Fuji-Q Highlands Discussion Thread

[tiger01]

I assume he means this:

 

 

Looks crazy!

Wow...Just wow!

[grrt]

Blech... I second whoever suggested flophat!

[pj.frankophone]

^^ That vertical loop looks absolutely insane

[coasterfreak101]

So...this thing is launching and it has that giant, insane drop? Oh wow.

[Nrthwnd]

I still like Barry's suggested name for the element...

 

"Fred"

 

[Thom25]

Thank you VERY much for posting the video - this is looking like one GREAT ride. Hope we see a clone here in the US.

[ScottBrown]

Ummm how many inversions is this thing going to have

[Loefet]

There is another video from the other side:

 

[Coaster Cow]

Christ. What the hell is that?

[DBru]

Yeah.

 

This is pure insanity.

[DarkStitch626]

This ride keeps getting stranger and stranger. Added right after that large hill through the loop..appears to be its brakes. It seems to be a "lightning ride" So you get whammed with intense ride then stopped and want to do it right away again!

[willh51]

Whoa! That drop looks really beyond 90 degrees! Those inversions, too. With lapbars this thing could be crazy. I should be going to Japan sometime in 2012 so maybe if I start preparing now I can withstand the hell that is Fuji-Q.

[RollerCoasterSmi]

F*** YOU EL LOCOS... Gerstlauer are reclaiming the steepness title by a whole 8 degrees... 121 degrees, that is insanity (RCDB)... Such a shame it has to be at Fuji-Q!

 

This should be so much better than Speed: No Limits, even though that is an amazing coaster...

[StarTrekGeek]

^Whoa... just whoa... 121 degrees...?! *drops jaw*

[Jcoasters]

Cool, so it is now the steepest coaster.

[cwsr]

Found a few pics on their Facebook page.

Edited April 29, 2011 by robbalvey

[SharkTums]

FYI - The ride is supposed to open July 20.

[Noxegon]

Damn. I guess I will have to go to Fuji-Queue again. Such a waste of good Japan time...

[Inukaza]

I wonder how fast the launch will be. I'd be satisfied with a POV for this coaster, no wait line for that. Haha.

[Hilltopper39]

So this thing has a launch and a vertical lift with beyond vertical drop? Awesome stuff, I wonder what come first the launch or the lift. You would think the lift hill would be the natural thing to start a ride with, but I kind like rides with midcourse lift hills before the ending (Mystery Mine, the Beast, some mine trains. But then again I really liked the mid course launch on Maverick, felt like that was one of the better coasters Ive been on in a while mostly because of the mid course launch, very unexpected and awesome.

[hyyyper]

It would ofcourse be 5x more awesome if it turns out that this ride is a dueling, one side with a lift and one side with a launch.

 

Just dreaming out loud.

[Inukaza]

 

Yeah, now that the layout is complete, i'm really curios about this as well. I almost want to say based on the layout that the launch comes first, followed by the lift, but of course it could go any way. I'm just basing this off of the fact that the brake run following the launch section goes right in the structure next to where the lift begins.

 

Amazing looking coaster IMO...8 inversions!

 

Well, remember when we saw construction photos we saw what could or couldn't be a indoor section. So, I'm wondering as well.

[BaMiTsPaT]

Holy crap! That first drop is so ridiculous! This looks like one of the most out-of-control layouts I've ever seen on a coaster.

[Skycoastin Steve]

Definitely the most bizarre looking coaster I've ever seen.

[Thom25]

This really is looking like one amazing ride - thanks for sharing the pics.

 

Can you also provide the facebook link, because I can't find it to save my soul.