Canada's Wonderland |"Leviathan"| B&M HyperGiga
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Snoo
The Legend
http://www.cwmania.com/gallery/thumbnai ... =1&sort=dd
Tell you what tho.. that brake run is one ugly POS. Talk about ruining the beautiful thing that is the lift hill.
Tell you what tho.. that brake run is one ugly POS. Talk about ruining the beautiful thing that is the lift hill.
D1993
Hyper Poster
I dont think the brake run looks *that* bad.
Sure, its not pretty, but it doesnt ruin anything for me really.
After all, it is just a brake run.
Nitro's is pretty long too and just hopefully trains dont stack too much on Leviathan.
Ive noticed with behemoth, diamondback and intimidator the trains do seem to stack at times (just from observation from povs and offride footage).
If anything, I would rather complain that there should be another station where riders unload (such as millennium force), instead of having a long brake run
Sure, its not pretty, but it doesnt ruin anything for me really.
After all, it is just a brake run.
Nitro's is pretty long too and just hopefully trains dont stack too much on Leviathan.
Ive noticed with behemoth, diamondback and intimidator the trains do seem to stack at times (just from observation from povs and offride footage).
If anything, I would rather complain that there should be another station where riders unload (such as millennium force), instead of having a long brake run
Ben said:
Martyn B said:
It was always intended for CW, it says so in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQxNZj0r ... r_embedded
As for the brake run, it really is the same as every other B&M Hyper, it just does not have a MCBR, so it has an extra long brake run to allow for 3 train operation.
emery96 said:
No.
She says "was it created for CW", which she says it was. That's not the same as it always being intended for there. If the layout was designed for CW (obviously it was), then it'll have been created for them, and thus, she's right. Her answer is actually pretty diplomatic on that, and she chooses her words carefully, which, if anything, suggests more that it was originally intended for somewhere else, and then created for CW.
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
^ Yah, I think it'd be a chain. Usually if they're elevator lifts they're a lot steeper.
Antinos
Slut for Spinners
I'm almost positive that I saw a photo of a box of chain links somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look through God knows how many pictures on CWMania.
Geez that really is ugly. I also didn't realize in the animation that it's higher than Dragon Fire's lift hill. I'm also starting to notice just how big the coaster is now that they're building towards the entrance. That hill is absolutely massive!
Geez that really is ugly. I also didn't realize in the animation that it's higher than Dragon Fire's lift hill. I'm also starting to notice just how big the coaster is now that they're building towards the entrance. That hill is absolutely massive!
Venom2053
Hyper Poster
Yea it's a chain, here's the base gear..
Source: http://www.cwmania.com/gallery/thumbnai ... 42&page=13
Source: http://www.cwmania.com/gallery/thumbnai ... 42&page=13
D1993
Hyper Poster
That long climb is gonna scare the crap out of some people haha.
I wonder for some reason if it will go much faster than usual?
Perhaps B&M have come up with something new?
Well, really, to be honest, I like the slow climb. It gives you time to look around at the other rides and look at the park and freak yourself out a little bit!
I wonder for some reason if it will go much faster than usual?
Perhaps B&M have come up with something new?
Well, really, to be honest, I like the slow climb. It gives you time to look around at the other rides and look at the park and freak yourself out a little bit!
Lofty
CF Legend
I thought that from the Concept Video etc, it actually had a fast lift. Some chain lifts can be pretty rapid! To be totally honest, due to the coaster being the way it is and the fact it's going to draw a lot of people to the park, they're going to want to maximise on capacity, I highly doubt they'd go for a crawling lift speed.
rollermonkey
Strata Poster
The start of that brake run looks as high as a lot of the B&M MCBRs out there.
They COULD have had an idea for one with more track after at some point and scaled back due to costs, but who knows?
Looks fine to me as is.
They COULD have had an idea for one with more track after at some point and scaled back due to costs, but who knows?
Looks fine to me as is.
D1993
Hyper Poster
The large airtime hill is now finished.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =3&theater
These are just the photos from their facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =3&theater
These are just the photos from their facebook page.
Antinos
Slut for Spinners
This looks like it's going to be quite fun:
There's the possibility that B&M has a sketch or sketches of a eight or nine thousand foot long giga coaster somewhere, and it may have a mid course brake run positioned around the same point as Leviathan's brake run. We'll never find out if it exists though.
There's the possibility that B&M has a sketch or sketches of a eight or nine thousand foot long giga coaster somewhere, and it may have a mid course brake run positioned around the same point as Leviathan's brake run. We'll never find out if it exists though.
Bottom_Feeder_13
Hyper Poster
^ Just imagine how much that would cost, probably at least $40 million if not a fair bit more.
Antinos
Slut for Spinners
^That's why it's a concept sketch. Companies do that all the time. GCI has released sketches of racing and dueling woodies that have never been built, The Gravity Group has released concepts for their Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain lookalike, and Martin & Vleminckx has released sketches for multiple roller coasters that haven't been built yet. If you've ever been to an Auto Show, you'd see many many concept cars that never make it to production.
Yes, a concept for a B&M giga of that length would probably be close to fifty million, but that's why we'll never see a production of it. That doesn't mean that the sketches and ideas aren't there. We just don't see them because B&M doesn't release their concepts.
Yes, a concept for a B&M giga of that length would probably be close to fifty million, but that's why we'll never see a production of it. That doesn't mean that the sketches and ideas aren't there. We just don't see them because B&M doesn't release their concepts.