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If the Giga coaster rumor is true they may open it in December like they did with Silver Bullet which I highly doubt. Construction would have to begin March/April......so we will see. Anything new the park gets for next year will most likely be along the lines of a show.

To my knowledge the manufacturer makes a recommendation and the operator decides (with insurance providers approval) whether to go with it or not. I would assume most parks would abide by what the manufacturer has recommended based on their testing while designing the product.

Somehow I can see Intamin coming up with a design similar to this.........

Same way V2 was..........

^My thoughts exactly. FlashPass to the rescue! At least you can take the tunnel.....

^It's being designed by Intamin.........of course it will work. What kind of question is that?!? In the slim chance that it doesn't work, Intamin makes sure their attractions at least look fun.

^You trying to rid yourself of them?

Intamin is the manufacturer according to the park's spec sheet. ^A new churro cart

Love the re-use of the X-Flight name. This will make a very good addition to SFGAm's line up. B&M is doing some good business opening 7 coasters in 1 year. 3 of which a new design.

This looks very promising. 48" height requirement is good too. My only concern is the length of time S:EFK is going to have to be closed while tower is modified to accommodate Lex Luthor..... Granted I would assume the majority of work would be done during the days the park is closed.

Awesome report! Thanks for sharing. Looks like a nice little park. I'm surprised Zierer hasn't sold more of their LSM coasters.....

A match

^It is now called Surf Dog as Cedar Fair did not renew Nickelodeon licensing. Avatar is a Nickelodeon trademark. Same model as Tiki Twirl with exception of vehicle being not being round. Edit: You did say the vehicle was different....my bad Image Source: King's Island's Website

According to Wikipedia there's 5 Disko coasters: California's Great America (2006)-- Survivor: The Ride (Now Tiki Twirl) Kings Island (2006)-- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Now Surf Dog) Tykkimäki -- Trombi Movie Park Germany (2007)-- Crazy Surfer Chessington world of adventures (2010)-- Kobra I'll admit they are a lot of fun...

^The reactor fins on the cars do not physically get touched. The magnetic brakes bring the car to a crawl where the chassis of the car rests on drive tires as a means of "physically" stopping the car. As a last resort there is also a physical bumper that will stop the car should it reach the end of the MCBR.

It's an Intamin........ Guests must have not been too happy as hot as it was this past weekend.

Sent!

On an unrelated note...... Rest of article can be read at LA Times.

^Yes there's still a Turbo boost on Supreme.

^That you're aware of..... Technically waterparks are a liability in general but it does look fun. I'd still ride it.....

Never really been impressed with anything S&S has done. S:TOP @ SFOT is mildly entertaining at best.

Lawsuit waiting to happen. Looks fun nonetheless

^Why stop at 305?? They should go for a 400ft Gyro drop tower.....

^Something to keep in mind is that park SOPs are a combination of the ride manufacturer's recommendations and the park's own policies and procedures. To add insult to injury, the manufacturer's ride manuals are normally loosely translated from German, Dutch etc...depending on ride manufacturer origin so things are guaranteed to be lost in translation. Sometimes there's a typo in ........plain and simple. In Raptor's case seems likely.

Are you sure there isn't a bigger model? I'm pretty sure the Kings Dominion one is bigger. Let me see if I can find it... EDIT - Found it... I was going off of Intamin's spec sheet from their site but yea I forgot KI's is the 56 seat model you're correct.