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^Looks impressive in the skyline, i wonder why they decided not to go over 400ft with the height though, unless there's a restriction?

 

Well, I don't know anything about restrictions, but it will already be by far the tallest coaster in Europe. Going higher would add more cost, but I don't see it adding much (if any) in terms of attendance. In addition pretty much every country in Europe use meters instead of feet, so the 400 ft limit doesn't mean anything to Europeans. For us the "magical limit" is 100 meters, if the ride is 112 meters or 122 meters will not mean much in terms of marketing.

 

This of course is only speculation from my side...

I agree. As much as I'd love to see it go higher than (or as high as) kingda ka it's already pretty far from any other coaster in Europe (in terms of height) and yes, 400 ft doesn't really mean anything. I doubt there will ever be a ride here like fury 325 as it's 99 meters tall (nearly 100) while 325 feet isn't close from any "mark".

Also, interesting to see it's using double spine track on the tower. However from the supports I'm starting to think there will be no twist

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It won't impact the ride experience at all... I totally get that, but god that's one ugly, stupid looking brake run. Why the dumb jump after a ton of trims for absolutely no reason? It's killing my OCD. Leviathan's reign of dumbest looking brake run ever has come to an end.

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It won't impact the ride experience at all... I totally get that, but god that's one ugly, stupid looking brake run. Why the dumb jump after a ton of trims for absolutely no reason? It's killing my OCD.

 

I agree. I know it's not going to impact the ride experience but I really don't get the point of the jump at the end of the brake run either.

 

It's like they started to design a brake run like Top Thrill Dragster's, and then decided they wanted Kingda Ka's (airtimeless) airtime hill but instead of re-designing the entire brake run they just threw a random speed bump in half way through the brake run.

 

I really... REALLY don't get the point of the design on this brake run.

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See the coaster is built on a downwards terrain? If they are building a brake run like TTD, the end of the brake run will be very close to the ground, the supports will have to handle a huge amount of stress from the deceleration of the train; Or the drop would more high-raise thus the already tight 270 degrees twist would be even tighter and the cost of the 3 spine track, extra support height and lateral supports will add quite a lot to the budget. Or maybe they need the space under the brake run because the park is very tiny in the first place.

 

If they build it like Kingda Ka, maybe the park does not want to pay for an extra hill, or the space this coaster occupies is not long enough for the extra length of the pull up.

 

Either way, this is probably the most cost-efficient design, it might look weird but whatever works!

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Actualmente, ya se ha dado forma a 4 de los 7 tramos de los que constará la espectacular atracción, llegando a los 65 metros de altura construidos, de los 112 totales.

"Now are builded 4 floors of the 7 will have the coaster. Now the four floors are 65 meters, the other three will complete the 112 meters"

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