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Looks to me like they just took one of their standard cookie-cutter rides and slapped a new trail on it. Nothing special It's not like Intamin didn't build this same concept 3 years ago, and Arrow way back in 2002.

Alright, I guess I will give this a try.

This project sounds more like an attempt to cash in on a few ignorant Christians. If they didn't already build the Creation Museum (what a joke!) then I would chalk it up as nothing more than a Big Dipper scheme. However the more I read about Jesus the more I like the guy

I don't get why everyone is getting worked up about the "Cheetah Hunt" name. Anyone ever thought that cheetahs are HUNTERS? They aren't "hunting cheetah" the cheetahs are the hunters. Yea yea yea...I know...

Or just know that the food is sucky and expensive beforehand and pack some sandwiches

Sorry if I missed it a few pages back but are they really going to re-paint Xcelerator? It's long overdue, IMO, the thing just looks like shit compared to when it opened. I actually liked the colors at first but now its just....bad.

Nah I heard it was an Aquatrax.

Thanks, I'll plan on going next Sunday, weather permitting

I know you guys hate this question, but I want to go to the Mountain for the first time in several years next weekend and I'm wondering what day is the best to go. I haven't been to the park since before the X ->X2 transformation, but I don't really need a ride on X since I've ridden it several times before. Also, whats the best order to hit the rides so that I can get as many in as possible? (need to ride Terminator for sure) Thanks guys/gals!

No.

I can't believe you guys are actually complaining that they prices are too low.

Wow, is the Flash Pass worth the extra $41?

I've put together an Excel spreadsheet with some useful formulas for making rides in Newton 2. I've found these formulas helpful in Newton and they aren't in the built-in calculator. So far it can be used to find: Horizontal turn banking and G-force Horizontal acceleration in Gs Target launch length I'll post it here and consider it open for anyone to add on to, or improve. Enjoy! Coaster Formulas.xlsx

The acceleration in Gs is defined by: G = s/(t*g) G= #of Gs s = speed in m/s t = time g = gravity, 9.8m/s^2 By my calculations Dodonpa pulls an incredible 2.71 Gs during it's launch. Ring Racer should pull 2.44 Gs, which is about halfway between Xcelerator's launch and Dodonpa's. It will still be one hell of a ride!

I don't think using real company names in an RCT game is impossible. Remember the easter egg in RCT2 where you named a guest Elissa White and the guest rode only Intamin rides?

You know what SFMM really needs? A Megalite. Hell, California needs one. I don't care where.

Nice trip report! Now I'm even more stoked that I got onto Maverick queue free

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

It's like Rita and Formula Rossa had a baby and it was a midget. Looks like a fun little ride but it might have been more exciting if it was made with a cable/chain lift instead of a launch. Then it would resemble more of a MegaLite.

Heres another possible reason. We all know that the Intamin woodies are smooth as glass and seem to last forever, yet structurally they are pretty similar to their Summers/Dinn counterparts. Maybe the Summers/Dinn rides are just the perfect storm of crappyness? I'm just considering a few factors here: Smoothness of track: A ride with a smoother track will have less "jerky" forces exerted on it's structure, and will age better. Environment: Plays a larger part on ride quality than Steel coasters but has a few exceptions (Giant Dipper) Trains: Woodies with lighter, articulated trains will be smoother and their structure will be under less stress. From what I can tell, the Summers/Dinn woodies fail on two out of the three variables, in smoothness and their trains. I'd be willing to bet that over time, a heavier train on the tracks will, over time, distort the tracks slightly, making them rougher. Woodies like Ghostrider which opened fairly smooth, yet currently are rough as hell, are suffering from this effect. Compared to Intamin woodies which opened smooth as glass and currently age as good as or better than most Steel rides. They have Smooth track to begin with and articulated trains.

Wood responds much more poorly than steel to the elements over the years, and it's unfortunate. I guess that the roughness adds some of that "good 'ol woodie charm", but ask anyone who's ridden Hurler or Mean Streak and they might just disagree. Giant Dipper on the Santa Cruz boardwalk has had almost 90 years of exposure to the harsh environment of the boardwalk, yet it is one of the best woodies in California. So clearly there is much more to it than just the wood's response to the elements

If it helps their case at all, I think Mean Streak wasn't too bad before it was trimmed to hell, and Psyclone was damaged by the Northridge earthquake. I also remember hearing that whatever trains they were using were very heavy and were hard on the tracks/structure, causing them to go to shit over time.

Has anyone found out if the launch computers/system is being reworked on Superman? If it's really going to be closed until next Spring they better be doing a lot more than repainting it and adding new cars...

No doubt this is a world class coaster, and the first 10 seconds of the ride would be better than most coasters as a whole. But I can't help but be a little disappointed with how much the ride is trimmed. It seems like just a few mph more would take this ride over the edge.

So....Florida = winsconsin? Nice report and Piers is lol.