AllegroCrab
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They could just be smart and not put their hands up at that part until they've done pull throughs.
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Steel Vengeance looks insane. It seems to go on forever. I guess that's what happens when you use all of the energy you get from a 200ft drop instead of going into the brakes at 70km/h.
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I was thinking back row. Sustained airtime a lot of the way down a twisted 200ft drop. Absolutely insane.
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I don't want to get my hopes up too much, but that looks like one of the best drops in the world.
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The supports there right now might look ugly, but once the entire thing is built, everyone will be looking at the top of the drop and that joker face, not the mess of supports halfway down.
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Well there's no NDT involved in the inspection process.
Quite shocked at the amount of people (here and elsewhere) who are labeling this an unpreventable incident. If this sort of failure was unpreventable we'd be seeing planes falling out of the sky due to fatigue failures all the time, however we don't, because NDT methods are implemented as standard in that industry to detect the signs of fatigue way before a failure like this will ever happen.
Just because we're not experts doesn't mean we're inherently wrong. You don't need to be an engineer to understand a lot of this stuff. Anyone who's ever played around with a paperclip knows if you bend the metal back and forward enough times it'll snap. NDT is the way of detecting the signs of fatigue that are not visible. If fatigue ends up being the main factor (it seems very, very likely at this point) then it'd be madness for NDT not to be introduced as standard for inspections from the results of investigations into this incident.
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5 hours ago, Levithian said:
People who fly off the handle and blame manufacturers digging up "documents" that they either don't understand, or don't care to read are the same sort of people that fueled the fires when the terrible accident happened at dreamworld. Everyone on parkz hated that kind of coverage and blame game, especially when there was so much completely incorrect and misleading "fact" reporting, but now it's happening on the other side of the world it's ok? You guys are a bunch of hypocrites.
The difference here is that people are trying to find the actual cause of this incident. I had no qualms with media being critical of the industry after the TRRR incident, these things simply should not happen. My only gripe was when journalists and news outlets had no interest in reporting relevant facts or trying to get to the bottom of the situation, who were instead just fanning the flames, bringing up every unrelated past incident at any theme park to get clicks on their news story. That's not what's happening here, people are genuinely trying to get the facts out of this situation.
Why should we be trying to defend the industry when someone went on a ride to enjoy themselves, but didn't return home that night? There is no defence for that. We have to be critical here, don't just defend it blindly because you love the industry, if anything you should be more critical if you love the industry.
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Surprised to hear that some are disappointed with this. A swing like this isn't a spin and spew, they are floater airtime machines. The Claw is the best flat ride I've ever ridden.
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The single rider queue for Shambhala saw me ride it about 40 times in one weekend.
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4 hours ago, Sarm said:
When people are terrified on thrill rides they close their eyes in an attempt to make the ride less terrifying, blindfolds are very similar to closing your eyes.
I struggle to see how blindfolds will create a more intense experience. It's a great idea to open the park at night with all their "big 9" thrill rides running, but the blindfolds are unnecessary in my opinion, although hopefully they will get DW some extra money.
Have you ever done a ride with your eyes shut? It's pretty terrifying.
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On 6/19/2017 at 10:00 PM, Ryande16 said:
Do you guys think it will open early or late October? because im going to the GC on the 23rd to the the 28th and will be really shitty if it's not open.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a soft opening in September. Likely they deliberately overstated the opening by pushing it to October just so people like you can show up in October and not be disappointed.
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Being the tallest coaster doesn't count if you only use half the track.
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I think I've decided that if it's an upcharge (which it should be) I'll ride it backwards as a one-off, then ride it forwards every other time.
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I'm expecting MW's operations to be slow enough anyway that it makes no difference.
I know how illogical my argument against the back row is, it's an argument of feelings not thoughts.
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The hill will definitely be higher than the loop, but I'm guessing it won't be much higher if they're going for real ejector air. The air at the top of the loop will probably have to be more floater. If I have to put a number to it, if the loop is 40m tall then then maybe the hill will be about 45.
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Maybe it's just my reddit elitism, but why are we downvoting someone just because we don't agree with them? Save it for when people post incoherent garbage, not well spoken opinion.
I don't agree with getting rid of the refill station, but it's a good point that soft drink is actually pretty bad for your health, it's a valid concern. I'm not really in the know as I usually only buy soft drink at parks, but what alternatives do MW offer (besides water).
