Tell about the ride of your dreams NOW 8-)

[KrautWithAltitude]

hang on dudes, i just can´t reply or engage at all now... will be back tomorrow

[netdvn]

I had a dream about this coaster last night... If you want to see more info about this coaster, click the link in my sig.

MAVERICK RIPOFF!!!

[kumba830]

From one of the previous threads that died a long time ago...

 

Here's my idea The Inverting Bobsled...

And here is an idea for the cars done by by a fellow TPR member... (tkkyj) The top wheels would be able to compress inwards a bit so it would be able to take turns a bit easier...

the tube has fins to align the car before the brake run

see inverts in direction changes

Its a free moving car... that moves trough a tube and can flip on fast direction changes

[Kalepi_Konei]

There was a coaster train not to long ago that was made and in the description it said it could be used for launching. That's what I want to see, a launching wooden coaster.

[Electerik]

A few years back, I was part of a leadership program at one of the parks I've worked for, and (mostly just for fun) everyone was asked to come up with a new ride for the park and then pitch it.

 

Pretty much everyone but me came up with the biggest, wildest, highly-themed dueling coasters one could imagine. I pitched a pirate ship in a building. Have some projections on the walls, throw some fog and mist in there, and maybe even make it look like you might hit something on the ceiling on the upswings.

 

I still think that would be awesome.

 

/Maybe with a nice "Vikings crossing the ocean" theme.

[KrautWithAltitude]

I would like to see S&S use some of the older Arrow designs like the suspended coaster with a corkscrew. I miss the old school Arrows with their innovative surprise elements like Annaconda's (KD) lake tunnel. Steel Phantom's (Kennywood) long second drop is another example of this.

Personally, I believe that Arrow had finally found their stride albeit too late, with Dollywood's Tennessee Tornado. The short first drop with Tunnel turn and drop, coupled with the first Arrow free form inversions was fantastic.

 

This is also what I really love about some of the older coasters: Random surprise elements. Most of the coasters today are fun to ride but way to conservative in layout, for what reason ever. I´m sure I would like a small but cleverly made ride almost as much as Expedition Geforce for example. Like G´sengte Sau at Tripsdrill which I really love for the racing through the castle and all those crazy drops.

[KrautWithAltitude]

Oh Larry and his spinning suspended.......

 

Anyway, this is something that I have been wondering for a little bit. The invert and the flyer have been done with success on the unconventional side of the track. Now I am wondering, what about a stand-up invert? I'm not thinking of anything too extreme, just maybe a lower speed ride with some twists and turns. There would have to be a way to work a restraint system and come up with a car design that would give enough support to the legs and body for something like that, right?

 

While reading this, why do I get an uncomfortable feeling in this very particular area where one would expect such a restraint system to catch on?

 

But I like the idea of an inverted standup. It would probably look much like a flying coaster, maybe with some sort of inflatable restraint sytem around the legs and the upper body

[KrautWithAltitude]

^Highlight the sentence you want to quote, copy/paste it into the text box, then highlight the sentence and press the "quote" button above the text box. It's between the "underline" and the "code" buttons.

 

What about a pinball-style ride where you sit in a ride vehicle and are launched into a giant pinball machine complete with bumpers, flippers, and flashing lights. It may be a bit disorienting and the vehicles/machine would probably suffer some wear, not to mention capacity issues, but Zorb balls could help reduce the wear on the ride itself and how about allowing multiple Zorbs in at once to address capacity?

 

This is interesting! I´ve had a similar idea by myself, where people are being strapped into kind of a zorb ball and be sent through a water filled transparent tube system. I wonder if they would need a lot of kleenex in there? But the sight to the spectators should be spectacular...

 

But such ideas can easily wind up in capacity problems, and that is something that park owners really seem to care about. Maybe multiple balls or multi-seated balls could help. Anyway, it would be somethin really new!

[KrautWithAltitude]

I have had a few ideas over the years, one such was something like a sit-down coaster but with a car on a small scale to a top spin car, on top of the track (or below) but free spinning, so every ride is different. I will try to post a drawing later on to explain my theory.

 

Few other ideas, on the flat ride front, how about a sideways pirate ship (maybe even an "over the top" pirate ship but sideways, would certainly give a new experience!

 

I have another killer idea too, but you will have to bear with me!!!

 

Design it yourself rollercoaster experience....

 

....vertical lift out of station, stop at the top of the lift and the pillar that the lift is on spins round (like the ride in RCT 3 that allows you to have a 90 degree or 180 degree turn at the top) however there are a choice of elements each seperated by a vertical lift pillar which can rotate and select a different element (even doing one element backwards if one chooses too) The ride experience would be selected in the queue just before the air gates at a touch screen console, everyone chooses their favourite and the track is selected from the most popular one picked.

 

I know this probably sounds like utter rubbish, so again I will try to draw something lame later which roughly explains this.

 

I'm all out now!

 

I´m looking forward to that drawing!

