Intimidator305 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 ^ I completely agree! And yeah, looks like a trip to Canada in 2012 is needed. I'm wondering if B&M is going to use their slow chain lift like on their hypers, that's going to be a long time to get to the top! One of the reasons I love Intimidator 305 and Millenium Force is for how fast they get to the top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Of Spades Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) It's times like this I remember how much I appreciate having family that lives an hour from Vaughn. (Also, passed the park twice on the 407 today, I can just picture a giant aqua B&M rising above everything else...it'll look so amazing!) Edited August 17, 2011 by Ace Of Spades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 ^ It'd have to be way bigger then a giga to bee seen from the 407. Now the 400 on the other hand .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Of Spades Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I dunno, I saw Wonderland perfectly fine from the 407. Maybe I'm just hallucinating the giant hypercoaster and windseeker in the distance or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Khan Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 This, Hershey and Dollywood. The holy coaster trinity trip 2012. I can't wait! I think Thursday's announcement is going to be amazing just to see what B&M has up its sleeve for layout and train design. There's still a lot to find out! I was thinking the exact same thing about Piers. I think there will be a bar up top serving beer before heading down.... I'm with you on this trip Jason ! Same with Nick some posts above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Here's to hoping it doesn't have the new, rattling trains! I imagine we'll see a new train type to further distinguish this from Behemoth (granted, there area parks like Hershey with two Intamins with identical trains). I wonder if we'll see OTSRs, or if B&M will keep it more gentle and stick with the clamshells? Can't wait to find out! This is really kicking my Canada's Wonderland/New York/SFNE/Lake Componce trip into high gear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakizle Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 B&M Mega Coaster 2 looks too intense for me Can't wait to see what it is forreal. I have a feeling I will be going here in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirouettes907 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I about fell off my seat when I saw the "giga" part. Can it be true? Never, ever thought we'd see B&M heading in that direction--but if this is, in fact, what's going to happen...that's so unexpected...so interesting to see how it will be done...so awesome to see how it's going to differ from Behemoth...and...well, pardon me, but intelligent words are about to cease as I regress to a level of stereotypical teenage girl squealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Well if that tag is correct, and I'm going to go ahead and say it is, then my theory from an hour ago is dead in the water.....hello B&M giga EDIT: Also, I'm not sure if there's a pecking order in which B&M has their track delivered, whether it be just load it and go or furthest from the staging area first etc., but that piece on the truck looks to be the slanted brake runs that hold the LIMs. Could that be the rumored launch as well? I would assume they'd use LIMs instead of hydraulics That would be the sloped brakerun & mag brakes.Carowinds Intimidator has an angled brake run that levels out as it turns into the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I'm glad people are going back to building enormous traditional coasters. It's amazing that the first two traditional gigacoasters opened a few months from each other and there wasn't another one for almost a decade. The rocket coasters are neat... but they don't hold a candle to traditional coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I have a feeling I will be going here in 2011. Hopefully, you could then make it back in 2012 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O Demon Avenger Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I would like to know what the trains look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunpc1 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Sweet! Would love to hang with a lot of my TPR buddies with all these visits next summer! Haha Canadian Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paiging_jen Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Sweet! Would love to hang with a lot of my TPR buddies with all these visits next summer! Haha Canadian Nick You and Ian will be hosting quite a few of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW_Nut Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Am I smelling a TPR 'insert ride name here"-athon coming to Wonderland next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumfan94 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Now that B&M is in the game, Hyper/Mega Coasters will become the old and Giga Coasters will become the new standard at parks. The future of coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adavis Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Very cool, I'm super excited about this! Guess its finally time to get a passport. On a side note, this is just weird as hell for me. I write fiction, and actually had my first novel published earlier this year. The sequel to that novel, and a novel my editor ultimately decided not to publish in lieu of another one I had written, had a theme park featured as a place of interest. This fictional park was called Pine Island, and featured a pair of new roller coasters that led my protagonist there. One of those coasters was called Leviathan, and it was a 300 foot hyper built by a fictional version of B&M. I wrote this in September of 2010. Not that that I think I'm prescient by any means, just wanted to share what I thought was a nifty and weird story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwcoasterboy Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 We saw the Giga tags about a month ago, but the idea of a B&M Giga was not in anyone's minds until the track arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemical_echo Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 The thing that gets me about the tags is that they say Rutherford. Rutherford Rd is the road on the complete opposite end of the park from where construction is happening. So either this thing will span the park (unlikely) or Rutherford is some different thing and this is just a coincidence (likely) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulm12 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 What. The. F*ck. Seriously; while the rest of us were waiting to hear about b&ms launched / 4d coaster, they pulled the rug out. Way to go, b&m, you guys are boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emery96 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 ^^Rutherford Contracting maybe? http://www.ruthcon.ca/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriestofSyrinx Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I could see this having inversions. Like the world's largest loop. So it can be different from Behemoth some way. Whatever it is, I think i could be a precursor to what Cedar Point could get in 2013... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99er Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 The thing that gets me about the tags is that they say Rutherford. Rutherford Rd is the road on the complete opposite end of the park from where construction is happening.So either this thing will span the park (unlikely) or Rutherford is some different thing and this is just a coincidence (likely) Is there a gate off of that road that the trucks would enter through for the delivery? Something like the "Rutherford Road Gate"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunpc1 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Yes there is a gate off the Rutherford entrance however all the shipments are coming in from the employee entrance off of Jane, just north of Major Mackenzie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom25 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I completely agree that this ride could be the predecessor for CP in 2013. I don't think this will be a traditional giga, since it will be too much like Behemoth. We'll find out soon enough, but since every 4D is well over 200 feet, I wouldn't be surprised to see this being B&M's first 4D coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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