Van Pikeson Lake

[dragoncoaster1292]

You are a resident of Van Pikeson, NY, and also a coaster enthusiast. You live near a local theme park, Van Pikeson Lake, and a season pass holder there. A couple months ago, you saw on RCDB that Van Pikeson Lake had been sold to Cedar Fair, who is turning it into a major theme park. You are extremly excited, considering the park has had only one main attraction, Xtreme Xpress. These are some pictures you have taken for the roof of your house:

Overview of Xtreme Xpress.

Another view of Midway Americana, and the Americana food court.

The splash boats, Double Threat.

The heavily themed Xtreme Xpress.

Midway Americana, home to most of the attractions.

[lexington]

That looks pretty good actually, but why is the ferris wheel so high up? :o

[coasterfreak101]

That looks great, I like the idea of a higher set ferris wheel. I'm amazed that AE hasn't done a Giant Wheel yet! Can you show a screen of XX with no scenery so that we can see the layout better?

[dragoncoaster1292]

Sure:

Xtreme Xpress without theming.

[coasterfreak101]

That looks like a sweet coaster, I never would have guessed there was a loop! Was that design inspired at all by IJ:ST? Great coasters, any ideas of what is next?

[dragoncoaster1292]

^Yep. It was based on IJ:ST. There have been some rumors going around that are saying that a BIG coaster is coming in 2006, but nothing has been confirmed.

[zburns999]

Nice work! But...You took Midway Americana from me and I took the idea from Hershey Park! Just kidding. Nice job though.

[dragoncoaster1292]

Update!

Van Pikeson Lake has announced the arrival of a new roller coaster for the 2006 season! All that the park has hinted is that this coaster will be manufactured by Intamin. Construction photos coming soon! This is gonna be big!

[Xtreme]

^ Rocket Coaster???

[dragoncoaster1292]

Construction has begun! Some pieces have arrived overnight, and you caught two more coming on the back of a truck from the roof of your house. Sadly, you only got two pictures, because your camera ran out of film. Here are the pictures you took:

Intresting. I hope the annnouncement of what it is comes soon!

Hmm...

[Hattuchili]

^ Damn, bad camera! Next time I am at the park, I will bring a new digital camera and make more pictures....!

 

--Sören

[lexington]

Wonder what it is.....

[dragoncoaster1292]

lol Sören! Oh, just telling everybody, the announcement of what this coaster is will be posted at 8:00 PM eastern time.

[dragoncoaster1292]

Well, here it is! 12-Guage, the new rocket coaster coming to Van Pikeson Lake in 2006! You found these posters hanging everywhere in the park:

[lexington]

Looks promising!! I love when people make rocket coaster [in RCT2 at least...lol].

[coasterfreak101]

I wonder where that pic came from *cough* Storm Runner *cough*. Don't they patent they're section names and coaster pictures? GAWD ! Just kidding, and what type of track are you using for the coaster?

[dragoncoaster1292]

^Actually, Google said it was a picture of Kanonen. :? Odd. I'm using twister coaster track.

[coasterguy618]

I like the 12-Guage by your description!

 

--Gaven

[dragoncoaster1292]

Media Day!

Media Day for 12-Guage was held on May 2. everybody on the TPR forums have been awaiting this day for months, and you have posted an event on the forums. You took many pictures from the top of Double Threat, the top of one of one of the buildings of Xtreme Xpress, and your house once the ERT was over and had dinner at the nearby Carrabbas with the people who came to the event. Here are some of the pictures you took:

Obviously they enjoyed their ride!

Robb and Elissa showed up later in the day.

The twisted mass of Intamin steel that is 12-Guage!

Here is one of the queue early in the day.

[dragoncoaster1292]

Over the next few months, you were able to catch some of the theming work being done on 12-Guage. They have added a tunnel at the launching stretch, themed the queue to a mechanical theme, and have added extra supports on the tophat. Here are some photos:

The queue and the station.

A view of the tunnel, simulating a gunshot.

The complex support system for the tophat.

[haydawg149]

the pic from the ad . . . i dont see that anywhere on the ride . . . and second, why were supports and theming added after Media day?

[dragoncoaster1292]

1. It was the best pic I could find of a rocket coaster in a decent size.

2. I realized that it didn't have any theming, but that was after I had posted the pictures. So I felt I had to theme it to look like a regular rocket coaster.

 

that's basically it.

[coasterfreak101]

Either way, you did a really good job. I like the coaster, the press release pic ha to be some Kanonen/StormRunner hybrid . Great job, I WANT MORE 8)

[lexington]

That is one huge top-hat.

[dragoncoaster1292]

Update!

The locals to Van Pikeson, NY have started to talk about the black vans constantly coming in and out of Van Pikeson Lake theme park. You have been eyeing those vans, and have noticed the small yellow print at the bottom of the doors of the vans. It looks like a foriegn language of some sort, kind of like German or Swiss. You are beginning to suspect that the vans are from the company Bolliger and Mallibard, and also suspect that they are responsable for the many topics on the Screamscape forums titled "New coaster for VPL?" Hopefully your theories are correct.