But for your second idea, this seems to be similar to a concept I saw in the book about Werner Stengel where he proposed a device with rotating spikes where coaster trains would go up and then be released backwards on a different track section once the spike has rotated. I also wonder if such kind of ride interactivity would make a point at all, but that shouldnt stop one from thinking about it....

[Gav]

I'd like to see coasters that go for a 50-50 balance with airtime and inversions. At the moment coasters tend to be all airtime (Eg hypers) or all inversions (Eg Multi Loopers), though sometimes of course you'll see loopers that perhaps include a single airtime hill:

http://www.rcdb.com/ig4049.htm?picture=10

http://www.rcdb.com/ig1366.htm?picture=20

http://www.rcdb.com/ig2721.htm?picture=30

 

What I think they should do is follow a pattern of inversion-hill-inversion-hill etc , with perhaps 3 iversions 3 hills, or 4 inversions 4 hills all up. That way, the ride ends up being far more interesting, and ends up appealing to both types of riders (airtime fans and inversion fans) so each guest gets 'something' out of it.

 

Something about the scale of a Mega Lite or a Eurofighter would be able to do this quite nicely.

[Kalepi_Konei]

A water coaster with inversions. That would be SICK! I'll draw up some plans!

[KrautWithAltitude]

From one of the previous threads that died a long time ago...

 

Here's my idea The Inverting Bobsled...

 

That could be pretty cool if done right Although most tube style coasters have gone wrong, I still like their crazy looks.

[KrautWithAltitude]

A few years back, I was part of a leadership program at one of the parks I've worked for, and (mostly just for fun) everyone was asked to come up with a new ride for the park and then pitch it.

 

Pretty much everyone but me came up with the biggest, wildest, highly-themed dueling coasters one could imagine. I pitched a pirate ship in a building. Have some projections on the walls, throw some fog and mist in there, and maybe even make it look like you might hit something on the ceiling on the upswings.

 

I still think that would be awesome.

 

/Maybe with a nice "Vikings crossing the ocean" theme.

 

Yeah, I would also prefer something really new about all the old stuff that just gets ever bigger but basically stays the same thing. How did your boss like your ideas?

[netdvn]

I'd like to see coasters that go for a 50-50 balance with airtime and inversions. At the moment coasters tend to be all airtime (Eg hypers) or all inversions (Eg Multi Loopers)

 

That concept has been done before with Turn of the Century at both Great America parks. The coaster had two airtime hills follwed up by two corkscrews afterwards...

 

http://www.rcdb.com/ig3.htm?picture=8

 

The airtime hills were removed for loops in 1980 though when Marriott converted both coasterd into "The Demon".

[Electerik]

How did your boss like your ideas?

 

They told me mine was the best--but maybe they just told everyone that.

 

I've also been toying with the idea of putting a free-spinning bench-style Ferris wheel car on a coaster track. (This could be done with the cars off to the side, ala X--or simply by suspending the car between two side tracks.) The idea is that (almost) no matter what the track is doing, the riders remains facing forward with their butts pointed at the ground.

 

Picture a first generation Intamin freefall--except when you get to the bottom of the drop, you're still facing forward.

 

I don't think it would be particularly tough to engineer, but a lot could be done with it--including backwards sections (without need of transfer tracks) and loops (thanks to centrifugal force).

 

Here's a really bad drawing to illustrate:

Coast.bmp

For demonstration purposes only. I have no drawing skills.

[jpdupuis]

I'd like to see an inverted coaster with a straight drop, no twisting. And why not a hyper inverted

Camelbacks on a inverted...that would be awesome

[kumba830]

From one of the previous threads that died a long time ago...

 

Here's my idea The Inverting Bobsled...

 

That could be pretty cool if done right Although most tube style coasters have gone wrong, I still like their crazy looks.

 

What caused them to go wrong? I have some ideas that could help with some possible problems.

[traincrossin]

I always thought that this was cool. It's a coaster with a reverse drop. I just think the drop is cool, the yu-gi-oh theme not so much.

[rcroques]

It's not so much an idea for a roller coaster as it is an idea for an ultra-themed dark ride concept, but why not build a "choose-your-own-adventure ride.

 

 

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Above is a cheaply-made diagram of what the concept would look like in play.

 

Each train would hold 12 riders two-across with a small television screen and a set of buttons in front of them. These buttons would correspond with each choice of track throughout the ride. Instead of being one experience with differing effects (i.e. Indiana Jones) it would be a ride with various experiences, therefore prompting riders to re-ride to try and get the different experiences.

 

If the correct theme was found, such as a medieval or adventure sort of theme, I do believe that this concept would create a ride that would be both popular, and with the right choice of promotional material, could make a park money for years to come.

 

And keep in mind, you could even use a coaster-style ride... make every adventure through the guest for a "loop".

 

Sincerely,

R.C.

 

P.S. -- I'm sorry for the crude drawing... when I get a chance I'll post a better graphic.

