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Christmas arrived early at Holiday World theme park, as the 77th piece of bright orange steel track was lifted into place, completing the full circuit for Thunderbird, the park’s first major steel roller coaster.
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Congrats, B&M doesn't mess around and usually wants the coaster ready for testing long before park opening day. It surprised me last year when they didn't raise track on Banshee for almost a month, But they still got it in, well under deadline. Remember track being done on Diamondback at end of Nov. And them testing late February.
Someone refresh my memory, I know it's launched but is it tire launch or Electromagnetic?
They sort of did it themselves. My understanding is that it's a pretty tight collaboration with another company. I didn't think to ask more about it at IAAPA, because I was too busy scoring free Dippin' Dots.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
I understand the park hired a plethora of construction workers to make this project complete as soon as possible. And good for them, it's done before whatever harsh winter is about to come our way. (hope not)
Isn't it amazing how it all fits together, down to the last signed piece, without so much as a hitch.
Intamin/B&M collaboration: Would it, or would it not, break down all the time? And would it, or would it not, open on time? :p
-Travis
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Schrödinger's roller coaster! It is simultaneously a perfectly functional roller coaster with high reliability and a completely unreliable waste of steel. Yeah, I can't imagine any park would be lining up to purchase that ride, much less Holiday World or Cedar Fair. SIX, on the other hand, seems to not have a major issue with INTAMIN, having recently attached a freaking drop tower to Kingda Ka.
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