windshawne Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 Where is channel 36 from? I saw two people with cameras and news shirts by DB today.....
Existential Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 Sorry folks. Just saw this. I have some land in muernen KY. I won the powerball a few weeks ago while vacationing in Florida and wanted to hire intamin to recreate maverick in green. They told me to look for it today. Better go check 11
Oldiesmann Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 Any possibility this is going to Holiday World? Sure, it's possible, since I-71 connects to I-64, which is the closest interstate highway, but there hasn't been any news of construction at HW. Gad198 brings up a good point, rumors I've been hearing is that Mack could be the manufacturer for the Dollywood ride. Now I am not saying the track is or isn't Intamin that was spotted, but it's a possibility. By the way does Mack have a USA plant? If so where? A Google search doesn't turn up anything - it seems most of their operations are from their headquarters in Germany, though they do have sales reps in the US associated with the company Leisure Labs LLC (which also sells rides from three other companies). 1
Cody Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 Strange, if you saw this around 1:10-1:20 pm and if it was going to the park, it should be there by now. I haven't seen any pics popped up yet and trust me if there was any track spotted near KI, we would see pics popping up on twitter & FB. I did however found this. http://coasterfusion.com/news.php?extend.13 4
McSalsa Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 ^Taking pictures from Drop Tower without park permission while the ride is running...ugh. For shame. What if you drop that camera? Someone could have been seriously hurt.... (Talking to the CoasterFusion dude, not Rumor Smasher as he did not do this...I hope...) 2
coasterfanatic83 Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 Has anybody even confirmed that there was track on 71 yet? One person, who just told us that his buddy Ron said it was a B&M Giga a few days ago, said he saw it. I'll believe it when somebody confirms it, but until then, this means nothing to me. 10
Bennett Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 We don't know for sure if the track is for Kings Island or not. Talk about jumping to conclusions. 2
jdawg1998 Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 For all we know, the track could be going to some guy's backyard. I'm sure there's plenty of people that want to have an Intamin roller coaster at their on house! 3
RollerNut Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 Or it could be part of a crane, or some other thing that has similar shape.
TTD-120-420 Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 As the old saying goes... "Pics or it didn't happen" 15
Diamondbill Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 If roller coaster track is indeed coming through Columbus, the project involved can't stay secret much longer. In case anyone's interested enough to reload traffic cameras over and over, here's a traffic camera of I-71 south of the I-70/I-71 split: http://cmhimg01.dot.state.oh.us/images/CMH/CMH069-L.jpg (left side is southbound) In case one camera's not enough, here's a list of them all: http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/services/Cameras.aspx To be truly thorough, one might want to check I-270 bypassing Columbus. That list should include every operating traffic camera in the state. If it was coming from I70 it would more than likely taken 2701 around the southeast of Columbus.
etecnifibre Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 I'm not so worried after reading all this about where the track is going, but come on guys, if someone has taken the time to register and post here, they KNOW what an Intamin track looks like! From someone who actually saw The Bat when it was there, I'm hopeful for an Intamin coaster. What is with B&M having to put a break run in all of their rides? It kills the Diamondback ride. It kills Gatekeeper. Milennium Force is balls to the wall until it hits the brake. Let's hope!!
TheCrypt Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 Millennium Force has worse capacity than B&M rides because of the lack of a mid course brake run. It can only run one train at the time versus Diamondback which can run two trains. It may dampen the thrill [slightly] but it gets you through the line faster. 1
Big Sexy Posted May 31, 2013 Author Posted May 31, 2013 With millennium force's two stations load/unload its not bad capacity wise. Cedar Point's crew routinely hits interval better than KI's Diamondback crew for years.
