KBrylczyk Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 The ride is named 'Cannibal.' "We have named it Cannibal because in our collective mind it will eat other roller coasters in their tracks," said Julie Freed, spokesperson for Lagoon. Big words for a 100% in-house project. I mean, I have faith that it will be an excellent ride but that sounds like they're claiming greatest ever, haha. Good for Lagoon, though, because this will definitely have me making a trip up to SLC again next summer. Nothin' like an overnight 6-hour car ride through the middle of nowhere (seriously, Utah is EMPTY) to make you appreciate a park.
RCF Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 The ride is named 'Cannibal.' "We have named it Cannibal because in our collective mind it will eat other roller coasters in their tracks," said Julie Freed, spokesperson for Lagoon. Big words for a 100% in-house project. I mean, I have faith that it will be an excellent ride but that sounds like they're claiming greatest ever, haha. Good for Lagoon, though, because this will definitely have me making a trip up to SLC again next summer. Nothin' like an overnight 6-hour car ride through the middle of nowhere (seriously, Utah is EMPTY) to make you appreciate a park. Well, marketing can say anything they want to when they aren't talking about actual facts.
coasterfreak101 Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 I'm still very, very curious about this project - it's like a hyper-Eurofighter (hyperFighter?!) with a Mack elevator lift for good measure!
linearinduction Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 I'm still very, very curious about this project - it's like a hyper-Eurofighter (hyperFighter?!) with a Mack elevator lift for good measure!Not at all, but you will see!
RyanTPM Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 This looks like it'll be really great! vertical lifts are getting really high now, which is great. And a really steep drop, wow.
urzishra Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 The ride is named 'Cannibal.' "We have named it Cannibal because in our collective mind it will eat other roller coasters in their tracks," said Julie Freed, spokesperson for Lagoon. Big words for a 100% in-house project. I mean, I have faith that it will be an excellent ride but that sounds like they're claiming greatest ever, haha. Good for Lagoon, though, because this will definitely have me making a trip up to SLC again next summer. Nothin' like an overnight 6-hour car ride through the middle of nowhere (seriously, Utah is EMPTY) to make you appreciate a park. Says the man who lives in the only major city within 4 hours in either direction.
Woodie Warrior Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 I'm still very, very curious about this project - it's like a hyper-Eurofighter (hyperFighter?!) with a Mack elevator lift for good measure! Is it an elevator lift or vertical lift?
coasterchitchat Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Is it an elevator lift or vertical lift? Both.
linearinduction Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 I'm still very, very curious about this project - it's like a hyper-Eurofighter (hyperFighter?!) with a Mack elevator lift for good measure! Is it an elevator lift or vertical lift? It's a Vertical Elevator Lift similar to Divertical's.
BugEyed Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 This has got my attention. I'm always curious about in-house designed coasters; especially one's that step a bit outside the norm. I really hope they merchandise the crap out of it. I want to see an entire Cannibal themed store with super gory shirts, weird creepy food and severed body parts all over the place.
KBrylczyk Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Says the man who lives in the only major city within 4 hours in either direction. I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here, especially since I explicity stated it's a 6 hour drive. 5 hours to Provo.
Woodie Warrior Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 I'm still very, very curious about this project - it's like a hyper-Eurofighter (hyperFighter?!) with a Mack elevator lift for good measure! Is it an elevator lift or vertical lift? It's a Vertical Elevator Lift similar to Divertical's. Okay thanks. I was confused. I thought vertical lift meant one similar to a Eurofighter.
Fooz Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Why/how is this being done in house? Do they have a lot of engineers/manufacturing experts on the park staff?
linearinduction Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Here's a Link to the Stats Lagoon Provided the Local Media and LagoonisFun.com: http://www.lagoonisfun.com/showthread.php?tid=5095
KBrylczyk Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Why/how is this being done in house? Do they have a lot of engineers/manufacturing experts on the park staff? The same way Disney does the majority of their rides in house. Wicked was designed in-house but they hired Zierer to bring the ride to reality (launch system, track, vehicles, etc). Cannibal is fully in-house with no outside help. Of course different companies, mostly local, are being brought in to manufacture and construct it, but every last bit was designed and engineered in-house.
urzishra Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Says the man who lives in the only major city within 4 hours in either direction. I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here, especially since I explicity stated it's a 6 hour drive. 5 hours to Provo. I was saying that Vegas is pretty much the only city in the middle of nowhere for hundreds of miles in any direction. You mentioned Utah is empty, well, so is the vast majority of Nevada. Especially the Drive to LA and the drive to SLC. it was pot calling the kettle black thing... it wasn't a good joke. Still pretty excited. The water feature looks really cool in the videos.
