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Avalancha at Xetulul in Guatemala:
http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail1635.htm
Monte Makaya at Terra Encantada in Brazil:
http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail1145.htm
And of course the one going into Berjaya Times Square, which, only has 2 inversions, but from the video at IAAPA looked insane! Don't forget about Lethal Weapon at Warner Bros Movie World in Germany:
http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail970.htm
Which has similar inversions to Colossos' heartlines.
Hope this helps!
--Robb "It's all about the Intamin rides!" Alvey
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www.themeparkreview.com
More in the Colossus vein, there is this beauty in Kuala Lampur (Note: These pics are taken well before the park was done being constructed/themed)
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*** This post was edited by Sideshow John 2/14/2003 4:05:06 PM ***
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It has horrible rolling stock, which makes Togo feel like a Colani designed armchair!
I think that they have improved on Colossos with their new cars.
The ride in Germany is quite small and has very tight turns. The heartline is taken so slow that you get horrible hangtime. Don´t get me started about the headbanging on this one. Its really not a masterpiece of Stengel.
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i was a teenage rollercoaster designer
Anyway, Lethal Weapon Pursuit is a smooth and very fun coaster, yet it has older trains. They look brilliant (police cars), but they don't have any padding at all. Just pure hard plastic to sit on and hard OTSR's.
But it's fun, despite it's age (1996)
I have known Lethal Weapon before it was opened to the public, and even back then it was performing poorly. (BTW, since when is a ride built in 96 considered old?)
On the other hand, you are quite notorious for proclaiming statements as truth, but you never give any proof. (I wont start counting all your past "confirmed information" which were often hilarious and completely false.)
Inatmin are known for sticking their logo on rides they havent build. Absimilliard is a Disney employee, so he might have some info which you can only dream of.
Indiana Jones is not a clone of the Pinfari TL 59, but there were different companies involved in building this ride.
Growing up is an option.
greetings
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i was a teenage rollercoaster designer
When park opened, its had one rollercoaster: Big Thunder Mountain. Nice, but the lines weren't!
In 1993, to boost the park, they added a slew of minor attractions. DLP contracted Intamin for a rollercoaster ASAP.
Intamin bought the design from Pinfari, worked on it a little and sold it to DLP then. The attraction was a temporary attraction, with a life span of 5 years. In 1999, its was closed for 6 months, reworked the track a little, modify the station and waiting line. Fast pass was installed and the old entrance eventually became a gift shop. As for the ride per se, before, its could only run 4 or 5 trains of 8 persons at once (this is where Intamin modified the ride, the original Pinfari design runs 2). In the rehab, its was modified to be able to run 6 trains at once, with 12 persons in each.) Problem is, to keep the weight of the trains down... they got away with the padding, meaning the only padding remaining is... 2 black stripes for the back and a very hard headrest... the harnesses remained the same (climbs very high above the head). You basically sit in a hollow and thin fiberglass shell.
The trains are now backward and knowing the sharp curves presents on all Pinfari designs... think of the results.
Also, the new trains and the wear on the track means the attraction is going to go away, eventually.
P.S.: I've seen Indiana Jones from the back of it (which you never see from the normal POV) and yes, its a clone of the TL59, even the brakes are at the same place, except for the different station arrangement and the blocking of the ride.
*** This post was edited by Absimilliard 2/16/2003 12:38:10 AM ***
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The below statement is true.
The above statement is false.
And do I have to give a source for every sentence I write ? I mostly give sources when I have information regarding new rides, or when people ask something, I usually give some extra information on where to find it...
I know some people, mostly from Germany (no offence), who are a little bit anti-me, but there's really no reason to.
I enjoy themeparks alot and I'm a proud member of many associations, but I'm also mature enough to know what's happening in the business. But you should know too that some parks like to change ideas and that can result in a new ride eventually not being built. (Tripsdrill for example is a real champion in changing ideas)
Another thing is some of the people who are very helpful in finding information about parks/rides don't like to have their names on the internet. So I just put 'good source' or something like that under a news post, if you would e-mail me, I would probably give some more details, but not on a public forum.
End of intermezzo.
I agree with tricktrack, Lethal Weapon Pursuit is very rough, and the trains.. well.. they suck. You can barely see anything, and there's no padding what so ever. Hard to believe that's an Intamin ride.
And yes, a coaster built in '96 is considered old in 2003. Lets refrase that. I consider a coaster built in '96 old.
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