DarienLaker Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Most of the coasters at SFGAm are clones. -Superman -Batman -V2 -Demon -Dark Knight -Spacely's Sprocket Rockets -Viper -Whizzer, even though it's counterpart closed. Besides Viper and Predator, Darien Lake has cloned coasters too!
aCoasterStory Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Most of the coasters at SFGAm are clones. -Superman -Batman -V2 -Demon -Dark Knight -Spacely's Sprocket Rockets -Viper -Whizzer, even though it's counterpart closed. Besides Wild One, all of the roller coasters at SFA are clones as well. Other than Batman & Superman, I believe all of SFOG's coasters are unique. 9/11 isn't bad. SFMM only has Batman & Scream!, as far as adult clones go (not sure about the kiddie coasters).
DarienLaker Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Most of the coasters at SFGAm are clones. -Superman -Batman -V2 -Demon -Dark Knight -Spacely's Sprocket Rockets -Viper -Whizzer, even though it's counterpart closed. Besides Wild One, all of the roller coasters at SFA are clones as well. Other than Batman & Superman, I believe all of SFOG's coasters are unique. 9/11 isn't bad. SFMM only has Batman & Scream!, as far as adult clones go (not sure about the kiddie coasters). I think that the majority of kiddie coasters everywhere are a clone of some sort.
DevilsFlight Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 El Toro at SFGAdv was about to be cancelled due to a change in management. Originally the park was supposed to get three more major attractions including a hotel. These ideas were scrapped and the only thing saving El Toro was that construction had already started.
mudvayneimn Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Chang's lift chain snapped the first week the ride was open. If I'm not mistaken, it was during it's second day of operation.
Rollercoaster Rider Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 El Toro at SFGAdv was about to be cancelled due to a change in management. Originally the park was supposed to get three more major attractions including a hotel. These ideas were scrapped and the only thing saving El Toro was that construction had already started. What were the other attractions?
Sprint390g Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Air (Alton towers) is the only flying coaster with a lowering platform
michaellynn4 Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 El Toro at SFGAdv was about to be cancelled due to a change in management. Originally the park was supposed to get three more major attractions including a hotel. These ideas were scrapped and the only thing saving El Toro was that construction had already started. What were the other attractions? They were never publicly announced, only that there was a five-year plan to rejuvenize the park. The world may never know.
El Toro_Ryan Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 El Toro at SFGAdv was about to be cancelled due to a change in management. Originally the park was supposed to get three more major attractions including a hotel. These ideas were scrapped and the only thing saving El Toro was that construction had already started. The CEO at the time who almost cancelled El Toro later said that El Toro was his favorite ride out of the whole Six Flags chain. El Toro at SFGAdv was about to be cancelled due to a change in management. Originally the park was supposed to get three more major attractions including a hotel. These ideas were scrapped and the only thing saving El Toro was that construction had already started. What were the other attractions? They were never publicly announced, only that there was a five-year plan to rejuvenize the park. The world may never know. I'll see what I can find out from work.
Comeagain? Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Air (Alton towers) is the only flying coaster with a lowering platform Not quite true. Superman: Ultimate Flight at SFOG has a lowering platform. Photos curtesy of RCBD. I'm not sure about any others
CPSFMMCW Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 El Toro at SFGAdv was about to be cancelled due to a change in management. Originally the park was supposed to get three more major attractions including a hotel. These ideas were scrapped and the only thing saving El Toro was that construction had already started. What were the other attractions? They were never publicly announced, only that there was a five-year plan to rejuvenize the park. The world may never know. wow I didn't know that...that's crazy!
tribar Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Air (Alton towers) is the only flying coaster with a lowering platform Not quite true. Superman: Ultimate Flight at SFOG has a lowering platform. [attachment=0]ImageUploadedByTapatalk1402588739.723088.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=1]ImageUploadedByTapatalk1402588832.782976.jpg[/attachment] Photos curtesy of RCBD. I'm not sure about any others The one at SFGAm has one too. And I'm pretty sure the one at SFGAv does as well
michaellynn4 Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 ^ That would be correct, sir. The longstanding rumor (at least with the GP) that the coaster piece in the Safari was one of the Lightning Loops but that is not the case. In fact, the first loop of Scream Machine needed additional reinforcement, so new track was created and installed. The coaster piece is actually the original first loop.
DJeXeL Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Chinese Fireball track on Dragon Challenge is the only B&M invert without a Zero-G Roll and OzIris is the only Invert with dual Zero-G rolls.
rcjp Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 ^Yeah, that's right. Universal is also home to another B&M exception: Hulk. The only one that doesn't have exactly one lift hill.
fraroc Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Found this somewhere, not marketing as the tallest/fastest/longest/etc but there's clearly some similarity. GCI or RMC better resurrect this.
JonnyRCT3 Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Intamin steel coasters are limited to 5 gs. Kingda Ka, Top Thrill Dragster, Skyrush & Xcelerator are just a few that are close to this figure.
Joshuadrooney Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Stealth goes to 4.8 G which I think is about right for a 205 ft Rocket Coaster. Earlier in the thread someone mentioned Kingda Ka's turbo mode, does anyone know if Stealth and Rita (and maybe even Velocity at Flamingo Land [Vekoma Motorbike coaster]) have this setting as well?
rcjp Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 ^I think they all have some "extra power" which isn't normally used, as a margin. So I guess it would be possible to put them in "turbo mode". As to velocity, I don't know. I'm not sure how the vekoma system works.
Joshuadrooney Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 ^I think they all have some "extra power" which isn't normally used, as a margin. So I guess it would be possible to put them in "turbo mode".As to velocity, I don't know. I'm not sure how the vekoma system works. Would be very interesting if it did, Stealth on Turbo Mode would be one seriously messed up ride, in standard mode it has to rank as at least one of the most forceful launches in the world.
gerstlaueringvar Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 ^ People will start to complain about the restraints. They don't like crazy airtime on Intamin monsters.
Joshuadrooney Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 ^ People will start to complain about the restraints. They don't like crazy airtime on Intamin monsters. I can well believe it, those thin straps would hurt like hell
JonnyRCT3 Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 ^Does TTD reach 5? I didn't really feel like that. I said close. It's certainly more than just 4, probably somewhere near 4.5.
rcjp Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 ^Oh, ok. I asked because, even though I don't know about xcelerator, I think KK and skyrush do reach 5 (or 4,9).
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