How high will high be in ten years?

The year 2000 has brang us 300ft + drops. What is in store for us in the future?

Notice that there are No 300 ft drop coasters on the drawing boards for 2001. I don't know if there will be another 300 ft coaster till 2003

Actually Holiday Park is building a giga coaster for 2001.

But it's just under 300 like 275 or 285 I think!

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PINK FLOYD FANATIC

It was best said by a guy on one of those recent coaster shows, "The only limit to the height which coasters can be built is what people are willing to ride."
He failed to mention the money involved though...
Money aside, I think we've only seen the beginning...
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-Dave Rutherford, who is drooling at the thought of an ultra coaster...
*If things seem under control, you're just not going fast enough*

I think it's reasonable to expect coasters exceeding 350' within ten years.

More then that, I think that we will see alt least 450' to 500' maybe even with inversions.

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What is life without geniuses?

I think we will see more new coasters exceeding 100mph

The only problem is that annoying termanol velocity.
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What is life without geniuses?

We will definately be over 400 ft and around 100 mph. S and S has already said their goal is to build a Thrust Air 400 ft high that goes 100 mph. They apparantly are ready to do it now. They just need a park that wants to make the investment. So I think that a Thrust Air of this size WILL be built in the next 10 years. Possibly the next 5 years. *** This post was edited by CP Twister on 12/29/2000. ***

S&S has a ride that will launch you 0-100 mph in just over 2 sec. go up a 90 degree tower crest the tower at 350 ft. and drop 90 back down just like in the prototype. They are just waiting for a park in invest

I would expect Knott's to get into the giga or near giga market within a few years. We're going to see a bunch of copycats after the mad $$ Millennium Force brought in, and what the public thinks about it. I think we'll see 400 ft., or at least a 400 ft. shuttle coaster of some sort, maybe not complete circuit, but who knows, I never expected a 300 footer either.

I remember someone saying that they thought that the coaster wars would die down after 2000...and I really am not seeing that at all. If anything they are heating up. MM lays the smack down, and the other guys will NOT go quietly.

I think that the big parks will get better than the small ones. In Gurnee where SFGA they have a height variance so I doubt SFGA could build a 400 foot roller coaster. As parks like Cedar Point and MM get 450 foot rides, parks in tough towns will be left behind. In 10 years I think there will be a 500 foot roller coaster.
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See you in 2001 for twice the fun (hint, hint)

As high as our human respiratory system will allow us to breathe normally. And as high as the supports are willing to hold. Does anyone think that we will see a roller coaster as the world's tallest structure? I don't think so, but they could rival skyscrapers (Some already do).

"As high as our human respiratory system will allow us to breathe normally. And as high as the supports are willing to hold."

In the next ten years? I don't think so... ;)

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Matt Lynch
Co-Webmaster, Kennywood Boulevard
http://kennywood.coasterbuzz.com

Lynch, from the 20's to the 80's, we say about a 50 foot increase. From 1990 to 2000, about 100 feet. Who's to say that rumor about the Stratosphere coaster isn't true? I think S&S could do some interesting things with a TA2K format around that tower.

I'm certainly not saying it won't happen. I mean, really, who am I to judge? It's just my opinion I don't think it'll happen. Not within the next 10 years, anyway.

Do you have any idea how high S&S can take that? We know at least 300 feet, since they do Space Shots/Turbo Drops that high. We know Intamin said they can take their elevator lift system up to 750', so I'd imagine they could also work out a support structure to go that high as well.

It's a great time to be alive, isn't it?

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Matt Lynch
Co-Webmaster, Kennywood Boulevard
http://kennywood.coasterbuzz.com

We have to remember that height may be unlimited, but the cost is not. Millenium Force cost $25 million and Steel Dragon cost $50 million. I don't think too many parks can absorb that. Heck, Cedar Point has no new rides for 2001 because of the cost of MF. We may have come to a climax with full-circuit coasters.

Well, I was looking at Thrillride.com's ride review of Power Tower, and I found this at the bottom...
"And now to address the inevitable question: how much taller can these things get? According to S & S Sports Power engineers, the Space Shot towers are within shouting distance of their maximum height, about 300 feet.
But the Turbo Drop towers... well, those suckers are another story entirely. Turbo Drops - are you ready for this? - have no upper limit. If you've got the substantial financial resources to do so (and your local zoning laws don't forbid it) you can have S & S Sports Power deliver a custom-designed Turbo Drop that stands 400 feet, 500 feet, 1,000 feet... or taller.
The very idea of a 1,000-foot-tall Turbo Drop... I have to go lay down for a minute..."
Any takers? :)
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-Dave Rutherford
*If things seem under control, you're just not going fast enough*

Skeebar, I was just about to mention that. I believe that we won't see 400 ft. coasters for a long time, but we will see some tall monsters that aren't coasters. Especially turbo drops, Intamin Giant Drops, and whatever else designers some up with. I can see freefall rides going 400 ft. in 5-10 years.

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