Cody Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 Yea, I'm going have to say that you made this up. After doing enough research today, there is no trace of your green track anywhere. People of KIC, false alarm, there was no green track that Big Sexy speaks of. I'm sure hes enjoying getting you guys all riled up. Actually I found this green track..... also before you call me a liar, the weight stations would beg to differ. 1
TheCrypt Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 With millennium force's two stations load/unload its not bad capacity wise. Cedar Point's crew routinely hits interval better than KI's Diamondback crew for years.According to that line of argument, shouldn't Flight of Fear have an amazing capacity because of its separate load/unload stations? 3
Big Sexy Posted May 31, 2013 Author Posted May 31, 2013 With millennium force's two stations load/unload its not bad capacity wise. Cedar Point's crew routinely hits interval better than KI's Diamondback crew for years.According to that line of argument, shouldn't Flight of Fear have an amazing capacity because of its separate load/unload stations? Diamondback has a listing of 325 more pph than force. Millennium routinely sends a train out as the train running the track is coming out of the last tunnel. Diamondback should have a train half way up the lift or 2/3's when the train on the track hits the mid course brake. Routinely there is stacking taking place and the b&ms should be quicker with no seat belt. Flight of Fear should hit 2000 pph hitting interval routinely but they are lucky to get 1000pph with all the stacking.
TheCrypt Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 How often do you visit Kings Island and Cedar Point? You act as if Cedar Point ride ops never stack and Kings Island consistently does.
Big Sexy Posted May 31, 2013 Author Posted May 31, 2013 I have been to CP twice and Ki three times this season. I hate to say it cause KI is my home park but there is no comparison. 1
Big Sexy Posted May 31, 2013 Author Posted May 31, 2013 Yea, I'm going have to say that you made this up. After doing enough research today, there is no trace of your green track anywhere. People of KIC, false alarm, there was no green track that Big Sexy speaks of. I'm sure hes enjoying getting you guys all riled up. Actually I found this green track..... also before you call me a liar, the weight stations would beg to differ. I never claimed it was going to KI, just that I saw intamin track. Get your facts straight brother. as far as we know it could be in a storage wharehouse KI rents to store stuff. 1
TheCrypt Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 I have been to CP twice and Ki three times this season. I hate to say it cause KI is my home park but there is no comparison.If there is no comparison between Cedar Point and Kings Island, why do you continue to compare the two? 2
SonofBaconator Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 Can we please not make a big deal over this? A rookie caused some confusion and hopefully he or she has learned from it... 2
RingMaster Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 Can we please not make a big deal over this? A rookie caused some confusion and hopefully he or she has learned from it... You're on an amusement park fansite that, within the past month, has accumulated close to two thousand posts in a single thread comprised of wild assumptions and baseless conclusions that, not only is a coaster of immeasurable size being built on the grave site of several previous rides, but it is somehow universally concluded to be a gigacoaster from B&M Intamin (insert company name here) destined to be the park's true flagship attraction; we should leave the pot to continue calling the kettle black on this one. 4
The Interpreter Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 Universally? Florida or California? Terp, who just HAD to (and isn't in that universe and also isn't not...or sumthin', Merlin). 3
Hank Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 I haven't posted anything in this thread before now. I believe we are having CNN syndrome - instant reporting of everything and anything. Notice - I didn't say FOX syndrome because it's not fair and balanced. However, it is Cedar Fair (still not balanced, though). (to the tune of "My Favorite Things") Raindrops on mud piles with B & M footers Green track was spotted - does verifying matter? Grey posts are lying in grass, just up north Waiting for Don to share news July 4th - apologies to Rodgers & Hammerstein 8
Thrill_Biscuit Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 Not to Chang the subject (dang it! I almost resisted...) but conjecture is what makes this site so much fun. Seriously! 4
Oldschool75 Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 I wonder how hard Don is laughing at his desk reading all this. 6
xXDrummerKiDXx Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 I would bet any amount of money that if Don is reading this post, he's getting a kick out of this. "Haha, I know what's gonna happen, I'd love to share with them but these discussions are just too dang funny!" 2
Pratt2112 Posted May 31, 2013 Posted May 31, 2013 I haven't posted anything in this thread before now. I believe we are having CNN syndrome - instant reporting of everything and anything. Notice - I didn't say FOX syndrome because it's not fair and balanced. However, it is Cedar Fair (still not balanced, though). (to the tune of "My Favorite Things") Raindrops on mud piles with B & M footers Green track was spotted - does verifying matter? Grey posts are lying in grass, just up north Waiting for Don to share news July 4th - apologies to Rodgers & Hammerstein I honestly sang that outloud.. very funny!
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