POV of China's new GCI coaster

GCI posted a pov today on their facebook page. Wow. Looks EPIC.

http://www.facebook.com/GreatCoasters

drool...

All it seems to do is meander after the lift.

It's a shame it's not running the way it was designed to.

Didn't you forget the winkie face, kpjb?

But now that you mention it...

;)

I hope that awful background music isn't played on the ride.

Maybe they bought a sound system from Six Flags Magic Mountain?

Haven't heard that much shredding since the 80s.

And everyone knows the 80's were awesome.

Totally.

kpjb said:
All it seems to do is meander after the lift.

It's a shame it's not running the way it was designed to.

Maybe if they removed a few of those brake fins I would like it more.

Hold on... I'm not done counting them yet.

It does look like it goes "back and forth" quite a bit. All of a sudden I have the urge to listen to Aaliyah's 1994 debut album.

It makes me want to whip my hair back and forth.

Whip my hair back and forth

Whip my hair back and forth

Whip my hair back and forth

Whip my hair back and forth

Whip my hair back and forth

Whip my hair back and forth

Whip my hair back and forth

The "real" POV has arrived. (Note: this is with an empty train and according to Chris Grey, a fully loaded train is about 9 seconds faster from top of lift to brake).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG_WdFTcSHI&feature=player_embedded

It looks fun and all, but there are lots of straight bits of track.

Nothing wrong with that.

I don't see much straight track at all; except for the (first of two!) station fly-by. Coaster actually looks like a lot of fun.

"Twisties" are overrated.

^I agree! As much as I love Voyage, a few of those drawn out or flat sections are always nice.

I just love the twistyness of GCIs. Sure it'll be a great ride.

One of the coolest parts of Roar, in my opinion, is the section of covered straight track halfway through the ride. It's unexpected. I also dig the section after the zero-g on Great Bear for the same reason. I wouldn't necessarily say twisties are overrated, but I would argue that straight track is underrated.