ernierocker Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I love the first drop sequence! Really does remind me of Boulder Dash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDipper 80 Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 ..... wha...?! That looks incredible! I love terrain coasters and this is absolutely mental! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudvayneimn Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Ugh, I cannot wait to get home so I can check this out (darn work web filters). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger01 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 That is one monster of a Roller Coaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 ^I think I will finally have to brave the commies and head to China! Looks like an great coaster! I've heard that China has a great space spinning ride as well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Backseat POV! Â http://www.facebook.com/GreatCoasters#!/video/video.php?v=813331629749&oid=23030364094&comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmaster562 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 ^ That's it. Im moving to china. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericm95 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Dayuuummmm that thing went pretty fast... looked EPIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I hate to be the purveyor of gloom and doom here, but IMHO all these elements seem very long and drawn out. In the past pictures, I have marveled at the sheer size and beauty of this coaster. However, nothing in either of those videos gave me anything to get excited about. All of the elements were big, sweeping, beautiful and flowing. The ride itself seemed to keep a very even pace, but nothing really exciting. There were no real dramatic changes in direction, no little pops of GCI air. Even the low to the ground stuff that weaved it way through the structure seemed to have a very long flowing uninspired feel to it. Usually during a low long strech, GCI has these quick left to right, and up and down movements that quickly lift you out of your seat, throw you to the left or right, then drop you back against the bench again. This coaster had none of that. It just seemed to smoothly transition from one turn to the next. Never really giving you the feel of deceleration, acceleration, directional change, lift or force. The usual GCI station fly through is almost always accompanied by a quick drop and abrupt tight turn which gives a nice little thrust out of your seat and then pull back into the train. This coaster just seemed to come out of a low long banked turn into a straight away, fly through the station, and gracefully make it's way back to the brake run. It's almost too fluid. I wanted more. Â I honestly hope I'm wrong. After all, I am a huge GCI fanboy. I have loved everything I have ever ridden by them. However, with that said, I can't help but feel that this coasters size is going to be it's biggest shortcoming. Â Guy "I never base a rides merit based on it's NL rendering. It's just the feel I got." Koepp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 ^Remember that people were very unimpressed with the Prowler animation, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 ^Absolutely 100% agree! I'm just sayin' the animation doesn't add any fuel to the fire for this ride. I was hoping it would build anticipation, but unfortunately for me, it did the exact opposite. Â Sorry! Â Guy "I accept all responsibility and hate that comes to me from my posts and actions." Koepp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmaster562 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 The first drop(s) look AWESOME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Guy, I am with you on this one. The video left me thinking, wow I was wanting more. But than again, I will leave my final thoughts till 2012 when I get to ride this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I anxiously await your hands on review. I honestly hope my fears are in vain. Â Guy "I am hoping to ride this monster myself in the next 5ish years." Koepp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 That looks pretty smooth for a woodie. Â Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger01 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Now we've seen the videos we can now get back to the real deal over at Knight Valley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Guy, I agree this is not your stereotypical GCI coaster with the abundance of lateral forces. But, I disagree about the lack of airtime moments as I see a ton of them in this ride. In my opinion, this ride seems like it will give the riders that "out of control" feeling throughout the ride. Can't wait to see this baby in action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I watched the POV again and counted roughly 15-17 moments of airtime throughout the ride. Granted, it's an animation and we won't know how it truly rides until we see a real-life POV and get TR's on it, but you can surmise fairly easily where the moments of airtime are. Not to mention that those two swooping curves up the mountain side have pretty big drops coming back down, and this thing is going to be hauling some MAJOR ass for most of the layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I have no doubt this thing will be hauling. What I was speculating was that all the elements are overly drawn out due to it's size. It looks to have an entirely different feel than the usual GCI coasters do. Again, I am purely speculating as I really have never gotten any sort of good feel for a coaster just watching a CGI recreation. Â Guy "GCI, CGI, TMI, IDK?" Koepp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLund Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 ^You're lucky your name is Guy. Â If it was anyone else they'd be bombarded by comments like "You can't judge this coaster from the POV! You haven't even ridden it!" Â But to be honest, I agree with you. While the back POV was much better, the front POV didn't do much for me. But now that I mention it, neither does GCI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger01 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 (edited) This christmas has got to be the best! Â More Photos: http://www.facebook.com/GreatCoasters Credit: GCI Facebook Edited December 17, 2010 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imawesome1124 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Wow....! Massive....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Hey guys, from now on when we post pictures taken from the GCI Facebook page, we need to make sure that we credit the source. It is perfectly fine to post their photos here, we just need to give credit. Â Thanks! Â -Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLund Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Wow, talk about a mess of wood supports and track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Hey guys, from now on when we post pictures taken from the GCI Facebook page, we need to make sure that we credit the source. It is perfectly fine to post their photos here, we just need to give credit. Thanks!  -Eric And be sure to post the link: http://www.facebook.com/GreatCoasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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