What's your favourite B&M Hyper Coaster
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Brett7710
Mega Poster
^ I could have sworn I saw something during construction saying it was about 300' but I can't find anything now either. Makes you wonder whether it actually breaks the 300ft barrier, although some people are happy enough if the coaster is over the height regardless of drop size.
Has anyone on this site actually ridden Goliath at La Ronde? It just looks like it should be awesome, I can't remember seing a modern steel coaster with as many camelbacks. I assume the coaster doesn't go quite fast enough to get much airtime, otherwise i'm sure i'd have heard more about it. Either that or none of our members have gone all the way there to ride it.
Has anyone on this site actually ridden Goliath at La Ronde? It just looks like it should be awesome, I can't remember seing a modern steel coaster with as many camelbacks. I assume the coaster doesn't go quite fast enough to get much airtime, otherwise i'm sure i'd have heard more about it. Either that or none of our members have gone all the way there to ride it.
Diamondback and Goliath SFoG are my only two B&M Hypers. Both coasters have fantastic airtime, great layouts and even better pacing. The terrain also adds a lot to the ride experience, and their unique locations in the park. Both coasters are in my Top 10.
JJLehto
Hyper Poster
Brett7710 said:
That's exactly what I was wondering. My only thought was it must be under a 300 foot drop.
Shame is I'm a nerd and want to know!
I really don't think people will care if it's a 293 foot drop or something, (except for real fringe nuts).
Agreed, that rides looks like sex. So many airtime hills and at least the POV I saw there were hardly any trims. And it just looks cool with all those hills.
The drop on Leviathan is 306 feet. The tunnel at the bottom of the drop is below the bottom of the tallest support, so I'm sure that they measure the height from the bottom of the drop to the highest point at the top of the lift hill (or else it's over 306 tall).JJLehto said:
JJLehto
Hyper Poster
ECG said:
Ah.
Just was curious because it's rare, (especially with modern and big coasters) to have just "height" listed.
I mean Shmabhala is 255 feet and 11 inches and goes 83.3 mph :lol: Those are some specific measurements.
That does make sense though. This is why I love CF
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
I've been on it. To be fair, I only rode it during the morning a couple of times, so maybe it hadn't warmed up, but it wasn't very good. Could also be because I lost my phone on it that I dislike it
. But nah, it just didn't compare to the others. Go to the first page to read my post if you wanna see how I rank it.
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
^ At a god-awful park, on a 120 degree day. Circumstances of riding that coaster were not favourable to begin with .
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ava1enzue1a
Mega Poster
I've only ridden one of these (Apollo's Chariot), so I don't have room to compare. I can say though that this one delivers some pretty good pops of ejector air in the back row; not sure how well compared to others of course but I'm sure it definitely has its moments.
I can say though that this one delivers some pretty good pops of ejector air in the back row; not sure how well compared to others of course but I'm sure it definitely has its moments.
bizarrofan10
Hyper Poster
1. Goliath
2. Diamondback
3. Nitro
4. Apollo's Chariot
2. Diamondback
3. Nitro
4. Apollo's Chariot
