Bolliger&Mabillard Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 ^If my opinion means anything you...you didn't miss anything. It was basically Psyclone but longer. Imagine riding Psyclone with 30 more seconds of cycle time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 The last seven seconds of Giant in the Front Seat were really good (the 'Flying Carpet' finale). Anywhere other than the front seat and the ride beat the hell out of you. The rest of the ride in the front seat was like Mean Streak; big and pointless. Can't wait to see what they turn it into! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtime&Gravity Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Wow, this sounds a lot more impressive than I thought. I thought it would be just a big re-tracking, but it sounds like it will be a completely new coaster. Now for the important part, who is doing this project? The price seems a little low for GCI, so that means Gravity Group unless it is being done in house with some local company. Now, that wouldn't necessarily be bad as that is what happened with Viper, but I'd rather see this be built by an established company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 The Gravity Group is more or less the company that some of CCI's engineers created, isn't it? I wonder if they've improved on CCI's engineering in such a way that their coasters will hold up over the long haul? I haven't had the opportunity to ride one of the Gravity Group's rides yet, so I'm curious... Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscoasters Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 280ft! Wow! Kings Island has been lying to us for years! I think they mean 280 feet long. That drop is pretty drawn out. Fun, but drawn out. The ride doesn't have a drop height of 280 feet. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFFice357 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I took this picture of the cake they had at the Texas Giant farewell ceremony today. My dad was joking around and said that the cake was what the renovated Giant would look like. It got me thinking what the Texas Giant would be like with the six airtime hills that were on the cake. I know my dad was just kidding, but why not dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenA07 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm hoping that there are some good pictures of this as it is done. I'm very curious to see which parts of the ride are removed and what survives. I did enjoy the finale of the coaster and I do hope that survives. Also I did find the ride to be better than Psyclone, however it was not really anything that took my breath away. I'm hoping it is good, Ghostrider (circa 2000) remains my favorite wooden coaster. It's time for that to change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscoasters Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 ^^That cake is pretty accurate... In the sense that the 2nd train has passed the block brake and there's another train on the lift. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Now for the important part, who is doing this project? The price seems a little low for GCI, so that means Gravity Group unless it is being done in house with some local company. Now, that wouldn't necessarily be bad as that is what happened with Viper, but I'd rather see this be built by an established company. I believe they have already announced the company that is in charge of the renovation...and it isn't necessarily a company that is only involved with "wooden" projects... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Dragon 1988 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Poor Texas Giant. Wasn't it good in its first few years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFFice357 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 ^^ The company's name was mentioned in a quote that jps294 posted. The 'new' ride will have it's work done by Rocky Mountain Amusements, a company that helped build El Toro and has worked on several industry projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial_Thriller Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 The final moments of the legendary Texas Giant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-RIgcO1KU8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 ^ I found that video painful to watch. I had to skip around and from what I gather it's a 6 minute video of the ride being broken down? FAIL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial_Thriller Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I don't claim to be any expert in broadcast media. Unfortunately last nights event didn't go as smoothly as I thought it would. PR People gave the media the wrong information about the Golden Ticket Award and the rides stats. They decided to shoot some video of the ride during the last two hours of public operation, so the ride suffered a considerable amount of downtime. A lot of people got mad and left because they decided to remove red train before finishing public operation. I am not sure if anyone else has any video of last nights events, I know Xander Lee was present on the third to last train. So until any other video surfaces, I think this is it. On a side note: Just before the last public train was dispatched, the ride through an error. Perhaps its last act of defiance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metrock Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 After SFMM's Terminator, maybe after the Texas Giant refurbishment/renovation the coaster will be rethemed to Walker Texas Ranger. That would be awesome! ^If my opinion means anything you...you didn't miss anything. It was basically Psyclone but longer. Imagine riding Psyclone with 30 more seconds of cycle time... Perhaps I just lucked out when I rode it in '04. I found the ride to be VERY enjoyable. In fact, I marahtoned it for the rest of the night. Lost track of how many times I rode it. It was a lot of fun, and nothing like Psyclone was in its rough years. It will be interesting to see what happens with the Texas Giant. Hopefully it is more of a re-profiling and re-tracking like they did to Colossus back in the day (with the exception of making the ride worse). But by the sounds of it, most of the ride we know today will be removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscoasters Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 ^I agree about Texas Giant being enjoyable. It's my favorite woodie! It was smooth when I rode it, loads of air, nice, long cycle time. Great ride! I'm VERY excited to see how this turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial_Thriller Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Unofficially there may be some delays in demolishing the former ride structure. The state has not completed their investigation into Junes accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintballer Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 ^ I found that video painful to watch. I had to skip around and from what I gather it's a 6 minute video of the ride being broken down? FAIL! I think it's sorda cool, I mean it was a good ride, and it'll never be the same again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 The front at the end was the best part of the ride, the rest was a little rough. Not really going to miss it, but I can't wait to see what they decide to build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 The ride had a few good moments of air, and the last part of the ride was really, really good. But it beat me up very badly-similar to Mean Streak. They've got a lot to work with, let's hope they do the same with Son of Beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial_Thriller Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 It was announced today that the remnants of the Texas Giant will be demolished on Monday, 11/16/2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Anything will be an improvement unless they decide to clone Boardwalk Bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 ^ Very true. But Arlington does have a lower humidity and higher average temperature which would make the ride run faster and smoother, and the angle of the sun combined with the stronger wind gusts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texcoaster Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Interesting: a news report I pulled up online had the SF PR person saying it was a "partial demolation, not a full demolition, because this is a ride refurbishment" Um... The structure wood was really, really old and beaten. If you take it all the way down, but use the original footers, can that still be called "partial demolition"? Surely they aren't going to pile a larger coaster on top of that 20-yr-old existing structure??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial_Thriller Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I don't think they even know what they are doing any more. Every press release says something different and today's PR stunt was simply odd at best. Something just seems very wrong about this entire situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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