Worlds first tower coaster

[familyman]

http://www.hersheypa.com/attractions/hersh...ride_facts.html

Hershey Park is adding what I think is a new trend in micro spaced coasters. These types of coasters take up very little space. I can see parks like Cedar Point adding these. This is Just my humble opinion.

[Delirium13]

That looks pretty cool.

[thejoker8388]

I don't know the ride seems kind of boring to me. Sure, I mean it does take up only a little amount of space but the ride its self just seems so repetetive. Plus the brakes seem to slow it down every time it gets any momentum. I guess if your park had no room what so ever then this might be a ride you would add, but for just a little more room you could build a coaster with a lot more variety in elements and exitment.

[LongLiveBEAST]

Looks boring but might be fun, who knows

[jzarley]

Am I the only one that thinks the theoretical capacity seems a little high? I bet this is a painfully slow loader, and they won't come close to 960 r/h.

Is this the "screaming squirrel" I've heard so much about, or is that another design?

Joel

[familyman]

I agree, it does look a little boring. But parks running out of space will have no other alternative but to add rides like these. It's just a matter of time before PKI has to cut into the woods around The Beast.

[PkiJake13]

^I wish then the'll leave about 30-50 feet of tree's aroung The Beast.

I think it will be awhile till they reach that point anyways. They have all that land on the otherside of The Racer.

-Jake

[familyman]

Not to mention everything around SOB.

[PKILifeGuard]

PKI hasn't built on half of what they own. I'm guessing that the rest of the park expansion will end up over by Flight of Fear, and extend past the Action FX Theatre. They're not cutting around the woods around The Beast... it's part of the attraction, all the scenery.

[thejoker8388]

^I agree PKI has over 700 acres of land and has only developed 300 some, so The Beast's trees are in no danger. Plus the area by FOF is pretty open so it would be much cheaper to expand in to than having to have all those trees removed. The only thing that I think would be cool was if they cut down some trees for a wooden coaster and then put the coaster on the spot where the trees were, this would probably save money and be cool since the trees for the coaster would have come right from where the coaster stood.

[KIBeast]

No, that is not the screaming squirrel. It is listed as the frequent faller from Interactive Rides. I don't think it looks boring at all. I really don't think you would want the momentum to keep building up considering how the cars swing back and forth. Here's a link to the screaming squirrel from S&S/Arrow.

[jzarley]

No, that is not the screaming squirrel. It is listed as the frequent faller from Interactive Rides. I don't think it looks boring at all. I really don't think you would want the momentum to keep building up considering how the cars swing back and forth. Here's a link to the screaming squirrel from S&S/Arrow.

Thanks for the link...the screaming squirrel looks intense! (Also a slow loader, but intense none-the-less!)

Joel

[flightoffear1996]

Looks fun but only 15 seconds. That is an awful short ride.

[KIBeast]

Dude, you're reading the wrong facts. It says the time of ascent(the lift hill) is 15 seconds, not the entire ride. Ride duration is 2 minutes.

[CoastersRZ]

While Kings Island has a lot of land to expand upon, a lot of that land is hilly and would take some adjustments for it to fit a midway for new rides. That includes a lot of the land in which The Beast sits on, There is room behind Tomb Raider, off towards White Water Canyon in which they could add a new ride or two. How they get the midway back there would be the question. Can`t go behind TR:TR because of the maintance road, and then on the other side there are the train tracks. I suppose they could somehow utlize the exit of White Water Canyon, but they would need to widen it big time if it would be the only way back to the new attraction. Most likely, expansion in the future will occur over by The Racer and Flight of Fear. Only time will tell where the park expands, but I don`t forsee them tearing down trees around The Beast anytime soon.

[TheKlockster]

I'm not quite sure what to make of that. It kind of looks cool, but it kind of looks dumb. You fall for about 15 feet, then go horizontally, then do it over and over. I am guessing the seats spin according to the forces on it. It would be better if the spun according to a motor, so you are twisting and turning the whole way down. The seats do spin right?

Economically it looks great. It looks very fun, and is in a really small footprint.

[SOB_TOM]

Yeah the seats spin.

But the more important idea here, folks, is this: Anyone else want to move to Logan, Utah with me? Looks like that entire city is used to test S&S new rides.

