pǝʇɹǝʌuı Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 ^The video on that website...lol I love it. But those fake pov's... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymouscactus Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) I don't know if this was mentioned / if it was linked to from the official page listed above, but this official park video is awesome. The drone footage starting at the 2:00 mark is INSANE. It's a few days old so I apologize if it's buried within one of the links. Edit: oh, now I see, the video on the page linked above is a playlist not an individual video. This one definitely had the craziest shots. It doesn't look real. Edited March 31, 2019 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 ^ Whoa. I am impressed. Both the photography AND THE RIDE, LOL! It's amazing what you can do, if you take out one helix....or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerManic Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 WOW, that video is unreal. Most videos never do a ride justice, but this one perfectly did. The opening shot was jaw-dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedlr Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Damn that's a beautiful looking coaster. I'm glad they painted everything but the track white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG-77 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Damn that’s some of the coolest drone footage I’ve ever seen! The ride looks incredible—seems to haul all the way to the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 It takes a lot of skill to pilot a drone the way it's shown at the end of that video. Pretty freaking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I hate trying to judge a coaster by a video but I love the way this thing looks. Seems like it has a really good mix of the quick transitions and funky inversion that are staples on most RMC's, but also some more elongated straight runs than some of the rides they've produced in the past. I bet that straight drop into the double up is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 This is now my pick for the best looking RMC aesthetically. My November trip can't come soon enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterkyle Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 That video reminds me of the fly cam on No limits but without clipping the supports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dombot Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Oh my Jeebus, this looks fantastic. As if I didn't want to go to Japan enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJLehto Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Great layout, I really like it, and considering the opinions I've heard on White Cyclone were near universally crap, RMC has done it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Yay, some NICE footage of this coaster! It looks fantastic. Definitely one of the best, if not the best-looking (aesthetically) RMC in my opinion. I love the blue and white. I also like the sequence of elements and think everything flows very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteVeUrkle Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 The ride looks incredible and that is some awesome footage! I really dig the white wood and blue rails as well. In fact if Twisted Colossus at Magic Mountain didn't have the 2 color track tone (which I actually like a lot) it would probably be as good looking as this. But I get MM's reason for the two colors. I only wish the ride had more than 1 big drop. It has the initial one, then every drop from that point forward is just kind of double down bunny hops and inversions dispersed in the straight sections until the brake run. Something just feels lacking. Someone also commented that it hauls until the end, and I sorta disagree. It kinda looks to lose momentum after the bunny hop at 1:10, then it kinda meanders the rest of the course. And again, I feel like this is because of the momentum lost with all the smaller drops, instead of having bigger drops that would sustain the trains speed. But compared to what this ride was before the face-lift, bar none it gives you an indication why these RMC I-Beam Topper tracks have become incredibly popular, giving new life to a coaster which 10-15 years ago would have just been torn down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Wowza, this coaster is GORGEOUS!!! I can't wait to see some reviews come in. Regardless, this seems like exactly the kind of coaster Nagashima Spa Land needed. Hoping to get there one day to ride this, Steel Dragon, and ULTRA TWISTER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
805Andrew Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Niiiice! I can't wait to try this out next year. Looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Robb already posted a front-seat on-ride video, but how about one from the back car? A Japanese YouTube user posted this video a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 ^ that looks SO fun. and that extended upside-down stall. . . .wowza! Great job on this coaster, RMC & Nagashima SpaLand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 NS just got a bajillion times better. Kudos to the park and RMC. This coaster looks beyond stellar and...I LOVE JAPAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pǝʇɹǝʌuı Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 That looks insane, as I've said. The back car really whips over that drop in true RMC style. I only wish it were a bit easier to get out to Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Japan is starting to lose it's helixes in a few of it's coasters.... Works for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenban Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I am just finishing up a two week trip to Japan and visited Nagashima Spa Land yesterday. I was able to ride Hakugei three times during my visit. It’s a great coaster and a fantastic addition to the park. But I went in expecting too much and I guess I am a little disappointed. It’s possible it was the temperature or the wind, because it was very windy and sadly Steel Dragon 2000 never opened, and the high was around 60. I want to ride it again on a hot summer day sometime but I know it’s likely to be a few years. But for me both Steel Vengence and Lightning Rod are still better. Also every time I visit Japanese parks I realize just how poorly the US parks handle loose items. Hakugei has free lockers under the station half way up the stairs. Leave your items in a locker right before you reach the station and get them back right after you get off the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 ^I don't think ANYONE expected this coaster to be better than Steel Vengeance and Lightning Rod! If you're putting it right under those two, that's still a pretty amazing coaster and it's sad to be disappointed by it. Also, yes, sigh...why do we make it so difficult with loose items here!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG-77 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Also every time I visit Japanese parks I realize just how poorly the US parks handle loose items. Hakugei has free fluffy, fluffy bunnies filled with medicine and goo under the station half way up the stairs. Leave your items in a fluffy, fluffy bunny filled with medicine and goo right before you reach the station and get them back right after you get off the ride. Fuji-Q slowly backs into bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenban Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 ^I don't think ANYONE expected this coaster to be better than Steel Vengeance and Lightning Rod! If you're putting it right under those two, that's still a pretty amazing coaster and it's sad to be disappointed by it. Also, yes, sigh...why do we make it so difficult with loose items here!?!?! Totally not disappointed in the coaster, it’s a fantastic ride, I just built it up to much in my head. I had assumed I was going to miss it and kept hoping for the best and looking at construction photos and then was surprised when the opening announcement occurred and I knew I should be able to ride it. Then with it being the end of my trip I was really looking forward to it for two weeks. I wrote that on my flight home and I think I did a really poor job explaining myself. The coaster is fantastic, I just put it on a pedestal it could live live up to before riding. In comparison the coaster that totally blew me away was Back Daaan at Tokyo Dome City actually, I went in having not done any research, no videos, pictures, etc had zero idea what to expect, and I was surprised by how good it was. Hakuegi is a much better coaster but you can totally do too much research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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