Tony Hawk's Big Spin Review

We're here at Six Flags Discovory Kingdom, where we'll be reviewing Tony Hawk's Big Spin. Once you get in the seat, you pull down the lap bar, buckle the seat, and wait. Once you dispatch, you'll turn and head towards the lift hill. But first, you must wait a little bit, so you stop and then wait. Oh, and the brakes on Tony Hawk are pretty harsh. After waiting, you climb up the lifthill. If you happen to be sitting backwards, you'll feel funny as you climb up the lifthill. But once you crest the lifthill, it won't matter which way you face. You then start to roll down the twisted first drop. We arn't spinning much yet, but it's still a very fun first drop. Very twisty. You gain quite a bit of speed there. But before you know it, you're curving back up, draining the speed we just lost. We then head up and go through a couple of switchbacks. During the switchbacks, you don't spin too well. I mean, you do spin, but it's not that intense. To be honest, I was pretty dissapointed in the spinning on Tony Hawk's Big Spin. Hopefully the other Gertsulater coasters I'll ride this summer will have better spinning. After the switchbacks, you then start to head into a downward spiral towards the ground. And since we're also spinning, this makes it pretty disorienting as we just twirl closer and closer to the ground. Once you make a close call with the ground, you then spin up and head on a set of trim brakes that unfortunetly slow us down. =( This also doesn't make us spin as fast. We then dip down and then head up through a tight turn. This tight turn gets our car spinning again. And that makes up happy. Then you go through a small bunny hop. While there's no airtime, it's still really fun since we're spinning. Unfortunetly, we then hit the brakes as it's over. And the brakes on Tony Hawk suck due to their jerky nature. While Tony Hawk is a great spinning coaster and a lot of fun, it does have some capacity problems which leads to some really ugly lines. So be warned.

7/10

Location: Six Flags Discovory Kingdom

Opened: 2008

Built by: Gerstlauer

Last Ridden: May 15, 2010

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