Six Flags Elitch Gardens Halfpipe

Hi,

Haven't heard much about this. Is anyone really interested in this? It doesn't sound to thrilling. I did see a video a while back on it. Didn't look like something I'd wait a long time for.What do you guys think?

http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail2648.htm

Thanks,
DMC

I think its kind of interesting. Its different, that's for sure. I read a fairly-positive write-up in First Drop, with the only complaint being the restraints, which did not sound too friendly for tall people. Perhaps that will change, as Americans tend to be fairly tall?

Rob, This is Intamin we are talking about! I doubt there will be any change to the restraints as they did not make the LSM Inverteds any easier for tall people.

Zero G Thrills

Anyone who rode Disk-o at IAAPA should know that this will probably be a fun ride.

The real question is...is it a coaster???? ;)

Heh heh....

"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

Be honest with you. I don't think its a coaster.

Thanks,
DMC

Before this gets out of hand, I have to say that we really shouldn't get into this debate. I was just kidding. We could go in circles over it and it wouldn't be much fun. :)

(Forgot the smiley)

*** Edited 1/19/2004 8:41:47 PM UTC by janfrederick***

"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

Its as much a coaster as an Impulse, so take that for what its worth.

I've ridden the one at Sarkanniemi a few times. In my opinion it's both a coaster (just) and great fun (definitely).

518 coasters ridden but who's counting...............?

I just now looked at the pics, and this thing does look interesting. I think the fact that the train actually resembles a skate/snowboard is pretty cool. It certainly doesn't look like the greatest thrill out there, but it looks fun nonetheless.

"Find yourself a dream and, when you find it, chase it like a bull chasing a rodeo clown; don't give that clown an inch, not one inch" -Sean Kelly

Let me put it this way- I'll trade you Viper and GASM at SFGAdv for one of those! Its probably the best coaster SFEG can expect to get, considering the fact that they have practically no expansion room.

Does this make SFEG the most "shuttle-heavy" park in the world?

Listen I'm thrilled about this ride! Its about time this poor land locked park got something new! And for once a first in the states! And luckily I make a trip to Colorado every year so I will get to try out this bad boy! WHOOO! Now if only they would pick this park up again and move it out where they have plenty of land! Because in the middle of downtown Denver is a VERY BAD IDEA! O Well shows they were thinking of the now and not the future! Anyways I think the ride will be awesome! Lets just pray they don't give it a skating theme! AUGHH!

THE SCARIEST PART OF THE RIDE IS THE LIFT HILL!

Wildfire01 said:
Listen I'm thrilled about this ride! Its about time this poor land locked park got something new! And for once a first in the states! And luckily I make a trip to Colorado every year so I will get to try out this bad boy! WHOOO! Now if only they would pick this park up again and move it out where they have plenty of land! Because in the middle of downtown Denver is a VERY BAD IDEA! O Well shows they were thinking of the now and not the future! Anyways I think the ride will be awesome! Lets just pray they don't give it a skating theme! AUGHH!

Um...when we got The Flying Coaster two years ago it was the only one of it's type, so we are not neccesarily new to prototypes. And keep in mind that Elitch Gardens was never meant to be a theme park so to speak, it was meant to be a family park before they got bought out, not to mention the Pepsi Center was not there when they moved. So they most likely were thinking of the future, just had to resort to selling out to a corperation.

Either way, I am excited for the ride as well. I am really surprised that we are getting it two years after TFC but it's not like I'm gonna complain!

"Here's my ten cence, my two cence is free"-Eminem

Wildfire01 said:
Because in the middle of downtown Denver is a VERY BAD IDEA! O Well shows they were thinking of the now and not the future! Anyways I think the ride will be awesome! Lets just pray they don't give it a skating theme! AUGHH!

Actually, when the original owners of EG moved the park to the current location, they did so because they were landlocked at their previous location. Ironic that the park suffers from the same thing less than a decade later.