Is TR:TR a roller Coaster

I can't remember...is Thunderbolt using magnetic brakes now?

No. But T-Bolt's incident was operator error...and the ride DOES have a logic control system on it now that operates the skid brakes.

The only think I know about magnetic brake retrofits is this: According to an article in a European trade magazine that I picked up at IAAPA, Magnetar (the company doing the magnetic brakes on Jack Rabbit) has been in contact with "two major park chain operators" about retrofitting five major coasters "including three of the world's largest woodies."

Remember, "talked about" doesn't mean "is doing." No names or parks are identified.

Getting back to Tomb Raider: The Big Secret though...remember that while Jeff Siebert is very good at his job, and he may mislead you, he may give you incomplete information, and he may not tell you all the details about the new ride, one thing he will NOT do is lie to you about it. Everything he tells about the ride can be assumed to be absolutely true, even if it doesn't mean what it appears to mean. With that in mind...he has said quite specifically that the ride IS NOT a roller coaster. For that reason, I believe it is safe to say that it IS NOT a roller coaster.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
Edit: Fixed a tag.

*** This post was edited by RideMan on 1/10/2002. ***

I was the one who posted it on ThrillNetwork (indirenctlly) I just sent it in but this is it.
FACT: Track arrivied
FACT: It is brownish in color
FACT: Cars did arrive
FACT: Cars are out of boxes
FACT: It will not be a roller coaster
PROOF: When the cars were unloaded they looked like Top Spin cars(I am not conferming that they are but it looked like that)The cars do have OTSR.
Also all the track ect. was moved out of the parking lot somewhere in the park except for a support or two.

Please notice that the cars were in no way to the extent I saw looking like roller coaster cars.

Like what the other people have said and it was mentioned when the ride was announced: Tomb Raider:The Ride is NOT a roller coaster.
I also reposted to ThrillNetwork that it in no way resembles what I think will be a roller coaster.

I hope I cleared some things up.

-rollercoasterman
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*** This post was edited by RollerCoasterMan on 1/10/2002. ***

Top Spin Cars? With an "S"? As in, more than one top spin car?
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I thought that topspins just had one long row of seats. However, they are probably assembeled into one long row of seats on site, and probably inside of the building. Has anyone checked out PKI`s schedule online?
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Wait a second. Wasn't there a topic a couple of months ago about lim lauched wooden coasters? Wouldn't magnetic brakes be exactly the same? They need precision to work and wooden coasters don't always have that. So, how are these magnetic brakes gonna work on a wooden coaster without the fin clinging onto one of the calipers?

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It is what coastersrz said.

to be assembled on site

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Wouldn't a launched woodie set itself on fire?

It could be a heavily themed dark ride after or before the top spin... or maybe they're just retracking an existing coaster...

Well, if there was a plural for the ride vehicles, that can mean one of three things. A)This is a ride like a top spin and PKI is being very smart to up the capacity and have the vehicle move on a track as well. Could be a similar thing they do with the trains on Mr. Freeze. Great idea there! B) It could be something similar to the Lost City attraction we saw awhile back and this is where my hopes and beliefs are. C) It's none of the above and we'll just have to get some more information to help decide what it is. Heck, it might be a system we have no clue how to compare or name on here.
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No, Thunderbolt does not have magnets. BUT, perhaps there was an incident on Jack Rabbit that no one really knows about. Perhaps it was 2001...?

Coasterman Mike

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The precision in stopping with magnets would be no where near that of a launch, the tolerances arent so tight and the speed would already be slowed down i believe.

At least I think.

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I guess the Jack Rabbit was due to have the magnetic brakes put in back in pre-season 2001, but I could be wrong there.

No. There was never an incident on it.

The magnetic brakes being installed now (I Heard) were going to be used on Phantom originally but would mess up the system somehow....

I will confirm part of RollerCoasterMan's sightings. I sat at lunch time yesterday and watched the crews in the PKI lot load the brown support legs onto flatbeds to be taken back to the ride site. I also saw a center bar just like pictured on the hussrides web site for the giant top spin. It is the thin bar that is in the middle of the arms. I did not get to see the cars however there was another semi arriving and parked behind me awhile in the lot with another crate. So at least part of the ride appears to be a giant top spin.

People,
Not wonting to make this issue worse BUT, The building for the TR;TR is the same layout as the new coaster going in a MW in Australia. The building is the same and from all reports the track sounds the same also. This is a mine ride type of coaster with an elervator style lift and turntables in the ride. The building sizes are also about the same size, judging from the pictures of TR;TR that i have seen. Just thought that you all should know.
P.S. It could be a top spin type of ride like the Wipeout at Dreamworld. If you want to see the video of the wipeout to see what I mean then head to www.ozattractions.com.au and have a look for yourself and let your mind run wild.
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*** This post was edited by wayne "Thunder" currie on 1/11/2002. ***

I'm not sure about the Top Spin, but...

There was an incident on a Zamperla Roto-Shake in which ride power was lost, and the fire department took over before park maintenance was able to come in and bring the ride down. Instead of allowing maintenance to switch to backup power and bring the ride down, the fire department apparently opted to attempt to cut through the shoulder bars with their hydraulic cutters. When that failed, they opted instead to take the ride apart, removing the seats as single units and then taking the riders out of the seats.

Besides indicating why if you see an incident happen in a park you should NOT whip out your cell phone and call the fire department, the story indicates that a large platform ride such as a Top Spin or Roto-Shake which has only one ride gondola probably has that gondola constructed in sections with a small number of seats in each section. That would appear from a distance, when unpacked, to be a ride "car".

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Simply look at the photos of the concrete for TR:TR. The bases poured are for two very large point loads. (In fact they look just like the bases for a Topspin.) A coaster in that building would have more but smaller bases.

Actually, Jim, not really true. Although this ride isn't a coaster, FOF and all of the Premier clones of it are built on a single large concrete pad.
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Yes, the FOF's are built on a large slab, but those slabs don't have the 2 massive piers that the TR:TR slab does. Put a coaster in a similar building and you would have either just a bunch of anchor bolts scattered around or you would have numerous small piers.

Honestly, did none of you guys see the blue print pics that were posted Lance Hart on Screamscape? The ride is a topspin, a highly themed topspin, but a topspin nonetheless.

Really surprised that no one on here knew about it, major discussion about the ethics of Lance posting those pictures on his site, on RRC.

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Check out these pics of what is possibably the ride irself. Here is the link: http://www.small-business-webs.com/pkizone/construction_photo_gallery.htm

The pics are the last set of photos on that page.

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