JamminJ Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Or you could go to the actual BGW site here www.buschgardens.com/bgw/ftp_newfor2007.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 I am so excited for another GREAT BGE coaster, I don't think there is a bad coaster (or ride) in the park and it looks like another great one is coming!!!! EDIT: I love the DIVE thing on the bottom of the park web page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexTitan01 Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 that teaser was so totally NOT COOL. It did everything it was set out to do, including getting me hella anxious for them to announce it.... ARRGH, CANT....WAIT.....MUST....KNOW....BGE '07!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Hehe, it has DF's color scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Thrill Dragster Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Drachen Fire had a light blue track and silver supports. http://www.rcdb.com/ig112.htm?picture=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 I thought that's the colors I saw in the video? Ahh, it was late and I was buzzed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Dark Blue track with light blue supports JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neovortex2k Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 HHMM 205' foot sound familiar Roller Coaster: SheiKra Amusement Park: Busch Gardens Africa (Tampa, Florida 33612 USA) Type: Steel - Sit Down Status: Operating since 5/21/2005 Make / Model: Bolliger & Mabillard / Diving Machine Length: 3188' Height: 200' I'd say definitly clone!! Although with a different name of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorchomp83 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 If you watch that teaser video, you can tell it's not a clone. The brake run is on the compete opposite side than Sheikra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apolloman Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Busch never clones their coasters, Griffon should be 205 feet plus (using the landscape of BGE), not to mention adding a new dimension to the DM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I would not say Clone BUT Extremely similar, In BGW's CG when you enter the lift you can see the 2nd V drop off to the left. In Sheikra's same POV you would see the last helix. so they will be different (although probably slightly) JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neovortex2k Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 When I say clone i don't mean exact as in Batman: The ride at Six flags just this wont be a new concept it will be based on Sheikra. I've not been but from watchin the video Sheikra turns right exiting approx 180 degrees the station and then right again at the top of the hill about 90 degrees from where you can see the second drop off to the left. The new coaster station could be facing a different deirection eliminating the need for those turns say the 90 degree one, as in the video you can see an 180 degree one at the top of the hill before the drop. That would would make the second drop off to the left on the new coaster for the whole lift hill not just at the drop like Sheikra. Sorry for the ramble all degrees are Approx as in example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Can you imagine if this bad boy had a Heartline roll Fist fights over the end seats Who am I kidding this is B&M (at least give us a 4 car train) JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumboshrmp Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I'm hoping it's a clone. I'm not ready for a coaster better than sheikra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Yay only 10 more days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haux Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Where did you guys get the name "Griffon" from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 ^ Busch registered the trademark. It's similar to how we found out what Tatsu was going to be called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Hmmmm... It's time for me to block a hotel room each week from April through June. It's good to be the (Frequent travelling, high-rate paying and elite-status at Hyatt) King. What a great teaser video- Even my coaster-phobic roomate enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okinawaboy11 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I Saw part of Alpengheist in the background also. I hope this one has the splash down also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Busch, how original... "Like nothing else in the world..." Same exact thing in the SheiKra teaser. If you ask me, it looks like an enhanced SheiKra clone. Only 5 feet higher and a brake run on the opposite side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DailyBugle_JL Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Best part about the Griffon teaser is that it didnt tell the lame story of a mine in the smokey mountains. It was quick and straight to the point. Hopefully Busch will grace us with another Montu v. Alpengiest type of situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 ^ Wow, a shot at Dollywood. That's definitely the first one of those I've seen. Heck, although a bit campy, I rather enjoyed Mystery Mine's build-up. I also liked Griffon's first teaser. I guess any teaser trailers are cool in my book. Cedar Point's '07 project has the most unique though....a hilarious 100 page thread on TPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I highly doubt this will be a clone of Sheikra. When has Busch ever cloned a ride from one park to another? Those of you who are convinced of it being a clone of Sheikra are being way too pessimistic about it. This is just what happened to Patriot. People saw it as a Talon clone and imediately dismissed it as a lame ride without realizing that most people love Talon (I am aware that they ended up being completely different in every possible way). Are you actually depressed that you think BGE is getting a Sheikra clone? Is Sheikra not a world class ride? Just my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Since Great White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 ^I mean at the Busch Gardens parks. And I mean among their own parks. Meaning that BGE has never had a clone of anything at BGA and vice-versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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