CP Maverick

It rained for a good part of the morning. Also, are we considering wind conditions with the amount of downtime Valravn has seen? Because I know that is significant part of the overall downtime.

Lovely.

Here's my list, (including my most recent visit to a park within that state.) California (2002)- Ghostrider Illinois (2002)- Raging Bull Michigan (2005)- Shivering Timbers Indiana (2015)- The Legend Ohio (2016)- Millennium Force Tennessee (2015)- Thunderhead New York (2001)- [superman] Ride of Steel Pennsylvania (2015)- Phoenix New Jersey (2003)- Nitro Maryland (2001)- Superman Ride of Steel Virginia (2009)- Alpengeist North Carolina (2015)- Fury 325 South Carolina (2015)- Afterburn Florida (1994)- Space Mountain Ontario (2006)- Vortex

Did you see the plans that were picked up from Mason City Hall? I saw several different people post different scans/photos of the same print.

Pushing further north has the brakes hover over the pond, and the Diamondback crossover occurs in a less ideal configuration. Pushing from there you start running into issues with the train and the brakes/station/prelift sections. Using the log ride as the location of the station/lift/drop will put the turnaround directly in line with Diamondback's turn. According to "sources" over at KIC, the ride will be located entirely within the train loop north of WWC. The real answer comes with confirmed excavation in the "Area of work" on the plans. That will be either next to the train, or next to the WWC entrance path. From there we can accurately locate the rest of the ride. I also tried mirroring the layout, so North is accurate but East-West are reversed. The lower section starts to interfere with WWC a bit more.

That's what I was thinking too. But I had a hard time reconciling the North icon on the drawing with the position of Diamondback and the pond until I put it in this position. Obviously, scale may still be off, but things seemed to fit nicely with this attempt.

I'm with this guy.

Alrighty. After reading KIC and looking over the available information on the drawing. Here is where I am at now. This is assuming the station size is similar to The Beast, and uses the pond and Diamondback to help locate the ride "within" the train loop.

They can move/relocate flats, or remove the boomerang coaster and put the station there. But I agree it's really a question of if they want to add something that large.

I like the way the first drop wraps around the pond, and the way the track converges where the train approaches WWC.

Prowler is about 350ft shorter in length than Racer. (3415ft to 3074ft)

I barely fit into Premier trains, mostly because of my legs. Who would have guessed that 190lbs is overweight for someone that is 6ft tall? http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html

Your scale looks incredibly huge. That ride drwarfs Diamondback and The Beast. It looks like the station is at least double the size of The Beast station. Also, your video is still private only.

Interesting. I think the walkway alongside the track is one of the traditional wooden designs elements that RMC is missing.

Thank you. I couldn't tell from the photos (pg 1315) where those clearings were. I will definitely take a look at it assuming North is the top of the page.

Is there a chance we are looking at that GCI-esque layout wrong, and that instead it runs parallel to the log ride? I'm trying to use Prowler as a scale model and it almost seems like it fits better orientated that direction. Here's a mock-up I did before really scrutinizing scales.

Top Thrill Dragster opened on opening day!

That's incredible. I feel that way about the RMC designs. I like the GCI out-of-control technique.

Hypothetically... Knotts is one of the top earners for Cedar Fair, and they don't have a huge steel speed coaster. What are the chances they could do like CW and send a huge ride out towards the parking lot?

Wow. The last time I looked at those numbers, Gemini and the CP&LE were at like 2M each. Of course, it has been quite a while since I looked at those numbers.

Typical consumer level GPS has a 1Hz refresh rate. So it would calculate your speed based on the horizontal distance travelled in 1 second. This works fine in a car, but would be highly inaccurate on a ride.

It probably doesn't check your location often enough to give an accurate number.

How accurate is your GPS in an 1/8 mile drag race? Does it account for elevation?

I hope planning and developing managers are taking notice, this is what the people want! ...Exactly!... CF Development, this is what all RMCs at your parks should look like! Seriously! This is what I keep thinking... I'm not exactly sure why park operators these days, especially prominent park operators who are arguably the leaders the amusement (not theme) park field at this time (and have far more resources than parks like Kolmarden, and even Kentucky Kingdom), continue to intentionally build inferior product, when the ability to create things like this, and even greater models, are at their fingertips! Very puzzling... Hopefully that tide begins to turn, and maybe, just maybe, something as good (if not better) than this is built somewhere I'll actually get a chance to ride it! Honestly, before this ride, I haven't been impressed with the work RMC has done. Maybe this will be a turn in the right direction.

Assuming this means "the last 12 months" and not "in 2016", correct?