite B&M floorless.  Kings Dominion also did a pretty
> decent job at avoiding the "parking lot coaster" visual problems with
> some respectable landscaping.  The first loop, especially in the back
> seat, is stunning.  The rest of the ride just seems more aggressive
> than the normal ballet-ish B&M offerings.  I was really impressed.
> Also the crew was managing some pretty impressive dispatch times.
>



So I take it Griffon was about a +2 and Dominator a +3?

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Old 12th June 2008, 12:00 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Mark Rosenzweig <stoneonta@> writes:

> On Jun 11, 5:40 pm, Eric Griswold <eric_grisw...m> wrote:
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>> * Griffon: Oh my, oh my!  What a ride!


>> Dominator: Another great, great surprise.


>
> So I take it Griffon was about a +2 and Dominator a +3?


No, more than that, and approximately equal. Unfortunately, that's
about as good as I can get these days. My deep left-brained coaster
analyzing/organizing/sorting days have ended. I really enjoyed doing
that stuff back when but now I'm much more mellow about it all.

My new "rating" system (if you can call it that) these days is more like:

WTF?
Meh.
Cool.
Yay!
Oh Yeah!

Give Dominator and Griffon each an "Oh Yeah!"

:-)
Eric

 
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