[KIBeast]

Just say it Klockster, you just want to spin 'till you puke.

[fyrfyter]

I wonder if you got the car off balance by puting two people on one side and none on the other, if you could make it do a complete flip? That would be pretty neat, but other than that, this ride looks boring. I'll bet with time they have serious issues with those cars and the way they are cantilevered off of the track sideways. That is going to cause major metal fatique.

[BoddaH1994]

I wonder if you got the car off balance by puting two people on one side and none on the other, if you could make it do a complete flip? That would be pretty neat, but other than that, this ride looks boring. I'll bet with time they have serious issues with those cars and the way they are cantilevered off of the track sideways. That is going to cause major metal fatique.

That's actually a viable happening. My sister and I went to Kennywood and rode the Exterminator, which is a spinning wild mouse. Since there was two of us in the car and not 4, it messed up the balance and when it was supposed to spin a couple of times, we ended up spinning violently until the ride ops physically stopped us upon entering the station.

[The-Snapper]

Cedar Point wont add a compact coaster like this because of 1: capacity and for 2: Why would they??? The only way I see them getting one of these is if a park nearby gets one which wont happen. Similar to when Cp got Wt because SFWOA got SUE.

[flightoffear1996]

Cedar Point may not get one but I could see their chain parks getting one. Plus really CP has no themed rides and they really need to start to turn them around.

[docdude316]

Did the page move to a new location?

[Legend Rider]

^I agree PKI has over 700 acres of land and has only developed 300 some, so The Beast's trees are in no danger. Plus the area by FOF is pretty open so it would be much cheaper to expand in to than having to have all those trees removed. The only thing that I think would be cool was if they cut down some trees for a wooden coaster and then put the coaster on the spot where the trees were, this would probably save money and be cool since the trees for the coaster would have come right from where the coaster stood.

Very bad idea,

if a coaster in ohio were to be built of wood, from ohio,

this would not be so good, think about how many flaws there would be in the grains, rotten areas, and the overall condition.

the proven wood best suited for wooden coasters is the Yellow Pine, and unless PKI has a gold mine of yellow pine, i dont see this happening!

plus there is so much lumber involved in making even a medium sized coaster, it would be too difficult to cut the trees, treat the lumber, and then get the lumber back and build, it would be much better to have the manufacturer handle everything.

One more point, if a park actually had enough yellow pine to do this, they would be using so much time/labor/money cutting/treating lumber, that could be spent by professional lumberjacks, this is much more cost effective... think of "buying only american goods," it is more expensive, and is devastating to other economys

Thank you, thank you.

[HabloRM]

Cedar Point may not get one but I could see their chain parks getting one. Plus really CP has no themed rides and they really need to start to turn them around.

No themed rides? That's false. Dragster is themed well, Disaster Transport is a well themed ride, maybe one of the best in the park. The senery around some of thier rides is good theming. Like the style of Blue Streak's station and que line. There not themed like PKI rides but they are.

[xThexCrewx]

I really don't think CP needs to theme that much, they aren't known for it and should have no real reason to do so. I agree it would add a little bit to the overall view of the park having some cool theming. The thing is I doubt CP would want to put too much money into maintaining the theming and keeping looking good. I think they would rather spend their money on maintining their rides and keeping them running at all times(obviously still working on TTD). Cedar Fairs, as far as i know, doesn't have in affiliation with any type of movie companies or media companies therefore couldn't theme anything along those lines unless they paid a pretty hefty fee to do so. They could theme the ride area but again CP isn't known for that so they don't really need to do so. However with the theming in TTD i can see a future at CP for more themed rides(i'd love to see that, i love seeing theming as much as i do riding the rides)

i'm really sorry if any of thats confusing...i've had 3 hours of sleep in the past two days and i'm a lil tired...my main point is...CP doesn't need to theme but i'd love to see them do it. and!! i think the vert coaster would be pretty darn cool though..

[flightoffear1996]

Well the worlds first tower coaster is no more cause from what I understand the company building it broke the contract with HP.

[familyman]

From what I have read the company raised it price. They claimed an increase in steel. Too bad could have been an interesting ride. I am sure the company will end up selling it to another park.