raypjuarez wrote:Is it safe to say then that Hank holding the Full Throttle can seals the deal on the launched coaster? Any chance Six Flags pulls a fast one on us?
Who knows? With so many bogus clues, really that could be something fake too.
^^^Ah, you missed the boat.
Is it possible that they can add something to the agenda of the Gurnee meeting right before the meeting? We still have 2 days to the meeting (not including the weekend). We know one thing is on the agenda, but can't they sneak another thing on it in the last minute.
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B&MGuy35 wrote:Everyone is speculating this is a launched coaster now....could this be B&M's 1st installation?
Why not?
B&M has said many times they aren't comfortable with doing launch coasters because they want their rides to be reliable and safe. Many launch coasters tend to break down and that would reflect poorly on B&M's reliability.
Parks go to B&M for their high capacity and reliability. B&M's are the most expensive coasters to install, and why would a park spend 20+ million on a ride that breaks down a lot from B&M? They would go to Intamin for that.
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I've ridden Full Throttle and it wasn't that great to be honest. I'd be dissapointed if Great America followed suit just to beat out their loop by a mere 5ft, but wouldn't be surprised. Here's to Great America pleasantly surprising me.
technically B&M have a launch coaster: the Incredible Hulk... however Someone else made the launch feature... They said they weren't comfortable back in 1999 because of that ride.(That is what I found, if you can find something recent send it my way) It has been 14 years since then, there has been new technology since.
Seeing as there are 3 pieces of paper that say Gusiness World Records (and that the folder has records pluralized), my guess is a coaster with multiple records. I still am sayin that a RMC coaster is a possibility...I think they might be trying to throw us off by showing RMC at Eagle, when it's really for another ride. I have been waiting a new wooden coaster in the park for a while and this might be the time to get one. Either way, 165 feet is pretty tall for IW's area. We will likely find out more at the zoning board meeting on Wednesday
coasterfanatic wrote:Seeing as there are 3 pieces of paper that say Gusiness World Records (and that the folder has records pluralized), my guess is a coaster with multiple records. I still am sayin that a RMC coaster is a possibility...I think they might be trying to throw us off by showing RMC at Eagle, when it's really for another ride. I have been waiting a new wooden coaster in the park for a while and this might be the time to get one. Either way, 165 feet is pretty tall for IW's area. We will likely find out more at the zoning board meeting on Wednesday
That was just Rocco and I in our RMC hoodies.
165 certainly isn't small. Gonna be a tight squeeze back there.
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A B&M launched coaster, while unlikely, wouldn't be completely out of the question. In an interview Walter Bolliger gave to NewsParcs he said B&M would be open to it.
With the Gurnee board article, my guess is also a Premier launched coaster in IW's spot. It obviously would have to be custom made to be shoehorned in that location. Great addition in my opinion.
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If it is a launching coaster, I wish I could find a post I made on here back in 2009 when I used the account "ttd rox" (I couldn't retrieve my password because my email address was old so I had to make a new account) predicting we would get a launching coaster in 2014. I don't know why I predicted that year but I may be right after all.
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Ilovthevu' wrote: Is it possible that they can add something to the agenda of the Gurnee meeting right before the meeting? We still have 2 days to the meeting (not including the weekend). We know one thing is on the agenda, but can't they sneak another thing on it in the last minute.
Anything is possible, but that seems a little hard to imagine. The Village Of Gurnee has nothing to gain by playing along with the park's marketing silliness, so why would they do that? Anyway, even if there are two things, it doesn't seem especially likely that both will be over 125 feet.
