The business of building roller coasters

[DonHelbig]

The Racer is mentioned in this article of the business of building roller coasters.

[razmataz99]

That was a great article!

It also show the blueprints for Banshee

[The Interpreter]

Someone is also mentioned prominently in that article.

[TheBEASTunchained]

That was a very well put together article with some nice information.

Thanks for sharing this with us Don.

[jla]

Thank you.

[homestar92]

While it is already an ACE Roller Coaster Landmark, I think that the Kings Island Racer should be nominated to become a National Historic Landmark. It certainly has been important, and its impact on the industry industry is immeasurable.

[shark6495]

Great article,

In all seriousness, the article mentions Big Bad Wolf as the first suspended, I thought The Bat was? Secondly, I have not really noticed but KI seems to be on the forefront of roller coaster innovation.

Racer, Beast, Bat, King Cobra, SOB, Banshee (any other record breakers/first of their kind/important?)

[TheCrypt]

^Flight of Fear and Tomb Raider: The Ride as well.

[Ride On_17]

I couldn't help but laugh at the quote underneath the picture.

"A good roller coaster is better than sex."

Seeing as it was the very first thing I read when I opened that link, I started to question what exactly I was going to be reading.

[PKIVortex]

The Big Bad Wolf was the first successful Suspended Coaster.

[lopan]

"Today, every record-setting coaster is less than 15 years old". cough, The Beast, cough

[Coasterama]

Great article,

In all seriousness, the article mentions Big Bad Wolf as the first suspended, I thought The Bat was? Secondly, I have not really noticed but KI seems to be on the forefront of roller coaster innovation.

Racer, Beast, Bat, King Cobra, SOB, Banshee (any other record breakers/first of their kind/important?)

I believe Flight of Fear was the first coaster to use utilize a LIM launching system.

[lopan]

^ it was, along with the one they built at its sister park

[Oldschool75]

I really hate the lack of research these days by "journalists".

[The Interpreter]

"A perennial problem, much to the chagrin of many."

Terp, choosing his words carefully (also where x is a number more than 0, x + 12,000 does not equal 12,000).

Terp, citin' random stuff, up and down.

[Tr0y]

Great article,

In all seriousness, the article mentions Big Bad Wolf as the first suspended, I thought The Bat was? Secondly, I have not really noticed but KI seems to be on the forefront of roller coaster innovation.

Racer, Beast, Bat, King Cobra, SOB, Banshee (any other record breakers/first of their kind/important?)

you can throw first of their kind out the window, it will be B&M from here on out.

[UnrealNightmare]

I doubt it's going to be only B&M coasters from here on out. We can rule out Intamin but we can't rule out some of the other great coaster company's out there. Like GCI who just installed a coaster at California's Great America.

[NoChickens]

As I remember, Vortex was also a record breaker when debuted. And after checking, Wikipedia agrees (notice I did not say confirms).

" Vortex debuted as the tallest, full-circuit roller coaster with the highest drop in the world. It was also the first to feature six inversions."

Edit: I only remembered the inversions record.

[shark6495]

The Big Bad Wolf was the first successful Suspended Coaster.

Well what constitutes a successful coaster? Bat opened for 3 years, gave a bunch of rides. If you can count SOB then Bat should be counted as well.

Maybe we should be lucky to have such a great park sitting in our backyards...

[The Interpreter]

Our backyards? Some here have:

* Castles and Coasters

* Carowinds

* Cedar Point

* Kentucky Kingdom

* Camden Park

* Six Flags America

* Holiday World

Just to name a few.

Heck, some of us don't have back yards!

[UnrealNightmare]

I don't have any parks in my backyard. Right now I just have dead grass and some firewood.

[Gplez90]

Great article,

In all seriousness, the article mentions Big Bad Wolf as the first suspended, I thought The Bat was? Secondly, I have not really noticed but KI seems to be on the forefront of roller coaster innovation.

Racer, Beast, Bat, King Cobra, SOB, Banshee (any other record breakers/first of their kind/important?)

Also, i believe that Drop Tower still holds the record for Worlds Tallest Gyro Drop Tower (not longest drop).

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[The Interpreter]

Not to mention Son of Beast was the tallest, fastest and only looping wooden roller coaster on the planet.

Successful? Uh, no.

[Tr0y]

It has been on the lift before, only way to go was up. So dunno if it completed the course back then, I wasn't there to watch it I'll have to ask.

Here's a question for Don, how is it determined how much the park receives for capital investments for a coaster building year? Does Cedar Fair drawl up how much the park is bringing in, and depending on how much the parks revenue is the park is awarded a set amount of money to spend for capital that year, including the cost of the coaster?

[thedevariouseffect]

Why am I quoted

[TTD-120-420]

This investors presentation contains about as much info as you're going to get.

http://i.coasterbuzz.com/pdf/funforwardpresentation2012.pdf

[rcwizard13]

This investors presentation contains about as much info as you're going to get.

http://i.coasterbuzz.com/pdf/funforwardpresentation2012.pdf

After seeing where that link (404) takes me, that must not be much info at all.

[jcgoble3]

This investors presentation contains about as much info as you're going to get.

http://i.coasterbuzz.com/pdf/funforwardpresentation2012.pdf

After seeing where that link (404) takes me, that must not be much info at all.

Fixed link: http://i.coasterbuzz.com/pdf/funforwardpresentation2012.pdf