Powder Keg Announced
-Cal
Mamoosh said:
Last year's IAAPA recap, Jeffrey.
Ah...it was in the "top up." I've looked at various renditions, and read all the discussion, but I still don't understand what this coaster does. It looks to me like it launches up into what used to be the final drop of Buzzsaw (going the other way). Is this correct? Someone mentioned that they would are utilizing the old lift hill, but I didn't see a lift hill in any of the drawings, plus that doesn't make sense for a launched coaster to also have a lift, especially one so short. However the SDC website says "Negative 0.2 G drown-drop from existing lift." What does that mean? Does anyone have more information?
"PowderKeg will start off with a thrilling family launch then will naviage three large negative 0.2 floater hills. Next comes an exciting Over-banked wave turn that runs into a Spiral turn. From the spiral turn you will experience negative 0.2 G drown-drop from existing lift. Then finally you will go into the Over-banked dragonfly turn adding visual appeal and an exciting element to the end of ride, followed by a final bunny hop into the brake run "
*** Edited 11/12/2004 4:24:55 PM UTC by Mamoosh***
She wasn't upset by Comet, but I wouldn't say she was thrilled. And her parents decided against letting her ride Phoenix a few weeks later, although again she'd be "legal." Thrilling for her would be if she saw a Care Bear standing on the loading platform. I'm pretty sure that things like explosions, rollbacks, and backward launches like people were discussing in previous posts would be frightening to her. So might going from 0 to 53 in 3 seconds.
My original thinking was how wild could they make the ride if they'd let 4 and 5 year olds on it. Or conversely, could this really be considered a family coaster. What's thrilling to us could be downright scary to a youngster.
I guess it's just the difference in being able to physically ride a ride and being able to handle it emotionally.
Matthew - you shut yo mouth. ;) *** Edited 11/12/2004 7:14:09 PM UTC by Swoosh***
My brother's 2 kids went with him to hersheypark a couple years ago, and both were just above the min. height req. Neither had never ridden coasters before, and rode everything in the park more than once.
You are bending that term family coaster more than I think the industry wants.
But it's their website that says the minimum height requirement is 42" Ten and twelve year old kids are well above that-- and yes, that family would probably enjoy this coaster a lot.
So is the minimum height requirement based more on whether the body will physically fit into whatever restraint system is on a particular ride, and not necessarily the elements of that ride?
But as always happens, how many people will drag their 5 year old through the line because he or she is "tall enough" to ride? I'm just not sure that because a child meets the minimum ride height, that a ride is suitable for them. You'd hope the parents would have good judgement to figure that out. Maybe the industry should be aware just how much people bend their terms.
Demon at SFGAm has a height restriction of 42". It loops four times. While operating that ride, there were more than enough families with children going on the ride and it was extremely rare (in fact I can't recall any instances) when a kid got scared and didn't want to ride. Hell, I took a *3* year old on it once!
Demon looks much more imposing with its four loops than Powder Keg does. I think the term family coaster is just fine for PK, personally.
JC
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