Recent content by BenJacobs

It did have a pretty big effect to Animal Kingdom’s attendance, though that never recovered after Covid. It was raved about, though Galaxy’s Edge definitely got more attention. Yet Galaxy’s Edge seemingly didn’t do anything to attendance in Disneyland or Hollywood Studios. Regardless...

If you ignore air resistance and other friction, then something travelling upwards at 88mph will reach 259ft. Of course there is a bit of friction, so it will go up a bit less. But then it should start that slightly off the ground, and the top of the train will be higher up, and there needs to...

My understanding is that Kingda Ka in reality maxes out at about 120mph at the most (except maybe on very windy days). Not including friction or air resistance, and assuming the height difference between the end of the launch track and top of the top hat is 430ft, then it would be going at 39mph...

If it’s going 155mph before the big hill, then (not accounting for friction or air resistance) it would still be going at about 90mph at the top of the hill, which seems way too fast. I would therefore imagine there will be some trims.

Interestingly it looks like it starts with the nearer spike, suggesting a launch to start. Then at the far end it has the normal lift hill.

A 500ft coaster is obviously well beyond Merlin’s budget - maybe they were considering building the world’s tallest drop tower.

Wild support

The second launch acts as MCBR, with the block ending after the train has cleared the dive loop.

Indeed. If it weren’t trimmed (and assuming no friction), to go from 155mph to 45mph at the top, it would have to be 730ft tall. So then an even greater investment on that and the rest of the layout, and even worse for the heat of the wheels. What forces were there going over the hill on your...

Hangtime and airtime are ultimately the same thing. You’d be feeling the same thing on a slow stall at -0.8g and a fast airtime hill at -0.8g, for example.

Looks like high quality concept art, it would take someone very talented to fake it. And AI wouldn’t be able to come up with specific ride details, which look like mostly lands/rides from other Universal parks. This person tracked this concept art down to Milton Keynes...

Maybe they’re just going to remove the drop, so that it’s just a safari boat ride.

Intamin also already have a Power Splash rip-off - https://www.intamin.com/product/ultra-splash/ This is just another model, a modernised half-pipe.

It’s… not in the UK

If it’s shallow then it could mean going over it with some speed after the launch, so could be some good airtime.