DeltaFlyer Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 If you could pick one coaster to have built in your backyard to ride whenever you want, what would it be? To make it a little more interesting, only list an existing ride model that costs less than $10,000,000. If RCDB or Wikipedia (or any other official source) do not list a price, it doesn’t count! My personal choice, a Chance Hyper GT-X! Lightning Run is one of my favorite coasters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr0y Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Without a doubt, The Beast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klabergian Empire Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Imma have to go with Vortex on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Wicked Twister... only $9,000,000! Seriously, one of those in my backyard would be awesome!!! The only thing would be that it would need so much power for the launch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 This is a hard one. I think a GCI could be built for under the budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hueney020 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I would take a rail blazer type coaster any day. Wiki says it was built for 7 mil. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUN&ONLY! Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 The Beast was only 3.2 million! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaFlyer Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 24 minutes ago, FUN&ONLY! said: The Beast was only 3.2 million! With inflation, that’s $10,600,000 today! Still a deal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hmm. $10 million budget? Well, I think I have a few options: (I have ridden models of these) My Pick: GCI or Gravity Group Wooden Coaster: While the ones I have ridden are on a bigger scale (especially from GG as I have only ridden Voyage which is massive) even the smaller wooden coasters by these companies look great, and you could probably fit a lot of coaster under $10,000,000. Heck, Voyage adjusted for inflation JUST breaks the limit at about $11 million! Thus a wooden coaster by one of these companies would likely be my pick. I would go for something about the size of say, Legend at Holiday World (Around 100 feet tall, decent length, etc.) Still, other options are tempting...though I have not ridden them save ONE: (Have never ridden but am tempted by...) RMC Raptor: I don't see a listing for price, but given Six Flags is buying these and they are less than 2000 feet long, these are very likely under $10m and reviews for these seem amazing. Not to mention from the POVs, the pacing looks insane. Chance Rides Hyper GTX: These things look like miniature hypercoasters with great airtime. I still need to get to Kentucky Kingdom to ride Lightning Run, to see if it really is the baby Magnum XL-200 I think it looks like. (And then these ideas I looked up but are over $10m sadly) Intamin Impulse (only other model here I have ridden): Wicked Twister was $9 million in 2002, which sadly translates to about $13 million in 2020 so it breaks the limit, and I cannot find how much the smaller models cost. I did enjoy Wicked Twister though. Vekoma Bermuda Blitz or Shockwave: These look like awesome coasters, and the reviews for Lech Coaster have been very good. These also just break the $10m limit, and would be under $15m most likely. (Based on their prices in Euros, converted to USD) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 The Beast, with my dream house being The Haunted Mansion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/15/2020 at 4:07 PM, DeltaFlyer said: With inflation, that’s $10,600,000 today! Still a deal. I believe I was an interview with a Kings Island official and he estimated it would cost about $30million to rebuild today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hueney020 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 28 minutes ago, flightoffear1996 said: I believe I was an interview with a Kings Island official and he estimated it would cost about $30million to rebuild today. Yeah. I thought I heard that some where too. Maybe they are counting all the land they had to clear before building the coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I would assume it just cost more to build a coaster. Labor is expensive plus Im sure the design process it a lot more expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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