tarheel1231 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 At least California will get some airtime....... Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i<3coasters Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 At least California will get some airtime....... Lol Amen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlahBlahson Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 The nice thing about the dueling is that it will probably always be available for enthusiast events. There will have to be a computer system on the ride's lift hills to speed up or slow down for the dueling to ever work, so I don't see a situation where the option is not there, unless they go all Dueling Dragons and use the system against itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandnat Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Forgive the probably stupid question from an interested Brit. Â I enjoyed watching old and new Colossus vids - it's like a giant version of my home town coaster the Grand National. Â But why such an aggressive trim brake on that half way (ish) flat section - looks like it utterly killed the ride. Was it because the last section would be too intense at full speed (wouldn't have thought so) or was the structure getting to rickety? Â Those last few hills might have been great fun at full speed - as it was it crawled round that last turn around like the old Southport Cyclone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laqueefa Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 At least California will get some airtime....... Lol  *cough*Gold Striker*cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A113 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 RMC airtime is incomparable to GCI. After having been on NTAG and Terminator/Apocalypse, both boast completely different sensations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Forgive the probably stupid question from an interested Brit. I enjoyed watching old and new Colossus vids - it's like a giant version of my home town coaster the Grand National.  But why such an aggressive trim brake on that half way (ish) flat section - looks like it utterly killed the ride. Was it because the last section would be too intense at full speed (wouldn't have thought so) or was the structure getting to rickety?  Those last few hills might have been great fun at full speed - as it was it crawled round that last turn around like the old Southport Cyclone!  That section used to be a cool double down and in pics you can see the original track under it in the structure. I believe that brake was added so they could add another block to run more trains originally then it turned into trims because..... it's MM, or for some other reason. Yeah, it did kill the rest of the ride pretty much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 At least California will get some airtime....... Lol  *cough*Gold Striker*cough*   Gold Striker kicks ass! If TC has half the airtime GS does then it will be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingleRiderCam Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 At least California will get some airtime....... Lol  *cough*Gold Striker*cough* *cough*Manta*cough* *cough*Full Throttle*cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xcoaster Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Ok, so it's the first time California will have had a coaster with lots of crazy Intamin style airtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheel1231 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 At least California will get some airtime....... Lol  *cough*Gold Striker*cough* *cough*Manta*cough* *cough*YOLOcoaster*cough* To my defense, I've never been farther west than Ohio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saweetdude05 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I have to say this ride looks amazing, and while the length was shortened, it sill looks like it will be an awesome ride. Those Goliath train dispatches are pretty hilarious though Has it ever dispatched this efficiently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 For the trains to be in those positions, the second train would have to be dispatched immediately after the first train disconnects from the lift hill. Even then, I don't think the second train would travel that far up the hill by the time the other one reaches the MCBR. Either way, that will never happen at SFMM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 For the trains to be in those positions, the second train would have to be dispatched immediately after the first train disconnects from the lift hill. Even then, I don't think the second train would travel that far up the hill by the time the other one reaches the MCBR. Either way, that will never happen at SFMM! Â that could happen when you completely stop on those mid course brakes. which has been happening to me pretty frequently. but yeah, they'd still have to dispatch the train a bit before the other train hits the mid course brake. Â another sad capacity issue on YOLO is after the train waiting to get into the station is let go, by the time it gets into the station, the other one is just about back. someone really should have thought about that in the design. it's what makes 2 train operation barely better than one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Monte Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 People keep saying the ride was shortened, but has it really? Sure, the total track was cut down, but you could never ride more than 4,300ft at one time anyway. So in that sense the hasn't been shortened at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singemfrc Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Forgive the probably stupid question from an interested Brit. I enjoyed watching old and new Colossus vids - it's like a giant version of my home town coaster the Grand National.  But why such an aggressive trim brake on that half way (ish) flat section - looks like it utterly killed the ride. Was it because the last section would be too intense at full speed (wouldn't have thought so) or was the structure getting to rickety?  Those last few hills might have been great fun at full speed - as it was it crawled round that last turn around like the old Southport Cyclone!  