Dollywood Discussion Thread

[DoinItForTheFame]

I just wish it was named "Big Boobs and Coasters" instead of Dollywood.

 

The park would be full to capacity every day!!

 

[johnnyknottsville]

^

[FaithPlus1]

^^Perfect and Awesome

[WildEagle2014]

More pics!

[Superbatboy]

Going up quickly!

[JonnyRCT3]

Just pointing out that the previous post was #66666 on page 667.

[Dollywoodlover20]

I wonder if Dollywood will unveil the new train design at IAAPA in November?

[Vonni]

^ I would not be surprised. SDC did this, and so did SFMM.

 

 

The construction of LR already looks beautiful!

[DoinItForTheFame]

I wonder if Dollywood will unveil the new train design at IAAPA in November?

 

I wouldn't be suprised if they did unveil the coaster trains at IAAPA. I can't wait to see the trains! No doubt in my mind that they will look amazing!!

[Vonni]

I'm really excited to see what they have planned for LR trains! Working headlights would be awesome!

[mordecai-75]

it looks from what i've seen they are using brown topper track. i think it would have been creative to get it in black to resemble fresh pavement, and over time the fading could only get a bit grey. " just like a real road." i don't know, just sounds like it would work.

[DoinItForTheFame]

it looks from what i've seen they are using brown topper track. i think it would have been creative to get it in black to resemble fresh pavement, and over time the fading could only get a bit grey. " just like a real road." i don't know, just sounds like it would work.

 

I think that sounds really awesome! I just don't think it would look as good up against brown supports as what you're thinking. Then for it to look right they would have to paint all of the wooden supports and not only would that get expensive, it would look really weird.

 

I do like the idea of the black track, but I just don;t think it would look as good as what we are imagining.

[mordecai-75]

^ imagine the wood supports as dirt beside the road, " it'll be going quite fast, the wood will blur together while riding." just would be something different i think.

[TyRush]

I always thought a stained wood look would be really cool. That is quite pricey though and would wear out after a few years instead of just leaving it plain old wood.

 

Regardless, this coaster will look great any color honestly.

[KingRCT3]

Random fact of the day: Lightning Rod's LSM will be provided by Velocity Magnitics.

 

Source IOE, love these guys. Here's what they say about VM:

 

I had a chance to visit their facility and get an inside view of their engineering; it's MASSIVELY impressive to say the least. I think we can expect some extremely reliable, well-crafted components from VM. They're a company more enthusiasts need to know about, for sure! -Anne

[coasterfreaky]

Random fact of the day: Lightning Rod's LSM will be provided by Velocity Magnitics.

 

Source IOE, love these guys. Here's what they say about VM:

 

I had a chance to visit their facility and get an inside view of their engineering; it's MASSIVELY impressive to say the least. I think we can expect some extremely reliable, well-crafted components from VM. They're a company more enthusiasts need to know about, for sure! -Anne

 

I think they're the ones who did the magnetic pinch brake retrofit on Tennessee Tornado in 2007.

[DJeXeL]

^Yes they are.

[blakelemay23]

Im still waiting for a POV of this thing, i think im going to recreate Lightning Rod on NL2.

[Keetz]

After riding Maverick last weekend, I am really excited to see this coaster utilize a faster LSM for a launch/lift. As soon as the launch/lift on Maverick starts you know you are in for an action packed ride and you get launched over a 95 degree drop. Seeing this applied to a wooden terrain coaster is gonna be amazing.

[mordecai-75]

my understanding is that Maverick's lift/launch is much slower than 45mph, right? "just the lift, obviously not the flat."

[Dollywoodlover20]

Found somewhere that Mavericks lift hill is around 15-22mph. So we are looking at something going much much faster.

[A.J.]

An easy comparison to make here is the Incredible Hulk coaster.

 

I really hope that 2016 season passes go on sale soon...

[blakelemay23]

We probably won't see this, but a tunnel up the launch-hill would be kick @$$.

[Dollywoodlover20]

We probably won't see this, but a tunnel up the launch-hill would be kick @$$.

Uhm yea I doubt that haha the theme of this ride (even though we haven't seen the full backstory yet) is riding a hot rod through the foothills of the smokies. Plus zooming through the trees would be a great experience in its self.

[blakelemay23]

We probably won't see this, but a tunnel up the launch-hill would be kick @$$.

Uhm yea I doubt that haha the theme of this ride (even though we haven't seen the full backstory yet) is riding a hot rod through the foothills of the smokies. Plus zooming through the trees would be a great experience in its self.

that doesen't neccesarily cancel out a tunnel, cars go through tunnels....

 

But yeah, were not gonna see it.