Re: "Unknown" - Canada's Wonderland 2012 Attraction
^ I don't think of Harry Potter when I hear Basilisk. I think of Magic the Gathering to be completely honest. While I agree that Harry Potter has made the word Basilisk more common, a Basilisk is actually just a small freaking lizard with a deathly stare that will turn you to stone and with a very venomous bite, not some giant serpent from the Harry Potter movie. While I did think of Basilisk at first, it was mainly due to the eyes and nothing else. I'm kinda feeling Leviathan, but I think they can do something better than a giant sea serpent.
^^ Please go up and read my Wildebeest and Mammoth quote. If you are to lazy, let me re-iterate it for you!
Mammoth is a larger, longer, bluer version of Wildebeest. Would people confuse them? No, because Holiday World is ADVERTISING and HYPING up Mammoth. Hell, just to add in even MORE possible confusion, the two are RIGHT NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER! Since Behemoth and the new ride are on different sides of the park (or so it seems), it will be less confusing overall. The ONLY people that would get confused, are those that are blind and deaf to be honest. One is Orange/Yellow, the other is Blue. Two colors not even REMOTELY close to one another. Plus, the park is going to hype the **** out of this ride. Basically, they will make sure you, your mother, your grandmother, your family, your extended family, your Facebook, Twitter, Google+, MySpace, Livejournal, Blog, Tumbler and others Friends list or Followers, will know the difference between the ride. I know this is a bit extreme, but please see the point of nobody in their right mind will be able to confuse the two.
^^^ Raptor is either a bird of prey or a dinosaur of the Raptor family (Utahraptor, Velociraptor, Deinonychus. NOR are they the tallest of the dinosaur family in any category. They were smart, not much else...I can go one mind you to disprove the use of that name :3), NOT some giant evil Mythical Serpent that is prepared to take you, bend you over and possibly dominate the hell out of you. Raptor doesn't say that. Basilisk can, and the only reason why I said Basilisk is because of the serpents face, eyes and scowl. NOW, when you add in the foreboding shadow in the sky, even Basilisk doesn't seem to fit. Some people have suggested Leviathan based off of the color of the track alone, but Leviathan is a beast of the deep, blue sea...not the sky. If this ride has any water features, I can see this one being used. Outside of that? Not at all. I honestly still can't think of any form of ancient, mythological, fantasy serpent beast without going into the Final Fantasy realm. Until the announcement, I'm not putting my money on Leviathan or Raptor.
^^^^ Based off of markers, it is going to take over part of the parking lot and head toward the front gate (which would FURTHER make sure you know the difference between the two! This is to you RCF). I had heard there is an image floating around of this a very steep lift hill starter piece being transported there. So this may be a start for a steeper lift for B&M as well.
I do believe that they are using a new form of train on this ride though. Can't wait to see the announcement and begin making planned trips for next year
