Absolute favorite NON-DISNEY theme/amusement park attractions

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FourFourSeven

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I'm curious as to the favorite non-Disney attractions to people on this board. Just for fun, here are mine, in no particular order. I tended not to focus on roller coasters (which I love), but more on unique experiences.

-Star Trek Experience, Hilton Las Vegas - I'm not a Star Trek fan, but what happens when you are first going to board the simulator is incredibly cool!)
-Big Shot, Stratosphere, Las Vegas - best adrenaline rush)
-Yankee Cannonball, Canobie Lake Park, New Hampshire - I love old wooden coasters, and for some reason, this dinky one in a dinky park is one of my favorites, especially in the front seat.
-Spiderman, Islands of Adventure - The one Universal attraction that is 100% on par with anything Disney has done!
 
WDWFREAK53

WDWFREAK53

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Originally posted by FourFourSeven
I'm curious as to the favorite non-Disney attractions to people on this board. Just for fun, here are mine, in no particular order. I tended not to focus on roller coasters (which I love), but more on unique experiences.

-Star Trek Experience, Hilton Las Vegas - I'm not a Star Trek fan, but what happens when you are first going to board the simulator is incredibly cool!)
-Big Shot, Stratosphere, Las Vegas - best adrenaline rush)
-Yankee Cannonball, Canobie Lake Park, New Hampshire - I love old wooden coasters, and for some reason, this dinky one in a dinky park is one of my favorites, especially in the front seat.
-Spiderman, Islands of Adventure - The one Universal attraction that is 100% on par with anything Disney has done!
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Spider-man - IoA (and I agree with what you said about it!)
It's funny you mention the Yankee Cannonball...I love it also!!! (VERY FAST WITH A LOT OF AIRTIME for a dinky little wooden coaster)
I also like the Cyclone at SFNE along with Batman at SFNE
(Not a big fan of S:ROS at SFNE though)
MIB Alien Attack and E.T. too :)

and don't shoot me...but Popeye's Bilge Rat Barges is the best raft ride I've ever been on :)
 
SirNim

SirNim

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Yankee Cannonball

Yes, it is airtime... Airtime galore!

Besides that, there is always, er---

Any old wooden coaster and any steel coaster (newer) at any park that I've been to, most were fine and fun. I think. If I remember...

And yeah, Univ. Studios does have some innovative, fun attractions. I just can't pinpoint just one.
 
WDWspider

WDWspider

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My two favorite parks outside Disney:

Islands of Adventure and Busch Gardens Williamsburg.

My favorite non-Disney rides:

Spider-man
Bilge Rat Barge
Apollo's Chariot
Alpengeist
Seventh Portal (3D motion ride)
Escape from Pompeii (themed Boat Drop ride)

Favorite non disney shows:

Poseidon's Fury
Terminator 2:3D
Pirates 4D
Twister
Shamu Rocks
 
Dandyboing

Dandyboing

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I haven't been to many places, but so far I really, REALLY like the Superman and SFDL, and every other roller coaster I've been on :hammer:
 
MobileBadBoy

MobileBadBoy

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My favorite park outside of WDW is Kings Island. I haven't been up there in a long time, but my favorite ride out of there is The Beast. I've always been a sucker for good wooden coasters though.
 
FutureCEO

FutureCEO

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Yankee Cannonball-Canobie Lake
Batman-Six Flags NE
The Great Bear, Lighting Racer and Roller Soaker-Hershey Park
Earthquake-USO
 
Testtrack321

Testtrack321

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Top Thrill Dragster (ok, it's not open, but LOOK AT IT!!!!)

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And don't forget Hypersonic XLC....

Here's a video of it in action.... http://www.billp.com/studio/video/hypersonic.wmv
 
Halfling418

Halfling418

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dude, the Dragster is so kick-butt!!! Too bad i'm too scared to ride. 420 feet and 120 mph....wow. My faves at Cedar Point are the Mantis and the Raptor

King's Dominion--Volcano, Spongebob Squarepants
Busch Gardens Williamsburg--Corkscrew Hill, the Alpengeist
IoA--Spidey, the Hulk, the Deuling Dragons, Dudley Do-Right, Jurassic Park River Adventure
Universal Studios--Back to the Future, Men in Black, Revenge of the Mummy, Shrek 4-D
Hershey--all their wooden ones
Sea World--Atlantis and Kracken
 
FigmentJedi

FigmentJedi

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Spiderman at IOA along with Jurassic Park River Adventure
The Underground at Adventureland in Des Moines, just for the sheer cheesiness of that park's futile attempt at a POTC style dark ride and in general the ripoffage of the Disney parks. They got a main street complete with train that has a identical station to DIsneyland's and even has a floral pattern out front, though an A in this case and a Old West area with a shooting gallery and they have a Skyway style ride)
 

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