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Nessy: Ride of Steel
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Uh, I don't know where you're getting this from. Maybe you're getting the slanted supports mixed up with the track? Sometimes the web cams are blurry due to weather. And as Nessy said, there is no inverted top hat, and there are pictures to prove it.
This will be over 415ft tall. Jeff said this coaster would "end a long standing debate." CP would not build a L-TH-B if it wasn't going to break any major records.
And just S:TE 'only' goes 330ft. The STRUCTURE might be 415, but the coaster does not currently reach that height.
yes, by looking on virtual midway we see that it will be a non-inverting tophat.... and in this pic we see that the connector will be on the bottom.... now assume that this connector will be at the very apex of the tower.... and then look at the webcam and mentally extend those two angled supports up top until they meet in a triangle formation...that my friends, is pretty high.
don't get it? look at this pic i made (cut and paste url):
So....
CP's coaster: launch, up, down, brakes.
SFMM's Superman: launch, up, down, brakes.
Are you telling me that the only reason CP's ride counts as a coaster and SFMM's doesn't is that one is full circuit and one isn't? Seems to me the minute CP added Wicked Twister the "full circuit" argument was null and void.
Moosh
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Nessy: Ride of Steel
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Moosh- does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? To some, yes, but to most no. Honestly, I could care less if a park 2000 miles away has more coasters. I've always felt that way. Quality is not directly related to quantity in the coaster world.
But I do agree, the "full circuit" thing did seem to go out the window with WT.
We don't need more denail topics, do we? Rest assured. It'll be over 400 feet.
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After you saying that before in so many words, I'm still surprised how many people don't buy it. But, I bet some people will still deny it after that! :(
I had fun on S:TE ...and it can only achieve a 315 foot height difference! With a full train it's MUCH less. With this thing probably pulling a 400 foot difference (The brake track doesn't seem that far off the ground!) I can't wait!
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Michael, that is probably one of the best things I have read on a coaster site in general for a while. People are getting to engrossed with the fact that a certian park has a really high number of coasters. In the end, does it matter? No. Look at Holiday World, they have 2 good woodies, and are people not flocking there because they dont have so many coasters? No, they like Raven and Legend, two very good, quality coasters.
Heh, I guess I am just one of the people that doesn't care if a park has __ number of coasters, but how good they are.
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Nessy: Ride of Steel
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precisely. once CP succumbed to the "shuttle is a coaster" thing with WT, that discussion was over.
but now the question is, say CP's ride is 410ft tall, but it actually goes that high.... who would rightfully claim the title?
THAT is the debate here
I made a crappy little edit here. Now i made it to what i think it's Shortest possiblity would be. You can see it will be very close to 400ft. My guess is inbetween 400 and 375.
http://uploader.axsstudios.com/images/cam2_0000000001.jpg
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*** This post was edited by DLDude13 on 11/27/2002. ***
JD-I can understand your concern, but I wouldn't worry about it. Jeff said it would "end a long standing debate." I doubt CP is dumb enough to not clearly be taller than 415, even if it means 418.
DLDude-I know I probably sound like a scratched record now, but to again quote Jeff (in THIS thread) "We don't need more denail topics, do we? Rest assured. It'll be over 400 feet."
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Although this debate is tired out and annoying, and to mention it is deserving of being mauled to death by a pack of wild boars. I simply must speak my mind. In the words of CpNut S: T E IS NOT A COASTER!!!! IT WILL NEVER BE. I believe that S: T E is a thrill ride because look at the same models(tower of terror non disney) do you consider them a coaster? I consider it a thrill ride. There is no distinguishing inversion or any laterals. Do you consider "The Edge" which used to reside at sfgam a coaster? Because basically thats what it was without the launch. S T E is the s.s. super shot whilst the edge is an intamin giant drop.
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