GeorgeT

Taking about how good or how rough this coster will be at this point is absolute nonsense, right ?

Although the coaster isn`t finished yet...I can`t help but feel I`m looking at a legend here, one of the best coasters ever. Honestly...everything else would be a surprise for me. This thing will rock !

Just found this video of a group of german Onride Community members : Is this still "healthy" ? Or probably a little dangerous ? I think it`s hard to look at....OMFDG !

So two more looks at this surprising overbank before the last turnaround. Those 772 meters seem to be incredibly action packed (Source : Coasterfriends)

^^^ Oh wow...havent seen such an amazing sequence of track build by B&M for a loooong time

Yes, it will include one backwards drop !

Wow...just wow. If it really goes directly from the inverting drop into a tunnel/cave...then over the airtime hill...then INTO the souvenirshop...then into the immelmann...oh yesss...could probably be one of the best opening sequences of any coaster

Well, the testruns with steel wheels were done just to see how Wodan is running in the wintertime with very low temperatures AFAIK. And yes, they changed (just) the side wheels to steel, while the main wheels are still polyurethane (during the summertime). I heard a lot of peole saying they never experienced a coaster getting SO (!) much faster the longer its operating....that`s why I asked if it`s a "typical" GCI thing. If became rougher...but alot better IMHO

Talking about intensity at Europa : Wodan is still getting more and more intense (faster) with every month that it`s running. I think in the late afternoon or evening Wodan is easily Europas most intense coaster by now. So what I ask myself is : What about other GCIs like Goldie for example. Are they all getting MUCH faster over the years...or could it have to do with Wodans special polyurethane wheels ? Anyone an idea ? Because Wodan had such an extreme development that I ask myself how crazy other GCIs are getting who are already intense when they open to the public ?

News on Chiapas : The area around Chiapas seems to be finished...they started testing today...and the german TÜV is already there ! Source : Phantastische Fans Source : Phantastische Fans

Mack has become SERIOUS competition for Intamin when it comes to launchers

Awesome...they went with the original there Hopefully this coaster will somehowbe able to fix the nasty air problem somehow...oh poor China

The little park called "Familienpark Pillersee" opened Austrias biggest rollercoaster so far...the custom Zierer family coaster called "Big Bang" ! Length : 530 meters Heigth : 22 meters Speed : 65 km/h Forces: Max. 3,7 G Seems to have some nice forces and turns for a family coaster Some onride and offride shots...bad quality, hope this is still of interest : Greeds...GeorgeT

Thanks for the updates...seems as if you had a good time at Europa

Knowing the Olympia Looping very well I have to say that the original Thriller was BY FAR the best transportable coaster ever. This video has al lot of good angles and amazing onride sequences...

Yep...the MCBRs effect looks a little annoying. Could it be that tripsdrill decided to slow the train down because otherwise it would habe been too intense ? Otherwise I don`t see a sense in slowing it down there...it not THAT fast when entering that brake ! BUT the first half looks brilliant IMHO

The train totally stopped in the MCBR. Looking at the whole layout this thing will probably be much faster during the second half of the layout later...

As tripsdrill seems to be a littlebit unshure where to put the minimum height requirement for the little ones...here`s actually a photo of the first testruns. Here`s a very little one right before launching...the expression in the eyes says it all (Source : Coasterfriends)

Honestly...things like the skating dinosaur thing including concept arts (!) is what makes TPR so special and so great. Awesome !

Muhahaha...honestly...it`s all about the pig now Gerstlauer and Tripsdrill made these trains look really massiv and I just like the "cartoon style" look of them

Hey thanks for this report...great sense of humor ! I would especially LOVE to see more breaks on first drops

Gonna post a few more pics of Karachos train....well just because it`s awesome Don`t expect testing too soon...this bird will stop any further progress ...while this little tripsdrill pig is still hoping for the testruns to begin soon and watching what`s going on ...

It`s good to know that this thing will have no OTSRs. If it`s unavoidable that Eurofighters are getting "a little" rough over the time, then at least the lapbar-only restraints will probably prevent the ride from getting too uncomfortable...

Can we talk about something different than the double lifthill thing now ? I think we all agree that this is probably a very good coaster. Great So...what I am still asking myself is : Would Alton risk "The smiler" to become rough over the years ? Would they ? Do they ? I mean most of the EF like coasters are much shorter with only a few inversions. But what if the smiler will be getting as rough as for example saw over the years ??? This coaster could easily become horrible if Alton don`t manage to keep it smooth, right ? I really do hope Alton thought about that carefully....otherwise they would have been VERY shortsighted ! I have no doubt this thing is great now....but I really doubt it will be fun in a few years.

Yeah...it`s done ! (Source : Coasterfriends.de) I have no idea if it`s just because I`m from germany....but to me it looks like an AMAZING layout...love it