Hersheypark (HP) Discussion Thread

[SharkTums]

^^&^ It will also hit up the new coaster at BGW and some other parks along the way!

[QueerRudie]

^^&^ It will also hit up the new coaster at BGW and some other parks along the way!

 

Kleenex, Please. Now.

 

1.) The Mother Zierer

2.) This F'ing coaster Hershey's been toying with me on now for six F'ing months

3.) Dolly. (Nuff' said- although if she's THERE while we're THERE, OMG!)

 

Oh- and a Mother Schwarzkopf, The Mother Arrow, Oh G-D!

[ahecht]

Answers to some of the submitted questions have been posted at http://www.rideinstitute.com/pdf/RIT_Interview.pdf

 

Interesting wheel bogie on the bottom of the last page:

[G-Force!]

I believe that picture is upside down. The upstops are typically smaller on the bottoms of tracks. Anyway, the pictures and everything all point to Intamin....

[Jds03]

I'm getting the vibe that Hershey is hinting at some sort of hyper/mega I305 style coaster which will make its way up and back the river which runs down the entrance to the park. Something themed to a constellation similar to Great Bear in the Comet Hollow area, which would make its way up towards chocolate world and back with lots of speed and airtime.

 

I'm only speculating based on the construction so far and a passage in that RIT interview which says " The inversions or lack thereof are....leading many enthusiasts to speculate on the... without having seen the actual blueprints." Seems like "lack of inversions" is a pretty clear pointer to me...

[BarryH]

^^&^ It will also hit up the new coaster at BGW and some other parks along the way!

 

Maybe Flying Turns will be open too! Then pigs will fly, Hell will freeze over, and I will have a girlfriend!

[coasterfreak101]

What ever happened with the 12-block board from the last PDF?

[eddie200330]

I believe that picture is upside down. The upstops are typically smaller on the bottoms of tracks. Anyway, the pictures and everything all point to Intamin....

 

I was thinking the same thing, possibly referencing inversions??? And what the hell is with all of the black lines covering the words!!!!!

[Tmcdllr]

Answers to some of the submitted questions have been posted at http://www.rideinstitute.com/pdf/RIT_Interview.pdf

 

Interesting wheel bogie on the bottom of the last page:

 

 

 

This picture is confusing as it shows one wheel turned 90 degrees in relation to the other two....how is that supposed to work?

 

 

I would guess Intamin 12 inversion coaster.

[coasterfreak101]

The turned wheel rides the side of the rail, and the other two are top and bottom. But I think they're flipped.

[ahecht]

This picture is confusing as it shows one wheel turned 90 degrees in relation to the other two....how is that supposed to work?

 

Those are the guide wheels that prevent the train from falling off the track to the left or right. You can clearly see them in the picture of Storm Runner below:

 

[DiSab]

Yeah, I think that picture is upside-down - the bigger wheel that's on the bottom looks like it should be on the top of the assembly.

[KDCOASTERFAN]

Does this seem earlier than normal for stuff to start showing up? And wouldn't they try to get the parts closer to the main construction area as opposed to the opposite side of the park?

 

What's HP's max height restriction? Sounds like they may be getting a giga to me.

[KI Kidd]

^It's already been confirmed to be 212ft tall if I'm not mistaken.

[RollerCoasterSmi]

WooHoo they responded to my question. I cannot see the first blacked out bit saying no inversions or similar, the rest of the sentence would not make sense. Also what is "the most ... of all time. Ever." Can we now pretty much guarantee this thing will have inversions:

[HappyEisentrout]

Fun, they answered my question. Interesting statement about Lap Restraint System. Could it be just a lap bar?

[KDcoasterMAN]

^Maybe he's hinting is more than just a lap bar... like the normal Intamin restraint.

 

BTW. Screamscape posted a link to this site would have pics of Intamin Supports onsite.

 

http://www.pacoasternews.com/2011/06/hersheypark-new-roller-coaster-supports-on-site/

[chickenbowl]

WooHoo they responded to my question. I cannot see the first blacked out bit saying no inversions or similar, the rest of the sentence would not make sense. Also what is "the most ... of all time. Ever." Can we now pretty much guarantee this thing will have inversions:

 

When it says, "All of which will produce the most," it sounds like airtime not inversions to me (and airtime is what I'm hoping for ).

[Thom25]

I completely agree that airtime could be "All of which will produce the most," - just like BGW did when they opened AC and Intamin is the company that can deliver no doubt imo.

[jarmor]

WooHoo they responded to my question. I cannot see the first blacked out bit saying no inversions or similar, the rest of the sentence would not make sense. Also what is "the most ... of all time. Ever." Can we now pretty much guarantee this thing will have inversions:

 

When it says, "All of which will produce the most," it sounds like airtime not inversions to me (and airtime is what I'm hoping for ).

I dunno...its 10 places for letters/space/characters. After playing the word game I place my money on "inversions" Since that is enough characters to fill the blacked out section. Airtime, air time, nor air-time would work because it would be an extra space somewhere in there...

 

But anything is possible!

[Skycoastin Steve]

If the leaked layout is the true layout, this will have exactly zero inversions.

[JDo217]

Bleh, I really hope this is an airtime machine and not a looper. If the 212 height is correct though, I can't see how it would be a multi-looper

[andyuk200523]

Instead of it reading Airtime, it could well say Negative G?

[A.J.]

Here's the believed layout again, to quell some confusion -

 

[Thom25]

Jarmor, you really had me going with your logic until I counted the spaces myself and came up with 11. I think you forgot to count the very last space and as someone else posted, it could say "Negative Gs"