coastercoaster5 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Okay, this has pissed me off since the announcement. They literally need ten more feet for 5000. DO YOU KNOW HOW LITTLE 10 FEET is. Ready go.....I just walked ten feet lol. Anyway, Yeah I love x2 so much. TC is the best thing to ever happen to the park in my opinion. SO the trains are BLUE/Little bit of green, and PURPLE/Little bit of orange. Should be sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeromyL Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Okay, this has pissed me off since the announcement. They literally need ten more feet for 5000. DO YOU KNOW HOW LITTLE 10 FEET is. Ready go.....I just walked ten feet lol. Anyway, Yeah I love x2 so much. TC is the best thing to ever happen to the park in my opinion. SO the trains are BLUE/Little bit of green, and PURPLE/Little bit of orange. Should be sweet! Can we count the transfer/storage track? There is your ten feet+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercoaster5 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Lol I'm surprised six flags didn't do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleDown Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Thanks for the updated photos and for the person who posted that TC fact sheet the park gave out! Much appreciated! Wow. They really are trimming A LOT of the old structure off the old ride. Seems like A LOT more than other Rocky Mountain coasters that have been redone, but maybe I'm wrong and just wasn't familiar with the other ones or I wasn't paying attention enough to the construction. Looks to me like 1/2-3/4 of that 1st turnaround is pretty much gone, and I have a feeling they're just getting started with the trimming. I don't care at all though, whatever they have to do to make a Colossus facelift, I'm all for it. And anybody bitching about this ride ALREADY or talking crap about Magic Mountain basically doing EXACTLY what so many of us on the site wanted them to do, how about you both shut up AND don't visit the park when the ride opens. Yeeaaaaah, that'd be great. I'm critical of Magic Mountain like the next guy, but there's no way I can hate on what they're doing to this ride. And I'm also surprised nobody's made a big deal about the DOUBLE DOWN element! Finally, it's back! Not really in the same location, but still THE DOUBLE DOWN IS FINALLY BACK!!!! Who's looking forward to some RMC airtime in Southern California?? This guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFMMGeek27 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I'm surprised nobody catched this yet... Look at the bottom right of the photo... Coming in Spr...Summer!!! Big surprise! The project has already been pushed back to summer and it is only November! I was totally expecting it to get pushed back but not this early! Well, that's alright. Yay Summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonlva Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Wait is "our mountain" a SFMM sanctioned Facebook page? Should we look at that page daily for updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonlva Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 It says the person works at SFMM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveblueberries Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) It looks like Twisted Colossus is confirmed to be opening in Summer 2015, not Spring. Oh well! They lied about the fire not delaying the opening! Either that or the track pieces they got are a little bent because every time we see a shot of the lift hill, the lift is crooked and they're trying to straighten it out. Just throwing out my guess Edited November 20, 2014 by iloveblueberries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colossus_queen Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 It says the person works at SFMM... good luck finding out who runs the page because I recently asked if I could meet the person since it seems he/she is always at the park and im there every weekend or so and I had asked if he/she is an employee, rmc worker, park manager (because of all the photos inside restricted areas from the public)....all I got was "its a secret". not even an "im not allowed to disclose that information" or "sorry I cant tell you". I will always wonder tho, cuz he/she/they seem to always be at sfmm and are always posting rare footage, especially of colossus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioio Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 That's odd, California Coasters interviewed someone at IAAPA regarding TC, and they were still saying 'late spring' .... summer looks more likely I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeagain? Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 The plan may be spring, but the media might say summer. It looks better to be finished earlier than "planned" and makes both parties look good than to disappoint people and make RMC look bad for not finishing "on time". Just a theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcdude Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Well, depending on how it is interpreted summer could simply mean June (or anytime after Memorial Day, as that is considered the summer season). I expect Twisted Colossus will open sometime between Memorial Day weekend and the official start of summer in June. RMC knows what they're doing and given the current state of construction it will be ready plenty early to avoid a July opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Projektion Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 It looks like Twisted Colossus is confirmed to be opening in Summer 2015, not Spring. Oh well! They lied about the fire not delaying the opening! Either that or the track pieces they got are a little bent because every time we see a shot of the lift hill, the lift is crooked and they're trying to straighten it out. Just throwing out my guess Most lift hills are a tad bit crooked, you never notice unless you are looking straight up or straight down the hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroGravity55 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Either that or the track pieces they got are a little bent because every time we see a shot of the lift hill, the lift is crooked and they're trying to straighten it out. Just throwing out my guess They haven fully connected them all together yet. They just have them partially bolted down so they'll stay up there. I believe they laid the lift hill track down on the original ledgers of Colossus, then went through and replaced them with the metal ones, which is kind of odd, but RMC knows what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 It looks like Twisted Colossus is confirmed to be opening in Summer 2015, not Spring. Oh well! They lied about the fire not delaying the opening! Either that or the track pieces they got are a little bent because every time we see a shot of the lift hill, the lift is crooked and they're trying to straighten it out. Just throwing out my guess Most lift hills are a tad bit crooked, you never notice unless you are looking straight up or straight down the hill. I noticed that for the first time when riding steel force. And on some woodies you can even feel the cars bending as they go up the lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercoaster5 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Well, when I made a trip to SFNE two years ago, Bizarro's lift was pretty damn bent towards the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 It looks like Twisted Colossus is confirmed to be opening in Summer 2015, not Spring. Oh well! They lied about the fire not delaying the opening! Either that or the track pieces they got are a little bent because every time we see a shot of the lift hill, the lift is crooked and they're trying to straighten it out. Just throwing out my guess Most lift hills are a tad bit crooked, you never notice unless you are looking straight up or straight down the hill. I noticed that for the first time when riding steel force. And on some woodies you can even feel the cars bending as they go up the lift. It doesn't help that Steel Force feels like it's trying to tip the train over the left side all the way up. It feels like the right rail is higher than the left... I'm sure it's not but for whatever reason that is one screwed up lift hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Steel Force's lift did seem somewhat crooked. I've also noticed that about Bizarro. I still think the most unnerving lift I've been on is Kings Dominion's Grizzly. That train kept bouncing up and down the whole way up. As for Twisted Colossus, those trains look amazing. They kind of remind me of Inspector Gadget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicman Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 ^Oh God, not again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridewatchers Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Is it just me, or do the seats on TC seem a bit small? The admin took a photo of one of the RMC execs and his daughter, and the guy seems to fit into the seat *just right*. Which seems to be a problem, unfortunately, because he looks like a pretty small guy. I think they should seriously consider widening the seats a little so that TC can accommodate "more" of the GP. Those footwells seem small, too...especially in the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Is it just me, or do the seats on TC seem a bit small? The admin took a photo of one of the RMC execs and his daughter, and the guy seems to fit into the seat *just right*. Which seems to be a problem, unfortunately, because he looks like a pretty small guy. I think they should seriously consider widening the seats a little so that TC can accommodate "more" of the GP. Those footwells seem small, too...especially in the front. fred grubb and sfmm park president bonnie rabjohn = rmc exec and daughter?? lol anyway, sfga Goliath's seats/trains are pretty big. i don't think there's much problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Hell no! One key part missing from your edited poster: the ride will be 100,000x better than it had been for the last 30 years since it was modified and neutered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeoplemoverMatt Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 the ride will be 100,000x better than it had been for the last 30 years since it was modified and neutered... But...but...We have to SAVE COLOSSUS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeromyL Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 the ride will be 100,000x better than it had been for the last 30 years since it was modified and neutered... But...but...We have to SAVE COLOSSUS!!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 ^I like to think it is getting saved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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