Switchback Roller Coaster at ZDT`s Amusement Park

[Mrlittle]

Just posted on ZDTs Twitter. Hoping they post some video soon if it tests today.

Awaiting first test run!!!

[Guy T. Koepp]

Awesome! So excited for this ride. It looks great!

[DoinItForTheFame]

The trains look great on the track! Can't wait to try out this coaster. I have said it before, but I will say it again. I feel like this is one of the most over looked projects of 2015, and it sure seems like one of the most unique.

[Nrthwnd]

^^^

[coasterkid124]

Timberliners are very nice looking trains. GG did a great job with the design of these. I think one of the smaller features I like is the Timberliner logo imprinted in the seat.

 

Too bad Holiday World couldn't make these work out.

[Nrthwnd]

I must get to this park - some time in the future - later.

[LiftThrill]

please be finished soon I swear this looks beeeee-yootiful!

[DoinItForTheFame]

It just looks so freaking awesome!!

 

[Guy T. Koepp]

That is a great picture. Any word on when it will start testing?

[DoinItForTheFame]

That is a great picture. Any word on when it will start testing?

 

All the park keeps saying is "soon."

[Mrlittle]

Oh man, can't wait to see this unique coaster in action. From ZDT's Facebook.

Everything is falling into place... Be on the lookout for a special video tonight on Facebook! #Switchback

[Paradox]

>First test run

>Train goes too fast and rockets into the sky on the vertical spiral, never to be seen again.

[Myself]

>First test run

>Train goes too fast and rockets into the sky on the vertical spiral, only to fall back down and explode on impact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAvUpN_1hoE

 

Fixed.

[Paradox]

>First test run

>Train goes too fast and rockets into the sky on the vertical spiral, only to fall back down and explode on impact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAvUpN_1hoE

 

Fixed.

[TB305]

Edited September 15, 2015 by robbalvey

[Mrlittle]

^ The ride looks awesome. Can't wait to ride it.

Edited September 15, 2015 by Mrlittle

[WOFanatic]

It kinda scares me that ZDT's is more innovative than Cedar Point nowadays. Anyway, the ride looks awesome!

[DoinItForTheFame]

 

YAY!! Just what I've been waiting for!!! The coaster looks amazing!! Can't wait to try it out!!

Edited September 15, 2015 by robbalvey

[RideWoodenCoasters]

Awesome! Congratulations to the ZDT family for making this happen! My daughter and I will be there Columbus day weekend to ride!

[Devious]

So that's how it works, there's a literal switch track after it stops completely. That's insane and genius

 

Looks like an absolute win for the park

[StealthFan]

I love how there is just a bunch of guys sitting on garden chairs underneath the tunnel/building. I imagine its a great viewing point though. I look forward to hearing reviews of this ride when it opens and I'm sure it will be a great success for the park.

[SFOG1991]

This looks awesome and having another park with a great coaster to go to in Texas will be great (and was unexpected)!

 

The forward run looks incredible, but the return backwards lags so much and seems like it will feel so tame after the forward run. I know the ride will probably speed up a bit as it breaks in, but the return will still be significantly slower.

 

I also know this is a small park that probably has a budget but I wish they could have some sort of slight launch on the spike similar to Mr. Freeze to give it close to that same momentum on the return.

 

Regardless, it looks awesome and I love the innovation. Not the most out of this world concept, but something no one else has tried. It's great that a small family park can be innovative in a category where bigger parks haven't as much.

[Superbatboy]

Love it!

[Guy T. Koepp]

It seems to crawl over that last hill. I was also expecting it to get a bit higher on the spike. I wonder if we'll see any rollbacks. Ha! I just used the term rollback on a ride that for all intents and pourposes is half a rollback.

[tororific]

forwards part looks awesome.

backwards part looks decidedly less awesome.

 

cool overall design, but I might have given it a little boost up the ramp to have less of a backward crawl?