Would Eurostar ever come to the U.S.?

Just a reminder, EuroStar got it's name because it's a project between several European companies.

- design: Werner Stengel
- track: Giovanola Technologies
- supports: some Munich company
- trains: some company in Holland
- technics: some company of the Czech Republic
- overal 'project manager' was Intamin

So it's not Intamin or GTec you need to blame for the roughness. Keep in mind this ride is already 8 years old and for a travelling coaster, things can get quite rough then.

Nevertheless, everyone who helped designing and constructing this coaster is proud of it. It was the first inverted coaster (and still the only looping inverted) on a funfair and it had 4 inversion, including a zero-g-roll and a double corkscrew. It even had an 122° overbanked curve.
Ride capacity was 2880 !! :o :o
To move the ride, they need 85 trucks !!

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Belgian said:

Ride capacity was 2880 !! :o :o

Now I'm aware that in *some* measurements there are conversions that need to be done, but I was totally ignorant that Europeans had a longer measurement of time.....*kinda like a metric ton I guess*...;)

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DRNK said:

Truly, I mean, EuroStar sucks. That coaster stands for ultimate head-banging and instant castration!

With that kind of testimonial, who could ever doubt Moosh's inside tip on Eurostar's future home?

It seems to be a matter of 'density.' ;)

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just curious, what other inverted coasters are portable?

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TeknoScorpion said:
just curious, what other inverted coasters are portable?

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Well, there's EuroCoaster, a Dutch-based inverted wild mouse coaster, and there's the Pinfari Express. But as far as I know there is no transported Pinfari, the prototype can be found in the French themepark Nigloland.

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Well, you can compare EuroStar to your regular railway-company. The trackpieces aren't welded to each-other, but they are bolted together. This causes a little bump each time the train passes a breachline.

Well actually your local railroads tracks are welded. The rails come in quarter mile lengths which are welded together on site into mile long pieces of track. That is mainline track of course. Most other track is jointed although some is continuous welded.

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I wouldn't say it's because it's portable. Conklin's Schwarzkopf Doppel Looping has been traveling in the US and Canada for what, 15 years (?), and when I rode it in October it was perfectly smooth. And did I mention it is a really fun ride :)

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I remember this coaster on the Travel Channel as one of the best foreign coasters. Can't be that bad if it made "The World's Best". This was way after Eurostar was made too -- way past the "smooth & safe" stage.

Rollerjunkie says:

"Can't be that bad if it made 'The World's Best.'"

Riiiiight. Have you seen some of the coasters that make those shows?

Moosh

Its funny to classify coasters into "foreign" and "not foreign" when most coasters are actually international collaborations... actually Eurostar is not in any way more foreign than your regular Batman-the ride.
Most of todays hypers and gigas seem to have a strong tendency to originate in Switzerland, actually (B&M + Giovanola + Intamin).
Funny though how I don't know of any major coaster IN Switzerland.
I wonder what the point is in making the country you have to be in when you ride the coaster the main criterium ... ?

MagnumForce said:
Well actually your local railroads tracks are welded. The rails come in quarter mile lengths which are welded together on site into mile long pieces of track. That is mainline track of course. Most other track is jointed although some is continuous welded.

In Europe, we have some lovely bolted rails.

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superman said:
Funny though how I don't know of any major coaster IN Switzerland.

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Schwitzerland occasionally gets a visit from some of the largest German transportable coasters, but does not have any major roller coasters of it's one. Except for an occasional prototype at the Intamin and GTec factories.

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StarCoasters said:
I wouldn't say it's because it's portable. Conklin's Schwarzkopf Doppel Looping has been traveling in the US and Canada for what, 15 years (?), and when I rode it in October it was perfectly smooth. And did I mention it is a really fun ride

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I guess you can blame that to the ride being Schwarzkopf. I have ridden only one rough Schwarzkopf, and that was Bobbejaanland's Looping Star. Even the German Olympia Looping and Alpina Bahn, which are both rather old, are extremely smooth. This is mainly because of the unique - and patented way - of bolting the track-pieces together. EuroStar uses a different way.

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