Carnage Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 The ride looks like a bomb to me. That many lifts look horrible. I'm not a fan of exiting a lift, just to go around a turn before going back up another.. Dragons Fury has 3 lifts and it's a pretty damn good ride Different type of spinner I know, but the last two lifts on it don't take long at all. You just zip right along them. So even though this has multiple lifts you might barely notice them. I think it has promise of being a decent ride though. Not that it's actually going to draw me to Edmonton anymore then before though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 The ride looks like a bomb to me. That many lifts look horrible. I'm not a fan of exiting a lift, just to go around a turn before going back up another.. Dragons Fury has 3 lifts and it's a pretty damn good ride Different type of spinner I know, but the last two lifts on it don't take long at all. You just zip right along them. So even though this has multiple lifts you might barely notice them. I think it has promise of being a decent ride though. Not that it's actually going to draw me to Edmonton anymore then before though. Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou. If you watch the video, it almost launches the train up them, the lifts are very fast, and they are probably completely unnoticeable. Although, the first lift is a chain, I doubt it will stay that way, it would get too loud inside the mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Sorry, only two lifts on Dragons Fury. Not sure where I thought the third one was. I tossed a quick POV up. DF POV You can see the lifts are pretty quick. I'm sure the Gurtlaur spinning will be similiar to the Maurer. Regardless they're not going to be long lift hills like on a full train coaster. It won't be a top coaster, but it will be a fun family coaster most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare500 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Who cares if it doesn't take long at all. it's basicly a long flat track, then ONE turn, and more flat track. What gives? If you watch the POV of DF, you'll notice that the ride actually does stuff after lift #2. It doesn't do a single turn, then quit out again for another lift. Now, I think the ride will do some usefull things. For instance, when a ride is announced that is crap, and has a layout that does nothing, people can exclaim, "Oh boy! That park pulled a Galaxyland!". Or if the ride is halfway decent, people could do some copeing by saying: "It could be like the spinner, at that mall, in Canada". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 Who cares if it doesn't take long at all. it's basicly a long flat track, then ONE turn, and more flat track. What gives? If you watch the POV of DF, you'll notice that the ride actually does stuff after lift #2. It doesn't do a single turn, then quit out again for another lift. Now, I think the ride will do some usefull things. For instance, when a ride is announced that is crap, and has a layout that does nothing, people can exclaim, "Oh boy! That park pulled a Galaxyland!". Or if the ride is halfway decent, people could do some copeing by saying: "It could be like the spinner, at that mall, in Canada". Can you just leave? I know you only came in here to bash me from the Queue at CS for being excited over something you still, know nothing about. Get lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare500 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Who cares if it doesn't take long at all. it's basicly a long flat track, then ONE turn, and more flat track. What gives? If you watch the POV of DF, you'll notice that the ride actually does stuff after lift #2. It doesn't do a single turn, then quit out again for another lift. Now, I think the ride will do some usefull things. For instance, when a ride is announced that is crap, and has a layout that does nothing, people can exclaim, "Oh boy! That park pulled a Galaxyland!". Or if the ride is halfway decent, people could do some copeing by saying: "It could be like the spinner, at that mall, in Canada". Can you just leave? I know you only came in here to bash me from the Queue at CS for being excited over something you still, know nothing about. Get lost. Oh please, you're taking too much credit for my coming to TPR. I'm here to bash Galaxyland and it's spinner. I hang out at the Coastersims Queue a lot, and when you come in and boast your new spinner, I'm going to tell you I think it looks like crap to me. Perhaps you should keep your mouth shut about this coaster, if you don't want mixed opinions. BTW: It looks like I shouldn't post here, because you releized your more knowledgable about the coaster than me. You don't work for Galaxyland, so living across the Canadian border must give you access to information that isn't available to the "outsiders". Edit: speeling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 http://www.rideentertainment.com/blog/ UPDATE! Ride layout in the park pictured in images! Scroll down to see! Ride layout modified from video, extreme twisting areas inside the Mindbender Rollercoaster! This ride mixes with nearly every other ride in the mall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare500 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 UPDATE! Ride layout in the park pictured in images! Scroll down to see! Ride layout modified from video, extreme twisting areas inside the Mindbender Rollercoaster! This ride mixes with nearly every other ride in the mall! The ride has always had those three turns, they weren't modified from the video. If you consider, putting a shaded area labeled, "Mindbender", modified, then your right, but we knew that stuff was going to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StyleStorm Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 