Sean F. said:
While at IAAPA last week, it was told from a Premier Rep that all Six Flags Premier coastes are going to lap bars!
Hey Sean
Mike Parker said that Premier Rides didn't have anything to do with the lap bars and that it was a total Paramount project. Is that true?
He said they'd have to pay Paramount to get the lap bars I believe.
Soggy:
Totally agree with you about SFoT Freeze! That and Speed were the smoothest LIM coasters from Premier ever. I definitely will not complain about lap bars however, they did WONDERS on Robin!
Mmmm...heartline with lap bars...I bet the top hat is gonna be nuts!
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"That's BS you MF! They're WT!" -- CP's R&D team
*** This post was edited by Legendary on 11/22/2001. ***
While it is true that Paramount had some say in the design of the lap bars for the new Premire coasters, I think Premier takes most of the credit. From what I have been told, the Son of Beast lap bar system, as well as the Flight of Fear versions, were co-developed with Paramount. Now, I am not sure if they get any royalities for lab bars on non-Paramount coasters or not, but I do know they helped design that particular modification.
I might add that apparently Premier was not the only vendor contacted about doing the lap bar retrofit.
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"
I originally heard about the Paramount "future Stealth installations" form not a park person. It was actually from a very credible Vekoma employee........while I was riding Stealth last year. However, I did talk to a park person about it also.
Jeff, that is where the 'birdie' comes into play. And yes, I am betting it is the same.
Sean (a worm for the bird?) F.
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