Parc Astérix | Toutatis | Intamin Launch Coaster | 2023
- Thread starter Coaster Hipster
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It is sped up for the trip from the break run into the station, you can see both the start and end of the sped up section. Can’t see any other definite transitions elsewhere.
VelociCoasterBITW
Roller Poster
No stabilization on this one, could this be the actual speed?
VelociCoasterBITW
Roller Poster
Also is this better than VelociCoaster?
TPoseOnTantrum
Giga Poster
The brake run in the video was definitely sped up more than anything else to keep pace with the music. No coaster brakes engage and disengage that quickly, never mind moving through it at more than a walking pace.
Crazycoaster
Giga Poster
Honestly one of my favourite parts on Taron is the underground launch, with all the overhead beams zooming past you.. now this one has two such launches 
MLDesigns
Hyper Poster
Great! Glad you feel that way. I gave my evidence for why I claimed (true) that it was sped up. Next!Looks awfully similar in terms of speed to the official Parc Asterix one!
Can't wait to ride this. That headchopper during the launch looks otherworldly. Also love the little statue guys under the final inversion!
Coastercal
Roller Poster
Let me book my flights…
Looks solid - my biggest regret is Toutatis was the first Intamin swing launch concept we saw announced, so it's sorry that we only see it open after numerous other Intamins have too opened. We probably would be jamming on this one more if it was, indeed, the first to open.
The POV shows plenty of promise - agreed there was some touchup. It's always hard to get a good read on the first POV, as launch speeds/ride pacing can shift as final parameters and speeds are dialed in. And it never helps when some park comms intern video editor thought they had permission to use creative license over showing us the ****ing ride.
The POV shows plenty of promise - agreed there was some touchup. It's always hard to get a good read on the first POV, as launch speeds/ride pacing can shift as final parameters and speeds are dialed in. And it never helps when some park comms intern video editor thought they had permission to use creative license over showing us the ****ing ride.
Hutch
Strata Poster
That moment when Toutatis was never gonna be the first Intamin swing launch to begin with.
Soaring with Dragon would like a word.That said, seeing the layout reveal was around the time we started to see more of those launched bunny hill concepts that you now see on Copperhead and of course Pantheon. Think Pulsar might've been to first one to try it, but this was certainly the first time we'd see Intamin take a crack at that.
Seems like this ride will be worth that long 5 year wait. We all nutted when we saw that animation alongside Kondaa, and the hype is still here with lots of promising footage.
Matt N
CF Legend
Wow, that looks brilliant!
The layout looks fab, but I'm particularly surprised by the swing launch. There must be 2 or 3 airtime hills/undulations within that launch, and the ejector airtime looked absolutely insane when the ride hit full speed!
Between this, Pantheon and Ice Breaker, we've seen quite a rise in swing launch coasters that provide loads of ejector in their swing launches as of late... and I'm certainly not complaining about that!
The layout looks fab, but I'm particularly surprised by the swing launch. There must be 2 or 3 airtime hills/undulations within that launch, and the ejector airtime looked absolutely insane when the ride hit full speed!
Between this, Pantheon and Ice Breaker, we've seen quite a rise in swing launch coasters that provide loads of ejector in their swing launches as of late... and I'm certainly not complaining about that!
Sandman
Giga Poster
Well, I hope my missus still loves Paris because she's going to be dragged there soon enough.
Love the whole #speedgate controversy too. Yep, a few of those videos are sped up a bit although the latter video is difficult to compare because of editing and split cam.
Still... this looks like it could be knocking on the door of some other beloved European Intamins. My mind is already dreaming of night rides.
Love the whole #speedgate controversy too. Yep, a few of those videos are sped up a bit although the latter video is difficult to compare because of editing and split cam.
Still... this looks like it could be knocking on the door of some other beloved European Intamins. My mind is already dreaming of night rides.
See it's been so long my memory has even faded.That moment when Toutatis was never gonna be the first Intamin swing launch to begin with.
That said, seeing the layout reveal was around the time we started to see more of those launched bunny hill concepts that you now see on Copperhead and of course Pantheon. Think Pulsar might've been to first one to try it, but this was certainly the first time we'd see Intamin take a crack at that.
Seems like this ride will be worth that long 5 year wait. We all nutted when we saw that animation alongside Kondaa, and the hype is still here with lots of promising footage.
Also, AmusementInsider has a POV corrected for speed stabalization:
