Ultimate

Yes! On the Wild Mouse at Flamingo Land, I was the only one on the entire ride. I got a lovely comment from the ride assistant about how I have no friends

The break run and lift hill in the middle actually act as a block section - without it, the dueling effect wouldn't be possible and also capacity would be seriously effected. And there is no way it could make 14 inversions with just one lift. Of course the ride would have been better without it, but it really is mandatory for what they are trying to do. And I'm sure if a launch was feasible, they would have done one. But I highly doubt it could have worked in the area they had.

I suspect someone simply didn't want it so they dumped it there That would explain why the train isn't present (sold for parts) or other mechanical parts. I attempted to find one like it on RCDB but I can't. It's a larger ride than most of these oval kiddie coasters. This is a cool document, however it doesn't help much here. http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/v/a/vac3/kiddie.html

Is there a reason why this is the FOURTH ride to be painted white with green supports?

This made me laugh http://isthesmileropen.co.uk/

I'm so excited now! Here's hoping this is final confirmation that it will be open for my school trip on the 24th! And if it turns out to be crap, I'll still have a great time photographing this wacky ride

If you ask that, you'll have to question everything! Come on Okay - It just seems silly to me (Isn't it better to have the air in your face?).

I'm confused - What is the point of a backwards launch anyway? I've only been on a forwards-launch, so what's the advantages of the backward launch?

This must be the best entrance to a park ever! I'll admit, I thought the gaps and that weird support at the back would ruin it, but you don't notice them at all

So has what rides they plan to add/scrap been revealed yet? I'm excited rider what happens

How does Boomerang not count? I've been reading this thread for a while, and your continuous negativity is simply tedious. A Boomerang is a roller coaster. With inversions. That goes backwards. That alone is exciting enough for me. Yes, some people say they are rough and/or uncomfortable, but it's a new attraction for your park that many, many people will enjoy and remember. If you like Boomerangs (and I know people that do), be glad that your park has one. If you don't, remember that it's an effective attraction on the cheap, that surely shows the park is due a large investment in the not-to-distant future. Just wanted to add my opinion

Those stats so far just scream Batman the Dark knight at SFNE to me. . Obviously I don't know anything about the actual layout of this ride, but Nitro is going to be taller and faster than Batman. I'm glad to see more floorless roller coasters being built - maybe someday a UK park will build one...

Did this actually happen? I've never been sure if this is a true story or just a running joke, can you help me out?

I wouldn't say Arrow were lazy as such, they just didn't have the design software that modern rides take for granted. I'm pretty sure Arrow coasters were drawn up on paper and g-force calculations were made, but I'm sure they didn't quite know how it was going to ride until testing day. As for Ultimate (a great ride, hence my user name), the people designing it had never built a roller coaster before. It cost only £5,000,000 (and was originally budgeted for £1,000,000!), so those numbers probably speak for themselves as to why they didn't hire someone like Arrow or Dinn to do it. There's a rather interesting article on it if you want to read more: http://www.rollercoaster.wikia.com/wiki/Ultimate/ About momentum calculations, I think you're looking at a block brake. Ultimate was at one point going to run four trains. Now, they usually put out the next train when the other one has past that block, so it would probably be necessary if a train valleyed in the valley

Maybe they realized what happened with Thirteen and decided to keep the world first simple this time. And so far, I think they've pulled it off.

A very similar topic already exists: http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=65017&hilit=worst+coaster+element&start=0 You should probably just reply to that one.

I think these cars look great! A reason as to why use OTSR's is that the general public often feels unsafe in them (Show a photograph of Iron Shark to your friends and family and you'll see what I mean). I've heard this is also the reason why Merlin don't buy their parks wooden roller coasters.

I think this is the difference: Flat Spin = Entered with no banking Corkscrew = Entered with banking

Not sure about GIB's, but the Intamin Impulse coasters are not identical. Wicked Twister has two spirals, V2 has the weird angled hill and the rest are AFAIK different heights. I actually disagree with groupings, as one Boomerang can be smooth and the other rattly and awful.

Eejanaika dosn't even invert it's riders 14 times. I only counted about five inversions when I watched the POV.

Anyone heard anything about the Smiler app?

^The track was painted back in Texas, I'm sure someone posted a picture of it.

I don't scream myself, and when I'm riding the ride, it doesn't bother me. However, when I'm just standing near the ride, screaming can get really annoying. But when it starts to bother you, just remember that those screaming are just ruining their voices

I've got two questions: *How much will it cost? *Is it going to be downloadable or will it be boxed? Thanks!

I doubt they would be large enough for any practical use. I'm surprised they arn't solid concrete. Are they made out of steel, or plastic?