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Saying "I told you"

Great TR! Very entertaining.

I mean there are nine airtime moments like those on Outlaw Run.

In the RMC way of designing coasters, I believe the up and down parts of the first overbanked turn, the up part of the dive loop, the two final turns will provide airtime. When going up the Dive Loop, the track's twist center is definitely lower than heartline which is similar to the twist off Outlaw Run's outward banked turn. The two final turns are similar to NTaG's second turn I believe. As for the two twists of the Zero G Stall, I do hope that RMC can make three airtime moments in one element. So in total, including the first drop, there will be at least 9 airtime during the whole ride. Outlaw Run only has 7 and it is already awesome enough to make it to No.3 in the world.

Great TR! The second half if the day was amazing. I remember Neil screamed through the whole ride of Tomber Fall's Log Flume because he was at the front and he got very wet. I also found out what a terrible golf player I am. That surprise stop at Little Amerricka was fantastic! A whole package of classic ride, Little Amerricka made me want to go there so much while I was doing a research a few years ago. Glad I finally rode a real Toboggan Am I the only one who rode everything twice?

^^ Slightly different, these comments are in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXMJqsJkvHs

I didn't know Everland and Nagashima Spa Land are crowded parks until just now. I always thought Everland's insane line was due to the terrible operation.

Computers are just tools, no matter how advanced they are, an engineering team cannot fully rely on them. Given that Goliath is a wooden coaster and RMC is using a more traditional style structure to support a massive overbanked turn, even though such issue occurred on NTaG before, I think it is still reasonable. Plus, it's not like they are tearing down the whole thing, adding a small wood beam is just a minor modification.

Ocean Kingdom, to grab the two Mack credits and shoot videos.

I actually think the modification looks very cool. Is there any photo of the other clearance modification?

Is that a Huss or an Intamin swing? Pretty sure it's from Jiuhua. I personally think Chimelong is doing this in a right way. They don't through theme park bombs everywhere like OCT, Fantawild and Wanda. They are developing step by step and improving everyday. None of their parks are not getting huge tourist attention and Chimelong is the ONLY theme park chain that is actually making money because their business strategy is right for the amusement industry. Hopefully Wanda parks will be more like Chimelong instead of Happy Valley parks. Fantawild is proven to be in the Happy Valley road which means 15 mins dispatch time, one train operation, overall nice theme but trashy details, cheap and low quality merchandise, etc. Not sure about the employees though.

^I think they are looking at 2016 for their 45th anniversary.

Now I'm getting a feeling that Wanda parks will not be abandoned projects because the boss of Wanda is pretty much the boss of China (legally, no pun intended here) and his will pay infinite amount of money to make sure everything he owns can open. But why did Viper became Jr. Viper? That couldn't be a budget issue considering how insanely rich Wanda is and how relatively cheap GCI coasters are.

August 16th will be Colossus's last day. R.I.P. Colossus. And...welcome! Iron Colossus!!!

Remember how people said iRat was slow and short? They are both using polyurethane wheels and those wheels need to be warmed up. I believe they are also using test wheels to let the wheel axles get used to the high speed. Once it flies through the course, I think nobody will complain.

Yay testing!! It's so quiet, I think maybe this is how RMC steel coaster is going to be like.

I just finished my junior year in Mechanical Engineering, (take a wild guess as to why) so the nerd in me is unable to resist piggybacking on what you said and must educate the uninformed. Every solid material acts like a spring; when a force is applied to the object, it will deflect to some degree. Objects don't technically rupture from forces, but rather pressures or stresses (a force divided by the area over which it acts.) Under a certain range of forces, called the elastic range, the object will just bounce back from its original shape. Beyond this range is called the plastic range, where once an object is stressed enough, it will permanently deform, either only partially returning to its original shape or not returning to its original shape by any amount. Then, after a certain point, it physically ruptures. Note that not all materials undergo significant deformation before rupturing; Those that do are considered ductile (copper) and those that don't are considered brittle (concrete.) Also, there is the concept of fatigue, where after a force is repeated a certain number of times, the part will actually rupture at forces well below the elastic limit (the highest stress in the elastic range.) Some materials, (mostly steels) have what is known as an "endurance limit," where if a repeated stress is applied at or below this value, the stress can be applied an infinite number of times. The exact causes of fatigue are not known (which surprised me when I learned about this last semester) but what I've been able to gather is that one of the main causes is that defects in the material's microscopic structure concentrate the stresses and produce cracks, which propagate until the part breaks. Since I'm not employed by Chance-Morgan, I can't say exactly whether or not they designed the supports and track to withstand stresses below their endurance limits or not, but my guess is that they actually didn't, and probably designed them to last several million cycles instead, as that those stress limits are quite a bit higher, meaning they can use a lot less material. I will be studying Mechanical engineering. It's great to learn about all these knowledge, thanks! If the support swings a lot, would it cause too much pressure to the bolts that connects the support and the footer? Does track and support swinging has anything to do with the loose bolt issues on Smiler and Volcano?

Maybe they can buy another one or two test seats from Gerstlauer and charge extra money for an exclusive line to enter the station. (Gosh why am I becoming so greedy?)

This happens in China as well. When Ocean Kingdom first opened, the traffic jam is definitely longer than 9 miles, even before entering the island where the whole resort is at. Not to mention that the road has 8 lanes. I remember seeing the traffic jam of SFMM at the top of Lex Luthor.

Production costs are cheaper when you've built so many more. Tooling, machining, engineering, etc. And developing a lift system that can work for a 200ft coaster. I think back then "MackRush" might be Mack's first try to put a chain/cable lift system into their new trains. Hershey Park already has a great launch coaster so they probably won't need another launch coaster.

Does anyone know who the manufacturer of Ocean Park's log flume is? I remember it being slightly different than the Arrow ones I've ridden.

Polyurethane coasters wheels usually are like that because the wheels needs time to get used to the track. Looks like a monster! Can't wait to see how insane it is in the Mexican summer weather.

I think this is just another way to blame Gerstlauer.

^ Then it will fall out in a few years simply because it's a GCI.

Pointless? It would probably be more fun and interesting than most American B&Ms Especially since Holiday World keeps their trees It's pointless in Intamin standard