Six Flags Over Georgia
Austell, Georgia
March 26, 2005
Page Sixteen






I can't pass up one of the best stand up coasters out there; The Georgia Scorcher.



Actually the Georgia Scorcher is as far as I can find the last new stand up coaster to be built and the last of B&M's stand up coasters.  It's an interesting design because unlike the stand up coasters directly preceding it it did not go for a huge height and spread out layout.  Instead it's just over a hundred feet tall and has an intensely tangled compact layout.



Another ride I can't pass up at Six Flags Over Georgia is the Free Fall.



A few minutes ago Bond asked me about this ride and why I liked it so much.  Easily put it's a heck of a rush but I like to go into all of the details with him so I described it's slow pull to the top and how the car gingerly moves out of the elevator into the drop position while the suspense is ratcheting up a few notches and your adrenaline starts pumping.  From there the drop is a intense burst of energy and insanity that culminates into a monster adrenaline rush. 

For years I have preferred Free Fall over Acrophobia; Six Flags Over Georgia's other drop ride.  In years past Acrophobia's platform slowly rotated as it took you up 180 feet and you didn't notice the chairs slowly tipping out fifteen degrees before it suddenly dropped you.  The way it's operating this year there is no rotation around the tower.  You're pulled straight up and you can feel the seat tilting out so you can look straight down.  When it drops and you see that little spot on the pavement a hundred and eighty feet below you rush up to you and your body can't help but go into complete panic mode.  When you get off you're shaking but completely stoned from your own adrenaline.  It's great.



I know the Great Gasp is not as thrilling as Acrophobia or Free Fall but I have also fallen in love with this fun ride.



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