Fuji-Q Highlands Discussion Thread

[JordyC]

Fuji-Queue Highland Park

 

 

I see what you did there.

[Rollercoaster Rider]

Everybody must experience Japan, at least once in their lifetime.

 

Including Fuji-Queue Highland Park.

 

 

Hopefully going there in 2018, Either that or Italy.

[coasterbill]

This is probably a really stupid question, but do these Japanese/Asian parks really stay open year-round? Even with snow? Why can't US parks do this!

 

I feel like American parks are slowly heading in this direction. More and more parks are adding holiday events in cold climates, the parks that have well established holiday events keep adding coasters to their holiday lineups due to increased competition (BGW and Hershey for example) and guests are flocking to the parks despite the weather so hopefully this will eventually lead to parks opening earlier or pushing their hours beyond the holiday season.

[SharkTums]

^Agreed. I love to see the parks trying this more and more in the states and hope to see it succeed.

[R17]

Dodonpa might get a looping

 

"Fuji-Q Highland, Fujiyoshida, Japan: Dodonpa Loop (ride enhancement)" is written in the announcement from S&S

 

https://www.utahbusiness.com/ss-worldwide-announces-17-new-ride-projects/

[9Armgeddon4]

^ I saw that on Screamscspe as well. He says the top hat will indeed be replaced by a giant loop. I guess he asked S&S and they confirmed it.

[LeoBruz199]

If that's the case and no trims are involved, we may as well be looking at a potential 200ft tall loop! That sounds messed up, but I love it!

[DoinItForTheFame]

Omg. . . A looping Dodonpa?!?! Holy. Balls. I'm so excited for our trip to Japan.

[Canobie Coaster]

And I thought the vertical loop on Full Throttle was large. With the speed Dodonpa has coming off that launch, the inversion has the potential to be something awe-inspiring. Any word if they are keeping the launch the same or is that still an unknown?

[SharkTums]

Doesn't anyone else think this is a terrifyingly bad idea!?!??! Have you ridden Dodonpa?!!? I don't think it should go upside down!!!!

[R17]

Doesn't anyone else think this is a terrifyingly bad idea!?!??! Have you ridden Dodonpa?!!? I don't think it should go upside down!!!!

 

The wheels will explode

[cfc]

Doesn't anyone else think this is a terrifyingly bad idea!?!??! Have you ridden Dodonpa?!!? I don't think it should go upside down!!!!

 

The wheels will explode

 

Yeah, I think it's intense enough without an inversion.

[larrygator]

Doesn't anyone else think this is a terrifyingly bad idea!?!??! Have you ridden Dodonpa?!!? I don't think it should go upside down!!!!

 

Sick or injured passengers can only slow down operations. Sounds like a good move for Fuji-Q, in-line without their business philosophy.

[Themonerd]

S&S is trying to make the Euthanasia Coaster in real life.

[gerstlaueringvar]

I wish there is some massive hang time at the top of that loop! I will miss the top hat for sure but a loop means we don't have to brace for that horrible vertical trim brake.

[Gearhart]

I'm gonna miss the airtime on that tower, glad I got to experience it at least once. That loop could be absolutely ridiculous though. Someday I have to go back and of course brace myself for the insane wait times to be had.

[MayTheGForceBeWithYou]

Dodonpa Loop (ride enhancement)

This sounds so wrong, yet so right at the same time.

[TheCoasterKid211]

This thing is probably gonna knock the g-forces out of my soul. Go Japan!

[Nrthwnd]

Can't wait to hear if they enhance or totally redo the queue music...

 

Do - Do - Dopna - Do - Do - Dopna - Do - Do - Dopna...

 

 

(Two+ HOURS was enough in queue, back in 2011, no thanks again. Robb and Elissa had {Thanks Again!}

gotten us FastPasses in the 2013 tour. But I'd had enough of the coaster/queue, as it was. So I passed.)

I did take a nice pic of the "hump" back in the TPR 2013 Japan Tour. But - I didn't ride it that visit. )o:

[gerstlaueringvar]

^It's offensive that you passed Dodonpa. I take that as a personal attack.

[Nrthwnd]

^ Tempura me. I dare ya.

Or...... I'll take the "mystery bowl" for lunch, Arigato Fuji-Q! With BEER, too! (o:

TPR 2013 Japan Tour. And, please ignore David's plate, in front of me. It's just....wrong.

[Gutterflower]

Up goes the loop

 

 

More here: https://twitter.com/0uk2k/status/838925055677509632

[RyanTPM]

^It's definitely not the massive loop people were expecting that's for sure, no doubt it'll be incredibly intense like that!

[knaiwear]

^not sure how you can get that from those pictures, but ok...

[DoinItForTheFame]

^not sure how you can get that from those pictures, but ok...

 

I'm going to go with the fact you can see how the footers, and support for the loop are laid out, and you can tell by how close everything is together that it's not going to be a massive loop.

 

Also, as small as the loop is, I'm wondering if they will be slowing down the launch?? I can't imagine a loop that small will be taken at as high of a speed as the hill was?? Oh well, we shall see!!