Rct3man777 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 We have record breaking heights, we have record breaking speeds, we have extreme airtime, we have extreme G-forces, in 2009 the...the ring racer rollercoaster [Look up Ring Racer on RCDB], there are the most extreme rides ever. El toro at six flags great adventure, X2 at magic mountain, and more. BUT...What do you think these amazing thrills we call RollerCoasters will be like in ten years? Sketch, describe, anything. When do you think I will have a way to make topics without a bunch of flaws and bad wording? Just kidding. But post what you think! Will they be gone? Will there be a prototype we could never think of? Will they turn into a completley different ride? Simply post what YOU think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmerleeberry Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 "Oh wow, I'm the very first to reply to this! I'm so thrilled!!! Look how far we've come in coasters. In the beginning, they were all "sit down in train cars and ride an out-and-backer wooden coasters. Now we got looping coasters, hyper-coasters, launch coasters, suspended coasters, inverted coasters, stand-ups, wild mouses, wild cats, and coasters that has everything except the kitchen sink. Okay, how about this concept. Imagine an out and back coaster. After the lift (or it could be a launch), the train goes up and down until it reaches the halfway point and enters a station. As the track interchanges unto a new section of track behind the train, the train is released, but it is traveling backwards until it reaches a station to interchange the track and send the train (forward) back into the station. In other words, a roller coaster that travels forward first, and then later backwards on the second half of the ride. Another idea using this concept would be a double track in which one train starts forward and the other train starts backward. The two trains are dispatched until they reached the mid-station and the transfer track to changed their direction: the forward train is now traveling backwards and the backwards train is now traveling forward, and they stay that way all the way back to the station. Keep in mind that if you began the ride going forward, you'll end up in the backwards station and vice versa. How about one more concept before I call it a night? Imagine the Wicked Twister, but instead of the twisted ends, you have two inversions on top of the station. The inverted train is launched, travels up and over the station, and flips over to be right side up until it flips once more to enter the station and gets launched again. A coaster like this wouldn't take much room and I'm surprised no one else thought of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterFanatic Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 With the way current trends are moving ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASA Guy Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 ^Ha Ha Ha. With the way the economy is, I see the amusement park industry Dying before long, but that doesn't mean that in the meen time roller coaster techonolgy will progress almost infinately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Magnum XXL-500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASA Guy Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 ^Are you kidding? We're probably 10 years from that. I say by 2050, We'll see: _____: The worlds longest, tallest, and fastest roller coaster standing 850 Feet Tall, 20,00 feet long and 320 Miles Per Hour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPfreak519 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I've always imagined this concept: It may sound improbable, but I'm sure some company (*cough*Intamin*cough*) could make it work. It would start out as a steel looper/hyper, perhaps launched, before reaching a MCBR. Upon dropping out of the MCBR, however, it changes to wooden coaster track with the layout of a GCI twister. Yeah, I know, it sounds crazy because wooden and steel coaster cars are very different from each other, but I think it could happen in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMontu Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I'm sure there is the technology and engineering to create big and tall coasters, but look at the last two record breakers - Dragster and Kingda Ka. Both rides resulted in all sorts of problems for the parks from a maintenance standpoint. There may be some record breaking "conventional" coasters, but many parks are trying to build more rides that are "fun". We'll probably continue to have plenty of conventional rides, with Intamin, GCI, Gravity Group, B&M, and others out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I think future coasters will be centered around Theme. For a while, I believe the rage for record breaking coasters (Excluding the oval track in Germany which some will consider the worlds' fastest "coaster") will cease, and things will move towards family fun, and lots of themeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 What does it matter if the world is going to end in 4.5 years? So you are asking what rides would be like in heaven, or in hell, or on the moon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rct3man777 Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 I've always imagined this concept: It may sound improbable, but I'm sure some company (*cough*Intamin*cough*) could make it work. It would start out as a steel looper/hyper, perhaps launched, before reaching a MCBR. Upon dropping out of the MCBR, however, it changes to wooden coaster track with the layout of a GCI twister. Yeah, I know, it sounds crazy because wooden and steel coaster cars are very different from each