That section used to be a cool double down and in pics you can see the original track under it in the structure. I believe that brake was added so they could add another block to run more trains originally then it turned into trims because..... it's MM, or for some other reason. Yeah, it did kill the rest of the ride pretty much. There was a lady who was ejected and killed in 1978, I dont know if it was in response to that or not, but when Six Flags bought the park in 1979 they thought the ride had way too much downtime and that the downtime was because the ride was "too extreme" so they had a company come in and figure out ways to change the ride to make it less stressful on the coaster and the guests, and one of the main ways they did that was changing that double dip section into a flat mcbr. Ok, so it's the first time California will have had a coaster with lots of crazy Intamin style airtime.I'd still argue Gold Striker. It's really kind of California's best kept coaster secret, you don't realize how amazing it is until you ride it. There isn't any one statistic you can look at like speed or height or drops or inversions (none), but it's just pure fun and filled with airtime. Most videos don't do it justice, but this one does - specifically skip to 4:41 in this video:  Sorry don't mean to get on a CGA kick, it's related to TC, I'm not trying to hijack the thread. On topic, I think TC may end up being even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xcoaster Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Ok, so it's the first time California will have had a coaster with lots of crazy Intamin style airtime.I'd still argue Gold Striker. It's really kind of California's best kept coaster secret, you don't realize how amazing it is until you ride it. There isn't any one statistic you can look at like speed or height or drops or inversions (none), but it's just pure fun and filled with airtime. Most videos don't do it justice, but this one does - specifically skip to 4:41 in this video: I've ridden Gold Striker, I agree it's very good, certainly one of GCI's best designs, but it's still not on the same level of crazy ejector airtime that you get with the better Intamin's and RMCs. When you're talking about something like Piraten, NTAG, Bizarro, El Toro, or Balder, there is really nothing quite on par in California. But Gold Striker is probably the next best thing, for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Forgive the probably stupid question from an interested Brit. I enjoyed watching old and new Colossus vids - it's like a giant version of my home town coaster the Grand National.  But why such an aggressive trim brake on that half way (ish) flat section - looks like it utterly killed the ride. Was it because the last section would be too intense at full speed (wouldn't have thought so) or was the structure getting to rickety?  Those last few hills might have been great fun at full speed - as it was it crawled round that last turn around like the old Southport Cyclone!  That section used to be a cool double down and in pics you can see the original track under it in the structure. I believe that brake was added so they could add another block to run more trains originally then it turned into trims because..... it's MM, or for some other reason. Yeah, it did kill the rest of the ride pretty much. There was a lady who was ejected and killed in 1978, I dont know if it was in response to that or not, but when Six Flags bought the park in 1979 they thought the ride had way too much downtime and that the downtime was because the ride was "too extreme" so they had a company come in and figure out ways to change the ride to make it less stressful on the coaster and the guests, and one of the main ways they did that was changing that double dip section into a flat mcbr. Ok, so it's the first time California will have had a coaster with lots of crazy Intamin style airtime.I'd still argue Gold Striker. It's really kind of California's best kept coaster secret, you don't realize how amazing it is until you ride it. There isn't any one statistic you can look at like speed or height or drops or inversions (none), but it's just pure fun and filled with airtime. Most videos don't do it justice, but this one does - specifically skip to 4:41 in this video:  Sorry don't mean to get on a CGA kick, it's related to TC, I'm not trying to hijack the thread. On topic, I think  TC may end up being even better.  Hairtime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeromyL Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 The MCBR was not added until 1990 or 1991, and I was told it was to increase capacity so they could again run three trains??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeromyL Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 The person that was ejected changed the airtime hill on the second drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laqueefa Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 At least California will get some airtime....... Lol  *cough*Gold Striker*cough* *cough*Manta*cough* *cough*YOLOcoaster*cough*  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i<3coasters Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Gold Striker is solid, but CGI airtime is very different from ejector or even B&M airtime, both of which CA is sorely lacking. An RMC will be holy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 i haven't ridden goldstriker but i'd almost think california screamin has more airtime i'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil009 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) People keep saying the ride was shortened, but has it really? Sure, the total track was cut down, but you could never ride more than 4,300ft at one time anyway. So in that sense the hasn't been shortened at all. Â Both sides of Colossus = 8,650 feet. Both sides of Twisted Colossus = 4,990 feet. With two lift hills the ride could have been much longer. Or if they kept the two sides separate you could've ended up with two average-sized RMCs. Edited September 2, 2014 by neil009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruzClan Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Not to get off topic but yesterday I found the worlds worst invention while exiting Apocalypse, Croc Bags. Yes, bags that look like and are made from the same materials as Crocs. I don't even. Â My friend is not impressed by these. Â Who thought these would sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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