rcjp Posted July 1, 2016 Posted July 1, 2016 Has anyone heard anything about B&M making a Wingrider with one side facing backwards one side facing forwards going to a SF park and being named Two-face after Harvey Dent??? Haha that'd be awesome!
fraroc Posted July 2, 2016 Posted July 2, 2016 I've had this crazy idea stirring in my head for a while now...Do you guys think it would be theoretically possible for B&M to be able to reprofile and retrack Titan and SFMM's Goliath and make them better rides? We've seen GCI do it with Ghostrider, we've seen B&M do it with The Incredible Hulk...Do you think that B&M could be able to really spruce Goliath and Titan up?
gerstlaueringvar Posted July 2, 2016 Posted July 2, 2016 ^And make it even more boring? Â Ok seriously though I think that would be awesome.
JonnyRCT3 Posted July 2, 2016 Posted July 2, 2016 I've had this crazy idea stirring in my head for a while now...Do you guys think it would be theoretically possible for B&M to be able to reprofile and retrack Titan and SFMM's Goliath and make them better rides? We've seen GCI do it with Ghostrider, we've seen B&M do it with The Incredible Hulk...Do you think that B&M could be able to really spruce Goliath and Titan up? Â IIRC Hulk was just re-tracked. Although it's possible the sections that were considered "rough" were probably smoothed out (creating a profile difference of maybe a few centimeters). Â Although to make Goliath more interesting; it could use a steeper drop, better trains, more airtime, and an overbanked turn similar to MF.
thesman Posted July 2, 2016 Posted July 2, 2016 Has anyone heard anything about B&M making a Wingrider with one side facing backwards one side facing forwards going to a SF park and being named Two-face after Harvey Dent??? Â That won't happen due to safety requirements if 2 trains collide. This is the same reason that Thorpe park removed the backwards rows on The Swarm.
coloradocoasterguy Posted July 3, 2016 Posted July 3, 2016 I've had this crazy idea stirring in my head for a while now...Do you guys think it would be theoretically possible for B&M to be able to reprofile and retrack Titan and SFMM's Goliath and make them better rides? We've seen GCI do it with Ghostrider, we've seen B&M do it with The Incredible Hulk...Do you think that B&M could be able to really spruce Goliath and Titan up? In a word, no. Woodies like GR can be easily re-tracked because it doesn't require any changes to the support structure. The tracks are separate from the structure. Â With steel coasters like B&M, however, the ties are built onto the track and the spine helps to support it as well. Also, none of the existing track could be used because though the Giovanola track looks B&M it's actually narrower. Titan, Goliath, and Anaconda are all two abreast coasters. B&M would basically have to completely rebuild a whole new coaster, which is what they did with Hulk. Hulk wasn't re-tracked. It was rebuilt.
BDG Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 I'm just going to post this here... Â A new Mack Big Dipper layout appeared in a German documentary about the company the other day. Â Â Â Â Â Â source: ZDF (from 22:35)
ImNotOneOfYou Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 Has the "rumor" of Kings Dominion's Flight of Fear relocating to Dorney Park been mentioned yet?
DarienLaker Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 Has the "rumor" of Kings Dominion's Flight of Fear relocating to Dorney Park been mentioned yet? I think you meant to say if Kings Dominion was planning on selling Flight of Fear to Darien Lake since Cedar Fair isn't doing a ride rotation program like a certain other theme park ownership company.
LiftThrill Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 ^Didn't SF cancel their ride rotation program after the recession?
simaticable Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 ^Didn't SF cancel their ride rotation program after the recession? Probably since Deja Vu/Goliath, Iron Wolf/Apocalypse, and the Spinning mouse that went to America were the last major coasters to be sent to other Six Flags parks.
ImNotOneOfYou Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 Has the "rumor" of Kings Dominion's Flight of Fear relocating to Dorney Park been mentioned yet? I think you meant to say if Kings Dominion was planning on selling Flight of Fear to Darien Lake since Cedar Fair isn't doing a ride rotation program like a certain other theme park ownership company. Â Darien Lake Â
DirkFunk Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 ^Didn't SF cancel their ride rotation program after the recession? Â Restarted after recession. The rotation works by moving rides after a few years, so it isn't constant. But even now St Louis lost a flat to La Ronde for this season.
Genx24 Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 I had a crazy idea come to me recently. How about a coaster train that's enclosed with seating like Subway cars?
DirkFunk Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 I had a crazy idea come to me recently. How about a coaster train that's enclosed with seating like Subway cars? Â Riverview Park in Chicago had one (zepher?).
Genx24 Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 Never knew that. Judging by your response it sounds like it is defunct.
I Like Theme Parks. Posted July 9, 2016 Posted July 9, 2016 Yeah, it was removed in 1967, and it was actually a wooden coaster! It was called Pippin, though. And before it went by Flash or Silver Flash. It also had a creepy mutant mouse head on the station building.
Pirate Posted July 9, 2016 Posted July 9, 2016 A REALLY crazy one: Â Alton Towers adding a flat ride! Â WOW!
Nwstone Posted July 10, 2016 Posted July 10, 2016 I'm just going to post this here... A new Mack Big Dipper layout appeared in a German documentary about the company the other day.   [attachment=0]mack001.png[/attachment]  [attachment=2]mack_lg2.jpg[/attachment]  [attachment=1]mack_lg1.jpg[/attachment]   source: ZDF (from 22:35) So is it like a Mack dive coaster?
RyanTPM Posted July 10, 2016 Posted July 10, 2016 ^Yeah it kind of is. Really hope that layout actually happens, or at least the vertical drop on a big dipper coaster.
gerstlaueringvar Posted November 12, 2016 Posted November 12, 2016 Disney retracking Matterhorn and WDW Space Mountain with RMC Raptor track.
RollerManic Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 ^Didn't SF cancel their ride rotation program after the recession? Â Restarted after recession. The rotation works by moving rides after a few years, so it isn't constant. But even now St Louis lost a flat to La Ronde for this season. The flat you're speaking of had been in the park for decades and starting to look worn down. Thank god it moved.
Henry M Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 Olympia Looping at London...Oh wait! What do I see over there, basically in my garden? AAAAGGGHHHH!!!!!
KingRCT3 Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 Disney retracking Matterhorn [...] with RMC Raptor track. Â How ironical that would be! Matterhorn was the very first tubular steel roller-coaster, and the whole concept behind the T-rex/Raptor track is to get rid of tubular tubes and their drawbacks (mostly being weaker when bent).
Trevor Hamilton Posted November 13, 2016 Posted November 13, 2016 BGW opens a new Spain section with a star flyer, new dark ride, and Maverick style Intamin Coaster. My life would be complete
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