Led Zeppelin - The Ride Simulation

^Ever dropped off the MCBR on Hulk?

Hehe, I even think the post-MCBR on SheiKra is a snoozefest...easily remedied no doubt, but for now, zzzzzzzzzzz. ;)

Then again, I am particularly partial to the *pacing* on Voyage... maybe I'll prefer "graceful" after I get my AARP card? :)

I actually really like Sheikra's post-MCBR. Especially, since it gets right back into the action rather than puttering around on the way back to the station (like Hulk for instance). I don't think any ride would be worse if the MCBR was removed.

I'm also surprised we aren't seeing more MCBR's up at Goliath/Titan's height with straight drops off of them. If you're going to slow the action down, at least build some suspense.

Hulk not only has the worst ending, but they put the cameras right in the middle of it.

I guess Hulk and SheiKra do have fairly lame endings, but I still think those two are exceptions and not the rule. I've found that most B&Ms end on a really positive note... no pun intended.

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Sawblade5 said:
I wonder if the trains on this ride are gonna be just like WildFire's Trains at Silver Dollar City.

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They appear to be. See you Saturday by the way!

You Tube has the first test run of LZ from Wed. Nov 28th.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxVRHlPJKH4

It's funny, a lot of people are watching that and thinking it looks slow, to me it looks like it's totally bookin'.

Wow, it really does look like it rips through the course, just waiting for the magnetic brakes... :) I can't help but want that zero g roll to be an airtime hill though...

Just want to be one of the people to defend and praise B&M coasters. I love most of them to death (except for some of the early stand-ups). I find them exciting, forceful, and filled with negative and/or positive gs, and that is good enough for me! They are more graceful to me, which I personally like in a steel coaster. While I enjoy some Intamins, they seems harsher and cruder to me at times, and that does not work for me as well. I get off Maverick feeling like I just finished a round with a boxer pummeling my head! Give me a B&M coaster anyday. I love them.

And it is rather pointless to criticize a ride you have not ridden yet. I will reserve judgement till I get down there!

The pre-midcourse helix looks insane.

My comment was a joke...

I have to say the actual ride running looks way better then the sim. Very quick, the pre-midcourse helix looks killer. Love the bam bam loop cobra roll.

The trains look "different" to me even with the water dummies. Bulkier somehow.

Since I moved further south, I'm looking forward to this park and particularly this coaster. I love B&M loopers and this one looks like fun. I see what you mean by the similarities to Hulk. Hopefully it will finish better than that, b/c for me, that coaster really finishes kind of flat and uninspiring.

Also, I found this test video of the Led Zeppelin on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxVRHlPJKH4

It's not much better than the simulation, but at least it's real.

Thats the same link swampfoxer posted above.

I think it looks great. The train seems to be moving fast enough for me.

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rollergator said:
^Ever dropped off the MCBR on Hulk?

Hehe, I even think the post-MCBR on SheiKra is a snoozefest...easily remedied no doubt, but for now, zzzzzzzzzzz. ;)

Then again, I am particularly partial to the *pacing* on Voyage... maybe I'll prefer "graceful" after I get my AARP card? :)

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I think these dive coasters are extremely overrated and they do not offer much of a intense ride for the money they cost. The ride should actually end at the MCBR because, like The Hulk, there is nothing fun about the last 2/3 of the ride.
As for Led Zepplin, thank god for the unique sound system because this coaster looks very bland. Nothing really exciting about it except for the fact that SC is finally getting a decent coaster. I am more excited about Maximum RPM.

Hello Swamp Fox is decent...