netdvn Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Mach Tower has a bar at the top of the tower that's attached to some sort of release mechanism. When the vehicle hits the bar, the elevator releases and the car drops. During Christmas Town, the car stops short of the bar before going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Ninja at SFOG opened with two trains acquired from the previous operation as Kamikaze. Both trains were recently replaced with two of GASM's old trains. The two GASMs are now adjacent to each other. Â So a Vekoma coaster are having its Vekoma trains replaced with Arrow trains? Now that is interesting indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynx242 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 ^ The Arrow trains, in my opinion, give a better ride. Â Mind you, "better" is subjective and it can still be quite brutal, but still....better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 This coaster in this picture is Wild Cat at Adventure Park USA in Maryland. Â Â It started out at Die Wildkatze at Busch Gardens Williamsburg (1976-83), and it sat where Verbolten's station is now. It also ran at Playland Park in New York, Steel Pier in New Jersey, and Williams Grove in Pennsylvania before it was overhauled and installed at Adventure Park USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yay101 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 The chain lift part of the lift hill for Tornado at Bakken does not have anti-rollbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 The chain lift part of the lift hill for Tornado at Bakken does not have anti-rollbacks. Do the other Intamins with double chain lift have anti-rollbacks? I don't think Fahrenheit has it, so do the ZacSpins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 ^I don't think they do. At least I couldn't see or hear any on Fahrenheit and I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that it doesn't have any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 The chain lift part of the lift hill for Tornado at Bakken does not have anti-rollbacks. Do the other Intamins with double chain lift have anti-rollbacks? I don't think Fahrenheit has it, so do the ZacSpins. Nope, that's what the second chain is for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 There was once a Busch Gardens Asia theme park located next to the Anheuser Busch brewery in Houston. It operated from 1971 to 1973 before closing its doors.  You might be surprised to know that Houston once had a Busch Gardens of its own. Hey, I didn’t know that either until a few years ago. Unlike some of Houston’s other theme parks, Busch Gardens wasn’t around for very long. Plans for the 40-acre park, located next to the Anheuser-Busch brewery on Gellhorn, were first announced in Sept. 1969. When it opened on Memorial Day 1971, the $14 million park had hired 300 people to work the summer months.  Visitors could take a boat around the site, which had an Oriental theme. Patrons could check out a petting zoo and an ice cave, which was a domed structure that housed penguins, sea lions and polar bears. Other exotic animals like elephants, tigers, monkeys and orangutans were housed at Busch Gardens.  Of course, if you were thirsty you could head over to the Hospitality House and get yourself a free beer, too.  However, things didn’t go so well for the park. According to a 1971 Chronicle article, a male rhinoceros — one of two rhinos that had been brought to the park — died during its stay at Busch Gardens.  Finally, in December 1972, park operators announced that most of its displays would be shut down. The reason? Low attendance brought on by a small tourist base and a climate that forced the park to close during the winter.  When it first opened, officials expected 800,000 people to visit Busch Gardens during its first year. A spokesman for Anheuser-Busch later told the Chronicle that attendance fell far short of that number.  In the end, like Luna Park, Kiddie Wonderland, Peppermint Park, Playland Park, Wee Wild West, and, sadly yes, Astroworld, Busch Gardens is one in a long line of Houston amusement parks that now exist in the past.  Click here  Another article on the park  Pagoda  Boat ride  Childrens play area. This would most likely be a Sesame Street or Land of the Dragons today.  There doesn't seem to be much room to expand. Where are they gonna fit the B&Ms?   Not much is known about this place other than it was largely animal exhibits with a few small rides here and there much like the Tampa park. Anyone else have any info?  - What's with Houston not being able to support theme parks anyway? The area went through multiple parks that all shut down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrozooka0 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Â Â There doesn't seem to be much room to expand. Where are they gonna fit the B&Ms? Â I happen to know of a certain epic B&M that is almost entirely outside the park it resides in. Besides, they could have made one go on to the brewery's roof Iron Rattler-style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Until 2007's Tony Hawk's Big Spin; All coasters at Six Flags Fiesta Texas had an R in the Name: Â 1992- Rattler 1992- Pied Piper/Rollerschucoaster 1996- Jokers Revenge 1997- Road Runner Express 1999- Boomerang 1999- Poltergeist 2000- Superman- Krypton Coaster 2000- Boardwalk Canyon Blaster (Planned but still counts) 2007- Tony Hawks Big Spin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrozooka0 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 The following