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Turns out the daughter probably wasn't exempt.

I think what they mean is a ride that's going to exist for a long time and parents can enjoy with their kids in the future.

Innovation comes with risk. What Intamin is doing is trying to appeal to smaller parks who absolutely do not have the budget for $20+ million risk projects and will be perfectly fine with a ~2000 foot coaster with 2 trains, a couple of inversions, and a reliable launch system. They realized they...

There was nothing with land acquisitions, they already owned that strip of land and it was a vacant lot for almost 15 years prior. Outside of running the required electrical lines and footers there was no need to dig up much dirt for the attraction. Zamperla stated the price tag themselves. I...

I mean when you advertise 15 elements in a layout and 3 of them are the turnaround out of the station, a jump into the brakes, and the brakes themselves. You're kinda stretching what your product offers. By the looks of the three models, I'm sure Intamin is trying to make themselves more...

My main problem with Zamperla is they don't offer a good quality coaster product for the price. Thunderbolt at Luna Park had a stated cost of $10 million and the ride experience was jarring to say the least. I don't see how any serious park would pay that sort of money for an attraction when a...

That POV is not telling the entire story with that ride.

I don't see Windows XP among the options so I am choosing to not participate in this poll.

It's an easy pick between Intamin and Mack since they have such an insanely large portfolio of rides for those of all sizes and all demographic categories at parks. The only other manufacturers that come remotely close to them are Vekoma and Gerstlauer. Of the four I'd side with Jordan and pick...

That was probably just a media day thing, when Joker first opened they had 6 people on platform when they really only needed 2 at most LOL.

Due to the costs and the operational risks you're not gonna see many parks build a B&M Flyer these days. The last one opened 5 years ago and only 11 have been built in total, 6 of which are some sort of cloned layout.

The launch idea they definitely should expand on, and I know it's been apart of the discussions about wing coasters since Swarm was announced that B&M wanted to integrate 4D capabilities into those trains. Just a question of when they figure that out, they don't really introduce a new product...

Only times I really anticipate any stoppages in the station are for riders not getting verified or for those with mobility issues not being able to get into a moving train normally. Can't wait to experience the ride myself, and meet all my old coworkers who can be seen in the video.

It is entirely dependent on the ride itself. Most wooden coasters are gravity driven out of the station, so their speed isn't really controlled when the train is dispatched. Steel coasters all have different speeds leaving the stations even for similar rides from the same manufacturers, Green...

Funny that an RMC fanpage is covering a coaster from another manufacturer.

There's been a considerable dip in business across the board for manufacturers due to COVID. Even RMC has reduced their workforce from 150 to around 50 people. I'd be more inclined to play the "wait and see" game because there's plenty of parks that will happily fork up for a B&M ride around the...

They took that crackhead idea that Funtime had with their Star Flyers using Skycoaster Flight Suits and ran with it.

Don't tempt fate, you never know what's gonna happen at an amusement park these days.

Especially now that the CDC has said you don't need to wear a mask if you've been vaxx'd. Parks will actively tell their employees just to assume that a person has gotten their stab(s) if they're not wearing a mask now, at this point the liability is not on them anymore.