The Interpreter Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Sunday night: http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/ohio/Vortex-to-be-featured-on-travel-channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Vortex does not exceed speeds of 80 M.P.H. Wonder where that came from. Anyways, good luck to Vortex. If Vortex loses, then all of KI probably loses, cause I don't see Diamondback beating out TTD or MF for extreme heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonor_Drummer Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 80 miles per hour? Only one corkscrew? Hmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KingsIslandPR Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 If Vortex loses, then all of KI probably loses, cause I don't see Diamondback beating out TTD or MF for extreme heights. The Vortex and Kings Island will be in the national spotlight tonight, seen by millions of people from coast to coast. That's a win no matter the outcome of the fan poll. Same with The Beast last week and Diamondback next week. Thanks to all the KIC members and coaster enthusiasts that participated in the filming of the "Insane Coaster Wars" series at Kings Island. And no, the ride does not go 80mph. It reaches speeds in excess of 50mph. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 ^Well yes, but I was talking about the fan poll winners. But it is great to see KI on TV. That is a win right there. And 3 coasters at KI were nominees, which I don't think any other park has more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfanatic83 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I was there for Vortex filming! Hopefully I see myself on TV! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Vortex going 80? Oh god...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Perhaps they were confused. It is a coaster of the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrose530 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I was there for Vortex filming! Hopefully I see myself on TV! Same here! My whole family is coming over to watch it. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrypt Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Vortex going 80? Oh god...... That ride would offer both amazing air time, and impeccable head banging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 See also Steel Phantom. How'd that end, anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 If I am correct, it ended with the inversions getting removed and the ride actually became a great coaster. (Just wanted to point that out, in case anyone didn't know what Terpy meant... ) As for a 80mph+ ride doing inversions...it's possible, but the inversions will have to be pretty large at those speeds. More speed=you need a bigger loop, or the g-forces are excessive. Speed: The Ride at NASCAR Cafe (which was recently closed due to the closure of NASCAR cafe, but according to Wikipedia it is being re-located to a new hotel) went 70mph, and it had a loop...now a corkscrew at 80mph, I'm not so sure how you could do that one without making the corkscrew crazy big (and thus requiring a crazy amount of steel to support it)...I could see a B&M Hypercoaster, with a 200'+ drop, possibly even a Wing Rider, with giant inversions along its course (save the Corkscrews for after the MCBR if it has one, though)...the question is, who will pay the sure-fire to be expensive cost to build it... Speed: The Ride's RCDB page http://www.rcdb.com/593.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stashua123 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Look up viper at SFMM. its 188 ft. tall and has a 171 foot drop. And its a arrow multi-looper(7 inversions to be exact). Last remaining of the 7 looping trio of SIx Flags and the tallest of the three. Its nearly 200 ft. And it can go upsidedown 7 times!. Son of Beast was 200 ft tall and the loop was sucsessful(it wasnt the problem of the ride)So that proves an inversion can be done on a 200ft rollercoaster(hypercoaster) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Vortex was just featured. Who does everyone think will win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stashua123 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Proably Kraken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawg1998 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I think Vortex has a pretty good chance of winning. Now that I think about it, though, Kraken could easily win, pretty much only because it's in a park with millions and millions of visitors. Oh well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I say Kraken or Vortex. Wild Eagle only has 4 inversions, and I don't think Hydra or Dorney are all that popular. Edit: Kraken won. They had me going right when they showed a Vortex shot announcing the winner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIfan1980 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Twas nice to see so many familiar faces on the show - that rides supervisor sure did get a lot of airtime 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) I don't have Travel Channel at my house, but I was on vacation on July 22. Lucky for me the place I stayed had Travel Channel! I watched the entire episode. Vortex was the first featured, and i was like Woo Hoo! What surprised me was the "Splintering Speedsters" played after "Wrong Way Up" did, on the same night. So I saw 2 of our rides, Beast and Vortex, in one night. Didn't expect THAT to happen... Edited August 15, 2012 by VortexBFForever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I anybody wants too... (*cough*) I'm sure lote of people would be happy if they post all the videos on here (*cough*). (hint hint) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I anybody wants too... (*cough*) I'm sure lote of people would be happy if they post all the videos on here (*cough*). (hint hint) Here's a link to the part of "Wrong Way Up" where Vortex is featured. and Here's one of the part in "Extreme Heights" where Diamondback is featured Last but not least, the link to the part of "Splintering Speedsters" where Beast is featured Unless, Original, you want the full episodes, lol. but at least I posted the links of when our three rides are featured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Vortex going 80? Oh god...... That ride would offer both amazing air time, and impeccable head banging. And EVEN MORE positive G's on the loops!!! I mean, there's enough of them already... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Vortex going 80? Oh god...... That ride would offer both amazing air time, and impeccable head banging. Impeccable head banging? You're saying that the head banging would be perfect? The only perfect head banging in my book is none at all. jcgoble3, banging his head on the wall for not noticing that three weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrypt Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 LOL, I think that was auto-correct on my iPod! But I 'spose some head banging could be "perfect"! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 And here I gave you credit for meaning exactly what was posted. I was impressed. Truly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrypt Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks, Terp. I now read over my comment in context, and indeed, I truly did mean impeccable. I have no idea what I was thinking above, I guess I blame auto-correct (and Paramount) too much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Truly. Terpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Then now I'm confused. How does "impeccable" make sense there? Explanation, please? jcgoble3, now scratching his head instead of banging it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Just substitute the word perfect in the post and reread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 "Perfect" does not make sense either. I would think that the faster it goes, the WORSE the head banging would be, not better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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