Gutterflower Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 Hey all This kind of appeared from nowhere. I heard a park in Taiwan called EDA world was building a custom Vekoma Family coaster so i decided to look it up. After a bit of googling i found they have constructed Vekomas Big Air Coaster Already Park Site: http://www.edaworld.com.tw/content_eda_theme_park.php?lan=en More Pics: http://album.udn.com/ajoescola/photo/3456835?o=reply#photoanc For those of you who don't know. Vekoma's Big Air coaster is very much like an Intamin halfpipe on steroids.
Noxegon Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 Goddamnit. Right after my SECOND trip to Taiwan...
Mochtroid Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 After experiencing the half-pipe at the mall of america I want this in the US. Badly.
MontuWillOwnYou Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 Wow. I want that in my backyard. Busch Gardens Tampa should buy one. Put it out with the zebras and lions.
dcxs Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 wow, that just screams airtime! Says park is opening at the end of 2009 btw
PKI Jizzman Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 I'd love to see an Intamin Ball coaster on this ride.. That'd be soooo much fun! Half pipes are awesome.
Homeboy23 Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 I agree with everyone, this looks like fun.
CorkscrewFoley Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 FINALLY! (The Rock has come back...oops) I'm so glad to see one of these come into fruitition. Vekoma has had this up on their site as long as I can remember.
andyuk200523 Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 This is probably the prototype coaster which was at the factory in the Netherlands, It was built years ago so probably got sold at a discount price! Good on someone to buy it though, it has always looked like a fun ride!
Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 I remembered there was a park that originally had plans to build one of these but it never worked out. Forgot which one it was but it's in the UK. So I assume it is not open yet? I just came across it on RCDB today. It says opened 2009 but the status is still "under construction".
Noxegon Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 Yeah, it was supposed to go to Fantasy Island in 2003.
Josh Linn Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 FINALLY! (The Rock has come back...oops) I'm so glad to see one of these come into fruitition. Vekoma has had this up on their site as long as I can remember. This ride will entertain the millions.......anddddd millions of Rock's fans.
coasterfan21 Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 Looks great, I have always wanted to ride a half pipe ride. Maybe next summer I will get to a park that has one.
CorkscrewFoley Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 FINALLY! (The Rock has come back...oops) I'm so glad to see one of these come into fruitition. Vekoma has had this up on their site as long as I can remember. This ride will entertain the millions.......anddddd millions of Rock's fans. If you smellll-lalalalalalah! What the Rock is cooking...oh wait, I mean Vekoma...(Ant-acids anyone?) is cooking.
PKI Jizzman Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 Okay, now it just looks like a sit down impulse coaster. Go with the spinning trains like Intamin! Those half pipes are awesome.
Airtime&Gravity Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 Okay, now it just looks like a sit down impulse coaster. Go with the spinning trains like Intamin! Those half pipes are awesome. From my understanding of the ride, the cars rotate 180* at the top of the towers. This looks like a lot of fun, and I'm amazed that it was actually built, since I was sure it never would. If this works well, hopefully more will be built in the coming years. That being said, I expect this ride to experiene a lot of downtime during the first year it's open.
Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 Or atleast go floorless... I wonder how much that will change the experiance. If I am correct, Intamin halfpipes are floorless too.
Airtime&Gravity Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 ^Only in the sense that B&M mega coasters are floorless. While your feet don't touch the floor, a floor still exists. I was looking at the stats of this coaster on the Vekoma website, and this thing makes the Intamin half pipes loo like kiddie coasters. This will be Vekoma's tallest and fastest coaster, standing 197ft tall with a top speed of 67mph.
Tmcdllr Posted September 25, 2009 Posted September 25, 2009 So how does it get up the towers? Catch car, LIMs? Is it raised up one tower then dropped or is it launched and how?
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