What do you think? Wouldn't it be great!?!
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- John
CP and SFMM still aren't in competition.
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- "I used to be in the audio/visual club, but I was kicked out because of my views on Vietnam........and I was stealing projectors" - Homer Simpson
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Don't Fight It, Ride It, RAGING BULL!!!!!!- Six Flags Great America
*** This post was edited by Blink3020 4/18/2003 2:55:27 PM ***
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"No honey, the monkeys have already done enough damage on this trip." - Guy coming out of front gate at SFGAd
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- "I used to be in the audio/visual club, but I was kicked out because of my views on Vietnam........and I was stealing projectors" - Homer Simpson
Maybe they could just switch the launch to hydraulic and actually send you 400 ft and use both sides.
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God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!
Why not just develop a more powerful launch coaster with a new twist? ;)
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People complain about clones, yet can't even come up with original conversation, which is ten times worse.
*** This post was edited by DWeaver 4/18/2003 6:41:46 PM ***
* Hydraulic launch mechanisms pull MASSIVE amounts of power- something SFMM seems to not have very much of. That's the reason that S:TE only runs one side and isn't up to full power. The ride would only run at times that California has an electricity surplus... which we all know is never!
* The cars on the ride are not designed to handle any lateral movement (ie. turns), they only go forward, backward, up, and down.
* The track on the ride is essentially just I-beams, which wouldn't really bend in the lateral direction very well.
* Exactly where would the rest of the ride go? The pullout at the top would end up putting the ride on top of Goliath, or creating absolutely ugly towers that would just be chilling over top of the Goliath midway. It would be an eyesore and a construction nightmare. Not to mention the disruption of the flow of foot traffic in an already congested area.
* How would you propose entering the uptrack end of the station? That end of the station is surrounded by the queue house. The track would end up going through the queue house (which would have to be totally rebuilt) and would likely also disrupt the crisp-clean look of the midway leading down the hill from Ninja to Superman.
So, those minor issues aside, I think it could happen. ;)
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- John
overall how would you rate Six Flags Magic mountain?
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I am one.
I am Turbo.
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God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!
"My prediction......within 3 years an extra track circuit similar to Dragster will surround Superman and use the tower to reach new heights."
It seems to me, he's not saying anything about modifying the existing ride, but simply using the tower infrastructure to "surround" the existing ride with a new ride that is a rocket-launched coaster similar to TDD... i.e. reuse the tower as the main support.
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420 ft. 120 mph twice, 270ยบ twist, brakes. ONLY at cedar point.
An empty train will go to the top, a full train won't even get close. It's all about weight
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- "I used to be in the audio/visual club, but I was kicked out because of my views on Vietnam........and I was stealing projectors" - Homer Simpson
I must go on the crappy days. :(
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"No honey, the monkeys have already done enough damage on this trip." - Guy coming out of front gate at SFGAd
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People complain about clones, yet can't even come up with original conversation, which is ten times worse.
But, most of the time it doesn't even break a vertical difference of 300 feet. (Max is 320) :( I still think it's a fun ride, though!
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- "I used to be in the audio/visual club, but I was kicked out because of my views on Vietnam........and I was stealing projectors" - Homer Simpson
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