other, but I think it could happen in the future. Last edited by KPfreak519 on Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:22 pm Maybe if they changed the rails/size of the rails/shape of the rails on the track it would probably work! Do you think you could possibly make a sketch of your idea? It's acctually pretty interesting. What does it matter if the world is going to end in 4.5 years? So you are asking what rides would be like in heaven, or in hell, or on the moon.. I'm suprised by how many people believe in this 2012 thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASA Guy Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 ^It was believed by the Aztecs and now we have scientific Evidence so some people think it's true, And If it was I would have ditched school done a girl and moved to Cedar Point by now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomNick Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 This is definitely an interesting thought to ponder. Just thinking back to how coasters have evolved throughout my childhood and into my early adulthood, the sky is the limit really, as these designers are constantly being more and more creative. It also makes me really wonder what the "typical park skyline" will be like in a few decades when my kids are (hopefully) in their riding prime. I think there will ALWAYS be wooden coasters, as that appeal is a constant, both among enthusiasts and the general public. I also feel that we haven't seen the highest coaster yet either. I have a sneaking suspicion that someone will break the 500-foot mark before too long. And crazy as it sounds, I think they will do it with a "traditional" coaster design as well. I know it would be ridiculously expensive, but I could see some park pulling the trigger on it if they want to make a big splash. Only thing I know for sure is that I'll be happily riding whatever comes our way for as long as my body will let me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoasterkid Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 And If it was I would have ditched school done a girl and moved to Cedar Point by now! That right there prooves what's wrong with our youth today. They're too busy thinking with their heads instead of their minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 They'll discover that you can get some good, low friction fun out of sliding down hills of ice. It worked when I was a kid. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Clear Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 In ten years, a dramatic increase in personal injury lawsuits will make coasters look more like monorails with OTSRs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollerman87 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Yeah, I'm seeing the themed coaster atsrt to make its move. I think The Dark Knight, for as bad as you guys say it is (haven't ridden it) is the first step in modern theming of a roller coaster. Who knows, we may have rides like Kingda Ka going Dark ride on us with an intro story, and then "BOOM", the launch. Heck, if my dreams of not only becoming a coaster designer, but owning my own company come through, we might see more themed coasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I think they will all be powered by soy bio-diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phazan Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 They will be super awesome... ... Cause... ...They'll be on the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 No they won't, they will all be aquatrax because the polar ice caps will have melted flooding the world, it'll be like the movie Waterworld, with coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacoasterrider Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Waterparks. I see almost every single park being half water park, and Vekoma joining B&M and Intamin as the "elite" steel coaster designers. More Steel Hawg rides I think parks will not be building much more bigger or faster rides. Possibily a few new inversions over the next few years. I see theming coming into detail more, but not as much as some people are saying. Just more rides themed like Black Mamda and Nemesis Inferno emerging in parks. Six Flags will be reduced to SFMM, SFGAM, and SFGADV in 10 years. And there will be some company like Six Flags owning 20+ Waterparks. That's what I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 What does it matter if the world is going to end in 4.5 years? So you are asking what rides would be like in heaven, or in hell, or on the moon.. Who says there won't be roller coasters in the new world? Oh, and I agree with the waterpark comments. I have no doubt that PARC will become the new SF...except with Waterparks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacoasterrider Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 and enlighten me if this already happened, but vertical loops and inversions in those launched water-tube rides (where the water is shot out and that propels the tube, dont know what there called) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Australian company Village Roadshow has been purchasing a fair few waterparks lately, maybe they know something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroworldfan1 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 OMG. I've been confusing Village Roadshow with that granny show "Antique Roadshow". Don't ask me how I did that. Back on subject...... In the future when someone asks, "what is a vertical loop" the reply will be, "what's a verticle loop"? We most likely won't have the same inversions in the future. -Tatum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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