New B&M FAMILY coaster at Happy Valley Shanghai!

A photo of Meg-Lite. Seems like they are making Mega-Lite into "Kawasemi without the water".

A photo of Meg-Lite. Seems like they are getting Kawasemi without the water.

Yes this Mega Lite has been there since August 2009. I rode it in Spring 2010- it remains in my Top 5...

Looks extremely twisty! Or should I say, twisty for a B&M

Hunter "twisty is a good thing" Barrett

A photo of Meg-Lite. Seems like they are getting Kawasemi without the water.

 

Yes this Mega Lite has been there since August 2009. I rode it in Spring 2010- it remains in my Top 5...

Why did you quote my post?

Because they aren't just getting the coaster. He was saying they got it in 2009, and he was referencing your post with his response.

^ sorry for making my post not clear. How about now?

A photo of Meg-Lite. Seems like they are making Mega-Lite into "Kawasemi without the water".

Is it wrong to say that this is officially now on my bucket list?

This actually looks really fun.

I like how banked some of those turns look. What should we expect from the first B&M family coaster??

Probably well paced, and most likely isn't going to pull more than 3 Gs. Maybe we'll see a little low-G hangtime on those first couple hills?

Trackwork has been finished

Photo by RCD

Ugh huge watermarks.

The coaster looks good though. It seems similar but different to the Vekoma models.

I hope this thing ROARS!

Not sure it'll be going fast enough to "roar."

A baby roar. Rawrrrrrrrr.

If the cars will swing, the twits on this ride could be pretty wild.

To compare layouts...

Does anyone else think this ride looks kind of...ugly...from ground level? I mean it looks cool...but ugly.

Huh, it kinda does. It's like the uncanny valley for B&Ms. It should be a big roller coaster, but it's not. It does look a little...odd.

I know that this isn't any coaster vs. coaster going on but Freedom Flyer definitely has a better paint scheme.

Maybe it's just me, but does anyone else think the transition from the camel back hump to the figure eight on the B&M just looks a little..... Funky?

It'll be hilarious to hear the B&M roar on this small of a ride.

I actually think the Vekoma looks like the better ride here. Only time will tell..

While Vekoma makes the ride look better, B&M uses less supports and it seems to have tighter twists and turns than Vekoma.

It'll be hilarious to hear the B&M roar on this small of a ride.

I think it will be more of a moaning noise. (it's preportional)

Maybe it's just me, but does anyone else think the transition from the camel back hump to the figure eight on the B&M just looks a little..... Funky?

I honestly think that it's the angle of the photo.

While Vekoma makes the ride look better, B&M uses less supports and it seems to have tighter twists and turns than Vekoma.

Is it really that fewer of supports?

While Vekoma makes the ride look better, B&M uses less supports and it seems to have tighter twists and turns than Vekoma.

Is it really that fewer of supports?

Only by a few, like maybe 3 or 5 less. It's not a big difference, but it could have been another reason why they chose B&M.

^^ Maybe B&M signed a contract to build their family prototype coaster at Happy Valley while offered a lower price than Vekoma's?