Is there even going to be enough room for a wooden coaster in this spot? I mean just look at AE and Viper they both occupy huge footprints even seeing pics of ElToro seem like the coaster has a giant plot of land. Might it not be a hybrid coaster with a wooden frame . Hank Salemi said it would have polyurethane wheels but I thought polyurethane was specifically for steel coasters only. Well we'll see with the final teaser and official unveiling next week.
What I don't like that the park is doing, is that they are taking out rides, and leaving them empty for a year or more. For instance, if they take out Ragin Cajun, what is the point if they aren't going to put something in that area right away? They did it to Deja Vu, Splash Water Falls/ Antique Cars and Iron Wolf areas. All this year and last, they should have just left Iron Wolf there, and took it out right now for the new coaster. Instead, they left that area empty which is such a waste.
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What I don't like that the park is doing, is that they are taking out rides, and leaving them empty for a year or more. For instance, if they take out Ragin Cajun, what is the point if they aren't going to put something in that area right away? They did it to Deja Vu, Splash Water Falls/ Antique Cars and Iron Wolf areas. All this year and last, they should have just left Iron Wolf there, and took it out right now for the new coaster. Instead, they left that area empty which is such a waste.
It may have something to do with the money. Sell the ride being removed as a good down payment toward developing the next one... I could be way wrong and that's probably laughable, but not sure
^Only Deja Vu they sold to another park. The other rides either were destroyed, or have moved to another Six Flags (1 as of right now). I wonder if they also sent the Antique Cars to another park that has them?
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Ilovthevu' wrote:^Only Deja Vu they sold to another park. The other rides either were destroyed, or have moved to another Six Flags (1 as of right now). I wonder if they also sent the Antique Cars to another park that has them?
Since the parks operate on individual budgets, I guess I figured that even when a ride went from one park to another there was some kind of financial exchange involved.
RBrulle wrote:Is there even going to be enough room for a wooden coaster in this spot? I mean just look at AE and Viper they both occupy huge footprints even seeing pics of ElToro seem like the coaster has a giant plot of land. Might it not be a hybrid coaster with a wooden frame . Hank Salemi said it would have polyurethane wheels but I thought polyurethane was specifically for steel coasters only. Well we'll see with the final teaser and official unveiling next week.
Wodan Timburcoaster, the GCI woodie at Europa Park, has polyurethane wheels to accommodate the noise restrictions in the city of Rust, Germany, where the park is located.
This could lead me to believe we'll be seeing a GCI.
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Obvious now Admin_Cam_165 = lift hill height Admin_Cam_180 = first drop Admin_Cam_015 = feet below ground level Admin_Cam_096 = is 96 degree drop possible?
At 1:09 she mentions peice of "wood" Mentions "Coaster" at 1:22
Maybe webcam will be up soon?
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Dmrbug wrote:Sounds like they are putting up multiple web cams to watch the construction. Hope they let us move them around this time.
How would that work if you have 20 or 30 people viewing at the same time?
Have a panoramic webcam that captures the whole area they want it to, then only showing a certain portion of it, allowing the viewer to pan their way around to site. If that makes any sense
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Dmrbug wrote:Sounds like they are putting up multiple web cams to watch the construction. Hope they let us move them around this time.
How would that work if you have 20 or 30 people viewing at the same time?
They put a button on the site that you push that puts you in a vitual line. Once it is your turn you get to control it for a set time. They use this type of camera at Wisconsin fest. The one that was for x-flight had this ability but they disabled the function.
I remember when Raging Bull was being constructed. I used to go up and take film photos, have them developed, scan them, then put them online. Others used those old boxy digital cameras that had horrible photo quality. Oh, how times have changed.
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RobSFGAm wrote:Obvious now Admin_Cam_165 = lift hill height Admin_Cam_180 = first drop Admin_Cam_015 = feet below ground level Admin_Cam_096 = is 96 degree drop possible?
At 1:09 she mentions peice of "wood" Mentions "Coaster" at 1:22
Maybe webcam will be up soon?
First three I agree with. I was thinking overbanked turn for the 96 one.
RobSFGAm wrote:Obvious now Admin_Cam_165 = lift hill height Admin_Cam_180 = first drop Admin_Cam_015 = feet below ground level Admin_Cam_096 = is 96 degree drop possible?
At 1:09 she mentions peice of "wood" Mentions "Coaster" at 1:22
Maybe webcam will be up soon?
First three I agree with. I was thinking overbanked turn for the 96 one.
Agreed, the 85 from one of the previous videos will probably by the angle of the drop, which is still really wicked.
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