See this as the futue of Gerstlauer Spinners. It actually has tri-track of what i can see, wich is very not-normal for a spinner, it has a downwards brakerun, and mutiple lift hills. This can be a great example for other future Gerstlauer spinners. I think this ride - even though it may look a bit tame - is intresting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 UPDATE! Ride layout in the park pictured in images! Scroll down to see! Ride layout modified from video, extreme twisting areas inside the Mindbender Rollercoaster! This ride mixes with nearly every other ride in the mall! The ride has always had those three turns, they weren't modified from the video. If you consider, putting a shaded area labeled, "Mindbender", modified, then your right, but we knew that stuff was going to be there. I meant that the layout as a whole is modified from the video, not the section in Mindbender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I thought this has always been the layout...? Either way, this ride looks decent. Doesn't seem like it'll do to much spinning, but it should be good for families! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanks4me05 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 It may look tame, but check the G's that the poster says: The vertical G's reach 3.26, and the lateral G's reach 1.2, not the best out there, but that's pretty good for a spinning coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorisTF Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 UPDATE! Ride layout in the park pictured in images! Scroll down to see! Ride layout modified from video, extreme twisting areas inside the Mindbender Rollercoaster! This ride mixes with nearly every other ride in the mall! The ride has always had those three turns, they weren't modified from the video. If you consider, putting a shaded area labeled, "Mindbender", modified, then your right, but we knew that stuff was going to be there. I meant that the layout as a whole is modified from the video, not the section in Mindbender. Looks like the same layout to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 Multiple updates have been posted at Galaxyland's blog, here is one picture showing the twisted tri-track. Source: http://www.freecomputeradvice.net/clients/resblog/1/custom/IMG_0075.jpg and http://www.rideentertainment.com/blog/ So check out the updates posted at: http://www.rideentertainment.com/blog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtime&Gravity Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 ^ Could you please resize the photo as it doesn't even fit on my screen? thanks This should be a fun coaster, and it looks a lot better than I previously thought. I love these spinning coaster designs, and it is nice to see all these great custom layouts instead of a wild mouse with spinning cars. I really want to see this when finished to see how it goes around the other rides in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 ^ Could you please resize the photo as it doesn't even fit on my screen? thanks This should be a fun coaster, and it looks a lot better than I previously thought. I love these spinning coaster designs, and it is nice to see all these great custom layouts instead of a wild mouse with spinning cars. I really want to see this when finished to see how it goes around the other rides in the park. Fixed it, I just put the link there, I'm going to Imageshack to make it a thumbnail. By the way, has anyone here noticed that the lifts are the only blocks the ride has? It has no brakes apart from the final set... so technically the ride isn't slowed down by anything. There might be other reason for them being slanted too, it might have something to do with how the ride performs, a new brakes design from Gerstlauer or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Update again! Supposedly this ride has a "Unique vertical transfer station." There are others too. Hope you enjoy. http://www.rideentertainment.com/blog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olimonn Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Mystery Mine and Big One (and surelymore of them) aready possess such a device, so it's not Edmonton, nor Gerstlauer unique I'm afraid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Mystery Mine and Big One (and surelymore of them) aready possess such a device, so it's not Edmonton, nor Gerstlauer unique I'm afraid... I never said it was, unique just means different... That's a quote from the official Gerstlauer blog... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.gumbo Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 This looks like it offers a fun, long ride. Perfect for the park...I wonder where they got the idea from (cough..MOA...cough) My only critism is towards the end theres to many lift hills and the tracks a bit choppy, but it still looks fun EDIT: Apparently MOA is owned by the same company, you DO learn something new everyday (I wish Metroland could get something like this but theres no room, at least its been saved from the chopping block ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 This looks like it offers a fun, long ride. Perfect for the park...I wonder where they got the idea from (cough..MOA...cough) My only critism is towards the end theres to many lift hills! They're owned by the same company, haha. http://www.rideentertainment.com/blog/ Update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calaway Park Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 There's another update! Ride track fabrication is complete, following updates will mostly continue inside the park. FINALLY maybe this park will get some attention! And exposure! It's so under photographed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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