socalMAN123 Posted April 9, 2005 Posted April 9, 2005 Well, if you say 128 miles per hour and a couple more feet is different (plus a camelback), that's kinda strange. I think its really no different except for the camelback. ---Brent 8)
stew560 Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 It most certainly is different! It also has OTSRs and Trim Brakes! So FEH! Regardless, I am very happy to be getting a ride like this at my home park. (Semi-Clone or not)
Jose Eber Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 Well, if you say 128 miles per hour and a couple more feet is different (plus a camelback), that's kinda strange. I think its really no different except for the camelback.---Brent 8) LOL you and I would not get along. I'm at Space Mountain every so often and I notice BIG differences between the two sides here at WDW, I'm sure you'd say they are exactly the same lol. Don't forget the color -- that makes KK different too
maliboomer Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 I heard the charity is: "Help feed starving ACers" Put $14,000 is the pp food cost for one day events, so I dount it'll be enough :'(.
xzmarcozx Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 And the video? Nobody has made a video of kingda ka testing? Please, i'm looking forward to see the train launching on the track! Bye, Marco.
viking86 Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 http://www.gainsider.com/ has a video of the ride testing, but the train doesnt go any higher than this:
Canobie Fan Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 Wow thats the crappyest video I have ever seen.... (not the way the ride ran.. but the video itself...)
Justin Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 Sounds like this one is having more problems then TTD... But maybe they are just breaking it in.. Which is sounds like it..
coasters 4 me Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 wow. Its having major downtime! Its having more roll backs that TTD has in a year!
Stitch Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 Anybody else find those trains to be hideous looking?
socalMAN123 Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 Anybody else find those trains to be hideous looking? Not really. They could tone the orange a little bit down, but everythign else looks cool. They are probably just breaking it in so the track and launch system gets used to it. Brent "who ever made that video, does not deserve to hold a camera anymore" Shenton 8)
lilspike333 Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 Anyone know why the last car only has one row of seats? Is it because of the forces? I know TTD's trains only had one row before the "incident" but now it has two rows, which leads me to believe it's not because of the forces.
SharkTums Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 Wow, that video was really awful!!!! Either the person shooting it has Parkinson's or they were filming it from like the NJ Turnpike using super xtreme zoom!!!! Don't they have to do these 'mini-launches' to kind of get everything warmed up and working before they just kick it into full gear? I thought I remembered something similar to this with TTD and Xcelerator. Elissa "and yes, the 2 seats in the back thing looks really weird!" Alvey
BiCoastal Kid Posted April 10, 2005 Posted April 10, 2005 That train has ghetto-booty like none other.
Joe Cool Posted April 11, 2005 Posted April 11, 2005 ^Hahahaha From one of the pictures of the trains it looks like theres no leg room.
coasters 4 me Posted April 11, 2005 Posted April 11, 2005 i think they look ok. Though the trains could have used theming. Xcelerator, TTD and Rita etc. There all themed.
GAcoaster Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 The themeing of the Golden Kingdom section more than makes up for any perceived lack of themeing on the trains.
Movieguy Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 I'm looking at this right now and thinking "That looks a hell of a lot like TTD to me" hehe. I'm sure it'll be an interesting ride though, assuming they'll find a way for the train to get all the way over regularly that is.
Scaparri Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 That train has ghetto-booty like none other. Yeah, seriously... What is with all the junk in the trunk? Why not put an extra row of people in. Whatever. But yeah, I would have to say those trains aren't the most attractive looking things in that picture. I didn't think they looked bad on the media video that Six Flags has been playing on the website for so long.
shepp Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 Okay, what is it with the constant anti-KK carping? It's not like TTD's cars are the most amazing-looking things in the world either, especially since they took off the dragster wheels. (Hey, since the wheels were removed because they were a drag on the trains, could the missing last row be a matter of weight and dynamics? OK, just a thought...) But the rest of TTD's theming (or XCelerator's, for that matter) is pretty damn minimal. Oooh, flags and bleachers! Is it because KK is SF and not CF, or what?
NJD Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 The themeing of the Golden Kingdom section more than makes up for any perceived lack of themeing on the trains. Wow, that tarp over the old Frontier Adventure sign is some of the best "themeing" i've ever seen!
stew560 Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 Ha, I was going to tell you about how the rest of the Golden Kingdom was coming along...but then I saw it was you Dan..
GAcoaster Posted April 13, 2005 Posted April 13, 2005 That was the only picture I had (here at work)...everyone will have to take my word for it for another week or two. Geez...Dan & Stew love to bust my chops for some reason
stew560 Posted April 18, 2005 Posted April 18, 2005 xtremecoasters.com was able to secure video of KK testing and a rollback. See the video here: http://xtremecoasters.com/index.php?act=videos
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