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Ah, the Georgia Scorcher, the coaster that got me back into coasters. After about a 7 year absence from coasters (after a scary experience as a youth), I slowly began to climb back onto the airtime machines. I had always ridden woodies, but it was inversions which frightened me. So, after one macho day at the park some three+ years ago, I decided to give the newest coaster a shot -- the Georgia Scorcher (note: look at the date, Deja Vu had yet to open at this time, so the Scorcher was still the newest). I had never even seen a B&M stand-up, and I was in for a treat. After arranging myself in the seats, we began the climb up the lift. I was off, no turning back now. When we reached the top, hit the dip and flew down into the huge 80 foot loop, I was already hooked. There we went steaming through an improbably twisted layout, seemingly utilizing every spec of earth between the log flume and the sidewalk. The swooping curves and overbanks are awesome, most notably the violent overbank to the right preceding the dive into the flat spin, which is a nice and tight, producing good forces. The layout continues on its near-ground, lightning-pacing journey among the numerous curves, and though it is a mere 3000 feet, the Scorcher truly does put your feet to the fire, and it was the catalyst in what is my passion for coasters.I originally gave the Scorcher a 9, but now, I am lowering that to an 8. The reason is by comparison to the other stand-ups that I have experienced: I gave Riddlers Revenge a 9, and it deserved it, but the Scorcher does not compare to Riddlers, so I had to lower it. I gave Mantis an 8 as well, and I think that this is on the same level as Mantis, as they are both good in different aspects.
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