Agent Johnson said:
As for the record breakers, Gemini had the taller lift hill, but LNM had a larger drop. I have an original press release somewhere in the office that states around a 118' lift for LNM, with a 127' drop. The Gemini is 125', as we all know, with a 118' drop.
Actually it is the other way around for LNM. It has a 114' 2" drop and a 130' lift. Howerver, the height above the ground is not very tall at all.
Colussus at SFMM also opened in '78, it was a good year for big coasters. It is about 125' feet tall with a 115' foot drop I believe. I got the Colussos numbers off of rcdb.com but I don't think those are correct, I think the numbers might be less but my books are packed up right now.
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I have no proof for this.
But I would not be at all surprised if Gemini was specifically designed to be just slightly bigger than Colossus, because certain people at Cedar Point would have known all there was to know about Colossus before it was built.
Anybody care to comment on that speculation? The only reason I say that is that Colossus was built by IAD which, at the time was at least partially owned by George Roose, who was one of the partners of Cedar Point.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
1978
Colossus, Magic Mt'n 125 115 6/29/78
Gemini, Cedar Point 125 118 6/30/79
Loch Ness Monster, BGW 130 114 6/9/78
Montezuma's Revenge, KBF 148 148
Lightnin', Kobra, and Revenge were shuttles, and as such never put the entire train to their height/drop stat.
LNM opened on 6/9/79 at 130' tall and 114' drop, both of which were world records. Colossus opened on 6/29 at 125/115', which was the world record drop and I believe world wooden height record. [Although not the highest wooden ever, no highest wooden drop. That record has stood since the Woodcliffe Blue Streak was built in 1927, and that remains the longest ever title holding period]. Approximately 21 hours after Colossus opened, Cedar Point debuted Gemini, which was 4" {inches} taller and with a drop 3' longer than Colossus', taking the record back.
The 21hr record-holding period is the shortest title-holding period of any coaster, ever.
The Beast would break all three records the next year, and would end the Blue Streak's *52 year* run as the tallest wooden coaster ever.
*** This post was edited by Wolf 3/29/2003 3:45:07 AM ***
Daidarasaurus is also the only mobius steel racer, I believe. It didn't debut that way.
Also, Vertigorama was moebius when I was there or did they just give you a ride on both sides of the circuit?
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*** This post was edited by Vertigo 3/29/2003 11:12:44 AM ***
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