Hello all,
Sometimes the information I send along tends to cause more confusion than
provide clarification! Please see the attached for details regarding our
exciting 2003 product. Hopefully this will provide answers for all the
questions I've been receiving. How many more people just decided to sign up
for next year's Coaster Con???
In case you were wondering - PKI's drop tower has a ten foot antenna section
which accounts for the taller measurement - you will note that our drop
height is actually taller at 272 feet.
With sincere apologies to my friends David Mandt and Jeff Siebert in the
King's Island PR department, I'll just go ahead and erase PKI and mark down
PKD in the record book! Thanks guys!
Mark Riddell
Public Relations Manager
Paramount's Kings Dominion
Debut: Spring 2003.
Location: The Grove
Number of Passengers: 56 per cycle
Height of Tower: 305 feet
Height from which riders drop: 272 feet
Speed: 72 mph
Duration: 93 seconds
Ride Manufacturer: Intamin A G
Model: Gyro Drop
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|| Jonathan Hawkins ||
http://www.starcoasters.com
Top Gun: TJC flights - Approx. 287 (101 in 2002)
In other words, PKI has the 'tallest' tower, the tower's are the same size without the antenna, and PKD has the longest drop, correct? So, each will still hold a record. If this is true, it would be a decent marketing stunt for PKI to say that Drop Zone now drops you even faster and higher... well, it would only be a few feet wouldn't it? ;)
*** This post was edited by Koaster King on 6/21/2002. ***
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It's his turn to feast, when you ride the Son of Beast.
"I thought that was the tallest and dropped you the furthest."
You must be mistaken. It is called Drop Zone but it isn't in Australia. It is in the U.S.A. in the the state of Ohio and in the cty of King Mills.
Who really cares what the official stats of the ride are,we all know it's gonna be big!
Anyhow this is gonna be one heck of a great ride for PKD and did anyone catch that line about 56 passengers per cycle? I wonder what the capacity on SFOG's acrophobia is?,one thing's for sure you know I'll be sure to "drop in " on PKD and give this ride a spin about the only info missing however is what the speed is gonna be.
*** This post was edited by BATWING FAN SFA on 6/21/2002. ***
A story does not always equal 10 feet. Depending on who you talk to a story can equal anythign from 8 feet to 12 feet. So, for anyone to say anything about a "story" makes that particular statement completely relative.
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CoasterBuzzCon - not just an event, more like an adventure...
Boy did I goof on my last post,the speed is 72 MPH.
I was so busy reading the other stats that I must've overlooked the speed entirely.
Okay, James, assuming that Dreamworld claims a story is only 8 feet, Giant Drop would still drop you 312' (39 stories x 8 feet), 40' more than Drop Zone at PKD will. Doesn't it seem logical that if a coaster rides up a tower 377' feet, then the tower probably drops you down about the same height?
*** This post was edited by Rctycoon2k on 6/21/2002. ***
Giant Drop takes you up 390ft, and drops you 390ft. It is the tallest "Giant Drop", the tallest "freefall" and the tallest "ride", second to none.
Tower of Terror's track doesn't go the full height of the tower. It is short by about 5 metres, which fits in with the 377ft figure. It tends to only run up to about 320ft sometimes though. Just about the only time I've seen it in recent years running actually up to the emergency brakes at the top, was for a few weeks after anual maintenance this year.
So yes, our Giant Drop drops you a full 390ft, around 35ft or 40ft up the brakes start, but only becuase it does take a while to stop a vehicle at 85mph.
http://www.totalthrills.com/dreamworld/images/photos/giantdrop2.jpg - there you can see the top of the track, where the train never reaches - the 377ft mark is measured from the bottom of the brake run, and shouldn't be reached at the Intamin specified 161km/hr. Ours runs at 157km/hr most of the time. (And hit 172km/hr with Intamin guys on it in 1997).
Anyway, in that picture, you can see that the Giant Drop goes higher than TOT's track.
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So what if the best coaster in Australia is a second hand Arrow?
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Can we change the name of Top Gun to your mom so no one wants to ride your mom?
"With sincere apologies to my friends David Mandt and Jeff Siebert in the King's Island PR department, I'll just go ahead and erase PKI and mark down PKD in the record book!"
Nice arrogant comment, there. I'd rather not come to PKD when even the PRM has an attitude like that.
*** This post was edited by RAD on 6/22/2002. ***
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|| Jonathan Hawkins ||
http://www.starcoasters.com
Top Gun: TJC flights - Approx. 287 (101 in 2002)
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