Heide Park - CoasterBuzz

I agree nobody ever even thinks of that. Its all about close to the ground blazing speed.

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The Beast and Night, They go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly

Peabody said:
I don't think Magnum has been reprofiled.

Magnum's third hill used to go almost all the way to the ground, or at least almost as far down as the bunny hop beside it. In this picture, you can see how much its been raised...you can even see where the track used to meet the supports and where the supports have been raised, as you also can in this picture. The airtime on the third hill used to be so severe, followed by such an abrupt pullout and rise into the pretzel, that people reputedly complained, which led to a CP placing a trim on the top of the third hill (visible on the video of Maggie on GTTP and the CP website). I'm not sure about this part of the story, but I believe the bottom of the hill was raised and the trims moved to their present location during Maggie's 1st winter. There was an informative thread on GTTP about this, but I'm having a hard time finding it since Jeff is testing a new (not quite in full working order) version of his forums over there.

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I get the feeling there's a conspiracy over at King's Island to remove anything that has "K" or "C" in its initials.

Getting back to the topic, this website has some drawings of the possible layout of the Heide Park (tera?) coaster.

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I get the feeling there's a conspiracy over at King's Island to remove anything that has "K" or "C" in its initials.

I think Colin hit it on the head and that the the
real determining factors are not the forces a ride generates, but the price tag. MF was expensive with a minimal layout, think how much it would have cost if it would have been a standard out and back. (In addition, as others said, it would have been essentially a "big maggie in the gp's eyes). The parks
have a lot of say in the actual design because they own the plots of land and pay the bills. SD2000 happened because Nagashima Spa Land had the money and land to make an out & back (with some twister) layout possible (in an earthquake zone, no less). Will we see a 500-foot out and back coaster someday?
Possibly, but the higher the cost and land
requirements go the less parks there are that can fit, afford and justify such a coaster.

Adam

http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail1522.htm

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MooreOn's link shows a freefall ride wrapped around an observation tower. The people on the tower watch the riders as they are suddenly dropped. What a great idea- can you imagine being able to watch riders' faces up close?! Very entertaining concept!

Lots of speed and curves just don't do it for me. I love the first drop on Titan but after that it is nothing special to me, yet I loved the floating air that you get all the way through on Apollo's Chariot, hopefully this feeling can be duplicated on a larger coaster someday.

Let's not judge a 400 ft. coaster until it opens. :)

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"This feels like walking into pins and needles. Nice to Know You.
Goodbye."-Incubus

Vertigo said:
"Millenium Force's first drop is superb, but not the greatest ever created. Of the top of my head I can count drops like Tower of Terror, Goliath, Steel Dragon 2000, preedited Riverside Cyclone, Oblivion, Shaft of Terror, Thunderbolt, Lightning Racer, Superman:The Escape, and Moonsault Scrambler's hyper drop backwards(the only of its kind to have ever existed), all worthy of tthe same title and have their own advantages over Millenium Force.
Millenium Force is a great coaster, but we all know that Intiman and Cedar Point could have done better."

Ok nothing compares to a 300 foot drop at and 80 degree angle and Millennium Force wasn't built for air time it was built for the feeling of speed that why it gets so close to the ground with while SD2K goes for airtime. Even though SD2K is faster it doesn't feel faster.