TheBEASTunchained Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 @CarowindsPark on Twitter: "And it's up! #Fury325 #epic #wow" Photo : Carowinds via Twitter 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubJester Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Newest update via Carowind's webcam at https://www.carowinds.com/online-fun/webcams . 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubJester Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Another Update. Picture taken from Carowinds' webcams at https://www.carowinds.com/online-fun/webcams 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I think Jeff Putz put it perfectly when he said "This is what we wanted Millennium Force to be, we just didn't know it at the time." 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsus Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 B&M didn't even know they could do it at the time, either. It only took an extra decade and a half. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merthecat Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 But it was worth the wait. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsus Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Correction: It will be worth the wait. We still have to wait until late March to be able to ride. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIBeast Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I have a question. Has anyone been on both an Intamin and B&M gigacoaster here on this site? If so, how do the rides compare? I've only been on Millennium force and I like it. I think it has some good floater air time and I dig the overbanked turns. Would like to experience a B&M giga. Did you hear that KI? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbum123 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Only Intamin for me so far as well. Millie is great. One of my top coasters. I305 on the other hand, of all the times I have ridden it, I can't remember half of it because I was still recovering from the bottom of the first hill. Looking forward to ridding my first B&M Giga this spring. Followed shortly by Leviathan on our Summer coaster tour. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfanatic83 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Carowinds will also be adding a SlingShot ride in 2015.https://www.carowinds.com/rides/Thrill-Rides/Sling-Shot http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/12/10/6611601_carowinds-adds-sling-shot-ride.html?rh=1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merthecat Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 It's already been announced?!?! I thought it was going to be a few more weeks until that happened! Mer, who likes using smileys. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubJester Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Here is another shot I wanted to share. The view of Charlotte is amazing. When I went on WindSeeker there at night it was just breathtaking. Image from Carowinds' webcam at https://www.carowinds.com/online-fun/webcams 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaks76 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 That trailer underneath the drop really puts in perspective how tall that sucker really is. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 The swarm is approaching the front gate..... (Live still-image captured from the Carowinds New Gate Construction Cam) 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Wow. They've really picked up the pace after they topped off the first hill. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikkinixx99 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I'm so looking forward to riding this monster!! Have been watching the construction daily!! Man oh man if KI had one of these I would never go to another park!! But I want it to be 350ft and over 100 mph and over 7,000ft. I'm asking for way too much I know!! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merthecat Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Hey, I'd love it if those were the stats. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I'm so looking forward to riding this monster!! Have been watching the construction daily!! Man oh man if KI had one of these I would never go to another park!! But I want it to be 350ft and over 100 mph and over 7,000ft. I'm asking for way too much I know!! It's definitely not impossible, and especially with the order of Cedar Fair parks getting B&M gigas........I wouldn't count KI out of getting one......I also wouldn't count it out of having similar statistics to what you've mentioned...... .....Just remember.....This is Kings Island we're talking about..... .....And thankfully not the Kings Island that brought you the world's first wooden looping coaster..... .....or the same management that is. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 The section of track completed on the ride today is the entrance flyover element. (Live still-image captured from the Carowinds Fury325 cam) (Sorry for the double post) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I'm so looking forward to riding this monster!! Have been watching the construction daily!! Man oh man if KI had one of these I would never go to another park!! But I want it to be 350ft and over 100 mph and over 7,000ft. I'm asking for way too much I know!! It's definitely not impossible, and especially with the order of Cedar Fair parks getting B&M gigas........I wouldn't count KI out of getting one......I also wouldn't count it out of having similar statistics to what you've mentioned...... .....Just remember.....This is Kings Island we're talking about..... .....And thankfully not the Kings Island that brought you the world's first wooden looping coaster..... .....or the same management that is. No management at Kings Island was even born yet when the world's first wooden looping coaster debuted. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I was just referring to Paramount Parks. Should have worded that differently. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 "...world's first.." Terp, just quotin' Paramount correctly said the planet's only... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Ohhhhhhhhh...... Why did I write that???? Got me Terp! .....TheBEASTunchained.....obviously not in the right mind this evening! This is what a long day will do to ya! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubJester Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Wow Fury325 looks great around the entrance so far. Can't wait to see it go in the little ditch..... which will happen soon (thanks to the amazing construction pace) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsus Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 The section of track completed on the ride today is the entrance flyover element. <image_redacted> (Live still-image captured from the Carowinds Fury325 cam) (Sorry for the double post) Actually, that's only the second of three flyovers, accompanied by one fly-under. The first one is the one over that path on the left, as part of the s-curve. The second is the over the path on the right, an overbanked curve toward the parking lot. After a horseshoe turn, a fly-under goes through that ditch and under a to-be-built bridge. That leads into a camelback hill for the third and final flyover. Just being technical since Fury 325 flies over the two paths three times in total and under one time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Job 2005 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I don't really know why, but the fact that there's no support directly under the crest of the lift hill perturbs me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsus Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Pretty wide gaps between supports for a giga coaster, right? Hey, if the engineering models said it would work, great. It just makes it look, um, questionable.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 It's B&M. Son of Beast looked sturdy enough. It wasn't. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsus Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Oh, I know, it's B&M. These guys know what they're doing. See also: Leviathan is still standing with no issues to speak of, right? Its lift is similar. Also, they haven't exactly had to delay a ride opening so they could rip out an entire inversion and replace it with an s-curve after the very first test run with riders. It's just the appearance of it messing with my mind. It's insane, in a good way. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 If you want to see huge gaps between support beams, might I direct you to Skyrush's or I305's lifts. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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