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I like the layout as well but they could swap out two corkscrews for something different. Surprised they haven't designed their own version of the Arrow bowtie element (like the last inversions on Marineland's Dragon Mountain) or something like B&M's Immelmans/Dive Loops.

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I think the reason Fahrenheit and Speed Monster have 3 car trains if simply because they have smaller layouts. I don't think it really has to do with the intensity of the Norwegian loop.

 

Edit: Does anyonelse see the long straight track before the Norwegian loop? What is that for?

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This new design does indeed look fantastic.

The 10 inversion coaster was somewhat boring since it was a bodge job upscale of an existing intamin 8 inversion design. Tussauds engineers worked with Intamin to add two extra inline twists. This is why Colossus is so vulnerable to stalling on that final turn, the ride wasn't supposed to be that long!

EDIT: Furthermore, they reduced the height of the 8 inversion version to allow for planning restrictions at Thorpe Park.

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Intamin's website didn't work when I typed it in, but if you google it and click the search result it'll work.

 

It didn't even work for me that way. Still the odd website selling ice rinks and other stuff.

 

On topic, the coaster looks like a vast improvement on the 10 inversion layout. I thought the corkscrews were the roughest bit so I worry about the amount of corkscrews. Other than that, I would love to see it built. I just hope it's a heck of a lot smoother than Colossus. Ouch...

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It looks really fun, but I reckon I'd personally rather have a few more airtime hills and a few less inversions! I realize they're specifically aiming to cram in a load of inversions, but still...

I agree somewhat with you. I think all of the inversions are amazing, and that would be a really cool coaster to see, but airtime doesn't seem to be very plentiful on this ride. If it had a couple decent airtime hills, it would be better, but I still think this is an amazing looking ride!

 

So, to answer the question at the beginning, yes, I think it'd be fun!

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The coaster does look epic. It should be built in the U.S. because some of these parks seriously need more record-breaking coasters. I agree that the corkscrews will be painful; maybe an extra loop, an extra barrel roll and a batwing or bowtie will help eliminate the intense corkscrews. Also, maybe more spread out, less compact; sure, it's fun with all the crossovers, but a longer, larger layout provides room for theming. Just my thoughts.

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Off topic:

Funny you should post that because I actually have the NL versions of both that (the lift hill version) and a launched version I downloaded a while back. I don't remember who made them or what site I got them from (probably either here or CS), but they are very well done.

 

Someone actually recreated these? That would be very interesting to have a look at.

 

On topic: The design looks amazingly better than their other inversion coasters, but, like someone said, it's probably already on its way to China. The chances of an American park buying this are slim to none. But it would be awesome!

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^SFMM could definitely use a few more inversions.

 

Interesting how people are all across the board regarding how much they like inversions. I'm definitely more of an "airtime person", but I love me a good cobra roll, vertical loop, or pretzel.

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I'm with many of you - airtime over loops, which is why I love RoS/Bizzaro and MF. Right behind these for me is Maverick, which I think has a nice ballance. This ride does look epic and hope it gets built (maybe in a park like Cedar Point that loves to break records and is due for a coaster in 2012 imo).

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