Fooz Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Why/how is this being done in house? Do they have a lot of engineers/manufacturing experts on the park staff? The same way Disney does the majority of their rides in house. Wicked was designed in-house but they hired Zierer to bring the ride to reality (launch system, track, vehicles, etc). Cannibal is fully in-house with no outside help. Of course different companies, mostly local, are being brought in to manufacture and construct it, but every last bit was designed and engineered in-house. Well I know that disney has a dedicated engineering staff, but it seems strange to me that this mid-sized park would.
RCF Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Why/how is this being done in house? Do they have a lot of engineers/manufacturing experts on the park staff? The same way Disney does the majority of their rides in house. Wicked was designed in-house but they hired Zierer to bring the ride to reality (launch system, track, vehicles, etc). Cannibal is fully in-house with no outside help. Of course different companies, mostly local, are being brought in to manufacture and construct it, but every last bit was designed and engineered in-house. Well I know that disney has a dedicated engineering staff, but it seems strange to me that this mid-sized park would. The reason why Lagoon is such a unique place. A historic park with some of the oldest rides in the world that still keeps modernizing and has a great group behind them with Dal Freeman.
DirkFunk Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Dal Freeman is Lagoon's version of John Fetterman. Yeah, a lot of parks just pick up the phone and buy something, we all know that. Lagoon doesn't necessarily and this looks freakin' awesome as a result. THIS is the most interesting ride of 2015 IMO. Has been since I saw the early construction.
Woodie Warrior Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 This will be the world's tallest beyond vertical drop, right?
BugEyed Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 An in-house design with an extreme layout is always going to be that extra bit thrilling the first time. You just can't anticipate how it's going to ride. That's worth a trip to Salt Lake City for me. Ok, well that and a gift shop brimming with eyeball soup, bone saws and dismembered corpses.
RCF Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) So, here is all of the information about Cannibal (with a few pictures taken by the respected media) that I have collected. Source: Lagoonisfun.com via Lagoon Park Tower Height: 208 Feet Drop Angle: 116 Degrees Track Length: 2,735 Feet Ride Time: 2 ½ minutes Maximum G Force: 4.2 G’s Maximum Speed: 70 miles per hour Three Inversions: Inverted Loop, Diving Loop, Uknown 3rd inversion (said to be one-of-a-kind) Maximum Height Inversion: 140 Feet Tall Underground Tunnel: 20 ft Water Features Riders Per Car: 12 Rider Capacity Per Hour: 1,200 Budget: $22 Million From simple addition and knowing the underground tunnel is the bottom of the drop, Cannibal's drop will be 228 ft. Not confirmed, however. Onto the photos! Examples of Water Features to be presented on the ride. Source: Fox 13 Cannibal's 208 ft. tower and part of the layout. Source: Fox 13 Cannibal's Ride Logo at Media Event Source: Standard Examiner A jungle temple to be part of the themeing for Cannibal Source: Standard Examiner New detailed renderings of one side of the ride. Source: Lagoonisfun.com via Lagoon Park Source: Lagoonisfun.com via Lagoon Park Source: Lagoonisfun.com via Lagoon Park A better view of the water feature. Source: Lagoonisfun.com via Lagoon Park Edited September 5, 2014 by RCF
Marney Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Tallest beyond vertical drop in the world? In Utah? I'll be damned.
RCF Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Tallest beyond vertical drop in the world? In Utah? I'll be damned. It actually won't be. Hansa Park is building a beyond vertical drop at 235 (ish?) ft.
BlahBlahson Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 The Lagoon and Hansa Projects are so ridiculously similar, to be building both in the same year by totally different groups.
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