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Postby BURTONxBLUNT on June 8th, 2014, 4:56 pm
Red train has been installed!
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Postby GoBears on June 8th, 2014, 5:45 pm
diggerg56 wrote:A couple things for those trying for the commercial shoot that haven't done this before....
This isn't ERT, there can be long delays between runs while they move cameras/set up shots. Generally the PR folks choose who sits where and when. Finally, for those "hands up" riders (Aren't we all)...Generally you can't do that for commercial shoots. That want people that are having fun but they also want you to hold on. Just a couple things from previous experience.


There's not really anything to hang on to on the RMC trains. At least not with Outlaw Run. :lol: I know what you are saying though.
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Postby stockboy300 on June 8th, 2014, 6:24 pm
I wonder if Goliath will be ready for Coasters after dark on the 20th. That would be real nice!!!
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Postby Jacklw6499 on June 8th, 2014, 6:41 pm
BURTONxBLUNT wrote:Red train has been installed!

Really? Has it tested? Is there any way you could post a picture? Thanks!
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Postby DeathbyDinn on June 8th, 2014, 7:41 pm
Testing from today, looks red to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb8o8b5 ... e=youtu.be
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Postby DejaVu2001 on June 8th, 2014, 7:43 pm
Looks very orange to me.
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Postby ilrider on June 8th, 2014, 7:46 pm
DejaVu2001 wrote:Looks very orange to me.

Does not look orange at all to me. Looks red. Compare it with the track color below the drop. Not saying it's not the orange train, but to me it's red.
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Postby diggerg56 on June 8th, 2014, 8:14 pm
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DejaVu2001 wrote:Looks very orange to me.

Does not look orange at all to me. Looks red. Compare it with the track color below the drop. Not saying it's not the orange train, but to me it's red.

Toward the end of the last video posted, look to the left of Thrillseekers down sort of low. The red train is still on the storage track. That's where it was earlier today as well.
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Postby DeathbyDinn on June 8th, 2014, 10:25 pm
Yeah it's the orange train, the lighting in the video just made it look red to me.

But in other news, Goliath has had it's first human riders.

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Postby AirTimeDaz on June 8th, 2014, 10:37 pm
DeathbyDinn wrote:Yeah it's the orange train, the lighting in the video just made it look red to me.

But in other news, Goliath has had it's first human riders.

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Wow so they got to ride even before the water dummies? I'm jealous!
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Postby Jackluver18 on June 8th, 2014, 11:17 pm
Was that picture taken from today or when? My friend is reporting that there is an off ride video of people in the front row?? Is this true?
SF trips 09 = 15
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Postby kossdude1 on June 8th, 2014, 11:27 pm
^^ Apperantly the water dummies the park had didn't fit. As a result, I believe they took off the shin restraints and attached heavy weights to simulate the weight of the water dummies. I'm not entirely sure though...
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Postby untalented893 on June 8th, 2014, 11:35 pm
kossdude1 wrote:^^ Apperantly the water dummies the park had didn't fit. As a result, I believe they took off the shin restraints and attached heavy weights to simulate the weight of the water dummies. I'm not entirely sure though...


As sad and hilarious as it is that they weren't prepared for that, it sounds totally realistic based on how this whole thing has been going
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Postby Jackluver18 on June 8th, 2014, 11:46 pm
I realize about the water dummies not being able to fit.....and I see the pic of the 2 people in the back. This video in question is reported to have "2 people in the front row" and someone saying "There's people on it....." Just curious.
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Postby AirTimeDaz on June 8th, 2014, 11:57 pm
kossdude1 wrote:^^ Apperantly the water dummies the park had didn't fit. As a result, I believe they took off the shin restraints and attached heavy weights to simulate the weight of the water dummies. I'm not entirely sure though...


Thanks. That makes sense.
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on June 9th, 2014, 8:22 am
It's sad that today is the day my friend finally figured out that the lift hill is a tell structure...

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Postby untalented893 on June 9th, 2014, 2:04 pm
Does anyone know from past experiences when you find out if you made it into the commercial shoot or not? It's less than a week away, but they didn't even announce it until recently.
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Postby AirTimeDaz on June 9th, 2014, 2:23 pm
untalented893 wrote:Does anyone know from past experiences when you find out if you made it into the commercial shoot or not? It's less than a week away, but they didn't even announce it until recently.


It's usually a few days before the shoot in my experience.
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Postby untalented893 on June 9th, 2014, 11:05 pm
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untalented893 wrote:Does anyone know from past experiences when you find out if you made it into the commercial shoot or not? It's less than a week away, but they didn't even announce it until recently.


It's usually a few days before the shoot in my experience.


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Postby Iron Wolf 90-11 on June 10th, 2014, 4:19 pm
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Postby diggerg56 on June 10th, 2014, 4:54 pm
Nice photos...I wonder if they were shot from a "drone" or something else?
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Postby [jonrev] on June 10th, 2014, 7:25 pm
Based on the crane shadow in #'s 6 and 7, I'm guessing they put someone with a decent camera in the basket and took them up.
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Postby diggerg56 on June 10th, 2014, 7:32 pm
Yep, you're right. Nothing like getting up close and personal with a coaster!
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Postby SFGAm#1Fan on June 10th, 2014, 7:51 pm
RMC crew took a few laps on orange train this afternoon along with Fed Grubb! Only action red train saw today was it moved to the transfer track that's under the station. On an unrelated note, teal train is now on site at Bull.
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Postby Jacklw6499 on June 10th, 2014, 8:16 pm
SFGAm#1Fan wrote:RMC crew took a few laps on orange train this afternoon along with Fed Grubb! Only action red train saw today was it moved to the transfer track that's under the station. On an unrelated note, teal train is now on site at Bull.

Really? Did they seem excited about their creation? Haha any pictures of them riding?
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