Twisted Rails posts video of X in action

So, who from Southern Wisconsin or Northern Illinois wants to plan a trip to LA once this opens ? I'm in Madison, WI and I have a SF Season Pass. Anyone work for an airline or hotel chain ? :)

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Current favorite coasters:
Wooden: 1) Beast 2) Raven 3) Son of Beast 4) The Boss 5) Timber Wolf
Steel: 1) Raging Bull 2) Millennium Force 3) V2 4) Wild Thing 5) Mr. Freeze

yeah ragingbullguy im with ya time to move to california. but i hope they build one of these at SFDL. that would bring the park up to a new level and make me very very happy. that drop alone is outstanding and the spinning looks wild. good job Arrow and thanks for the video Twisted Rails.

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PGASFMW, not that its important, but i was first to comment on this in the last SFMM update thread

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the neon love chicken has spoken, have a nice day :)

Karl, I would just like to thank you once again, for the amazing way you have kept us up to date on the progress of this coaster. Now comes the time when we're about ready to ride this baby, and I really want to meet the person who has allowed me to watch it grow from markings on the ground, to the beast that it is. You've got my vote as site of the year. See you on media day! ;)

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I'd like a tall CCI out and back, and a grande nonfat Latte to go please!

*picks jaw up off of floor*

Many of you have said this, and I'm going to say it as well...OMG! This thing is just wacked!

Great Job to the folks at Arrow for comming up with a wild coaster like this, and an extra thanks to all the folks out at Twisted Rails. I've been following the progress of X since the beginning via your webpage. You guys have done a great job sharing with the rest of the world the progress on one super coaster.


--Brian


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Brian A. Plencner
E-Mail: saurses@home.com *** This post was edited by Brian A. Plencner on 8/14/2001. ***

Joe C. I'm from milwaukee wisconsin and i'd be more than happy to get there!

Karl DeAngelo -
Is there anyway to get the video in Windows Media Player?

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"Duff Man Says... Ohhhhh Yaaaaa!"
Current Favorite Coasters:
1)Raging Bull 2)Millennium Force 3)Medusa (SFMW) 4)Vertical Velocity (SFGAm) 5)Dueling Dragons (Ice)

I'm at work right now. I'll try to get a Windows Media version of the video up tonight.

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Karl
http://www.twistedrails.com

Oh dear god.......i need to go back to Cali


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Karl DeAngelo -

Thanks! Hope you can get it to work.

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"Duff Man Says... Ohhhhh Yaaaaa!"
Current Favorite Coasters:
1)Raging Bull 2)Millennium Force 3)Medusa (SFMW) 4)Vertical Velocity (SFGAm) 5)Dueling Dragons (Ice)

thanks karl. well, i wouldn't mind being a test dummy. that ride looks great. but i think they might add a trim brake before the raven turn.

Short but sweet. I'm glad someone is willing to take a risk. Then again, with an entire arsenal behind you, it's not that large of a risk. Can't wait to ride it.

Now, let's see what Knott's has up their sleeve.

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Yeeee Haaawwww!

Hey Joe Carrol! I live in Madison too. I didn't know any other buzzers were in this town. Well I'd love to go but unfortunetly school starts for me. My brother just moved to LA, too bad he gets motion sickness.

God bless the inventors of the corkscrew loop!

And PGASFMW, my hands are folded in prayer with you!
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Thanks for riding Tidal Wave and enjoy your day here at Marriott's Great America!!
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WOW!!! Those trains are AWESOME in action, I figured they would be, I wonder wait the wait will be opening day ? LLLLLLLOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!

I just cum

"I want to go on somethig more exciting than X"
I wanna ride this thing so bad, maybe I'll just go to SFMM for opening day, go on it and then leave, cuz after that the lines will be incredible.
What I'm really wondering right now is what type of music they will play inside the station. Any guesses?

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The SFMM Salvi:
"Goliath Jr. looks to intense for me"
"I want to go on something more exciting than X"

X should be awesome. I know that video of it in action is...nice work twisted rails!

-Bob
www.thrillzing.com

*drooooooooooooooooooooooooool*

Can't wait to see where we will be seeing our new 4d's..... neXt dimension @ SFDL all the way! whoo hoo... i wish....

...after manualy adjsting the brightness+contrast I found it much easier to see the seats rotating... very cool.

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oh, and one other thing, on your camcorder you should see if there is a "white balance" control in the options [it "looks" like you are using an automatic setting...].. try adjusting the white balance and the video will turn out a lot better for those sunny days so its easier to see. I noticed a huge improvement after trying this with my camcorder when taking video footage... just look for a "white balance" setting and fiddle around with it. Just a suggestion so the video turns out a little brighter and clearer.
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Twisted Rails, awesome dedication towards this ride.. thanks for all the great updates on a weekly basis you really show a lot of dedication towards us coaster enthusiasts.

Keep up the awesome work!

Alan Jacyszyn
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SFDLnet: The Ultimate Darien Lake Guide
http://sfdl.coasterbuzz.com *** This post was edited by sfdl dude on 8/14/2001. ***

Ok, I just put up a MPEG version for those of you wanting a Windows Media version. I hope that will satisfy you for now.

I took the video with my Nikon 990 digicam. I wish I had access to a real digital camcorder to take the video with. Who knows...maybe I'll find a way sometime soon... ;) I'm new to the video editing aspect of things so I'm still playing around with some settings with the compressors and such but I wanted to get the video out regardless of size so everyone could see the ride in action.

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Karl
http://www.twistedrails.com