Holiday World 2010

Raven Maven said:

Anybody want to go out on a limb and guess what it is?

Paula

A ride called "Driftwood?"

On Will Koch's twitter page it says "Getting ready to announce the *******. It's going to be the world's longest *********!!!! Exciting! "

Apparently it will be north of Bahari,
It's going to be 1/3 mile long,
It uses LIM technology (whatever that is)

Here I am waiting for the announcement thinking they are late, but just relized that there is an hour differance....lol

LIM = Linear Induction Motor.,
World's longest water coaster,

he "lifthill" isa conveyor. No "slide tower" of stairs! First drop is nearly 4 storiesat a 45-degree angle. Top speed = 36'/sec.

Aww.. I guess it won't be called The Kombora afterall :(... ;)

Seems like the page that was up last night was the real one and must have been accidentally up there.

the layout looks awesome....finally ride one in a full circuit mode. No walking up stairs!!! Love the idea of real tunnels. Can't wait till next year.

I'm sure it'll be fun, but it seems a strange addition when SFKK just added one.

I like how Holiday World can't just add something half-butted, it has to be the world's (insert adjective)

Okay, I take it back. I just watched the POV. That looks amazing!!

Working on the body this year more so I can be seen shirtless at a Splashin Safari next year and not make everyone want to run away in horror...

Looks good.

^What's so bad about rolling with a sleeveless nylon shirt??

I resemble that comment.

Holiday World has done it again! The layout totally blows me away. it looks way better than I thought it was going to be. I am surprised by the location. I thought they would've squeezed in around Bakuli and Kima Bay. But I like how it goes off into the woods. Can't wait until 2010!

tigellinus said:
^What's so bad about rolling with a sleeveless nylon shirt??

I'm already half way there dropping fat and building up muslce, now I just want to use some sort of motivation to finish it all up! Yay!

Come to think of it, its kinda nice they abandoned the Swahili terminology. I actually like the name Wildebeest. Friendly but fierce...I like how they have designed it to mimic a real roller coaster. I won't be surprised when this wins best new water ride.

Once again, HW puts the "awe" in awesome.

What is capacity like for this type of ride? Do they only allow for a single raft after the lift or is there blocking involved? And what happens if a raft stalls out?

Looks really cool!