Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park Discussion Thread

[Dinnwitted]

Wow. Just got the official word, noon today it is. Trains just delivered this week...oh my.

 

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That seems extremely quick session for testing the ride. Can't wait to see a TPR POV of this ride.

[robbalvey]

^ We will be there in August!

[Dinnwitted]

^ We will be there in August!

Great to hear! Can't wait to see the POV!

[A.J.]

They've only had trains for a week and they're already going to let people on it? Is that safe?

[KingRCT3]

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...and the offride!

Edited May 25, 2013 by KingRCT3

[Dinnwitted]

They've only had trains for a week and they're already going to let people on it? Is that safe?

If it's opening today, it must be.

[Skycoastin Steve]

Now that.............is awesome.

[Dinnwitted]

Now that.............is awesome.

Agreed 100%. I wonder if Mt. Olympus made a media B-Roll for TPR and other coaster clubs.

[Lightning9SX]

The two off-ride videos on their FB page, wow. This thing is flying.

 

 

[SFOGdude25]

WOW... I may make the long trek up there now. Looks amazing!

[cfc]

Looks like they're off to a good start.

[_koppen]

That looks really good!

[Erik Johnson]

The really fixed the pacing of that section of the ride. Before it used to lose a lot of speed in that section, not anymore!

[ScottyDoesKnow]

Just got off the phone with Nick. I'll be at the park Thursday filming. Will get full POV, reverse POV, 3D POV, rider cam, reverse rider cam, and off-ride. I'll try to get it up as soon as possible. I can't wait to ride this thing!

[PKI Jizzman]

Holy crap that looks awesome. I haven't heard many good things about Hades but it looks like they have really turned this ride around; hopefully the Timberliners and the retracking proves right!

 

Now if only the Voyage can follow suit..

[Mrlittle]

It looks great from testing. The train is just speeding through the roll. I can't wait to hear some reviews of it soon.

[Saldek]

Full POV test run...

 

Edited May 25, 2013 by robbalvey

[LoneRider92]

God dang I wish I didn't have work this weekend! Please let the weather clear so I can make a trip up on Monday or Tuesday and ride this bad boy. It looks GREAT!

[Skycoastin Steve]

Surprised there's still a decent amount of the track during the course that was left alone. I guess TGG felt like it was still in good enough shape for the Timberliners.

[ScottyDoesKnow]

Surprised there's still a decent amount of the track during the course that was left alone. I guess TGG felt like it was still in good enough shape for the Timberliners.

 

When I interviewed Nick back in March, he said that about 80 percent of the ride was getting re-tracked. Some of the non re-tracked sections still appear a little rough to me, but that might just be me. Guess I'll find out Thursday!

[darklingscribe]

Wow it really flies over some of those hills now, but that one hill after the return through the tunnel really looked slow compared to the rest of the ride. Are those anti-rollbacks new on that hill?

[A.J.]

Yes, I think that they are. Does it actually go slower through the sections of track after the return trip through the tunnel?

[noyzz]

Surprised there's still a decent amount of the track during the course that was left alone. I guess TGG felt like it was still in good enough shape for the Timberliners.

 

When I interviewed Nick back in March, he said that about 80 percent of the ride was getting re-tracked. Some of the non re-tracked sections still appear a little rough to me, but that might just be me. Guess I'll find out Thursday!

 

I agree! Looks like everything before the lift hill is super rough. But once you go down the drop the rest is super smooth! The train looked like it was about to stop on the hill coming back out of the tunnel. Still looks like a great ride though!!!

[deathbydinn]

^ I've never found the part before the lift rough, even with the PTCs. It's actually a surprisingly fun part of the ride with a few pops of air.

 

Does it actually go slower through the sections of track after the return trip through the tunnel?

 

Comparing this pov to TPR's old one which I believe is from 2005, from the top of the hill to the brake run did seem to take a few seconds longer than before. But that was always a particularly rough and uneventful area of the ride so I don't really think it'll lose anything by going a bit slower through it. I kinda wish they could've thrown in the new over bank over there instead, but this revamp still looks great and should be great for the park.

[Skycoastin Steve]

^Also remember that in the TPR video, the entire ride (I believe) was brand new, and rough sections of track slow the ride down. Not to mention these trains also need to get broken in. I'm betting that in a few weeks, the ride will be running much faster than you see in that POV.