Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

[pdcon]

WOW, that thing looks freaking HUGE

[DougMJr]

WOW, that thing looks freaking HUGE

That's what she said!

 

Couldn't resist.

[pdcon]

WOW, that thing looks freaking HUGE

That's what she said!

 

Couldn't resist.

thumbs up for that

[Thom25]

It does look huge and can't wait to see that first drop complete.

[breakingmikey]

Now that the bottom of the first drop is completed, can we say that the first drop on that trench goes below ground level, or is it just at ground level? Cuz I'm curious to see if the drop height is actually more than the full ride height.

 

Also, I feel bad for whoever has to put all those nuts and bolts together to make the lift chain, now that you said that the lift chain is made by hand.

[gisco]

Also, I feel bad for whoever has to put all those nuts and bolts together to make the lift chain, now that you said that the lift chain is made by hand.

 

Those bolts don't go with that lift chain. I sell roller chain and you don't put this type of chain together with nuts and bolts. The chain in the boxes is assembled at the factory and probably is in 10' sections already for easy handling. The lengths are joined with a connector link, there a two of them in the picture with an extra side plate sitting on top of the link. The connector link is slipped into the ends of the two pieces of chain and the side plate is pressed on probably using that device.

[Luukardinho]

[eddie200330]

I just started really watching this and I was wondering what ecaxtly is the angle of the 1st drop. It looks pretty damn steep from these pics so far. This might make an interesting back seat ride for sure!

[UnderCoverDrummer1]

^Approximately 80 degrees according to the ride's website.

[PennStater]

^ Well, that's the angle of the descent... the lift definitely isn't that high of an angle.

 

http://leviathan.canadaswonderland.com/public/ride/statistics.cfm

 

^^ EDIT: Sorry, misread your question. Ignore me.

Edited November 6, 2011 by PennStater

[UnderCoverDrummer1]

^He wasn't asking about the lift angle, he was asking about the angle of the first drop...

[PennStater]

Sorry, read it too quick apparently.

[Bryce232]

Wow! That first picture looks amazing! I'm pretty sure the only support left of that section is the tilted A support, then the drop can connect with the lift hill

[jarmor]

Dollywood would have BEEN had this thing up lol lol...

[PCW_Nut]

Stopped by the parking lot today to get a close look. Can't wait to ride this next year.

 

Here are a few shots.

 

Love how steep the drop will be.

 

Good look at the drop and pull out from the drop

 

Close up..thank god for zoom

 

Not much left now to finish the epic drop

 

Overview of the drop and pullout so far

[Legoguy1395]

 

Interesting. I have never seen them do this before, the spine dives right into the ground.

 

Looks like a support for a giant schwarzkopf loop! Guess they are going back to their roots for this one!

[Bryce232]

Stopped by the parking lot today to get a close look. Can't wait to ride this next year.

 

Here are a few shots.

 

Love how steep the drop will be.

 

That is just beautiful. You have a great eye for taking spectacular pictures!

[griffonj2022]

 

Interesting. I have never seen them do this before, the spine dives right into the ground.

 

Looks like a support for a giant schwarzkopf loop! Guess they are going back to their roots for this one!

 

That is pretty different isn't it? I didn't realize that the spine did that until you pointed that out, but I'm sure that it has a pretty meaningful purpose if it's sitting there like that!

 

Regardless, these photos are great. Now we can just wait for the lift to be topped off before we all ooooooooooo and ahhhhhhhhhh some more!

[coasterfreak101]

That's hot.

[braztaz]

This ride looks incredible!

[DougMJr]

I'm getting more and more excited for this as construction hammers on! I'll have to make my first trip across the border to get on this and everything else CW has to offer. That spine diving into the ground is neat, I didn't notice that in any of the animations.

[beatle11]

^Let me know when you come up!

[Skycoastin Steve]

I must say, that first drop looks delicious.

[DougMJr]

^Let me know when you come up!

Will do! And what time of year do you recommend? I want to try to get most of the park in 1 day if I can.

[kunpc1]

Weekdays in May or June or weekends after Labour Day.