robbalvey Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Hey everyone, Thanks to our friends over at Roller Coaster Maniac we bring you photos and a POV Video from the media day of Eejanaika, Fuji-Q Highland's brand new S&S/Arrow 4th Dimension coaster! And you thought Six Flags Magic Mountain's "X" was *HUGE* wait until you see this! http://www.themeparkreview.com/eejanaika/eejanaika.htm Enjoy the photos and POV video! --Robb
noyzz Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 That video was awsome!!!!!!!!Now I want to plan a trip to go ride it!
trustkill22 Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 That thing looks Bad-Ass. Its a coaster I will probaly never get to ride. There is one thing I like is how all the people clap when the train comes back and theres no chanting. It sounds like everyone is a Gentleman with unbelievable manners.
scottVishere Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 WOW ive never been to six flags MM but i know what X is all about. And it looks nothing compared to THAT!!!
Rugged One Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Wow, I love X and this looks to be even better. I think that just sealed our decision on the Japan trip next year.
robbalvey Posted July 30, 2006 Author Posted July 30, 2006 I would imagine it is now, but remember that X was really smooth when it first opened too. --Robb
Chaddyboy Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 this ride not only looks like a better ride than X, but i like the paint job on it better than the paint on X
thomas2 Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 This ride looks badass. Come on, how large is this thing. Really imressing.
Schmoofy Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Any word on how many trains it can run at a time? From the pics, I saw a yellow, blue, and green train. It looks awesome, complete ownage of X. ~Schmoofy "Doesn't have the money to go to Japan"
robbalvey Posted July 30, 2006 Author Posted July 30, 2006 I believe it can only run the two trains, although they do have a 3rd one on site. I do wonder about capacity. On a positive note, it doesn't look like it does the seperate load/unload thing that makes X's dispatching times so long, but on the negative side it's fewer people per train (5 rows compared to 8 on X). --Robb
scruffy Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Hope things go well for this coaster so we will see more of them.
obeygiant Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 WOW! This coaster looks awesome...that first drop looks insane! It's nice to see that they can leave their shoes trusting no one will steal them!
DenDen Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 All I can say is "WOW!" Wonder if the other half wants to go to japan, I'll have to send him this video.
kennywood!007 Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 WOW! That thing is HUMONGOUS! The POV was awesome. I wanna ride it!
Draculus Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Don't know if I saw it right, but was that first drop vertical? Geez, how many degrees is that?
mudvayneimn Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 This ride looks awesome. I love the flip in the first raven turn. But where the hell do they get 14 inversions from? Even if they counted the actual track inversions and seat rotations it still doesn't equal 14... The ride still looks bad a$$!
lapseofreason Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Wow! Eejanaika looks AWESOME! I'd love to ride this one someday! It looks so much better than X!
Oni Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 The thing eats X for breakfast, IMO I need to ride it. Right now. Great job with the video!
ride6 Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Um, what's so different about it from X other than not being at SFMM? The layouts look EXTREMELY similar from my angle except for the "full-full roll" which looks pretty damn sweet but I can't use to justify the cost of plane tickets to Japan... Actually I can't get to X either so what am I babbling about? heh. Anyway, it looks great and I'm extremely pleased to see another 4D. I'm just alittle confused on what makes this "so much better" than X... Ride6
robbalvey Posted July 31, 2006 Author Posted July 31, 2006 ^ I actually ask the same thing. I mean, I have said before that this ride isn't making me book a trip to Japan. It looks interesting, yes...in the same way that X first looked intersting. But from what I know about it, other than the different train design, some modifications of how the rotation system works, the full-full, that's really about the only different between this ride and X. Now if it was a TOTALLY different layout, then I might be a bit more interested. But the ride layout looks to me like an X clone with the one major change being the full-full. And watching the 3 or 4 videos I've seen basically confirms my thoughts that even with the differences between the two installations, the ride experience looks EXACTLY the same. I'm sure people are going to *LOVE* this ride, the same way they loved X when it first open (and hell, still do), it's just not something I'm going insane over. I'll be happy to get out and ride it when we do our Japan trip next September, but I'm more looking forward to Tower of Terror and getting on Big Boom again. --Robb
Golfie Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 I NEED to get over there and ride Ejekinoaihgohiuhdsliuhalkcjbs. The full-fulls look so cool. I've never ridden a 4-D, but they look really fun.
Astat Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 This thing looks really cool, fits right in at Fuji-Q too. But...I'm still not seeing where Guinness got 14 inversions.
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