haii :D

[S4m-4rs0n]

hi, I'm Sam, and I'm an aspiring web wizard !
my first forays into coding started when I was in 3rd grade, I got a book at the book fair about coding websites and I was HOOKED, funnily enough I'm actually using the same computer I started coding on to write this forum topic right now! (its a retired family computer from 2011 and it still has a CD/DVD port!!!!)
some other things I like are nature and theme parks, I've been into nature and animals since I was a little kid, and I only started riding roller coasters when I was 16, and became a fan of theme parks and rides in general.
I don't really know what else to add, baiii

[Magic16]

ah fuck yea dude, roller coasters are AWESOME

did u ever ride X2 before Six Flags killed it?

[S4m-4rs0n]

Omg I actually did ride X2 before it closed, since Magic Mountain is my home park! unfortunately I was too late to ride superman though :[. X2 was pretty fun (and really cool on days where the flamethrowers were operating), but it was a little too uncomfortable to be my favourite ride there (I'm saying this like my favourite ride there isn't viper hehehe)

[Magic16]

Magic Mountain is fuckin awesome, though it feels like the quality has declined a bit, X2 used to be much smoother

last time I went, a bunch of rides were just straight up closed, though that was back in 2023

[Dan Q]

Okay, rollercoaster talk time!

I've not yet had the chance to do many theme parks in the Americas, but favourite non-looping rollercoaster in the world is Shambhala at PortAventura in Catalonia. I've experienced no other coaster than comes close to it for the feeling of "airtime": it's got these enormous smooth bumps that give a feeling of weightlessness for about half the ride time, and the unusual offset seats and individual mini-lap-bar restraint system create the illusion that you're not on a ride at all but actually flying around under your own propulsion. Amazing stuff.

My favourite rollercoaster in general is Nemesis Reborn at Alton Towers, UK. I've loved this since it first opened in 1994, then just called Nemesis. It's not winning any awards for length, height, or similar, but what it puts together in the space available to it is absolutely spectacular. The theming is unparalleled, weaving the "alien monster" into the shape of the track and dominating the design of its part of the park. The inversions are tightly-packed and every single one of them is interesting in its own way. The (early design of) danglecoaster trains give the experience of speed as they brush close to the ground. It's the most-interesting minute and a half you can spend on a ride anywhere, in my experience.