SFGAdv Invitation Scan, DEFINITELY WORLD RECORD
And of course, Cedar Fair's highly overrated rocket will soon be pathetic compared to the deservingly rated rocket at Six Flags which is an almost exact clone. Makes sense to me.
Aint troll-hunting fun?
Aside from the location of the ride, I think it is great for the industry that we are getting another strata or higher coaster. TTD is not just by itself anymore and eventually we may see more and more rides that tall and taller. This is probably the beginning of a shift in thinking about not only what is the bar as far as height of a coaster, but also cost. There was a time when 200 feet was thought to be absurd, now they are everywhere. Hopefully, we will see 300 and 400 foot rides start to spring up everywhere too.
+Danny, loves double standards
Why are you disappointed about a coaster that hasn't been announced yet?! You know nothing about it except that it's going to be the tallest and fastest coaster in the world, an Intamin Rocket coaster, it will probably have a jungle theme, and it goes "up and down" something similar to Dragster, Xcelerator, and Storm Runner... *All* of the other Rocket Coasters that already exist. I don't remember anyone complaining when Kentucky Kingdom built Chang two years after Cedar Point built Mantis. What's the deal here? It's just another type of coaster going for a record. It's not just "Dragster with a bigger erection".
+Danny *** Edited 9/26/2004 6:51:10 PM UTC by +Danny***
+Danny said:
Why are you disappointed about a coaster that hasn't been announced yet?! You know nothing about it except that it's going to be the tallest and fastest coaster in the world, an Intamin Rocket coaster, it will probably have a jungle theme, and it goes "up and down" something similar to Dragster, Xcelerator, and Storm Runner... *All* of the other Rocket Coasters that already exist. I don't remember anyone complaining when Kentucky Kingdom built Chang two years after Cedar Point built Mantis. What's the deal here? It's just another type of coaster going for a record. It's not just "Dragster with a bigger erection".
Uh, I think it's pretty obvious it's not going to be anything other than a near Dragster clone. If it's going to be higher than Dragster do "more" than what Dragster does such as what Xcelerator and Storm Runner do, then the price would be astronomical. We're probably already looking at least at $25 million+ investment here with just L-TH-B.
As far as Chang and Mantis are concerned, Chang is not an exact clone. It has an extra inversion and the layout is a little bit different.
+Danny said:
How many parks do you really think can afford adding a 400 ft. coaster? Let me know when "a bunch of 400 ft coasters" are being built at all the parks around you, so I can call you lucky and call most of the parks insane.
+Danny***
When Vekoma starts building them, that's when. Plus, they'll all have OTSR.
+Danny said:
It's not just "Dragster with a bigger erection".
teheheheh.... ;p
Scream Machine said:
As far as Chang and Mantis are concerned, Chang is not an exact clone. It has an extra inversion and the layout is a little bit different.
=D
+Danny, not saying anything else... and don't read into that ;)
We're GETTING A ROCKET COASTER PEOPLE! ROCKET COASTER!!!!!
:).
-clint, I don't know anything about this ride, I swear!!!, b.
If you still want to place that bet, I'll take you up on that...
It's so close to one of the largest media locations in the world, so it will get a lot of press covering it. I don't think the press or people who live in Philly, NYC, D.C., or Jersey will be complaining that "This is so much like the last record-holder in Ohio. This is old news."
*But* if you just want to see or make up negative things about this ride for any number of reasons, that's fine with me. It's another reason for me to go to Great Adventure and the east coast, another reason to get people out of the SUF/Nitro/Medusa/Chiller lines, another place to ride one of the craziest and most thrilling ride experiences I've had, and another way to have fun. And it's not even a TTD (near)clone... But again, I don't consider Chang a near-clone of Mantis or Wicked Twister a near-clone of Steel Venom either. :)
+Danny
Fyi: "right Danny?" in Clint's post doesn't refer to me knowing a lot about it, just that we know people reading this thread that *know* ;) *** Edited 9/26/2004 11:58:45 PM UTC by +Danny***
Kick The Sky said:
Just an observation...When I was at CP over Labor Day weekend, my sig. other thought that Dragster looked rather...er...phallic. So could we just say that this is a fight between the parks to see who has the biggest...er...phallic symbol?
Maybe it's just a pissing contest?
It's not the quality of the ride that matters, it's the size of your tophat?
If they want to see who has already one the "pissing contest" they need look no further then their bank statements. Maybe Six Flag's is trying to overcompensate for other shortcomings in that area. Only problem is, this ride could make that problem far worse if it doesn't work right! The term "White Elephant" comes to mind. I just don't trust Six Flag's to keep this ride going. I think they have bit off more then they can chew.
Closed topic.
