robbalvey Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 Just curious, does Thunder Dolphin kind of ride like Millineum Force? Big but really forceless? Pretty much! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalepi_Konei Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I think reading between the lines means reading while your in the correct lane, and staying in your lane. Just a guess though... And Thunder Dolphin looks SO AWESOME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Anything with a first drop similar to MF is good to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazed49 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 With the Red Sox playing a series against the A's earlier this year in Tokyo, I have seen the Tokyo Dome a lot on TV. All I have to say is Japan baseball fans are CRAZY!!! They also showed a couple clips of Thunder Dolphin! Also its sucks for all those people that are under the Giants Banner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Starr Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Love the hubless wheel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 We dropped by the park that evening, to see if we could meet anyone, but man it was packed so after some pictures we skipped it and went back to our hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcenter Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I've been waiting for you guys to visit this park again since I took this picture a year ago. I was on a UH-1N "Huey" helicopter flying from Yokota Air Base into Hardy Barracks in Tokyo and was able to get a good shot of LaQua. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 ^ AWESOME shot! Thanks for posting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperShawn Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Do the Ride Ops on Thunder Dolphin still tell you to put your hands up in a "Big O" before they deploy the train? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedPirate Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Not that I remember - they all kind of clapped and jumped up and down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryancrash Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I love Thunder Dolphin! Yeah, it's no GeForce or SRoS, but it's still a helluva lot of fun. And its central location is just wonderful. I've been to Tokyo twice - anytime I had an hour or two to kill, I could always hop on over to Tokyo Dome City and ride Thunder Dolphin some more. This ride makes me more than a bit jealous of Tokyo - why can't Manhattan have a big Intamin hypercoaster right smack dab in the middle of the city? Seriously! I'm sorry to hear that GeoPanic and Zombie Paradise are gone. I kinda liked those rides too. I hope something good takes their place. How is that new Intamin mini-hyper at Tobu Zoo? (They were just starting to build it last time I was there...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedPirate Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 It was totally awesome! We rode it tons of times and it was brilliant every time. Not to mention it's a very good looking photogenic coaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Ok time to come back to this thread and come back STRONG!!!! How about a little Tobu Zoo and a Kawasemi video as an "apology" for not getting to these updates sooner? Anyway, Tobu Zoo is home to a new for 2008 Intamin "Mega Lite" called Kawasemi. All I can say about this amazing coaster is that it's all the power and airtime of Superman: Ride of Steel and Expedition GeForce packed into about 1/4 of the size. It's absolutely incredible! I really hope parks pick up on this little ride as the perfect "small coaster" that isn't too intimidating for older guests and really delivers. The rest of the park we did a quick run through. Got on Regina which is still very good, although a bit rougher this year. The Togo Looping Mouse was down for maintenance which is a bummer, but like we've always said be prepared for coasters to be closed in Japan. I do think Kawasemi more than made up for this! I still think that if you're in the area of Tokyo be sure to hit up this park. Even without Kawasemi it was a great place to visit and now it's got, IMO, the best steel coaster in Japan! First off, how about some video of Kawasemi: [tprtv]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=kawasemi_1[/tprtv] And now the photos... This is what the group looks like all hyped up on caffeine and Japanese crack! Still hyped up there is NO WAY we are going to turn down the opprotunity for a group photo in front of the coaster-morphing, huge knockers hot chick in the train station. My god STOP GIVING THESE PEOPLE CAFFEINE!!! Ok, let's pause for a moment. This is a lift hill shot, yes. And it's for those lift hill enthusiast dorks, yes, yes...but let's just point out that this is the lift to a coaster that will make our group scream with ultimate Intamin pleasure for the next hour or so. Read on... The first drop may not look like much, but OMG does it deliver! Are you wet yet? It's just a mess of track everywhere! Three airtime filled bunny hills in a row, thank you very much. Mmmm.... Dave looks happy...like a school boy who just found the hidden key to dad's liquor cabinet. Just look at it...perfect curves and hills. Dolly Parton would be proud! EXTREME AIRTIME AND GUM LINE!!! Did we mention it goes under water? Everyone's hands up? Check! I beleive they are having a good time. Three sexy bunny hills! It's like there two of them...I wish there were two of them! You guys don't mind riding like, 17 or 18 more times, right? Wow! That is like the meanest Bob face I've ever...EVER seen!!! Regina...she's sexy...and rough! She'll give you a good beating but some men like that kind of thing! Yowza! The park has a lot of nice curves. Yay! Everyone is either happy or invisible! "Hi, this is Robb and Martin, and I just want to let you all know that we normally don't look this bad...seriously...this could be the worst picture of us ever taken!!!" OMG! P-O-VEEEEEEE! Ok so maybe Martin always looks like that! Bob and his fan club! "We are the world's thumb wrestling champions!" Robb and Yoshi will challenge Bob and Tim to a thumb wrestle duel! As you can see Dave and Jeff also want in on this thumb wrestling action. They are showing off their goods. Ok, enough of the other rides, did we mention this is one of the best coasters in the world? Amazing... It's like Superman, Goliath, and Expedition GeForce shrunk down and cute! Three little bunny hops sitting in a row... "Itarian" The world can never have too many Kawasemi photos. "I would like to introduce you to my robot ride-on beetle!" OMG. Is he finally....dead???? Thanks for reading everyone! Again, sorry about the delay. Next up! Nasu Highland! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazed49 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ok ride on beetle... AWESOME! Screw pandas and giraffes when you could have a beadle. Do the claws actually move? Also Kawasemi looks amazing! Great POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Wow! That thing is so quiet and smooth! And the hair-time....Most impressive. Delay? What delay? Did anybody see a delay in updates? I sure didn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Starr Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Oh don't worry, I'm wet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Ka Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Kawasemi is so... delicious. It looks like everything a roller coaster should be. This update has made me consider skipping my exchange trip to Germany to go on a TPR Japan trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewheeled999 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Great update, Robb. That coaster seriously does look amazing. --Eric (YOWZA!) B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uc420 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 It was definitely the best coaster on the trip and one of the best coasters i have ever ridden. Gotta love the hair time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Thanks for the update Robb and one very quick question how far north of Tokyo is this park and could I do it in half day, heading to Tokyo in Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRACHEN_FIRE_FAN-BOY Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 wow parks in America NEED these Intamin Mega Lite coasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtizzle Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 The video stream from "TPR TV" is still slow at buffering. I've tried it on a couple different servers/ bandwidths/ etc. too. Anyhoo... that's a cool lil coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderguy345 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 For everyone's information there's another Mega-lite in Djurs sommerland in Denmark. AND it has a tunnel. I've ridden it over 20 times The airtime is supreme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 The video stream from "TPR TV" is still slow at buffering. I've tried it on a couple different servers/ bandwidths/ etc. too. Did anyone else have streaming problems? I'd like to know so we can do more work on TPR TV. --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 ^ I've had no problems the last week. It's been much faster than the old streaming vids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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