Kings Dominion (KD) Discussion Thread

[pkd freak]

WE HAVE GONE VERTICAL!!!

 

UPDATE!!!!!8/19/09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jamesdillaman]

My feeling on the design is that they better have the layout different from MF. This is the second giga made by Intamin and it needs to be unique. My guess is that the trains will probably be different since MF's train design are nearly 10 years.

 

 

You don't need to worry about that. The terrain and land area differences alone will make this ride very unique when compared to MF. One can only hope it's better (i.e. contains airtime, "Bizarro-style" as opposed to floating over hills like you would when driving on a country road "Millie-style").

 

-James Dillaman

[pkdcoaster]

Awesome!! I am so excited about tomorrow.

 

Those supports are beefy but they are gonna be supporting a trainful of happy riders going 80+mph

JOY!!!

 

Thanks for the update Freak

 

JEFF

[PriestofSyrinx]

Im suddenly hungry for some McDonalds...

 

Besides that, that low to the ground turn looks like fun!

 

Almost 90 degrees!

[kingsdominionlvr]

What did I say... looks like some sort of helix to me. I am surprised that they did not wait to start vertical construction until after the announcement, but I seem to recall someone saying they were behind schedule. Anyway, thank god and it is about time for some supports to be going up (even if it is only a few feet).

[Mochtroid]

My guess is that the trains will probably be different since MF's train design are nearly 10 years.

 

AFAIK, there's not much wrong with the trains. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[pkd freak]

 

[Coaster Cow]

Wow...

Look at that crazy angle on the footers! Helix a la SRoS, anyone?

[HCLcoasters]

It luckily won't be like S:RoS because the footers aren't in that shape. I would say the turn is around 270 degrees not the 540 degree turn that S:RoS has.

 

S:RoS also doesn't have banking near that steep.

[KPfreak519]

It luckily won't be like S:RoS

 

I NEVER thought somebody would say "luckily" and "wont be like SROS" in the same sentence

[HCLcoasters]

It depends on what S:RoS your talking about.

 

If he's talking about the one at SFNE then I would love it to be S:RoS.

If he's talking about the one at SFA then no I would not. That ride is boring!

[atem122]

^I don't think the ride is quite boring, it just has boring parts like the helices and straightaways, buuuut I've never been anywhere near that ride so I can't have an actual opinion on it.

[ImpossiblyBrandon]

ON the KDfansite it says you can call a phone number and the audio of the announcement will be live at 11:00 ET, does thsi mean I could call at 8:00 Pacific Time and listen in??

[chad5871]

ON the KDfansite it says you can call a phone number and the audio of the announcement will be live at 11:00 ET, does thsi mean I could call at 8:00 Pacific Time and listen in??

 

Yes, that is my understanding.

[themeparkman25]

^Yes, that would make sense.

 

In that second video posted one page back, I had no idea that much track was on site and if you look at the piece of track at 1:31, that is one seriously large and twisted piece of track. I cannot wait until tomorrow. I don't think I have been this excited for a coaster since Maverick.

[HCLcoasters]

Almost 12 hours left

[JEAPUgrad]

Check out the logo posted on the announcement page for KD.

 

If the logo is anything like the coaster, it looks like it will have the standard 45 degree angle lift with a vertical drop.

 

The logo also depicts the support structure like MF's.

 

Here's the link:

 

http://www.kingsdominion.com/events/events.cfm

[themeparkman25]

^It looks like a hair beyond 90 but not by much. Perhaps it is the gradual increase in font size that make it seem like it will go beyond 90. Who cares though, its going to be awesome!!!

[JEAPUgrad]

^It looks like a hair beyond 90 but not by much. Perhaps it is the gradual increase in font size that make it seem like it will go beyond 90. Who cares though, its going to be awesome!!!

 

Don't think like that.

 

Imagine what riding in the back seat of a 90 degree+ first drop...the airtime will be nothing short of INSANE!!!!

[JEAPUgrad]

I may be wrong, but doesn't Cedar Fair have a habit of posting the new for the next year ride on the park's website a couple of hours before the official announcement?

[FeelTheFORCE]

I remember Maverick being leaked the night before, so who knows. Probably depends on the park and who's in charge of the info.

[Capitalize]

I wouldn't get too excited about the logo revealing anything factual about the ride; if Millennium Force's logo was any indicator of the ride it would have the steepest drop in the world...

[coasterfreak101]

Check out the logo posted on the announcement page for KD.

 

If the logo is anything like the coaster, it looks like it will have the standard 45 degree angle lift with a vertical drop.

 

The logo also depicts the support structure like MF's.

 

Here's the link:

 

http://www.kingsdominion.com/events/events.cfm

 

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/park/rides/coasters/millennium_force/index.cfm

 

I wouldn't judge the way a ride looks in real life off of a logo. Especially when the "support structure like MF's" isn't even the right color.

 

12 hours!

[DiSab]

Yeah, the MF squiggle logo is nowhere near the actual angle of the drop. I would expect this to be somewhere in the 70-80 degree range, but it wouldn't really surprise me if it is steeper.

[coasterfreak101]

^I'd say there's pretty much no chance of this being any less than 80*. If it's taller than MF, why would they backtrack and make the drop less steep than MF? Seems a bit silly.