Carowinds Discussion Thread

[themeparkman25]

Why did they move trims from the bottom of hills to the middle of hills?

 

And forgot paying for the first ride, ill be the first to pay to climb the stairs to reach the trims! Sign me up!

[The Disneylander]

Presumably, because slowing the train down when it's going slower means less wear on the trim brakes, but I could be wrong.

[hobbit]

Why does any rollercoaster have trimbrakes? nobody love them!

And is it so bad if the train go a little to fast into the camelback, bunnyhop, hill, or helix?

 

Looking forward to ride this amazing Rollercoaster! cant wait!

[Pufferfish]

Let's just say, this trim is probably actually needed. I mean without it, there's no telling how intense the turnaround might really be. When you are changing from a height of 232ft to a height of 125ft over a series of just three hills, that's a lot of potential energy. So unless you want to hit that hammerhead at 60mph and fly through it (over-estimation), that trim isn't really so bad. Hey, just be glad they only put in 1 of the available two.

 

Oh and speaking of trims, they recently installed one on hurler. Apparently two bad things really is a good thing, because that trim actually made the ride very tolerable without killing the airtime.

[bokchoy67]

^Hurler was friendly to me on Friday. I went from dreading the ride to loving it. And regardless of trims on Intimidator, I could care less because its still going to be a sweet ride.

[DBru]

Where is Hurler's trim, Andrew?

[jarmor]

as soon as the track levels off of the first drop

[tuxedomask5432]

Yea, I rode Hurler on friday as well. The ride seemed plenty exciting to me. Looking back, I had no idea that a trim brake was installed on that ride. Knowing this information, the ride did seem less aggressive on the banks before the turns. The first bunny hop certainly gave a ton of airtime, and squashed my full bladder. I had a feeling that Intimidator would have "check" brakes installed at some point. I don't think it will detract terribly from the ride. Goliath's (SFOG) did not during its first season, and Diamondback's was not bad either. The mid-course was the biggest detraction on Kings Island's installment, hopefully it will not be one on Intimidator.

[themeparkman25]

^Even if the trims are hard on the MCBR, honestly it is not like there are airtime hills after it anyways. I am sure you would get some pop going in to the brake run, but it still isn't the hilly airtime hills found after most B&M hyper mcbr's.

[DarkStitch626]

Well as Pufferfish stated yea theres the new trim on Hurler. Him and I rode it just the other day and leaving it to me to be the one to even notice the trim was there. The ride was completely tolerable. Not one ounce of jackhammering.

[Swiminn6]

I looked around and haven't seen this so here it is, I found the names of the kiddie rides that will be renamed for Planet Snoopy.

 

Roller Coasters:

 

* Rugrat’s Runaway Reptar > Flying Ace Aerial Chase

* Hey Arnold’s Taxi Chase > Lucy’s Crabbie Cabbie

* Fairly Odd Coaster > Woodstock Express

 

Flat Rides:

 

* Nick-O-Round > Character Carousel

* Backyardigans Swing-A-Long > Charlie Brown’s Wind Up

* Boot’s Balloon Race > Flying Ace Balloon Race

* Little Bill’s Cruisers > Peanut’s Yacht Club

* Tommy’s Take Off > Red Baron

* Flying Dutchman’s Revenge > Sea Dog: HMS Beagle

* Nick Jr. Jets > Snoopy’s Space Race

* Danny Phantom Flyers > Woodstock Gliders

* Rocket Power Airtime > Snoopy’s GR8 SK8

 

Other Rides:

 

* TV Road Trip > Joe Cool’s Driving School

* LazyTown Sporticopters > Woodstock’s Whirly Birds

* Dora The Explorer’s Azul Adventure > Snoopy’s Express Railroad

 

^From "Park Thoughts"

 

I thought that was cool. Do you like the new names? Also I believe the name of the show that's replacing "Endless Summer on Ice" is to going to be "Snoopy Rocks on Ice"

[hobbit]

updates, updates...

[Reon]

So...beautiful...

 

I think the best part of the ride is that it'll be so photogenic. LSHoF was insanely epic to photograph, and this thing will provide even better views.

 

Well, that and LSHoF itself was epic, so this should be just as good ride-wise (if not better)

[wlmoorer]

WOW...those hills look LOADED with airtime!

 

That second drop looks like a ton of fun too

 

As of right now Goliath at SFOG is my favorite B&M but the more I look at Intimidator I think its going to blow it out of the water!

 

Makes me even more excited about the IntimidaTour Trip!

[matteocrepaldi]

Lookin' good! I hope to ride it someday!

[alpengeist04]

I have to agree, that red track is looking pretty nice there.

[mwm1444]

Cannot wait for this.

[rcdude]

Every time I see more pictures of this ride, I just want to ride it more and more. I've never been on a B&M mega coaster, but this looks like one of the best. Only ten months until the IntimidaTour.

[Swiminn6]

I hope I get onto the IntimidaTOUR because I'm currently on the waiting list and I would love to have some ERT on this ride!!

[mudvayneimn]

I guess I see why they have trims on those hills now...Maybe it's just the angle of the photos but after the first and second drops, the completed hills look like baby Goliath at La Ronde hills. Diamondbacks hills seemed to just be massive up to the last three compared to those. Anybody notice what I'm talking about?

 

Edit: Now that I think about it, it probably has more to do with the terrain Diamondback sits on compared to Intimidator. Either way, I normally hate red track, but the red is EPIC sitting on top of the grey (or gray in American syntax) supports.

[metrock]

Sweet update, thanks. I haven't been following the new ride since it was announced. So to see so much completed is nice. You know, if you squint your eyes a bit, it almost looks like Knott's is getting a hyper!

[coasterking2981]

This ride sure is going up quick. When is it opening?

[Pufferfish]

^The same date as the park does, so March 26th, I think.

[Jerrykoala2112]

^The same date as the park does, so March 26th, I think.

 

I guess that is a good way to market opening day. This year's opening day was EMPTY! But now, you might expect a big crowd?

 

If not, enjoy your own little ERT on this B&M!

[PortugePunk]

that first turn / 2nd drop looks WICKED! I'm excited to see it run. Maybe someday I'll get out there to ride it.