Hades @ Big Chiefs - CoasterBuzz

I was just on rcdb when I read the new for '05 coasters, when I looked at Hades. It says it will be the biggest coaster in the midwest, which would mean it would have to be bigger than TTD. Even it meant biggest woodie in the midwest, it would have to beat out SOB. What are they thinking?

http://rcdb.com/installationdetail2667.htm

They're thinking that nobody who lives in Wisconsin or Illinois or Minnesota cares about a roller coaster in southern Ohio, and "largest wooden coaster in the midwest" is a hell of a good marketing pitch.

-Nate

Who really cares? All I care about is that it's a good ride and pics I've seen from friends show some very steep drops.

It is Wood on steel and has several tunnels including to the lifthill

Chuck, who thinks this will be Wisconsins version of Tremors only bigger

Regardless of exactly what this coaster is and will do, it definitely has my curiosity and attention. As does Avalanche. Just waiting to go up to the Dells for Avalanche to open.

Zero G Thrills

Kris, my guess is that the people who market for Big Chiefs are the same folks who market for Vekoma and say that there's 8 inversions on the Dutchmans. ;)

Must not know how close the P. T. Barnum museum is to the park.

NOTE: Severe fecal impaction may render the above words highly debatable.

FYI, Mt Olympus is touting Hades as "one of the largest roller coasters in the midwest, boasting to be the longest underground roller coaster in the world."

The rhetoric has diminished a bit.

Does anyone have links to new pics of this ride or Avalanche? I know there were some older ones about a month ago.

I'll have some in about 2 weeks ;)

I don't have pictures 'cause I last visited during the evening, but I can show you how much of Avalanche is finished.

-Nate

Please do! I'm curious...

Okay, it's not terribly exciting, but this will give you an idea of how much of Avalanche was finished as of 5/15: http://www.geocities.com/crossroads2000online/avalanche.jpg

-Nate
Edit: Copy & Paste *** Edited 5/27/2004 2:54:26 PM UTC by coasterdude318***

Link doesn't seem to work for me. But it could be me... my computer has been acting weird all morning.

copy and paste link

So CD318...what is the "done" color...the red or the gray?

Oops...sorry, I should have specified. Red means complete. And yes, you have to copy and paste the link.

-Nate

Wow... still has a long way to go, it seems. Thanks for the link!

Nate's diagram is as of May 15th. It's the 27th, a lot can happen in 10 days. Plus, I've heard an opening date of June 10th.

I heard something like that for Tsunami, too. I'm not trying to be a "glass half empty" kinda guy, I'm just saying... ;)

I may head up there this weekend if I can find the time, so we'll know more then. A lot certainly can happen in ten days (between Easter weekend and May 15, the first drop and bunny hops by the road went up) but I still wouldn't hold much hope for June 10th. We'll see...

-Nate