MinnesotaFriedOreo Posted November 15, 2016 Posted November 15, 2016 Teaching people to do the corner twist on the regular cans is easier than teaching people how to change Snoopy cans. Been there, done that... King & Ranger cans FTW.
coasterbill Posted November 15, 2016 Posted November 15, 2016 It's most likely a forced perspective thing to make the tower look taller from the ground.
valleyfairfanatic Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 If only the color separation was equal Kinda reminds me of the election. A lot of red and a little blue.
Dar Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 Irvine Ondrey have announced that they are going to Valleyfair to modernise the control system on Wild Thing for next season! So they'll be able to tweak the operations, such as braking force and other such things we take for granted now but weren't around when it was built! [fbvideonew] [/fbvideonew]
VF15 Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 Irvine Ondrey have announced that they are going to Valleyfair to modernise the control system on Wild Thing for next season! So they'll be able to tweak the operations, such as braking force and other such things we take for granted now but weren't around when it was built! Awesome to hear that they're making changes to my baby. Looking forward to the improvements.
SteelForceless Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 Irvine Ondrey have announced that they are going to Valleyfair to modernise the control system on Wild Thing for next season! So they'll be able to tweak the operations, such as braking force and other such things we take for granted now but weren't around when it was built! [fbvideonew] [/fbvideonew] This is good news for Wild Thing. Any idea if it's happening to the other Cedar Fair Morgan Hypers?
valleyfairfanatic Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 I just wish they did something about the trains in the process.
cake-is-life Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 I just wish they did something about the trains in the process. They should take off the nose cones Not that IOE has any relation to that.
Lightning Rod Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 With the new improvements would this help to run all three trains on busy weekend's with out any problem's? I'd like to see trains like Diamondback on Wild Thing B&M hyper trains make it even a better ride.
VF15 Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 ^ B&M trains wouldn't work on Wild Thing because they have a 6 ft maximum height requirement due to the higher heartline. It worked for Steel Dragon 2000 because the average person's height in Japan is shorter than in the U.S. Here, B&M trains would prevent a good chunk of VF's clientele from being able to ride Wild Thing. As for three trains, we're required to have six loaders on the platform during three-train operation, don't think any of their improvements will change that but we'll see.
valleyfairfanatic Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 ^ Attendance in the summer rarely gets to the "3 Train Operation Number". However Haunt is usually when attendance gets that high but by that time they don't have enough operators to put 6 loaders at wild thing only.
RCjunkie Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 They moved the construction cam again. Just need some concrete and a line queue.
VF15 Posted November 21, 2016 Posted November 21, 2016 Spinning tests have begun. Photo from Dave Frazier.
coasterfreak101 Posted November 21, 2016 Posted November 21, 2016 Amazing how this thing will be ready to go by the end of the year, yet I can almost guarantee SFA won't get theirs open until Memorial Day.
RollerColester Posted November 21, 2016 Posted November 21, 2016 I'm very curious about the reasoning behind the early construction and ride testing.. Can one of you who are Dave Frazier's friend, neighbor, financial advisor, cousin twice-removed, whatever the case may be, possibly get some insight as to why the early completion? Didn't Xtreme Swing go up pretty early as well if I remember correctly? I would venture to guess they probably don't want to leave the ride being ready for opening day up to chance due to Minnesota's unpredictable winter weather. If a ride needs any more than 8ish weeks to complete, that means your starting construction in late February/early March and you'd still be in the middle of blizzard season.. Mystery more-than-likely solved. Nevermind, we can leave Dave alone on this one.. Love the look of the ride so far! Great location as well! I still wonder if maybe North Star was part of the 2016 plans of renovating the entire Amphitheater area with Flying Eagles and the bike show. But then 2017 was slated as an off year, so they delayed the addition for one year. Now that may be a Dave question people..
ToNC Posted November 21, 2016 Posted November 21, 2016 I'm very curious about the reasoning behind the early construction and ride testing.. Can one of you who are Dave Frazier's friend, neighbor, financial advisor, cousin twice-removed, whatever the case may be, possibly get some insight as to why the early completion? Didn't Xtreme Swing go up pretty early as well if I remember correctly? I would venture to guess they probably don't want to leave the ride being ready for opening day up to chance due to Minnesota's unpredictable winter weather. If a ride needs any more than 8ish weeks to complete, that means your starting construction in late February/early March and you'd still be in the middle of blizzard season.. Mystery more-than-likely solved. Nevermind, we can leave Dave alone on this one.. Love the look of the ride so far! Great location as well! I still wonder if maybe North Star was part of the 2016 plans of renovating the entire Amphitheater area with Flying Eagles and the bike show. But then 2017 was slated as an off year, so they delayed the addition for one year. Now that may be a Dave question people.. They probably do it so they don't have to deal with the horrid Minnesota winter. Blizzards, sub zero temps can be a b***h to build in.
Meghna Posted November 22, 2016 Posted November 22, 2016 Wasn't there some discussion at the announcement that North Star would be a 2016 expense, opening up the beginning of 2017 for spending? I think the Wild Thing reno by IOE might be filling that space in, along with the next part of the carousel reno.
RCjunkie Posted November 22, 2016 Posted November 22, 2016 ^ Do you know how many years the carousel renovation will take? I know last off season was the first part.
Meghna Posted November 22, 2016 Posted November 22, 2016 ^ Do you know how many years the carousel renovation will take? I know last off season was the first part. If I remember correctly, they said it would take three years, so this will be year 2.
valleyfairfanatic Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 Looks like they're testing the LED setup.
WOFanatic Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 Irvine Ondrey have announced that they are going to Valleyfair to modernise the control system on Wild Thing for next season! So they'll be able to tweak the operations, such as braking force and other such things we take for granted now but weren't around when it was built! [fbvideonew] [/fbvideonew] This is good news for Wild Thing. Any idea if it's happening to the other Cedar Fair Morgan Hypers? I do know Mamba is getting improvements this off season too, I'm just not sure what. I do know that it will have automatic lapbars in 2017.
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