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16 hours ago, XxMrYoshixX said:
Remember, VRTP has always worked with manufacturers to make rides that are different to other rides of their type. For Superman, this was adding the dark ride section, for Arkham, adding a helix at the end, for Scooby Doo, having elaborate theming, and an elevator lift instead of a lift hill, and for Green Lantern, this was the 4 abreast seating and onboard audio. Likewise, for this it is the backwards seating and the Joker face on the top of the lift hill, features never seen before on any hyper. You could argue that the log flume sections of Storm are created specifically for SW.
These little features that you call "gimmicks" are what separates the rides from MW from other rides of their type & manufacturer, and in many cases improves them. Our tiny Superman, for example, ranked highly in the old Mitch Hawker polls, ranking near rides such as Nemesis, Phantom's Revenge, and Blue Fire, and Scooby Doo was the highest-ranking wild mouse on the polls.
I agree with mostly everything, but the things you mention for all those other rides are not gimmicks, they're fundamental parts of the ride.
Making an entire ride and then turning one row of seats backwards is a gimmick.
It's probably just the coaster nerd inside of me who's resistant to change and having a pointless whinge, but it really feels wrong having a coaster that looks so brilliant by itself trying so hard to make itself look better.
Bitch you already perfect <3
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4 hours ago, Ryande16 said:
Most B&M hypers look boring and repetitive.
I'm about done with this forum. Is this a place where theme park enthusiasts meet or.... ?
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1 hour ago, screamqueens said:
Id like to see them continue the theming that they have shown on the top of the lift hill throughout more parts of the coaster.
Similar maybe to what Bizarro SFNE has, I think Movie World are extremely capable of pulling off some decent theming in this style to create a storyline that stretches past the station and through the coaster.
I've always thought those 'cardboard' cutout themes are just a bit lame, I mean, the only place you see it is at six flags.
If the queue and station are well themed there'll be little reason to have much more. If it's a choice between having no theme at all past the station or having the half assed cutout theming, I'd take no theme. The difference between the quality theming at the station and the filler theming throughout the layout would be jarring.
The Joker's face at the top should look really cool when lit up at night. Especially alongside the Green Lantern display. The Movie World skyline is going to be incredible.
@Ryande16 on your screenshot: The GP really don't know how good this is going to be haha.
@Rollercoaster_Lover Better than Fury 325? I'm not sure that's likely, but you're right, most enthusiasts overseas I've talked to look at this coaster as the best new coaster this year. If we thought Superman Escape was a World Class implementation in 2005, well we've got another thing coming here.
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6 minutes ago, Santa07 said:
Intensity is one thing, but a backwards seat could easily go too far and become nauseating.
There's only two seats, no one's being forced to ride backwards. The people who actually end up riding backwards will know what they're in for and they'll be there willingly.
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DC Rivals Hypercoaster is a terrible name.
Any backwards seat on a coaster of this scale is a gimmick, whether it's one row or an entire train, but I'll give it a go, it'll be properly intense.
I like the look of the layout towards the end, lots of hills after one another.
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10/10 thread.
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On 5/27/2017 at 3:24 PM, Santa07 said:
Okay, the Twilight Zone was popular, but it's getting quite old now and the youth of today are definitely going to jump for a GotG-themed ride over a Twilight Zone-themed ride.
Grrr I hate this argument.
The theme itself is from the past, so it doesn't matter one bit that the ride is somewhat dated. It's supposed to be a creepy old hotel from 1939. The original ride system was tailor made for the theme and story, and it is probably the best ride/experience combination I've ever ridden.
The most recent installation of the ride was in 2007, that's only 10 years ago, where Disney thought the ride experience was still of a high enough quality to be put in as a brand new attraction at one of their parks.
The Twilight Zone is still a well known name amongst 'the youth of today' because of the rides at Disney parks. They're attractions that carry themselves, where the ride experience matches the theme perfectly. A good ride doesn't have to have a successful movie series behind it to get people through the gates to ride it. And ride themes that are relying on a franchise to get people through the gates will not last.
This has to have been Disney's worst idea ever.
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4 hours ago, TimMc333 said:
@Brad2912 Is that last picture of the final brake run? Looks like a nice bit of airtime leading into it.
Hopefully a few more airtime moments back to back just before that.
There's something awesome about seeing the supports for such a massive coaster as this emerging over the tops of such unmistakably Australian flora.
DC Rivals HyperCoaster construction discussion
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The magnitude of forces will be exactly the same, just the direction may change.
The vertical positive/negative would be exactly the same as if you were sitting forwards.
The lateral forces will switch sides because your left becomes the train's right, and the forwards/backwards forces will switch direction because your forwards is the train's backwards.