coasters are the first 10 listed on RCDB (going off of page ID): Â 1: Raptor (Cedar Point) 2: Texas Giant 3: Demon (SFGAM) 4: Shockwave (SFGAM) 5: Batman The Ride (SFGAM) 6: Iron Wolf 7: Mantis (Cedar Point) 8: Flashback (SFOT) 9: American Eagle 10: Viper (SFGAM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Stratosphere Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 El Loco had parts from all over the world. Â Supports from China, Track from Italy and the cars from S&S in Utah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 ^Well I had no idea. Is it actually cheaper for S&S to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Busch Entertainment opened a third gate in Irving Texas. Possibly to capitalize off of the success of Sea World down the road. Needless to say, it's probably the most obscure of all the Busch parks.  The park opened in 1982 and closed in 1984 due to a low attendance and fierce competition from the surrounding theme parks. The park had the same stuff as the PA park, but it was mostly indoors.    Overview of the park. You entered into it through Big Bird's mouth   After the park closed. Poor kid just wanted to see Big Bird and co.  Today the park is a Wal Mart supercenter. Busch kept the land the park sat on in hopes of developing it. And to think, if Busch Houston and Sesame Place were successful, we'd actually have three Busch properties in Texas instead of one.  Click here Another article This site is actually a pretty good read about the original PA Sesame Place location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Does anything know about the rumour that canada's wonderland was going to get a b&m invert but because they were within a 100 mi radius of cedar point, they were not allowed. Because of this we got an SLC headbanger instead? Â The stipulation was 300 miles, not 100 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1badgmc Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Busch Entertainment opened a third gate in Irving Texas. Possibly to capitalize off of the success of Sea World down the road. Needless to say, it's probably the most obscure of all the Busch parks. The park opened in 1982 and closed in 1984 due to a low attendance and fierce competition from the surrounding theme parks. The park had the same stuff as the PA park, but it was mostly indoors.  [attachment=0]5064_1179209481206_1257210249_508967_554882_n.jpg[/attachment]  [attachment=1]SS_SPlace_002_1980s.jpg[/attachment]  Overview of the park. You entered into it through Big Bird's mouth  [attachment=2]9.JPG[/attachment]  After the park closed. Poor kid just wanted to see Big Bird and co.  Today the park is a Wal Mart supercenter. Busch kept the land the park sat on in hopes of developing it. And to think, if Busch Houston and Sesame Place were successful, we'd actually have three Busch properties in Texas instead of one.  Click here Another article This site is actually a pretty good read about the original PA Sesame Place location.  My parents took me there a couple times when I was a kid. I loved that place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Coasters with (a) launch(s) and a lift: Powder Keg, FCE, Takabisha and Fluch von Novgorod. I guess there are only four of them. Edited February 16, 2014 by gerstlaueringvar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 The supports of Flight of the Phoenix are made in China. Sand bags replaced water dummies during it's testing. This helped them cut down the budget a lot and Intamin actually approved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeagain? Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 The supports of Flight of the Phoenix are made in China. Sand bags replaced water dummies during it's testing. This helped them cut down the budget a lot and Intamin actually approved it. Â Not a coaster, but kinda entertaining: Sandbags were used to test SpinCycle. But, remember that ride restraints are designed to hold a person with arms and legs that keep you from falling through the restraint. Sandbags do not generally have arms and legs. You can imagine what happened. And if you watch the POV video posted by Silverwood, you can see Timber Terror got a new piece of railing on one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Talking about sandbags, I'm fairly sure I remember seeing a video of Colossos @ Heide Park testing with sandbags and one of them comes flying off on the final stretch of airtime hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Coasters with (a) launch(s) and a lift: Powder Keg, FCE, Takabisha and Fluch von Novgorod. I guess there are only four of them. And Maverick too, depending on what you consider the lift/launch to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Coasters with (a) launch(s) and a lift: Powder Keg, FCE, Takabisha and Fluch von Novgorod. I guess there are only four of them. And Maverick too, depending on what you consider the lift/launch to be. Then you can add California Screamin', Mummy USO/USS, etc. Â I mean chain lift(s) plus a LIM/LSM/air compress/hydraulic/fly wheel/weight drop/friction wheels/etc launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 ^Oh, ok. That's more specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loefet Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Coasters with (a) launch(s) and a lift: Powder Keg, FCE, Takabisha and Fluch von Novgorod. I guess there are only four of them. You can add Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars at Hong Kong Disneyland as well to that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now