Tivoli Garden's new B&M!

Short, shmort...I think it looks fun!

mOOSH

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Didn't people complain about how short a certain roller coaster was, and then they were happy with the results? *ahem* TTD

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Whenever you can ride a roller coaster and experience 15 spots of intense airtime, you know you're on a good coaster. (see: Phoenix)

Granted, one was four times higher than the other...

Anyway, looks interesting, if not particulary cost effective; 12 million for a ride like that seems like a stretch. I'm not a financial anaylst, though. In any case, this looks pretty interesting, though the flat section before the main drop looks like a bit of an adrenaline killer. Is it a MCBR of some sort?

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Mike Anderson

I think it's a great move for Tivoli Gardens. With a quick search ar RCDB Denmark only has a handfull of steel coasters with inversions. Heck! This is the only one that has more than just a loop other than a Bommerang! It's also the only B&M in Denmark and only Floorless. This will be a great coaster for marketing since all the other loopers in Denmark are small Pinfari models. The only steel coaster taller than this is the Boomerang. http://rcdb.com/installationresult.htm?coastername=&parkname=&type=1&category=&contact=&status=1&state=&country=16&column=1%2C10%2C6%2C7%2C8%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C9%2C11%2C12%2C13%2C14&order=3%2C1%2C2

Compared to what is in Denmark now this thing is pretty big. I'm sure everyone will eat this coaster up as if it was a new B&M built by Six Flags or Cedar Fair!

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Looks like a fun ride. I like the turn before the drop. In the US i don't think this ride would do much, but this is something pretty big for Denmark.

Kennywood! Pay attention!

So is this a floorless or regular looper?

And hasn't anyone who's ridden wood figured out that bigger doesn't mean better?

On the other hand, I would much rather have most of the floorlesses at SFNE than B:DK.

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ApolloAndy said:

And hasn't anyone who's ridden wood figured out that bigger doesn't mean better?

Yeah but thats wood, we're talking about steel.

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"You know its a good ride when you come into the final brake run wiping tears from your eyes."

That brakerun seems a bit excessive. Granted, it's a very short track, but shouldn't the six car train have low enough inertia to facilitate a normal size brake? They might have been able to throw in something else... a bunny hop?

Anyway, I think this whole concept its incredibly cool, a mini B&M with an innovative layout. Is this the first floorless to have an Immelman? Or does WBMWM's Superman have one?

Even if it's bad (which I doubt), it can't be worse than Batman: The Dark Knight. Vekoma roughness, a boring layout that managed to make 3000' of track drag on, and the most anticlimactic elements ever executed make for a bomb. Here's hoping this new toy does a bit better.

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DorneyDante said:
Yeah but thats wood, we're talking about steel.
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I take it you haven't been on Nemesis. ;)

I've been on Nemesis and while I love it to death, I'd still take almost every other inverted over it, except Batman, and Top Gun at PGA.

I guess bigger *is* better to me!

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You suck big time.

I too have to admit: I am a size queen when it comes to steel coasters.

Nothing comes close to huge hills and giant inversions. Especially on floorless coasters the height is a special thrillfactor. I didn´t make the effort to go to Fiesta Texas for nothing :)

I knew for two months that Tivoli was to get a B&M floorless. All I knew was that it would be their smallest, most beautiful installation and that it would feature three inversions and some sort of "surprise". I have to admit I was a bit disapointed when I found out that the surprise was a elevated helix before the first drop. I was expecting something like a near vertical drop or a new form of inversion. Well, my mistake...

I know that Tivoli has little space, but in this case i think that a different coaster would have been better value for money. The new Maurer Söhne Extended coaster is capable of all sorts of inversions on a smaller footprint. It is capable of vertical drops, has floorless seats AND lapbars only. I hope that another park will get one of those soon.

If you scroll down the page of the offered link you will see the new cars as well as some interesting track layouts.

http://www.coastersandmore.de/Rides/eas03/eas03main.shtml

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PT300 said:
I take it you haven't been on Nemesis. ;)

I was making a GENERAL statement. I'm sure there are some terrific small steelies. No, I haven't been on Nemesis, heard its a great ride, but nothing better than what we have in the states. Besides, I have Talon to ride!

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"You know its a good ride when you come into the final brake run wiping tears from your eyes."

Even in steel, size doesn't always make the difference. Granted S:RoS and E:GF aren't the smallest coasters but they're a lot smaller than MF and only marginally bigger than the Morgans or Arrows (and smaller in some cases). I haven't ridden it, but I heard SFoG's Mindbender is pretty damn good too and it's not all that big.

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Dante- I know, I was only half kidding about Nemesis. Actually, the only invert I like more happens to be the biggest (Alpie).

So what can we conclude? B&M does it good, big or small.

Here are a few new contruction pitcures of the TCFKAGL (the coaster formerly known as Golden Lion)
Apparantly the park decided to hold a naming contest, offering a coaster-tour through the USA as a prize. (go figure!)

It seems they found a winner and the ride is now officially named:
DAEMONEN (needs no translation, I guess)

Another fact is that the coaster will be sponsored by Mazda.

Rosemarys Baby:
http://www.tivoli.dk/composite-1582.htm

EchoVictor said:
Hmmm, a sweet looking B&M crammed into a small footprint....
You been doing some on-the-side consulting Lord Gonchar?

I was hired by B&M 6 months ago. This is my first project.

Of course, they never contacted me and they don't pay me, nor do I ever go by the offices to say hello...

...sigh

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coasterimage - lordgonchar

It's actually only 170ft shorter than the current US holder for the shortest B&M (PGA's Vortex). At least it has a more inspired layout and more interesting inversions.

Check out the parks video of the ride. Looks like a great ride, but after seeing what Badnitrus did with for Silver Bullet video, this one seems like old technology:

http://www.tivoli.dk/composite-1180.htm

I'll be there in just over three months time and will judge it then :)
-R

I develop Superior Solitaire when not riding coasters.

Nice and new aerial photos of "Daemonen":

http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery2504.htm

and on the official site:

http://www.tivoli.dk/composite-1593.htm

Check the twisted Immelman which looks pretty unique and almost like a new type of inversion.