SWC Journey To Atlantic - track laid

See pics here. Is it just me or is this a larger layout with more sections of coaster track than the Florida version? Was a layout ever released?

mOOSH

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Just from the few pictures I checked out, it looks to be the same, but I don't know for sure. The whole curving drop section is enclosed on the Florida one so you can't see that section of track.

Anyone know for sure if this new version is the same?

-Sean

I was under the impression that it was just a clone of the Orlando ride, but I'm not positive about that.

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-Rob
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I was told that the California version is longer and looking at the conceptual art, it does look slightly bigger. I guess we will have to wait and find out.

Sean - My memory of the Orlando version is that the coaster portion -- all enclosed -- is a single drop and landing into the water, but the San Diego version looks to have a curving drop, block break, and then another drop.

mOOSH

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Yeah, hard to piece together what's going on in those photos, but it does appear that there's more to it, if for no other reason than that long turn.

When you see the track out in the open like that, it sure seems to end debate over whether or not you can claim coaster credit for it.

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What time does the water show start?

It does appear very much like a coaster there... provided that the coaster section seen in the pics is just a copy of that in Orlando, I will definitely start classifying JTA as a coaster. I didn't realize that there was so much "coaster", probably because it takes place indoors and is hard to put it all into perspective when you can't see how much "ground" you are covering.

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-Rob
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<---Already counts SWF's JTA as a coaster, and will likely do the same to SWC's.

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Woo hoo! Bigger is better! Closer is better too! ;)

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Forgive me for my ignorance, but, is this the ride that the San Diego commission is claiming is built on 'toxic' ground?

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Fever

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Yes.

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Woe to the environmentalist who comes between me and another credit!;)

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The drop on JTA orlando is the same moosh, it is a curving drop, then curves the other way into the splash pool. I didn't see the block brakes in the photos, so it appears to be the same to me

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I am Turbo.
Top Thrill in the front row... anything else is lame

Turbo: Yep, I'll sencond that. The drop looks the same as the one in Orlando to me. It's such a great ride, I hope to see much more of the water coaster. Let's have some in the UK please! :-)

My reason for questioning the layout came upon viewing photos #8, #9, and #15 -- which I am unable to link to directly. The coaster portion looks to be as follows:

Drop #1 [Photo #8] a swooping 270* drop leading to a block break. Photo #9 shows the same block break and the beginning of the drop #2, the one that ends with the water splash. Photo #15 is taken from the other end of the same block break and shows more of drop #2.

I seem to remember only one coaster drop in Orlando, the last one that begins in the dark and ends with the splashdown.

Or am I just totally wrong? ;)

mOOSH

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I seem to remember a swooping drop and a turn the other way on JTA in Orlando...

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Bob Hansen
Resident Airtime Whore

Yeah, what both of you said. It's a drop, a change in direction and splash-down... that's it!

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What time does the water show start?

Then I'm confused...but that's nothing new ;)

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I think the main difference between SWC's and SWF's is that we don't have *exposed* pictures of ours....the track *feels* shorter than it is because of the darkness and the ride effects. My guess is that they're basically identical...
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We're whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon, but there ain't no whales so we tell tall tales and sing a whaling tune...

Hey, no fair, it's supposed to be, "If you show me yours, I'll show you mine."

Right?

Sorry... ;)

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