jjune4991 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 It looks like flyer restraints, yet it's missing the large flaps that actually hold the rider in. I wonder if those are gonna be missing, and them be like hyper clam shell restraints with two large OTS bars to grab onto. That's be so much movement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlover420 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 ^^I think we've established way too many times that the seats are stationary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fooz Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 If you look closely, the otsr straps are shown on two of the riders, very inconsistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MIntaminGCI Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 ^I think that's that persons jacket, because if you look even closer you can see the same person, same shirt, and same color straps over the shoulder, towards the back of the train, I think they just reused the guy and he happened to have on a blue jacket that looked like shoulder straps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryancrash Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 From Screamscape: “The terrible flight of the unknown winged creature is teeming with ruins such as... a bride with protection barriers... ” WTF?! I'm envisioning the Bride of Frankenstein in a chastity belt. (Guessing that was supposed to be "bridge" - but "bride" is far more entertaining.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkie Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 ^ That gave me a giggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStitch626 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 My take on seeing the restraints from the old "factory" picture of them with the Krake train near them, seem to tell me 3 things. 1. The bars for holding onto are a bit wider to keep a more open appeal and freedom of movement. 2. There will be no thick pad to restrict any movement hence I said "freedom". 3. The actually lap bar esk portion down where it will push on your lap seems to be a VERY contoured, and VERY streamlined version of the bulky BOX that is what you have on you on the flying or "prone" B&M coasters. 4.Bonus question. Is it me or does B&M have a bit of a theme going on here. Last year was alot of Red TRACKED coasters. This year alot of Dark dark drab green. Whats 2012? Dark blue it seems already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightFest1408 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 ^haha that's true.green lantern2011but raptor has brown track and supports.I really hope seeing this kind of coaster in the U.S. Maybe SFMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalCoasters Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 ^haha that's true.green lantern2011but raptor has brown track and supports.I really hope seeing this kind of coaster in the U.S. Maybe SFMM Green Lantern was built years ago at SFKK, it's not a new ride. He was saying all the New B&Ms being built seem to have that color. Also the track and supports are not brown...they're black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 4.Bonus question. Is it me or does B&M have a bit of a theme going on here. Last year was alot of Red TRACKED coasters. This year alot of Dark dark drab green. Whats 2012? Dark blue it seems already. I think it's just Merlin! Every ride they've built in the past few years has been grey/dark/black. Saw, Thirteen, Krake Raptor, and even LC12 in Thorpe will be grey and dark green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 ^haha that's true.green lantern2011but raptor has brown track and supports.I really hope seeing this kind of coaster in the U.S. Maybe SFMM why would SFMM want three of essentially the same ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjune4991 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Yea, Six Flags likes to repeat itself, but I don't think SFMM would put yet another 4-D coaster in it's park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestige89 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) LINK REMOVED wonderful...!!! ADMIN EDIT: Not only does the link not work, but you are not allowed to post links until you have at least 50 legitimate posts on the forums as per our Terms of Service. Please be sure to post using full sentences, proper grammar and punctuation, and make sure that none of your posts are in violation of said Terms of Service. While welcome you to Theme Park Review, we have a certain standard that we expect all users to uphold. Edited March 14, 2011 by jedimaster1227 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjune4991 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Wow. It absolutely crawls through the inline twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay20016 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Wow. It absolutely crawls through the inline twist. Its not that it is moving slow, its that the twist itself is elongated... Think of the lateral forces you feel in a normal twist/zero-g roll/whatever we're calling them now... and imagine you're off the side of the track doing that... wouldn't it hurt? A major point for B&M's track record being so smooth is that they go to extreme lengths to heart line all of their elements; this looks to be no different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormrider Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 With the riders being on the outside only, I don't think this kind of ride can be "heartlined." It could be that the ride instead takes any inversions slowly or leads up to them slower (the flatspins for instance are more like those horseshoe rolls than a corkscrew). I would love to feel what it's like to be pulled under instead of pushed up on an inversion such as the final inline twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Wow. It absolutely crawls through the inline twist. Its not that it is moving slow, its that the twist itself is elongated... Think of the lateral forces you feel in a normal twist/zero-g roll/whatever we're calling them now... and imagine you're off the side of the track doing that... wouldn't it hurt? A major point for B&M's track record being so smooth is that they go to extreme lengths to heart line all of their elements; this looks to be no different. With the riders being on the outside only, I don't think this kind of ride can be "heartlined." It could be that the ride instead takes any inversions slowly or leads up to them slower (the flatspins for instance are more like those horseshoe rolls than a corkscrew). I would love to feel what it's like to be pulled under instead of pushed up on an inversion such as the final inline twist. Exactly. For this kind of ride to be heartlined, every inline twist would essentially have to be an elongated, wide corkscrew, and even then, you would only be able to heartline one side of the train. For this kind of ride, lateral forces through inversions that aren't vertical loops are un-avoidable. On a side note, why do you think that dive machines don't have inline twists? The same reason. The Immelmanns' rolls are taken so slowly that you wouldn't notice the lateral Gs. The rolls even start before the top of the half loops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeT Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I have to say this : Though I`m totally NOT amazed by the layout...seeing a wingrider train flying over the course looks a thousand times better/interesting/graceful than ANY normal coaster train. I`m really amazed by looking at that (rubb...rubb...rubb...aaaaaah) !!! GeorgeT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteocrepaldi Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 18 days till opening!!! The webcam is updated every once in a while; here's the latest view! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Looks like a lot to do in 18 days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjune4991 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 ^How can you tell? The picture's dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 At 7:49 this morning it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjune4991 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ah, of course. Well then I'll check early tomorrow morning, and see for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 ^haha that's true.green lantern2011but raptor has brown track and supports.I really hope seeing this kind of coaster in the U.S. Maybe SFMM why would SFMM want three of essentially the same ride? Because it's yet another coaster in their collection,don't forget Dorney will have 3 inverts(two of which are shuttles right next to each other no less) next season so I wouldn't put it past the idiots at SF to do it. Whatever happened to the name "x-raptor" for this ride? couldn't CF sue them for using the name Raptor much like they got sued by SF when using the name voodoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 couldn't CF sue them for using the name Raptor much like they got sued by SF when using the name voodoo? I doubt it, considering Gardaland isn't in the US. After all, there's another El Toro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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