Atlantis... Are They Nuts!?

Looks like a whole lotta fun if you axed me!

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...you forgot Batwing...

...you forgot to delete your second post! :)

Yes, they're nuts! As I've been saying, they're cheating by having so many Barrel Rolls!

Another link to more info on Atlantis; http://www.coaster-network.com/bm/intamin/atlantis.htm

10 inversions is 10 inversions and I'm an Inversion Fan & would ride Atlantis before you can say "10!" I hope Intamin redesigns their looping trains as the ones on their current champ, Monte Mayaka, are ugly. Scroll down on this link to look at them; http://www.coaster-network.com/bm/intamin/monte.htm Can we hope for Hyper/Giga Trains on Atantis?? With OTSR's if need be.

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They don't look THAT bad. Kinda traditional. Kinda like the ones on CA Screamin'. The problem with those cars is the big box-a-ma-thing on the back of each one. I would presume those things house the sound system.

Hey...am I getting off the subject? :)

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I see Atlantis as another Intamin attempt at trying to break a record with a weak design. The previous Intamin record holder for the most inversions has an almost identical layout just with less barrel rolls. I would rather have a five looping coaster with five different inversions than an ten looping coaster with five of the same inversion.
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I get disey just thinking about it.

For some reason I think I would love this coaster, probably because the barrel roll is my favorite element. That's why I loved Volcano so much! I can never get enough barrel rolls!

5 Barrel rolls in a row is boring, unclever, and pretty much cheating just for a stupid record.

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I think that this coaster would be a let down to me no matter where it was. I don't understand Intamin's over-reliance on the barrel roll anyway. I highly anticipated Volcano, and was very disappointed due to the fact that they used the same inversion over and over again.

IOArules said:
"Whats the point of theming?
UH? The theming is nice for the queue not neccesily the ride. It would be nice in a heavily themed queue waiting for a ride with a huge wait!

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d7droog52 said:
"Are there any intamin multiloopers (sitdown) in the US?
California Screamin at DCA. It only has a Virtical loop but hey a loop is a loop!

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Ok.... that was weird... Jeff.. there's still some bugs in Forums 5.0..

Let me try to rewrite what I wrote...

Guys! I don't get why coaster enthusiasts whine and b*tch about cloning, similarity, etc.

Do you think the average Joe knows Atlantis: The Ride is a near clone of the one in South America. I think *NOT*!

Also... do you think the average Joe would really care if there's 500 million barrel rolls? Again, I think not!

It's just a matter of engineering - similarity makes engineering much easier - you don't have to recalculate with different formulas and such.

It's also cost. A park chain saves by putting 500 Batman: The Ride rather than having every B:TR unique. Sure, coaster enthusiasts may not like it; however, the GP sure does!

Atlantis, whether a near clone or not, it's yet another roller coaster for me to enjoy!

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Todd said:

d7droog52 said:
"Are there any intamin multiloopers (sitdown) in the US?
California Screamin at DCA. It only has a Virtical loop but hey a loop is a loop!
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Actually he said multiloopers, CAS is a single looper. But it would be nice to see a coaster that had a vertical loop, diving loop, tophat, zero g roll, cobra roll/sea serpent, corkscrews, cutback. Make it very compact, to make exciting headchoppers.

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Thorpe Park are also adding a B&M for 2003.

http://www.coaster-network.com/bm/bm/thorpe.htm