It's not really such a much of a roller coaster, the Galaxi, though I admit it looks impressive from the gate. For one thing, it's completely built out of metal. For another, it's ...short. Mind you, I cut my rollercoastering teeth on the Big Dipper at Gwynn Oak Park and the Comet at Hershey Park, so I may be hard to please.
The other roller coaster at Old Orchard Beach, now -- the Orient Express -- is a mini-coaster with a deceptively simple track that packs a surprising bite. Alas, it too is steel, but the cars make up into a lovely Chinese red dragon, so I forgive it...
Well, the wooden ones are best but there are only a handful left. did the California Screamin' at Disneyland a couple of years ago. I admit that my heart skipped a bit when we did the upside down loop. I guess I'm getting older.
if you are a rollercoaster fan, then try excalibur in funtown, an amusement park some 15 min drive from old orchard beach. one of my favorites, what a beast! it's wooden, huge with fantastic ride rated in top ten world's wooden rollercoasters by some magazine
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Date: 2006-05-29 05:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-29 05:56 pm (UTC)The other roller coaster at Old Orchard Beach, now -- the Orient Express -- is a mini-coaster with a deceptively simple track that packs a surprising bite. Alas, it too is steel, but the cars make up into a lovely Chinese red dragon, so I forgive it...
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Date: 2006-05-29 08:01 pm (UTC)try excalibur
Date: 2006-06-23 06:49 am (UTC)rated in top ten world's wooden rollercoasters by some magazine