SDC has already begun construction on their new Rocky Mountain wooden coaster, in fact, they have most of the ride built. What is most interesting is the recent construction photos in which you can clearly see some MAJOR banking in which the track will follow. Almost looks like it is going into a zero G inversion.

Thoughts on this? Maybe a return to looping wooden coasters.

http://www.silverdollarcity2013.com/

Could they do a loop on a wooden coaster, since SOB did not work , I loved it that is for sure!

A zero-G roll would be incredible, but that's not something I'm expecting out of RMC, for some reason. There's really no basis for that at all, except that it just seems... odd. I'm more expecting that to be a ridiculously fast transition into a heavily banked overbank turn, but it would be awesome to be proven wrong.

Apparently it was tracked today and it is in fact an inversion.

While I would love that, where's the source?

There are no photos yet, but multiple people from multiple fan sites that went to the park today are saying the track has been placed and is indeed an inversion. Hopefully there will be photos tomorrow!

Wow! I sure hope this is true... I know where I'll be going soon!

I'm going to be honest, I LOVE living in Cincinnati because we seem to be at the epicenter of parks we can travel to that are within a day of driving! SDC included, Can not wait to visit next year.

Where is Silver Dollar City? I've never heard of it before I saw this thread.

^Branson, Missouri

It's probably a hybrid wooden coaster IMO

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http://www.flickr.co...in/photostream/

Looks like topper track.

Its definitely topper track as the coaster is being built by the makers, rocky mountain coasters. All I can say is if this ends up being successful, I would love seeing a coaster like this at ki.

Its definitely topper track as the coaster is being built by the makers, rocky mountain coasters. All I can say is if this ends up being successful, I would love seeing a coaster like this at ki.

The fact that you know this information calls for a weenie alert:

I know many things.

There are some photos up on www.midwestinfoguide.com. The roll is not completed in the photos but the last piece of installed track does appear to be completely inverted.

its technicly not a wooden coaster so yay sob still on top! Its a hybrid which is going to lead to the decline of wooden coasters My 100th Post yay!

its technicly not a wooden coaster so yay sob still on top! Its a hybrid which is going to lead to the decline of wooden coasters My 100th Post yay!

What are you talking about? Since when was SOB on top, and why would it lead to the decline of wooden coasters?

still on top as the 1st modern wooden rollercoaster with a loop. And it would be more feasable to make a hybrid than a woodie which would cause amusment companies to switch towards that not wooden rollercoasters(ex. six flags)(texas giant, the rattler)

How is a ride that has been SBNO since 2009 still "on top" of anything?

^Its on top of the land it was built on, duh.

It's also on top of the lawsuits that it has caused.

still on top as the 1st modern wooden rollercoaster with a loop.

Uh, it will always be the first? Unless some park gets a flux capacitor.

100 years from now it will still be the first "modern" wooden coaster with a loop?

I doubt that.

2000 will not be that much more modern than its predecessors. So, no, not even that.

Heard about this on In The Loop this week, I for one am going to try my hardest to get out to Branson and ride this.

Even if it's not an inversion, that's a pretty sweet turn. I know where I'm going next year, hopefully.

100 years from now it will still be the first "modern" wooden coaster with a loop?

I doubt that.

2000 will not be that much more modern than its predecessors. So, no, not even that.

Good point.

So correct me is this new outlaw a wooden or a hybrid?

I for one feel if its a hybrid there won't be too many more wooden coasters that wont convert, or simply disappear, my opinion?

It is topper track, like the New Texas Giant. Steel track with wood supports. I think of it as a modern Gemini except flat track.

Topper track is flat laid wider steel put above wood laminate, like parts of The Georgia Cyclone. The track and coaster remain wood. The New Texas Giant does NOT have topper track. It has steel I Beam track, and is now steel track on wood supports.