pkdcoaster Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 With all these relocated coasters lately. I was just curious if anybody knows of a larger coaster to have been relocated. Usually it is arrow corkscrews, Vekoma Boomerangs and SLC's and a few Schwarzkopf's. It seems like every time a Large coaster was to be re-located in the USA it was scraped (Drachen Fire & Shockwave). Are there any larger coasters maybe overseas that I am not thinking of? JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Interesting post. It's the largest B&M to be relocated, although I still think moving the Batman from Japan to Louisiana to Texas is one of the 'biggest relocations'! If the Deja Vu's start getting moved they will be the 'tallest' relocation. Yeah, cool topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 The largest I can think of off the top of my head is Arkansas Twister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Largest, as in physical size, or largest in terms of amount of effort required to move? I would think moving a big B&M would probably be easier then moving a modest sized wooden coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartanTS Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Is moving wood even possible? I'm not sure it'd be worth the effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 As for permanent relocations, I guess it'd be Dominator. To me, nothing's more impressive than what it takes to "relocate" Eurostar consistently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterFanatic Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 ^^ Very possible and has been done more than a dozen times. The Dinn Corporation was practically built on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 how about Canyon Blaster at Great Escape? from RCDB Relocations: Opryland USA as Rock n' Roller Coaster Old Indiana as Rock n' Roller Coaster Great Escape as Canyon Blaster not very large, but decent size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP Psyclone Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 moving the Batman from Japan to Louisiana to Texas is one of the 'biggest relocations'! That's why they renamed it Goliath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darien Laker Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Eh Canyon Blaster is tiny. It's a family coaster, under 60 feet tall. Also, it never operated at Old Indiana. Old Indiana was closed when Opryland's rides were stored there, and only a couple of the coasters stored there ever operated again (Kong at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is another). As far as large relocated rides, both of the Vekoma Six Flags Ninjas were relocated from other parks. They aren't that big, but for relocated coasters I guess they are. According to RCDB, the Georgia one is over 120' tall, so I guess that's the tallest relocated coaster I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankees15 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Is moving wood even possible? I'm not sure it'd be worth the effort The Phoenix at Knoebels was relocated. So I believe it is definitely worth the effort for a ride like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryH Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 ^The Starliner was a relocated woodie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Eh Canyon Blaster is tiny. It's a family coaster, under 60 feet tall. Also, it never operated at Old Indiana. Old Indiana was closed when Opryland's rides were stored there, and only a couple of the coasters stored there ever operated again (Kong at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is another). As far as large relocated rides, both of the Vekoma Six Flags Ninjas were relocated from other parks. They aren't that big, but for relocated coasters I guess they are. According to RCDB, the Georgia one is over 120' tall, so I guess that's the tallest relocated coaster I can think of. Kong didn't go through Old Indiana, it just went straight to Discovery Kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b&mforever Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Eh Canyon Blaster is tiny. It's a family coaster, under 60 feet tall. Also, it never operated at Old Indiana. Old Indiana was closed when Opryland's rides were stored there, and only a couple of the coasters stored there ever operated again (Kong at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is another). As far as large relocated rides, both of the Vekoma Six Flags Ninjas were relocated from other parks. They aren't that big, but for relocated coasters I guess they are. According to RCDB, the Georgia one is over 120' tall, so I guess that's the tallest relocated coaster I can think of. The Schwartzkopf shuttle loops beat it in height, They are 137' 10". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 To me, nothing's more impressive than what it takes to "relocate" Eurostar consistently. Olympia Looping is taller, longer, faster, and it has more inversions than Eurostar. Right now it's the 64th longest coaster in the world, and only Dominator will beat it in length among rides that have been moved once it is relocated. Olympia Looping wins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 ^ I left the door open for ya on that one. Well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraxleRIDAH Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 The two Vekoma Flying Dutchmen coasters that were relocated (Stealth and X-Flight) are pretty good sized permanent coasters that were moved. Each are over 100-feet tall and over 2700-feet in length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Upsidedown Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 The largest I can think of off the top of my head is Arkansas Twister. I was thinking the same thing, for overall size is in amount moved would be any woodie that has been relocated because of the amount of lumber involved. Arkansas Twister is probably the largest that has been moved. However there may be ones from earlier times that most of us dont know about. Dominator seems to be the largest steel coaster moved at least in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edboxer Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Is moving wood even possible? I'm not sure it'd be worth the effort Can you say Phoenix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Is moving wood even possible? I'm not sure it'd be worth the effort The Phoenix at Knoebels was relocated. So I believe it is definitely worth the effort for a ride like that. I think it's pretty safe to say though that most "relocated" woodies really end up being "rebuilt" woodies. Phoenix, Starliner, Wild One, Ark Twister, Meteor, etc, all used "some" wood from the original ride, but really what they bought were the trains, the mechanical parts (chain lift, brake systems, etc) and the ride plans. So much new wood always ends up being put in place that they really aren't "relocated." Meteor and Starliner are two recent examples of what I'm talking about. --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP Psyclone Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Meteor and Starliner are two recent examples of what I'm talking about. --Robb I'm glad you brought that up, Robb. Before it was Meteor, the wood was painted white. Now, it's unpainted and the wood looks new. I guess that's why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Has anyone ridden a "Euro-Star" traveling coaster? It was mentioned in one of the earlier posts, and I'm wondering if they are even a good ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 This is a very interesting topic, I have a couple of notable entries from the land downunder. We had a 131' arrow custom looper called Big Dipper in Sydney that was relocated over 1000km north to Dreamworld and is now called Cyclone, would this be the biggest coaster relocated until they actually move Dominator. In terms of well travelled coasters, we had a 1st gen Vekoma Boomerang at the 1988 World Expo in Brisbane, that was relocated south to Sydney, and the it was relocated to Visionland in Alabama, that coaster has clocked up some serious miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrooper Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Has anyone ridden a "Euro-Star" traveling coaster? It was mentioned in one of the earlier posts, and I'm wondering if they are even a good ride. I rode it at Oktoberfest a few years ago, and it wasn't good. It is very rough with very tight turns...I could barely tell what was going on most of the time and just knew it was about to fall apart at any minute. Olympia Looping on the other hand is one of my favorite coasters...it was amazing. And some indoor spinning coaster called Starworld was pretty cool too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Only the third B&M relocation if I can remember right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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