Honestly between the cost of B&Ms, the sense that parks might be getting closer to saturated with their models, and more shakiness/rattle-y-ness indicating a quality drop, this could really signal a shift in the American market where Vekoma makes more and more inroads as a go to for looping...
Curious as to why the holding brake is functioning that way. Seems to slow it but not a full hold on this POV. I know it’s not open yet but have we seen this during testing with other dive machines before?
all I can say is
Hell yeah
That looks incredible
Also yeah I think the green is ugly.
This feels like a ride where the track should have some sort of lighting package, it just feels right for something called Starfall Racer. Imagine the trains and track lighting up as it duels at night
Yeah very much this. Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain at Indiana Beach is this for me. I visited a bunch as kid, riding it when it was a dark ride before the coaster conversion. Just kooky and weird and fun in all the right ways.
Well, sucks that it was such a lemon wrt roughness, but that layout all steel?? Will be an incredible ride if the profiling and elements remain the same.
I think you’re right that they’re barely noticed, and also I imagine they can be pretty egregious and not have any real impact on customer visits unless the parks cheapen overall experience. Again, thinking of sports, nearly every stadium in the professional leagues has a sponsor these days...
Seeing how so many parks and chains have pulled back on spending on big rides, I wouldn’t be surprised if selling naming rights became more and more commonplace in order to fund big coasters, not all that dissimilar from all the sports stadiums naming rights. Seems like something right up six...
Considering people are still riding the smiler without reservation, and a coaster like Mindbender stayed open for years after its accident and didn’t spell disaster for its park, Carowinds/Cedar Fair are completely fine. This isn’t a biggie at all. Not even an injury to report.
Yeah, 74 mph is what a lot of hyper coasters just over the 200ft drop mark make speed-wise, so that momentum should only take the train around halfway up the top hat
From a marketing perspective, 420 ft is amazing. Ohio is one of the next states likely to get recreational cannabis legalized 😎
TTD 2.0 - Get Real High, Real Fast
TTD 2.0 - It’s Always 420 On This Ride
TTD 2.0 - You’ve Never Been *This* High Before
I’m thinking like completely new ownership, but I don’t want to get too far into fantasyland lol. It’s just a shame because Colorado has such nice weather, is one of the fastest growing states, and has decent tourism already for the mountains and such, a real amusement park seems like it should...
They actually do much to this pile of popsicle sticks to warrant the name change? One of the wobbliest coaster structures I’ve ever seen and just a constant shuffle I had to ride extremely defensively.
I honestly look forward to the day Elitch shuts down and they build condos or something else...
It’s almost baffling to me that they don’t have a true family coaster like firechaser express, seems like something so fitting for the park and their vibe. So I have my fingers crossed for something along those lines.
Great POV. Vekoma continues to kill it. The health of the roller coaster industry is really incredible at the moment. Honestly jealous of kids that grow up with this stuff as the norm and will get to experience more of the future than I will!
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