Woodie Warrior Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Since 1999, Universal Studios Florida has added a new coaster exactly every 5 years: 1999- Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster 2004- Revenge of the Mummy 2009- Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit 2014- Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Not a single GCI coaster has ever had a MCBR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdude101 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Tyrloean Tubtwist in the UK is the only Virgina Reel type roller coaster left in existence. Steeplechase in the UK is the only...well...Steeplechase type roller coaster left in existence. Gravity Max in Taiwan is the only roller coaster in the world with tilting track (not drop track). Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain in Indiana is the only wood roller coaster in the world with an elevator lift (the half-assed execution of the ride themeing makes it even more weird). Veil of Dark in Japan is the only roller coaster on Earth that spins, has a launch, and goes upside down all in the same ride. You also play an interactive video game for the first part of the ride. Bandit Bomber in the UAE is currently the only roller coaster with water cannons that you can fire while riding. Leap-the-Dips in Pennsylvania, besides being the oldest roller coaster still running (built in 1902), is the only roller coaster that has the combination of no upstop wheels and no brake system outside of the station. You are literally at the 100% mercy of gravity and the ride's questionable structural integrity for the entire ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Gravity Max in Taiwan is the only roller coaster in the world with tilting track (not drop track). I think the tilt tracks (or trick track as what Maurer Shönecalls) on Winjas also count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Warrior Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Gravity Max in Taiwan is the only roller coaster in the world with tilting track (not drop track). I think the tilt tracks (or trick track as what Maurer Shönecalls) on Winjas also count. And from what I've heard, Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts also has a tilt track section at the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Projektion Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Don't the Togo ultra twister coasters technically have a tilt track to get onto the lift hill and turn around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 ^Yes they do as seen in the following video: [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Toro_Ryan Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 As of late June this year, 5 rides are on track to give over a million rides at GADV. From highest riders to least, it goes Nitro, Skull Mountain, El Toro, Batman, and Bizarro. (Yes even with all of Bizarro's stacking, it should give one million rides this year.) The order of which ride has given the most rides may have changed since then but this was how it was as of late June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyRCT3 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 All the camelback radii on Nitro are approximate to each other. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Her0ofLime Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Another odd Boomerang Fact: Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Astroworld are/were the only Original 8 Six Flags park to never add/have a Vekoma Boomerang. Six Flags Over Georgia never had a boomerang either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeromyL Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 ^^^ it did have the giant inverted boomerang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Another odd Boomerang Fact: Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Astroworld are/were the only Original 8 Six Flags park to never add/have a Vekoma Boomerang. Six Flags Over Georgia never had a boomerang either. Edit: A Boomerang style coaster (Boomerang, GIB, Invertigo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Out of the Original 8 Six Flags parks, Six Flags Great America is the only park to never have had a Looney Tunes themed/named coaster. SFOT- Wile E. Coyote's SFOG- Wile E. Coyote's SFStL- ACME Gravity Powered Roller Ride SFAW- Taz Texas Tornado SFGAdv- Road Runner Railway SFMM- Road Runner Express SFGAm- NONE SFFT- Road Runner Express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaG Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 As of late June this year, 5 rides are on track to give over a million rides at GADV. From highest riders to least, it goes Nitro, Skull Mountain, El Toro, Batman, and Bizarro. (Yes even with all of Bizarro's stacking, it should give one million rides this year.) The order of which ride has given the most rides may have changed since then but this was how it was as of late June. El Toro got to 1 million in the shortest time... that coaster has pretty damn high capacity! Looks like B&M has some capacity competition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 According to RCDB.com, The last 3 coasters opened on March 15, 2004 and 2008 http://rcdb.com/4547.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Toro_Ryan Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 As of late June this year, 5 rides are on track to give over a million rides at GADV. From highest riders to least, it goes Nitro, Skull Mountain, El Toro, Batman, and Bizarro. (Yes even with all of Bizarro's stacking, it should give one million rides this year.) The order of which ride has given the most rides may have changed since then but this was how it was as of late June. El Toro got to 1 million in the shortest time... that coaster has pretty damn high capacity! Looks like B&M has some capacity competition! Nitro and Skull Mountain are both beating Toro this year. haha I think Toro gave 1.54 million rides in 2010 which is the highest number I'm aware of for the ride. Nitro can hit close to two million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Fujiyama is the longest roller coaster that doesn't have a MCBR/mid-course lift. Millennium Force is second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic Name Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Gao, as in Mitsui Greenland's Gao coaster, is an onomatopoeia for "roar" in Japanese. So that makes 5 coasters that are named "Roar" in one way or another. The two Roar coasters, Kumba in BGT, Kumba in Africa, and Gao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Toro_Ryan Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Kingda Ka's original tower without the added supports was actually enough to support Ka and Zumanjaro together. The extra supports were put in place by Intamin incase a major hurricane struck NJ. Image from thrillgeek.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Cedar Fair has built a brand new B&M coaster every year since 2004, except for 2006, 2007, and 2011. 2004: Silver Bullet 2005: Hydra: the Revenge 2006: None 2007: None 2008: Behemoth 2009: Diamondback 2010: Intimidator 2011: None 2012: Leviathan 2013: GateKeeper 2014: Banshee 2015: Fury 325 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Gao, as in Mitsui Greenland's Gao coaster, is an onomatopoeia for "roar" in Japanese. So that makes 5 coasters that are named "Roar" in one way or another. The two Roar coasters, Kumba in BGT, Kumba in Africa, and Gao. One of the characters in the anime "air" says gao all the time. Kind of funny I didn't know kumba meant roar but I sure like that coaster! and those B&M sure do "roar" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnastyGnoric7 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Cedar Fair has built a brand new B&M coaster every year since 2004, except for 2006, 2007, and 2011. 2004: Silver Bullet 2005: Hydra: the Revenge 2006: None 2007: None 2008: Behemoth 2009: Diamondback 2010: Intimidator 2011: None 2012: Leviathan 2013: GateKeeper 2014: Banshee 2015: Fury 325 Worlds of Fun put in Patriot in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Cedar Fair has built a brand new B&M coaster every year since 2004, except for 2006, 2007, and 2011. 2004: Silver Bullet 2005: Hydra: the Revenge 2006: None 2007: None 2008: Behemoth 2009: Diamondback 2010: Intimidator 2011: None 2012: Leviathan 2013: GateKeeper 2014: Banshee 2015: Fury 325 Worlds of Fun put in Patriot in 2006. Oh, I totally missed that. In that case, only 2007 and 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illegal_Alien Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Python in de Efteling. At the beginning it was operated with 3 (Arrow) trains, but they removed one because of safety reasons. Also there was a plan to extend the Python; called "Python Plus". This featured an extra lifthill. It cant be build anymore because of de Vliegende Hollander and Joris en de Draak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 ^ That's very cool! But if they did it, I kind of think it would be pretty boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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