LSM Speedboat Amusement Concept

[robbalvey]

For me personally, I cannot stand things like "lake water" and the gross, disgusting things that live in lakes. So I would love to see a "theme park" version of this built with treated water knowing that whatever water will hit me in the face would be nice and filtered and not contain whatever horrible things are living in lake water.

 

Wait, wait, wait, weren't you the one praising Nautic Jet at Schlossbeck? The insane attraction that quite literally throws you into "Malaria Lake?" Here's a vid for those who don't know what I'm talking about.

Those at least are usually in some sort of "man-made" gross lake. And I've actually only ridden those one or two times for the novelty factor. if it was any other "nomal" water ride, no way in hell I'd be doing it.

[Coaster Hero]

I'm sorry, but that thing looks fun as hell. Send one over here to the U.S.! (Just kidding, we all know that somehow they would get slammed with lawsuits )

[xVicesAndVirtues]

This is really awesome! It seems like a park would have to be long enough to have a straight strip of land to do something like this on. I wonder what the limits of the tech are, like if they could go faster than the stated 62mph or not. I wonder how difficult it would be to have bi-directional magnetic brakes, too, since I remember Kingda Ka having a major problem the time that it sent a train the wrong way through the magnetic reverse-launch-track brakes as the result of an error.

 

Count me in on also wanting filtered, chlorinated water in the pit for the ride. Also, I wonder if it would be possible to design the boats so to push away some of the water and not drench the crap out of passengers at these high speeds. Being "butt wet" the rest of the day at a park is annoying.

[Paradox]

Six Flags is going to install one at all parks and use it to advertise hair gel.

[John Peck]

I like this concept.

 

Wishful thinking back to 1999 ... this would have been a great ride for Geauga Lake with sea world being across the way back then.

 

Of course, this would be something great for The Sea Worlds, Six Flags Great adventure or any other park with a large section of water... even in Cedar Points lagoon.

[KingRCT3]

I'll just wait for Movieland to build a home-made version of this and include it in Kitt SuperJet!

[XII]

Sounds like a really great concept that I see working for a lot of parks. I just hope that one of these parks actually decides to build this ride sometime.

[Samuel]

With the concept out of the bag, we should fully expect no fewer than ten models of "Very Speed Wonder Happy of Aqua Satisfy Dragon Accelerations Sailing" to pop up in parks all over China sometime during the next two weeks.

[KBrylczyk]

I'll just wait for Movieland to build a home-made version of this and include it in Kitt SuperJet!

 

If Movieland builds it, I will come. Yes, that's a double entendre.

[John Peck]

I'll just wait for Movieland to build a home-made version of this and include it in Kitt SuperJet!

 

I have to say it... KNIGHTBOAT™ - The RIDE

I hope many of you get this reference

[RollerManic]

Maybe Great Adventure found use of their lake *incoming capacity screaming*.

[Hilltopper39]

I could see something like this being really cool at a waterpark but with a $15 million dollar price tag it might be too large of an investment for a smaller park to handle.

[I305forever]

^ Thats what I thought too. Maybe if they lowered the price sole parks would buy it but with 15 mil parks could buy a large coaster o several flat rides opposed to just one.

[bill_s]

I don't know if that sounds that thrilling or not. It would need to seem like the boat is really coming out of the water and everything. That's what was so cool about Hersheypark's Coal Cracker, the speed was good but that the boat was actually planing for a distance on inertia is just cool.

 

The reasons for LSM with a coaster may not fully apply. Seems like a hydraulic launch system with cable would be more fitting. Stored power. Maybe not all that expensive. Making it a race runs up the price though, desirable but that's why it's as much as a coaster.

 

"Interactivity" consisting of one button of control is obviously unimpressive.

 

 

 

I laughed so hard!

[Khat26]

I think this concept would be cool on something like Jurassic Park River Adventure. Have a scene where you have to haul ass to get away from the raptors. A launch and a drop would be awesome on a water ride.

[scbt]

Not sure if it just me, but this sounds like an incredibly complicated ride system. I'd imagine lots of down time and mechanical issues for the first park to install this. I have a hard time seeing a park shelling out $15 million for something like this - it just seems like a HUGE risk if it doesn't work out.

 

On the other hand, I would loved to be proven wrong because this sounds like a really fun experience.

[gerstlaueringvar]

It's a great concept, but maybe incorporate it into a water ride would be more attracting. Parks probably won't invest $15 million for a launch speed boat, but a $25 million racing launched water coaster with great theme, on board audio and more would definitely draw crowd.

[Khat26]

^I'd just buy an aquatrax then

[gerstlaueringvar]

^Except this thing launches in the water, is easier to load and can hold 24 riders per boat.