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Looks like it really takes you to the top quickly and never looses pace throughout the ride itself (save for the blocks). Looks like a winner!

I wondered if it was the trains or the track that sucked on Grizzly, but I guess it was both I wish I had relatives/parents who would go and ride/seek out roller coasters with me. I've been to Texas so many times. I've been near Fiesta Texas and saw Astro World (when it was there) and actually went to Six Flags Over Texas but that's it! I never got to ride Steel Eel or Great White. But my parents were all too happy to go to the Alamo when I'd rather go on Steel Eel

Yay, I finally get to see how the box track is fabricated Looks like B&M made more than just roller coasters but I'm glad they're now focusing on their talent (steel roller coasters) than on their non-talent (wooden coaster trains [Psyclone]). So B&M made the original bobsled trains for Intamin rides it seems. The more you know.

Hopefully the bridge isn't enclosed since that would ruin the fun of seeing all the cars/ the people in the cars seeing riders.

That orange color kind of reminds me of "76 gasoline" before Conoco-Philips made them red.

Wow. If those rides have 48" height requirements and could qualify as family coasters, then I think they should add one to Discovery Kingdom, esp. since DK has the height requirement.

^^Georgia Scorcher has more modern trains and the loop supports are different. ^When I went in summer, crowds were exactly like that. Good for me since I wanted to go on the rides fast, but not good for the park itself in terms of making money.

I didn't know where else to ask, but I was wondering if Vortex ever had pure yellow paint because I found an image on a book about engineering that I thought could be the ride. If anybody here went to the park in the early 90s, was Vortex ever yellow?

^^^ Instead of exporting the track to Japan, Vekoma would use Meisho to fabricate it. This is the same way with Eejanaika, as S&S used Meisho for the steel fabrication

Their website looks very professional now (alot better than B&Ms). There's even a model of a four seat car, eight car train on the engineering section, so looks like they've also taken a hint from other companies. That ride that could be built at Tibidabo seems to make creative use of the side of the mountain as well, snaking around (some parts remind me of Ninja at Magic Mountain).

Musical Pete, if you enjoy rides that are designed with circles and straight lines, there are plenty of Meishos in Japan that seem designed that way. Take Camel Coaster http://www.rcdb.com/id1264.htm at Nasu Highland. Personally, I enjoy the flowing curves of newer rides. Yet, there are plenty of new coasters with straight line design, but in other countries (for instance, the Sameco company in China seems to use that style). I find it interesting that nowadays, the woodies seem to use parabolic hills only.

Does this ride have a holding drop? This image http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/xin_2120105231020062361514.jpg doesn't seem to show any holding drop. Edit: Duh, that's the second drop and obviously this ride's statistics have been exaggerated. That turn into the water looks unique as well.

Congrats! I wish I lived near an amusement park so I could be an operator. Don't get bored with pushing buttons You have the duty to operate the ride in a safe manner and, despite the "anti 16-y-olds operating rides" feeling garnered by the SFKK incident, show that 16-y-olds can operate rides safely!

There actually was a Space Roller prototype. There are pictures of it in a book called "Roller coasters, or, I had so much fun, I almost puked". And the ride looked like it was too compact and not as free flowing as the other realized bobsleds.

I never knew Sandor worked for Hopkins, or that Intamin had offices in Berkeley. I've really learned interesting stuff from your archives, Shane. That's too bad that Hopkins is gone already, but from pictures I've seen, their roller coasters were some odd looking contraptions. ^and welcome to the forums (or your first post)

After checking RCDB it appears that that SLC is the one linked to: http://www.rcdb.com/id4132.htm And http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200801/20080101/article_343521.htm So, there are two Vekoma copies in China. I guess they're the new Pinfari Zyclon.

What a fool, he could have at least waited for the second boat to drop before returning.

Yeah, after seeing more pictures than just straight on, the height difference isn't really drastic between Sheikra and Vertical Coaster, so I change my opinion.

The slide was designed the way it should have been, and could even handle ten people. Had it been designed to carry more (which it didn't have to) then there would be a ridiculous amount of supports. They did something dangerous and suffered as a result. It was the Seniors' fault.

Oh, now I get it Sorry. So, back on topic, to me this coaster looks about the same height as Diving Machine G5.

^I don't bet. I've seen pictures where the parks are full and the lines are also full (for instance, I've seen pictures of the SLC rip-off in Beijing with a full line). And I believe the reason they are expanding their ride selection is because they have the profit to do so.

I'm guessing it's the park. For instance, at Discovery Kingdom, they would play whatever music they wanted in the Medusa station and said the rules over the loud speaker. For the signs, I think they find a local company that makes signs and sends their design. Also, for the RNR sound system, I read that Disney received a standard Vekoma train for testing purposes and then the sound system and limo look was done in England. I don't remember where I read that though.

That's Lightning Coaster at Nasu Highland. I like how Meisho makes lots of huge rides that look like junior hypercoasters. I used to think all there was in the coaster world was Arrow, Vekoma, B&M, Intamin, Mack, etc. but on the other side of the world there was Meisho doing its own thing in Japan (and technically Australia and North http://www.rcdb.com/pd1121.htm and South Korea, and China.

I hope to see some pictures because I've always wondered how those box segments are fabricated. I always thought they were a ton of triangles welded together... goodbye Flashback, I will remember the disappointment I had of not riding you when I was at the park in 2003

^NL is used for conceptual stuff, kind of like drawing a rough layout by hand. Of course the actual fabrication cannot simply use a no-limits animation. The animation is just to convey a rough idea of what the ride will look like.