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If people who protest want to pay for the rides maintenence im all for it. Like thats going to happen. I hate when people protest businesses for something they have no financial stake in. The people protesting have more than likely spent money on tickets, passes, merchandise, food, and who knows what else in the park. They may not truly own the ride but if people feel their hard earned money isn't going to go as far on the next visit there, let them protest. No, I wouldn't avoid the park with no BBW. But I would truly feel like I lost about $7 worth admission due to not only the removal of this ride but also the real lack of any sort of replacement. Busch Gardens is making a business decision to save them some money but we also have a business decision to make when going to a park.

I was hoping that the new V8 Ferrari would look good but I am blown away. Ferrari's are usually sleek beauties but this is the first in a long while that adds a menacing face to the beauty. It's also nice to see that they fixed the rear end and could finally make the tail lights look good again. In addition, that's quite a good looking diffuser. Just an all around great looking Ferrari. However, as excited as I am about the looks, what an amazing hp to weight ratio. If the car does indeed come less than 50 pounds over 3,000, Ferrari is heading in the right direction. It seems like Porsche and Lamborghini have done nothing but put out powerful but very fat cars. This takes that power and combines it with a much lighter chassis. It seems like the result should be an uncompromising performance car. And let's not forget, that's more power than the competitors with an engine almost one liter smaller. Okay, sorry for the hype guys. I just hope to own a Ferrari before I die and I figure if I pick the ones I like now, they should depreciate just enough for me to purchase one by the time I am in my fifties. This is exactly what I was hoping Ferrari would produce. I just can't wait to see it tested on Top Gear. Actually, scratch that. I just want to hear the thing.

With the proximity of KCLT to Carowinds, I highly doubt that they would let anything much higher than the sky tower come that close to the runway's glide slope. I know that it's about six miles away but, for all the right reasons, the FAA could possibly have something to say about it.

I kind of doubt that you would have much time left to drown after smacking straight into the water at 48 mph. But I think that we would have a MUCH higher chance of a train flying off of any coaster at your local fair. And it's not like that has ever happened so I guess you can say that you were quite safe on the Big Bad Wolf. I am sure every coaster out there needs some sort of welding to go on every here and there. Imagine what needs to be done to the track on the Matterhorn every once in a while.

I can now as an adult start to truly understand why the park chose to remove Drachen Fire. But removing the Big Bad Wolf....that is just a slap in the face. I know that it may not be the big draw anymore, but what a terrible way to crap on your park's best hidden gem. I thought that the park wasn't capable of this sort of thing but they obviously proved my worst fears to be true. This ranks up there with 20K Leagues Under The Sea as the worst ride removal in history! But I guess that BGW loves whatever records that they can possibly claim for their attractions so maybe there will be a plaque in BBW's spot proclaiming just that.

Am I the only one who was let down by the Kissimmee Skycoaster? I did it solo a few years ago and while I admit that the trip up and initial free fall are amazing, that's pretty much it. It felt as if the wind resistance was already slowing me down 50 ft. before I got to the bottom. In fact, I doubt I even made it to 60 ft. on the first swing. Perhaps a group of three could go MUCH father than I did due to the added weight. But I think that I could have had a much more intense experience bungee jumping from the same height. On the other hand, the 100 ft. and 150 ft. sky coasters I have done seemed to be much more fun and much more cheap. And $15 sounds almost like a steal to me. After you do one once, they could very well become your favorite attraction at the park. But just be sure to have some $$ ready.

This coaster does indeed accelerate faster than an F1 car on 0 - 135 but you have to remember that the F1 car, atleast those of the V10 era, could keep on accelerating to and possibly over 230 mph. If they really wanted realism, they should have shoved you around a few 5.5 lateral g turns and into a brake run which decelerates you from around 100 to 0 in around two seconds.

I hate to say it but if you follow the tracks, the ride looks like it will be a short one. Then again, I doubt the model is 100% perfect to scale.

It seems that trends seem to shift back and forth regarding magnetic and cable methods for launching. And it's probably no coincidence that the fastest launches, both with acceleration and max speed, are obtained using cables. Yet, the new iSpeed coaster looks to launch with a very close intensity to that of cable launches so perhaps magnetic launches are catching up. After all, cables are old technology and do appear to face much greater wear and tear. Just to clarify, don't LSMs attract and repel the train repeatedly until the max velocity is reached while LIMs simply pull the train along? It also appears that LSMs have a much greater rate of acceleration and I wonder if it is indeed because of the above?

I apologize if this has been asked before but this question has been bugging me recently. What is truly the most efficient way for a coaster to launch regarding instillation costs, maintenance costs, downtime, power usage, or any other factors? I would assume that the power required to launch would come down to the weight of the train, the acceleration, and the length of the launch. But does anybody have any idea what it really costs a park each time a train is launched using each of these methods? The only real choices nowadays are LIM, LSM, hydraulic, and pneumatic. Each offers a slightly different experience yet they all pretty much have the same job, get the train moving quickly. Out of these, I would assume that LSM or LIM would be more cost effective due to using very few if any moving parts. However, I also have to wonder if the actual cost of sending power to all of the magnets would be more than the other methods. Does anybody have any sort of real numbers or answers to my question? Thanks ahead of time.

The first and middle sectors of the ride look awesome. It's just too bad they can't do real F1 forces without a broken neck every single day. Imagine none of these turns banked and brakes that stop you in about one second flat. Now that would be an accurate depiction of F1.

Posting the actual amount of people in the park would be a huge security issue. Don't you think that there's a reason that Disney keeps the each of their park's capacity a big secret? I am sure that it could also possibly hurt business and turn away a few guests. But I would attribute it more towards security issues.

Check out the one at the Macau Tower, that actually looks like a real free fall with nothing more than guide wires to keep you from smashing against the tower. This looks like you're attached to an elevator cable and lowered down beside a building. I'm sure it would be a thrill but it's like taking the bacon from a blt. Dare I say it, it's almost boring. Especially when compared to the old fashioned rubber band jumps. Just let people fall. Oh, and check out the online video of the bungee out of a helicopter. Now that would make me lose a few fluids.

Just in case it is only environmental audio, have you ever ridden a coaster with a similar sound system? And if so, how was the actual quality and clarity of the audio? I understand that Disney could probably do it as well or better than anyone else but I would like to get an idea of what to expect. I guess that could possibly make more sense with the tiny size of the track on this ride.

After checking up on screamscape and the official WDW site, Disney indeed mentions a "pumping musical score" and synthesized sounds of space in the ride description. I can finally rest easy about this whole rehab now but let's just hope that the soundtrack is up to par with DL's and not another Red hot Chili Pepper attraction. On the contrary, I hope that they don't just set up some speakers throughout the building and call it on board audio. Could anybody else see that happening?

Good bye ole' Powder Keg Flume. Ripping out this particular attraction better be worth it.

Don't miss IOA but then again just about anything at Disney is better than BGA.

Or Midland, Or Spyker...lol Or Spyker Ferrari.

Don't they still go into the actual ride building?

I guess that after watching an F1 car go around a real track nothing really looks fun anymore. Much rather see the Jordan at Silverstone.

Maverick's not a record breaker, Griffon's too unoriginal, and Renegade doesn't offer enough airtime. Geee isn't the whole coaster world just going to hell?

Why do people give such a damn about airtime? I guess if you people enjoy having your ass lifted off a seat and then slammed back then go for it.

Ninja

Could the heartline dive have anything to do with it?

Space Mountain De la terre à la lune may be gone but nothing yet has beat the experience when it was new. It was so damn beautiful, original, unique, everything. Stateside, I'm fond of any indoor coaster.