Airtime&Gravity Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 Tobu Zoo recently announced their new coaster. From RCDB: Length: 2454' 5" Height: 108' 11" Speed: 54.2 mph Duration: 1:00 Max Vertical Angle: 67.4 Degrees Trains: 4 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 16 riders per train. Trains: Riders must be 110 cm or taller to ride. http://rcdb.com/ig3799.htm
Shockwave Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 Too bad it's gone back a year, that looks like a lot of fun! I'd certainly be up for going back once it opens!
stormrider Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 That ride slightly reminds me of Neptune's Knot in RCT2.
ghost007jas Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 I'm not quite familiar with this park...is it actually a zoo? If so I want a zoo like that in my area!
downunder Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 I thought this was supposed to be a mega coaster but it looks like a fun little coaster.
DerekRx Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 It looks like a pretty cute little mini-hyper, almost Holland Goliath like, but sans Stengel Dive. This definitely puts Tobu Zoo on my list of parks to hit when I'm in Japan (although the looping mouse did build a strong case for itself)
SharkTums Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 It's about 2/3 Zoo and Park area, 1/3 Amusement Park.
Tanks4me05 Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 ^^ I thought that their Looping Mouse looked awesome, but there's one that is even better: It has a Loop and a Corkscrew! (I couldn't help but point it out) http://rcdb.com/id1890.htm That ride slightly reminds me of Neptune's Knot in RCT2. Hey, I guess I'm not the only one. It definitely puts the word "Mini" in Mini Hyper; however, it does look like it will have a really good amount of airtime.
robbalvey Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 From the press release the park sent out: The Tobu animal park more and more becomes attractive!The new roller coaster appears 2008 spring! The Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (head office: The Tokyo Sumida Ku) it is the group company, the Tobu leisure plan which manages hybrid amusement park the "Tobu animal park" (the head office: Saitama prefecture Miyashiro Cho) with, the new roller coaster is introduced 2008 spring. So yeah....2008.
Ccron10 Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 It looks like the ride will have a Cable lift hill.
carolinacaniac Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 I would bet that this ride could have some great airtime, depends on how the designed the layout to be.
FLIPDUDE Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 uhm... is it just me or does the 3D render of the ride make no sense whatsoever?
Shockwave Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 I think he means the perspective is a little hard to grasp at first. The lift hill goes away from you, then it drops and curves back on itself into the main bit of the layout.
AT0527 Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 It looks like its on a dock or something. why didnt they just build it directly over the water?
TCKR Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 More airtime = more opportunities for Intamin to chuck guests! Awesome!
Jeezus Juice Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 ^^ It's built on the structure from the old Rocky coaster, which was essentially a dock built over water.
Top Thrill Dragster Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 It will be interesting to see what type of restrains this ride will use. So far all of the steel coaster put out by Intamin recently use OTSR.
Gnome Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 It looks like a pretty cute little mini-hyper, almost Holland Goliath like, but sans Stengel Dive. This definitely puts Tobu Zoo on my list of parks to hit when I'm in Japan (although the looping mouse did build a strong case for itself) Looks like a good blend of Goliath as well as Superman:Escape. Definately will be a fun ride.
PhishyBrewer Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 WTF?! The Tobu Zoo website said last week that the new coaster would be ready mid-March 2007. Now it's been pushed back a ll the way to 2008. I guess Afro-Carts will have to fill my heart with joy this years trip.
SharkTums Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 ^When did you ever even see it on the website? I've been watching pretty much consistantly for some time and never saw it announced. They didn't even get track until like last week!
Jeezus Juice Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 ^^ And when did I ever say we were going to Tobu?
FLIPDUDE Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 No, when I said theres something worng I menat the banking. omething's wrong with the bankin g in the 3D model
PhishyBrewer Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 ^When did you ever even see it on the website? I've been watching pretty much consistantly for some time and never saw it announced. They didn't even get track until like last week! I swear it was only last week that I saw it posted. ^^ And when did I ever say we were going to Tobu? If we didn't already have this conversation, I'm really losing it.
PhishyBrewer Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 ^When did you ever even see it on the website? I've been watching pretty much consistantly for some time and never saw it announced. They didn't even get track until like last week! http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tobuzoo.com I tried looking for it in the web archive. But the last date archived was in 2006. Is there another park in Japan that has a new coaster opening in mid-March? Or am I just a big fat Belson?
SharkTums Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 I'm pretty sure that there are three other coasters opening in March! - Indoor at Mitsui Greenland - B&M at Universal - Werid one at Lagunasia
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