[netdvn]

What caused them to go wrong? I have some ideas that could help with some possible problems.

 

Arrow and Intamin pipelines never caught on. Only one Intamin pipeline was built, and Alton was gonna build the first Arrow pipeline, but settled for Nemesis instead.

 

TOGO pipelines caught on a little, but only a small handful were actually built.

[kumba830]

^Ah yes but they don't move freely trough a tube now do they!

[macca_boy69]

I had an idea that was very feasible i think. It was an Intamin freefall giant drop. And you load standing on a floor made of this material. Which eventually drops out. And a big area of water is under the riders feet.

Then you go up as per normal. But under the chairs there is like a feet cover thing that goes down under the seat like 5 metres, and when you drop as the brakes kick in. The feet cover thing hits the water and an obvious fast speed and shoots water into the air soaking the riders and bistanders. It makes a typical water ride into an obvious thrill. Please tell me what you think. If i could draw i would show you a picture of what i thought.

 

Robby

[KrautWithAltitude]

How did your boss like your ideas?

 

They told me mine was the best--but maybe they just told everyone that.

 

I've also been toying with the idea of putting a free-spinning bench-style Ferris wheel car on a coaster track. (This could be done with the cars off to the side, ala X--or simply by suspending the car between two side tracks.) The idea is that (almost) no matter what the track is doing, the riders remains facing forward with their butts pointed at the ground.

 

Picture a first generation Intamin freefall--except when you get to the bottom of the drop, you're still facing forward.

 

I don't think it would be particularly tough to engineer, but a lot could be done with it--including backwards sections (without need of transfer tracks) and loops (thanks to centrifugal force).

 

Here's a really bad drawing to illustrate:

 

I imagine it would be a bit difficult to get all the cars in to spin the desired way along a given track. Therfore the track layout might appear rather "unspectactular" if you know what I mean . The idea, nonetheless, is cool. I would favor the bench between the rail track, not sideways like X. This would allow for a new look and a smaller structure. On the other hand each seat would have an excentric counterweight of significant size, which would put additional stress on the whole thing. And also some kind of damping element to keep things under control.

I figure, they might have had this concept in mind, before they found out it would be easier to build X the way it is now

 

I'd like to see an inverted coaster with a straight drop, no twisting. And why not a hyper inverted

Camelbacks on a inverted...that would be awesome

 

No doubt if you ride in the first row. But the rather poor sight on the other seats might pretty much kill the flying feeling you get on a normal hyper like EGF. Next, inverted trains are heavier and have poor air drag and so on. So in general they are not very effective, and effectiveness is what you need if you want to build a hyper in order to get the most out of what little money you have to spend.

PS: Not to mention the usual restraint system on inverted trains, which is not airtime friendly. You would want to have something new there, too.

 

It's not so much an idea for a roller coaster as it is an idea for an ultra-themed dark ride concept, but why not build a "choose-your-own-adventure ride....

 

Although I like the idea of interactive rides like that, there is a problem. Imagine a normal ride where everybody will be happy when they roll back into station. Now add some "democratic" elements like you mentioned. The more choice you give, the mor riders wouldn´t get the ride they voted for and therefore might become bored of the ride. This concept would have to be impelemented carefully to give the whole thing a kind of "team feeling" instead of "ego trip". Not a simple democratic voting machine, but something clever, funny and surprising. Can´t tell what that would be, anyway.

 

I had an idea that was very feasible i think. It was an Intamin freefall giant drop. And you load standing on a floor made of this material. Which eventually drops out. And a big area of water is under the riders feet.

Then you go up as per normal. But under the chairs there is like a feet cover thing that goes down under the seat like 5 metres, and when you drop as the brakes kick in. The feet cover thing hits the water and an obvious fast speed and shoots water into the air soaking the riders and bistanders. It makes a typical water ride into an obvious thrill. Please tell me what you think. If i could draw i would show you a picture of what i thought.

 

Robby

 

Funny idea. Reminds me of the stuff I used to draw when I was a teenager. Most of those drawings and ideas are gone now, and that´s a bummer because I might have some of my best ideas back then. So basically, everybody who is in line for this "Splash Tower" would be totally soaked just before he gets on the ride. I imagine a pretty huge impact! Some cough medicine company could have their logo exclusively on the tower shaft, to make things clear. Sorry for the pun, but I myself would get a cold for sure on such a thing. The idea is cool, anyway. Maybe it should be done with heated spa water doped with Aspirin

[Top Thrill Dragster]

Take a euro fighter or a wild mouse and combine it with a Tower of Terror drop ride. You get the best of both worlds a roller coaster and a drop tower all in one ride.

[expeditioneverestfan]

A coaster with two levels of seating would be cool. I'd also like to see an inverted coaster thats taller and doesnt go upside down, like an inverted Raging Bull or Nitro.

 

THis idea is pretty impossible but as Robb said in the Expoland update ( I think it was Expoland) an Intamin 500ft., inverted stand up, shuttle, woodie.