rcjp Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 ^^ and ^^^ Exactly. A B&M Wing rider is supposed to create a smooth, flying experience with graceful inversions and comfortable transitions. It isn't designed to kick your butt every time you ride it. Plus, with those wide, heavy trains, how the heck would you be able to create snappy corkscrews, extra-tight turns, quick zero-g rolls, etc.? Furius Baco? No tight turns, tight inversions etc but really intense. But I thought that the intensity (plus the fact that the "wings" look like basically seats riding on top of tree branches) was the whole reason why Furius Baco was so rough. You're right to say the trains are pretty ridiculous and I bet they don't help at all. However, while you could argue that it is the speed + the G forces the ride provides that can lead to some roughness, those are not the only causes (assuming they do have an influence) as during moments like the heartline twist, which may not be slow but it's not stupidly fast and provides no more than 1 G (no matter the direction), it is still pretty rough. So I do think the trains are the main reason why it is so rough and that's why I bet B&M could do something with similar intensity and smooth at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Some pictures, taken from RCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double0Kevin Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Well, the Mack water coaster looks pretty awesome. I'm not sure how the Wing Rider will be but i'm sure the GP will love it and enthusiast won't care about it. China parks are so crazy with their themeing. It's too bad we don't see it more often in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctneil Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 The theming at this park looks incredible. I love the shark rising up from one of the buildings. I'm just wondering what the close up quality of it is like as from a distance it looks great and from close up they can look very poor. I love the green of the Wing Coaster and the Mack track around those rocks is interesting too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_koppen Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 It's too bad we don't see it more often in the US. It's a very good thing actually. Instead of having to work for almost free building this park, most American's have a really nice way of living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Sabo Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 The theme looks really good. Is it me or does the entry area with the blue-wave roof area similar to what SWSD is doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Mutts Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 This literally has to be one of the best themed parks out there, one of the few Chinese parks that followed the concept art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggernel Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Wow! That is spectacular. Really excited to see more from inside this park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrlittle Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 The theming for the park does look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I bet those people getting the walk through are wearing the masks cause of the terrible air quality and not cause its a construction site/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I swear that if the tip of that mountain was curled a bit, we'd be in WhoVille, LOL! Great update on how it's all going! And the Whale-Shark-What-Ever-Blue Thing looks awesome! Do I see something green-ish on the edg-ish of The Mountain? ( I am no good at chatting Seuss.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronWolfman Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 This themeing is so amazing! Disney level, even! Hope the park can maintain it since people have said it's being built by the only Chinese park that knows how to run itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justice Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 This themeing is so amazing! Disney level, even! Hope the park can maintain it since people have said it's being built by the only Chinese park that knows how to run itself. The biggest thing about these Chinese parks is that labor and resources are cheap enough to make the giant buildings and thematic buildings, yet they are never designed well. Sure there is a mountain range, but there is no means to address sight lines or any attempts to really "transport" you to a different time and place. I do think thats a problem with all these "theme parks" across china is that they are trying to imitate a Disney Park rather than Disney who tries to imitate a real location, culture, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I bet those people getting the walk through are wearing the masks cause of the terrible air quality and not cause its a construction site/ Ocean Kingdom is in Southern China, air quality is not a problem there. This themeing is so amazing! Disney level, even! Hope the park can maintain it since people have said it's being built by the only Chinese park that knows how to run itself. The biggest thing about these Chinese parks is that labor and resources are cheap enough to make the giant buildings and thematic buildings, yet they are never designed well. Sure there is a mountain range, but there is no means to address sight lines or any attempts to really "transport" you to a different time and place. I do think thats a problem with all these "theme parks" across china is that they are trying to imitate a Disney Park rather than Disney who tries to imitate a real location, culture, etc. Totally agree! but hopefully Chimelong can be an exception since they haven't built a real theme park yet. Chimelong Paradise is more like Magic Springs while Ocean Kingdom is more like a Sea World park. Not to mention that Chimelong owns one of the best zoos in the world next to Chimelong Paradise and they put a lot of effort on animal protection just like Sea World. I think they can do well in this park and won't let it be like those crappy Happy Valley parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 It's open! First POV made by whoever on YouKu (sounds like YouRube isn't it? ) Anyway, this video is currently not available outside of mainland China, for those of you who has Chinese VPN, here's the link to the video. Video Looks like it's even lamer than GateKeeper! So it has a new name: Sleeping over the Green Bedroom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuneSonic Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Transfered to YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asHlcN7mYQw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Love the layout and close interactions with the ground @ :58 but I'll be that guy and say it still looks like your typical forceless B&M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmggt83 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I love the theme and the colors however the layout just screams boring for me... at least the first few elements. I have been on Gate Keeper and Wild Eagle and they are both fun but pretty boring overall. I wish the ride would be a little smaller but more tight turns and twist and lower to the ground. So you will really get the sense of speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I love this, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BotanicalStig Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Looks like a fun ride. Depending on which side you're on, looks like you can get some good hangtime on some of those inversions. The theming of this park is awesome, that view from the first drop was great. If you can zone out those sweet beats you'll realize this thing crawls through the course, as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Yeah, pretty much what I expected. By the way, why is it that B&M still continue to use mainly friction brakes rather than magnetic ones? It looks like they are one of the few major companies that doesn't use either only magnetic brakes (like intamin) or mainly those ones and some secondary friction brakes. Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_koppen Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Looks like fun, but not to intense. I do think however that all the low to the ground maneuvers will make this one of the best wing riders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GayCoasterGuy Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Wow! So impressive to see a park build a coaster and use most of it's potential energy. Not to mention the fly throughs, tunnels and trenches. All that with a B&M to boot! Why can't we have something like this here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 It's a roller coaster that does exactly what its name describes - it flies over the rainforest. This looks like a coaster built purely to give riders the sensation of soaring over everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Wow! So impressive to see a park build a coaster and use most of it's potential energy. Not to mention the fly throughs, tunnels and trenches. All that with a B&M to boot! Why can't we have something like this here? So you actually want more B&M wing rider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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