coaster_junky Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I love how the promo video for Iron Rattler uses the same snake that was used in the Diamondback promo. haha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Intamin prefab wood hyper coaster? I'd love to see one go there, just put the lift a little further away from Adventure Express and Flight Deck. Great Idea! At least if another wooden hyper coaster came to Kings Island now, technology has advanced since the age of SOB and maybe a smarter plan would be made for such a coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveWorldEmperor Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Intamin prefab wood hyper coaster? I'd love to see one go there, just put the lift a little further away from Adventure Express and Flight Deck. Great Idea! At least if another wooden hyper coaster came to Kings Island now, technology has advanced since the age of SOB and maybe a smarter plan would be made for such a coaster. In all honesty I was expecting more of a response against this idea, but I'm glad you share my enthusiasm! And if you look at the facts, Colossos is very close to 200ft. and its still going well, and El Toro goes 70mph so its stress factor must be close to SoB's and it hasn't degraded. And are all 4 Prefab Intamins in Mitch Hawker's top 10? I think if you take the successes of SoB and implement them on a coaster without all of the critical design flaws, we could have one of the best coasters around! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sno Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Update: The last pieces of Son of Beast have been removed today. The lift hill to be exact. Will post pictures soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 It is already being talked about in the other SOB thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanofFirehawk Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Search is your friend... That is a complete thought, I thought... I want something totally unexpected, but not like Dinosaurs Alive unexspected. Like a new area or like a record breaker that craps all over kingda ka, that thing has been in a rain for to long. I would prefer some thing traditional, like with a lift hill but with 400-500 feet tall drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I strongly suspect you are going to be very disappointed. Think of a nice diversion, not a record breaking behemoth. The coaster czar has retired. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sno Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 I agree Terp. However i do expect there to be a large thrill to be placed there but it will most likely be something that is definetly better than Diamondback of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblanken Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I agree Terp. However i do expect there to be a large thrill to be placed there but it will most likely be something that is definetly better than Diamondback of course. So you think they will move The Racer over there and change it back to how it originally ran? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Only time will tell what that space is done with.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr for Birdy Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I strongly suspect you are going to be very disappointed. Think of a nice diversion, not a record breaking behemoth. The coaster czar has retired. Many of you should read this again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanofFirehawk Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I strongly suspect you are going to be very disappointed. Think of a nice diversion, not a record breaking behemoth. The coaster czar has retired. Many of you should read this again! NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! A Fan in Denial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideOnKI Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I say they should put in a B&M Strata Coaster.......................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawg1998 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I say they should put in a B&M Strata Coaster.......................................... I say they won't and they shouldn't...B&M said they wouldn't go over 300ft; which they did; so I doubt they'd go to 400. If I'm correct that a strata coaster is 400ft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 He was joking. I'm sure if someone was willing to pay for a 400 foot B&M they would build it. Finding someone willing to spend that much would be nearly impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 If it were at Kings Island, step one would be excavating a huge, deep hole.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTCO Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I say they should put in a B&M Strata Coaster.......................................... I say they won't and they shouldn't...B&M said they wouldn't go over 300ft; which they did; so I doubt they'd go to 400. If I'm correct that a strata coaster is 400ft? B&M has never set a cap on their coaster hight. As said in an interview with Walter. No one has ever asked for it. EDIT: Right at the one minute mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I think it was mentioned before on PointBuzz that B&M was originally in on the Millennium Force project, but the cost for them to build 300 feet at that time was in the thirty million dollar range. Cedar Point, of course, ended up going with Intamin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Insert obligatory Interpreter reference to a big blue B&M at the Point. Which pretty much is true now, anyway. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I didn't want to bring that up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Meyer Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I'm hoping for a Gravity Group wooden roller coaster. Something similar to Voyage, but this time bring back the loop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Gravity Group has said they are comfortable with inversions but not with loops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrick Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I never heard that before, but that is really interesting. Did they give any reasons why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Not that I'm aware of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 They did, but I can't find which video from IAAPA it was in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 ^ I recall seeing that in a video as well, but I can't find it either. I'm pretty sure the reasoning was that vertical forces are much lower in a corkscrew than in a vertical loop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I'm pretty sure that was the reason too, but did not want to misquote them. I've already learned my lesson about misquoting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 ^ Found it: The comment was from Rocky Mountain Construction, not Gravity Group. Both of them are doing similar inversions with wood supports, so the same reasoning would seem to apply. It's good to avoid misquoting or misattributing quotes, especially when the people quoted aren't on the forum to correct us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 That isn't my source. It is my understanding that Gravity Group is also not comfortable doing loops on wooden coasters at this time. Something about no way in Hades. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Man Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Whatever would go in the area left by SOB would be a better made ride. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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