ntweisen Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Does Setpoint have a booth? Any news about the cantilevered coaster system?
Moose Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Thanks for the great video updates. It is always interesting to hear what the Industry Leaders have to say, rather than speculation. Â I still think GCI Chris is cute
ernierocker Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 It is time for Day 3 Updates!! Â Update #1 - 12:30 P.M. - Kuka, Premier, U.S. Thrill Rides, and More! Â Â Another day on the IAAPA show floor! Â Â OMG! How did we not see this before??? It's beautiful! I believe they are praising Prince Desmond. Â Â Kuka are the guys behind those crazy Robocoaster arms and they say "un-officially" the Harry Potter ride. Did you know there was a Robocoaster at Epcot? Â Â Yup, these guys are still around too! Â Â Another look at Premier's coaster train. Â Â NERD SHOT!!! Â Â US Thrill Rides introduced and interesting concept that's a cross between a Skycoaster and a Gondola transportation ride. Â Â Designed by Bill Kitchen, the inventor of the original Skycoaster. Â Â "Riders can hang from the cable and can be propelled up to 30MPH." Â Â Euro Bungy never gets old! Â Â Carousel enthusiasts may appreciate this.
Guy T. Koepp Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Yay! More IAAPA. The dude at Proslide seems to really enjoy his job. He was very excited about all the cool new products they had. I like to see excitement in people.
Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Finally the SkyQuest update. So from what I see it's going to be like a skyride except you're suspended below the cables facing downwards? Is it really much of a "thrill" ride?
xmichellex Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 That HeliHopper ride is hilarious! I will admit, I watched that part a few times in a row because the reactions were so awesome! Â I'm really looking forward to the Q-bot wristband for water parks. I have wanted to go to water parks (attached to theme parks and otherwise), but they always seem SO crowded that it kinda turns me away. Hopefully this will work and be a great reason to make an effort to finally go! Â PS - Thanks so much for all the pics and videos!
krazekiddd Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Thank you guys for the updates. I have done nothing at work thanks to this! LOL
ernierocker Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Day 3 - Update #2 - 2:20 P.M. - The Booths of IAAPA 2010 Â Â Let's call this part the "Booths of IAAPA 2010" - an overall look at some of the displays. Here is Vekoma. Â Â Premier Rides Booth. Â Â Lo-q, makers of Q-Bot booth. Â Â The Gravity Group booth. Â Â Our friends at Amusement Today (check out the current issue for TPR's ad!) Â Â Whitewater West's booth. Â Â Gerstlauer's booth. Â Â Rocky Mountain Coaster's booth. Â Â Intamin's booth (displaying TPR produced video!) Â Â B&M's booth. Â Â S&S Worldwide booth, also showing TPR Produced video!
jray21 Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Yay for the TPR videos! Awesome updates. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. It is absolutely amazing how in-depth and detailed your coverage is. No one even comes close! It's a lot of fun following along on Facebook as well because it's a live update and we can follow along as you go from booth to booth! Thanks a ton! Â The Skyquest could be really fun, but I could just see myself having to go to the bathroom halfway through the ride. That would not be good. I definitely need to try the helicopter sometime as well
robbalvey Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Thanks Joey! We have covered quite a bit so far. Have a few food photos coming up and some "close ups" that will get posted soon! Â Remember everyone! POST YOUR COMMENTS!!!
RoCo Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 So much coolness this year! And the SkyQuest thing could be an instant favorite. All the dreamy glory of bird-like soaring with very little of the feces-expelling horror of SkyCoasters = A plate full of sugar-coated awesome.
ernierocker Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 I have to agree with everyone else. The helicopter drop ride part of the video was hilarious!! Â In my opinion, M&R has had to have the booth with the biggest "wow" factor.
larrygator Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Awesome job keeping the interviews informative and entertaining.
1pizza14 Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 That all looks really cool! Thanks again Rob for showing us IAAPA! Its really interesting to see what all the major ride companies are coming out with. Did Rocky Mountain spoil anything while you were there? Thanks agian
vuurvogel Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 This show looks so much better than the european version, I hope I can visit the Orlando IAAPA one day. Until then you are doing a great job covering it for us, now we can still experience it a bit.
ernierocker Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 (edited) Day 3 - Update #3 - LOTS OF FOOD, the High-Five Element, and the new Timberliner Trains! Â Â You wanted some food pictures so here ya go! Snyder had pretzel cones! Â Â "I only need to eat 437 more of these to fill out that XXXXL ACE shirt" Â Â Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream???? Â Â "It makes my farts go 6,000 miles per hour!" Â Â Um... Â Â Yes...they really are selling yellow snow! Â Â "It sort of tastes like pee!" Â Â Oooh, what's this at Martin & Vlemickx? Â Â Close up model of the HIGH FIVE! Â Â See, looks just like the picture! Â Â Another angle of the concept drawing. Â Â And the world can never have too many photos of the Timberliner Trains, right? Â Â Side view! Edited November 18, 2010 by ernierocker
BarryH Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Great photos! Â Now I'm curious to see what the Huss booth looks like. Even though it is not photo worthy, I would like to see why it is not worthy of picture-taking.
printersdevil78 Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 Pretzel cones FTW! Thanks for all the updates, Robb and team!
RoCo Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 ^Seconded. Also, those Timberliner trains didn't thrill me at first, but they are looking better and better, the more I see of them.
moinab Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 ^^^OMG!!! Why has nobody thought of this brilliance before now? I'll take one dipped in chocolate, please!!!!
Meteornotes Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 ^Someone used to make them, as I used to see them at various ice cream places in PA. They were damn tasty. Glad to see Snyder's doing them now. Â On a totally unrelated topic, I want a Bumper Boat to drive around the grocery store. Â dt
KDCOASTERFAN Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 While we can't know what's going on with I305, do you know around when the fix will be complete? Mum. Â Well it just better be ready by 4/2/11 for KD's opening day.
cal1br3tto Posted November 18, 2010 Posted November 18, 2010 While I have nothing against waffle cones, I quite like the idea of pretzel cones. WANT.
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