LochNess Monster (original plans)

[DatBoi2Much09]

Ya'll need to check this out..did anyone ever notice this? When the Loch Ness monster was publicized..is was publicized as a [/b]launch coaster...hmm...interesting..check this out....[/url]http://www.themeparkbrochures.com/1978/images/bgw1978_4.jpg[/u]

[DatBoi2Much09]

If you can't get the link..go to www.themeparkbrochures.com, scroll down to Busch Gardens - The Old Country (1978), and click on the fourth image at the top..that should show you what I mean...

[Jak]

It also says that it has a vertical drop .

[DatBoi2Much09]

Yeah, when in fact, it has two..so my question is..when did they all of a sudden make the decision to have interlocking loops, the tunnel, and the two lifts..because I didn't hear anything about that in the description..and it had to be a last minute decision for the ride (i guess their breakthrough failed concerning the acceleration..lol)...but anwayz, It's a great ride..and the last minute decisions definitely came through, and made the ride a masterpiece..

[DatBoi2Much09]

Wait a sec...I just realized what I just said...disregard that..but my question still remains that..but it did say it was gonna have a verticxal drop..and it doesn't...

[Jonathan]

I think you are really reaching with this. I assume by the launch part you are referring to the acceleration part, which is merely explaining how fast the train accelerates due to gravity travelling down the first drop. And as for the "vertical drop"; it is vertical. Vertical does not necessarily mean 90 degrees.

[coasterdude5]

^^Yeah, a vertical drop only means it is straight. It doesn't have to be 90 degrees straight down.

[DatBoi2Much09]

I think you are really reaching with this. I assume by the launch part you are referring to the acceleration part, which is merely explaining how fast the train accelerates due to gravity travelling down the first drop. And as for the "vertical drop"; it is vertical. Vertical does not necessarily mean 90 degrees.

 

If that's the case..then the terminology was incorrect. When someone says "accelerates.." or "12-70 in 3 seconds", we think of a "launch coaster"..if it gains speed.. the correct way of saying that would be "reaches speeds up to 70mph" and terminology of that nature..so the terminology was incorrect..causing me to think that the Loch Ness Monster was suppose to be a launch coaster...see what I'm saying???

[bgwfreak]

^ Dude every coaster accelerates. That doesn't make it a launch coaster. They were simply saying that the coaster would accelerate when it went down the first hill. That's all.

 

You're reading WAY too much into that.

[DatBoi2Much09]

Of course it doesn't say that...it doesn't have to say launch coaster..check out www.themeparkbrochures.com, scroll down to Knott's Berry Farm (2002), and click on the third image..and tell me if they call Xcelerator a launch coaster..???

[DatBoi2Much09]

^ Dude every coaster accelerates. That doesn't make it a launch coaster. They were simply saying that the coaster would accelerate when it went down the first hill. That's all.

 

You're right about that...

[ChrisFL]

since there was nothing anywhere close to a launching capability when the loch ness monster opened, you are definitely reading too much into it

[DatBoi2Much09]

Okay. I mean..you all would know. It's cool though. It just caught me by surprise..that's it. I was just wondering why they would use that kind of terminology for LNM like that. It just had me thinking that maybe it was suppose to be a launch coaster..

[Reon]

2 verticle drops and a loop you say? Sounds more like an ad for Sheikra to me...

[VegasCoaster]

I believe that is more of a difference in style of speech due to the times. Everything they said is infact true, it does have a vertical drop of 114 feet, but vertical in the sense of that is how high the drop is, infact the bit right after that states that the drop is taken at 55 degrees. Its just a matter of how one interprets what they say, and how we generally take things to mean now.

[CoasterEricHP]

waittt a minute.. But Loch Ness Monster does have two drops.. and they are both vertical.. just not a 90 degree vertical drop. I dunno, isn't a 70 degree drop still a vertical drop? It's moving vertically.. just not 90 degrees vertically.. vertically?! I just wanted to add vertically again in there after vertically.

 

I just think anything moving up or down at any angle is moving vertically..

 

Why do they call a vertical loop.. a vertical loop?

 

Eric "at 5'9" Im a little vertically challenged" Geiple

[DatBoi2Much09]

I believe that is more of a difference in style of speech due to the times. Everything they said is infact true, it does have a vertical drop of 114 feet, but vertical in the sense of that is how high the drop is, infact the bit right after that states that the drop is taken at 55 degrees. Its just a matter of how one interprets what they say, and how we generally take things to mean now.

 

VegasCoaster..you said it! That's my point! I was just trying to get across how I interpreted the ride description..it confused me, and I wanted some clarity...but nevertheless...it's all been said and done, and the ride was built back in 1978, so who am I to question??? It's an awesome ride!