jarmor Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Looks like Hydra will be ready for opening day! ** photo courtesy of www.dorneypark.com ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Freak Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 They look cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterCrazy Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I'm looking forward to riding Hydra this summer. I'm mad that I didn't get a chance to ride Hercules before they took it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLRBR Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I'm mad that I live in socal, and never go to parks outside of Cali. that much! --Davon "unlike some people" Dorsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvcoasterguy Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 ^ Dude, you have so many parks and coasters to visit in California... here in Iowa and the rest of the midwest, we freeze our butts off until summer, when it's deathly hot. In addition, there is one major park in Iowa, one small one. I'm three hours away from Adventureland, in Des Moines, and three hours away from Six Flags Great America. Kyle "Don't be complaining" W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattuchili Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 The Hydra ride looks great, and it looks like a lot of fun. --Soeren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Eber Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Does anyone know what software they used for the recreation. A LOT of work looks like it went into that sim. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 I love that first corkscrew, but I dunno... will this be the first ride where the pre-lift hill portion is better than the post-lift hill part? By the way, does anybody know how fast the first inversion is taken? It looks almost so slow that you'd.. well, feel like you were upside down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Anything wrong with feeling upside down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Absolutely not! But it's not a usual coaster experience. Most inversions are taken at speeds such that you don't really *feel* upside down for more than a second or two. It looks like this will be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster1 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Does anyone know what software they used for the recreation. A LOT of work looks like it went into that sim. J. 3d Studio Max, I believe it was done by the Badnitrus guys, they started their own company to expand their talents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLRBR Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 ^ Dude, you have so many parks and coasters to visit in California... here in Iowa and the rest of the midwest, we freeze our butts off until summer, when it's deathly hot. In addition, there is one major park in Iowa, one small one. I'm three hours away from Adventureland, in Des Moines, and three hours away from Six Flags Great America. Kyle "Don't be complaining" W. I was just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Ok, was just making sure. They said their aim for that element was to try and disorient the riders before they even get to the lift. I can assume it may for alot of the GP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey G. Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Does anyone know what software they used for the recreation. A LOT of work looks like it went into that sim. J. 3d Studio Max, I believe it was done by the Badnitrus guys, they started their own company to expand their talents. Close. It was done by one guy, Keith McVeen. While Badnitrus was started by Keith and also eventually had Mike Semtak help out, this was all Keith. Generally speaking, Keith does everything. I'm not even sure what, if anything, Mike does anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterEricHP Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 THe Trains definately caught my eye as being different... guess its the whitish seats.. looking good! It's been COLD up here in PA, surprised the thing didnt valley! Eric "A week ago I was living in 85 degree Orlando.. *sigh*" Geiple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Seats arent white...they mearly have testing dummies in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Hydra looks awesome! Maybe I can somehow plan a trip to Dorney to ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 3d Studio Max, I believe it was done by the Badnitrus guys, they started their own company to expand their talents. Yup, it was done by VIP, Keith McVeen's company. For more information on how he does the animations, see the Badnitrus FAQ and tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixflagsgreatadven Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I was on the first train of public riders!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Way to bring up a 7.5-year-old thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollin_n_coastin Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 ^Why so down? At least someone used the search function and we can talk about this ride again. This ride seemed so polarizing at the time. I think it's one of B&M's better floorless coasters. Combined with Talon, Dorney has a great set of B&Ms, if that's what you're into. Have any first riders ridden it since opening year? Any new opinions on this versus other floorless coasters out there? ^^These questions give you something else to add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbt Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 ^I rode it for the first time this year, and it was rattling quite a bit on the outside seats, but there was a lot less on the inside seats. Its a solid ride, but nowhere near as good as Talon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I rode it in it's first year and again this year... it still looks cool and still doesn't really deliver. It has a B&M rattle now but it's far from rough... it fits in perfectly with Dorney's collection of rides that look cool but aren't that great. Thank god this park has Talon which is pretty solid. Now that Laser is gone the only above average coasters the park has are Talon and Thunderhawk (First Car... Second Seat otherwise that coaster sucks too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Way to bring up a 7.5-year-old thread. Way to be a back-seat moderator. Here's what we like - People who use the search function and make posts in the appropriate threads. Here's what we don't like - People who are rude to other members for no reason at all. --Robb "Let us do the moderating, thank you." Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Sorry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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