Hershey Teasing 2008 Attraction

RatherGoodBear

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:21 AM
Yes.
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halltd

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:21 AM
Such as???
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Lee Grant

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:23 AM
what happened?


Roller Coasters...my first true love.
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RatherGoodBear

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:27 AM
Well... last night I get an e-mail from nantimi saying I was selected for Phase XI and I would receive further instructions at precisely 10:30 tonight.

Tonight, got another e-mail telling me to send an e-mail to natalie@nantimi for a password. So I actually did guess something right in this process. I was told to go to the nantimi page, use my e-mail as client login and insert the password I was sent from "natalie." The password was activated at 11:00.

Kicked you into another screen where it showed a no limits type POV of the ride. At precisely 11:11, boom, black goes the screen. I had thought to try saving it, but it wouldn't save. So for 11 minutes, I and others I'm sure, got to check out the video.

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halltd

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:29 AM
Are you going to tell us what the POV looked like? Did it look remotely real at all?
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Coasterdom

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:30 AM
http://www.nantimi.com/coasterVid.swf A link to the video from their site, and if it goes down, I saved the page http://www.coasterdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/coastervid.swf

Coasterdom.com

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RatherGoodBear

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:34 AM
I liked it. And now with Coasterdom posting, you get to see it only half an hour after the 25.

We still don't have a name or stats, and still don't know exactly how it's going to fit in. So it's not like they spoiled tomorrow's announcement. But I like it. I'm sure some on here won't, but I also think there's no pleasing some of the "experts" on here anyway.

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halltd

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:36 AM
woohoo!! Thanks Coasterdom.

I can't tell if that is a sketchy/preliminary POV or a really fake "announcement". ha ha!! Parts of it just look really unrefined like support columns REALLY close to the track. I hope this isn't the real POV they intend to market the ride with. I'm thinking it's either a fake or a preliminary video that will be close to the real thing.

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Lee Grant

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:40 AM
Pretty sweet. Yeah, there's still a lot that the announcement will reveal tomorrow, so this was a nice preview.

Roller Coasters...my first true love.
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DantheCoasterman

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:42 AM
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I think it looks really awesome, BUT, I don't see how all the clues we have figured out have lead to this..... I mean, didn't we solve a silver and orange clue? I saw orange, but not silver. And I also didn't see any relations to the HOT and COOL clues posted by Hershey. I guess this will all be answered when they announce the name of the ride......
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Lee Grant

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:43 AM
Pretty sweet. Yeah, there's still a lot that the announcement will reveal tomorrow, so this was a nice preview.

Roller Coasters...my first true love.
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halltd

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:46 AM
The train looks silver. The track looks orange. Maybe there's some theme materials not in the video that relate to the hot/cold clues? Maybe this was just a big diversion and the ride is totally different? I can't wait until noon. :)
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J7G3

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:53 AM
What is it!??
Both links don't work for me :(
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Coasterdom

Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:59 AM
You need to find a flash video player for the one off of my site. The "official" one is now down.

Coasterdom.com

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RatherGoodBear

Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:04 AM
The link was to a sort of unpolished POV animation of the coaster, J7G3. Not much background, etc. But it does correlate to the puzzle picture, as far as the elements go.

Looked like a vertical chain lift, greater than 90 degree first drop, the Norwegian loop thing, the cobra roll, couple of other rolls, a few dips and turns. I counted 6 inversions in all, but I can't be sure. Seems like a compact ride as well.

Again, what they showed was not much compared to the detail of the Maverick POV. But I don't think this is the "finished" product, I'm sure in twelve hours, we'll see much more and much better.

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DantheCoasterman

Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:09 AM
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On another site people are talking about an E-mail sent by HERCO titled "Nantimi". Did anyone recieve that on here? PLEASE share!
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RatherGoodBear

Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:21 AM
Yeah, I did. This is part of what it said. And believe me, I checked the IP address. Looks legit.

Congratulations, you must have friends in high places.

You and 10 others are being offered one of the first rides on the 2008 attraction at Hersheypark.


Thank you,


Jason Brown
Promotions Manager
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts

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Lee Grant

Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:21 AM
I think my curiosity is satisfied until tomorrow. 12 pm is 9 pm on the Pasific, right? I'll be sure to check in for the real announcement.

Roller Coasters...my first true love.
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RatherGoodBear

Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:24 AM
It's 12 Noon, eastern time. that's 9 AM Pacific Coast Time, Lee.
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Lee Grant

Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:40 AM
My bad. Thanks.

And 21 forum pages later:

9.27.07
NANTIMI CLOSES
Effective immediately, Nantimi, Inc. is no longer in business. Existing clients will be rerouted as discussed in TuesdayÕs conference call. Pending liquidation and total asset sell-off, all private investors will receive fair market value of existing shares. Our final 11 investors will receive further payments in 2008.

*** Edited 9/27/2007 4:41:08 AM UTC by Lee Grant*** *** Edited 9/27/2007 4:44:43 AM UTC by Lee Grant***


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