Kings Dominion (KD) Discussion Thread

[cfc]

I think we can all agree that, on occasion, a park can be hit by a natural disaster or severe weather. Not much more to say on that topic.

[pkd freak]

Lift stairs has arrived and looks like we can scratch the vertical lift out of the picture? The angle looks to be about 45 degrees.

 

http://www.kdfansite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=441&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=4740

[OKSIRYDOC]

I'm not saying its gonna be the same i'm just saying what is the practicallity of having a 20 x 20 footer?

[CP_RULES]

Lift stairs has arrived and looks like we can scratch the vertical lift out of the picture? The angle looks to be about 45 degrees.

 

http://www.kdfansite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=441&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=4740

 

Oh nice, but vertical lift was never written on the list of possibilities, so there's no need to scratch it off.

[FeelTheFORCE]

Lift stairs has arrived and looks like we can scratch the vertical lift out of the picture? The angle looks to be about 45 degrees.

 

http://www.kdfansite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=441&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=4740

 

It's possible those stairs could be for a MCBR. I would have thought that the lift hill would have some sort of elevator system or bucket on a track, similar to MF.

[DiSab]

^I did too, but I doubt those are MCBR stairs. Those stairs are usually spiral, not the straight ones.

[JEAPUgrad]

The 20'x20' measurement I gave was an guesstimate at best.

 

I failed miserably at geometry but I know four equally lengthed sides equals a square. I also know what a 20x20 party tent looks like in size thanks to many years of event planning.

 

The 20 x 20 measurement was only an approximation.

 

I didn't measure it myself.

[Mike240SX]

Those stairs look more like an electrical conduit rack to me...like this:

http://number-one-electric.com/Vertical%20Conduit%20Rack.jpg

[MixedDrink]

^ Possibly! I think 300 feet of lift hill stairs is pretty ridiculous, personally I doubt they will use stairs for evacuation and maintenance purposes.

 

- MixedDrink

[cgodsey]

Those stairs look more like an electrical conduit rack to me...like this:

http://number-one-electric.com/Vertical%20Conduit%20Rack.jpg

 

Looks like what we have seen in cable lift coasters with a mobile evac system. They use both those conduit tray like pieces and stairs.

 

http://www.rcdb.com/ig594.htm?picture=1

[pdon]

Those stairs look more like an electrical conduit rack to me...like this:

http://number-one-electric.com/Vertical%20Conduit%20Rack.jpg

 

 

I am in the electrical industry and that doesn't look like tray cable to me. If you look at the pictures you'll see hand rails stacked on top of the pile. The "stairs" also seem to have the typical, traction type steps that you see on other coaster stairs.

 

Not implying that they are definitely stairs, but pretty confident in saying that they are not cable tray.

[JEAPUgrad]

The stairs could also be for access to a section for a block brake.

 

While MF doesn't have a mid course block what's not to say this coaster won't either?

[kingsdominionlvr]

Looks like catwalk, or at least temporary catwalk to me. Millennium Force's catwalk is also unpainted. Hopefully they get some vertical construction going soon, so we can get a better perspective of this coaster. As for teasers, Kings Dominion told me on their twitter that all the metal in the parking lot, and the construction is pretty much their teaser. Carowinds has no track at this point, so they get the good stuff, in my opinion at least.

[DiSab]

^It could be worse - you could be getting no teasers and no coaster.

[kingsdominionlvr]

^It could be worse - you could be getting no teasers and no coaster.

 

Hey, I am not complaining, I have just noticed a lot of people who have. Not necessarily on this forum, but many other places around the web.

[MARK]

Hey guys, just found an interesting similarity between the track of the new coaster going into the Ferrari park in Abu Dhabi and that of KD's new coaster.... To me they are exactly the same. Only that the Ferrari park coaster is supposed to be Premiere? I'm confused.

[KPfreak519]

^I believe the Ferrari park has two coasters, and the one with the same style track as KD's ride is in fact an Intamin. I believe their second coaster is a Premier.

[dragsterfan420]

^I believe the Ferrari park has two coasters, and the one with the same style track as KD's ride is in fact an Intamin. I believe their second coaster is a Premier.

 

One of the Ferrari Parks coasters is a Mauer Sohne. I know that for sure. Maybe Premier and Intamin have the same style of track?

[KPfreak519]

^Yeah you're right, its a Maurer-Sohne. They aren't getting a Premier though, the second one is an Intamin, so this is just Intamin's new style of track I think.

[ECZenith]

I didn't know the F1 coaster was already so far ahead with construction! They do indeed have the same trackstyle, nice to see what KD's ride might look like (trackwise) next year.

[dragsterfan420]

^^Oh ok. Why was everybody bringing up the Premier crap?

[Homeboy23]

^ Back when KD's track first showed up in June, everyone was trying to figure out exactly which company it was by comparing it to the same track posted in the above picture.

 

Back then I think they were still doubts of it being Intamin.

[Loefet]

I didn't know the F1 coaster was already so far ahead with construction!

The track work have been complete for some time now.

 

Let's all put the Premier talk to rest now, both of these coaster are made by Intamin, and that's final!

 

Any new photo updates from this one?

[vacoaster]

Wow.. I think i brought that premier topic up about a good 50 pages or more ago back when the first track piece showed up at KD.

[MARK]

Aaahhh right. Sorry guys, I thought it must have been brought up by now.

 

I wonder if this is going to be THE intamin track from now on, or whether it's just for the larger coasters?

 

That's probably already been discussed as well!

 

I'll shutup now....

 

Mark