Extreme News on V2 at SFMW!!!

rollergator: to be honest I have no idea what the park is going to do with V2. This announcement comes out of the blue and none of my sources know anything about it.

We have to keep in mind that the park is marketing V2 to the Bay Area / Sacramento market. I highly doubt anyone other than enthusiasts knows about the other impulses in the US, so claiming a "worlds first" would likely go unchallenged. PR departements are known for exaggeration, so this could not be as drastic a change as we all think.

All we can do now is speculate and wait for an official announcement.

Well we know from history(Flight of Fear notwithstanding)that changes made to a new coaster usually isn't good news. So I wouldn't get excited just yet.
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They could also twist the rear spike AND make the train have Face Off style trains. Its definitley changing something with the capacity because on their website, it said before, "900" guests per hour and now it says "1,200" guests per hour. Plus it says "a new angle on thrills" and it would be the world's first if they twisted the back spike and then made it have Face Off trains!!!!
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But, why would Six Flags want to spend that much money on a nearly brand new ride? to simply beat CP? I doubt it. Six Flags had the impulses before Cedar Point, so they already beat them.

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a crazy new twist on the Park's wildest ride! ...a whole new angle on thrills.

These sounds like another spike to me i dont no why? Or they could slant the angles i dont know why?

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Am i missing something here? Intamin doesn't make any face-off style trains. So unless Intamin, out of nowhere, breaks out with a completely new train design I don't think that is going to happen. Usually manufacturers will at least hint about something at a trade show (IAAPA) before releasing something as big as a brand new train design.

I would say they are going to get the LIM fixed for the stall.

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To answer your question about V2's holding brake Mamoosh;
The holding brake worked I think for all of two weeks after V2 opened at SFMW. So around mid to late-June is when the brake quit and was never fixed during the remainder of the season. So I was lucky enough to get to ride the thing with the brake working.

After giving this a little bit of thought, I think we could see the train being run backwards or a new train with face-off seating ala Invertigo. For some reason, this sounds more likely as there is no sign of anyting going on in or around V2 in terms of construction/modification to the structure. But never can tell.

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I think a lot of people are setting themselves up for a big letdown here. "World's first" on the SFMW page obviously means *nothing*, as the same site has a picture of Medusa West with the caption "World's first flying coaster!"
-Nate

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For some strange reason I'm coming to the conclusion that SFMW sometimes doesn't know what their talking about. For instance:

Thrill-seekers rocket forward and backward, straight up and straight back down two 150-foot vertical sky towers.

But then, later in the fact sheet for V2 it says:

Height of Towers
Both are 185 Feet (first tower will feature spiraled-track)

Riiiiiight. Then they have this to say about Medusa.

Ride the world's first flying coaster!

Medusa is the tallest, fastest, longest and most technologically advanced roller coaster in Northern California, the first floorless coaster on the West Coast and the tallest, fastest flying coaster in the West! Roller coaster experts call Medusa the "finest steel roller coaster in the world."

Uh huh, sure. SFMW is not exactly what I'd call a reliable source. Like I said, if they do anything other than activate the LIM brake, I will make sure I go to SFMW this summer. I just can't see anything else happening, given their past to [ahem] overhype things a bit.

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"That's BS you MF! They're WT!" -- CP's R&D team

Legendary, the back spike break on V2 cannot be fixed or re-activated, it can only be replaced. An apparently SFMW is being forced to reduse the height to 150ft which they *claimed* was the height. The city is now saying the park lied about the height of the ride. What changes will come out of this I don't know, but I wouldn't count on it being anything to be excited about.
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I'll agree with one thing: people are setting themselves up for disappointment.

DWeaver said:
An apparently SFMW is being forced to reduse the height to 150ft which they *claimed* was the height. The city is now saying the park lied about the height of the ride. What changes will come out of this I don't know...

If you have ever ridden Medusa and looked over at V2 then you know this is false. Medusa and V2 are the same height and when you are on Medusa it is almost facing V2 and you can get a really good estimate on how high it really is. Medusa is and has always been 150 ft tall. So unless SFMW lied about Medusa's height as well, V2 is 150 ft. tall. On the SFMW site they have a picture of S:UE at SFWOA which is 180 ft. tall. I don't trust their site or much of their specs either. It has been corrupted by their marketing department.

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lying Coaster cars would be fun on V2... it would be like a freefall ride on the front spike... and kinda freaky on the back spike...

What exactly do u mean by "lying coaster cars"?

And yes, I do somewhat agree with the fact that people are gettin too hyped up about this thing. However, there is always hope. Six Flags has been known to throw a few suprises around here and there! Lets just wait and see.

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LuvJCMusic, I'm not arguing the height of the ride, in fact I said long ago that the Impulses were not clones, and everyone disagreed. I'm stating that there is a battle with the city over V2, which may or may not result in a modification of the ride. I suspect it may be a bit late to redesign the structure(sarcasm), so I'm not sure what else they could be asking.
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"Conviction is a luxury for those who sit on the sidelines"-A Beautiful Mind(best film of 2001)

I think they just might replace the LIM brake and add another car to the train, making the seating capacity to 32.

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Favorie Steel: Magnum and Raging Bull

"Come to Six Flags Marine World this weekend and experience the exciting brake we've fixed on V2!!!"

We'll, the Demon at Great America was actually a fix of the Turn of the Century. I'd imagine that they discovered a problem.

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janfrederick, if there is a problem, it is not the same as the ToTC cases. Both Santa Carla's (that is the right city, right?) and Gurnee's were changed in the same year. It has been rumored that there was problems with the bunny hop track cracking. Those are only rumors, along with Marriott just wanting a new coaster for the 2 parks, but couldn't afford it so they added the loops.

If there is a problem with V2, then it is specific to this one, so I'm doubting it has to do with the structure, or S:UE would have been changed last year.

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Also if there was a problem SFGAm's would probally have to be fixed to but nothing has been announced about that V2 and it was closed all Fright Fest for unknown reasons.

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If the two coasters were designed the same, they could conceivably have the same problem. By the same token, the reason you mentioned could be a rumor as well. After all, Marriott didn't seem to have money problems back in the early 80's when it came to building hotels. Fixing a flawed design isn't too far fetched. Besides, TotC was better themed to County Fair than the Demon. Aaand...the changes could have cost just as much as a new coaster.
Fact of the matter is, we were both too young to have been in the 'bored' room when the decision was made.
Back to V2. Whereas bad design could have conceivably caused the TotC problem, a production problem could be to blame for this particular V2. Also, a flaw in the steel might not show up right away....repeated stress may have revealed it. Just my conjecture of course. I don't even know a Lemon Chill Guy!
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"I'll bet that thing hits 5 Gs going through that loop.....faaar ooouut!"

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