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Read the first post mate. I reckon it could be good, its like a 4d, but without turns. And 4D coasters are pretty cool, maybe DW could get a 4d style ride.

Dude, the ride isnt even built fully yet, i dont think anyone knows, but i would imagine it would use a flipping track junction and go like how you showed in the pic.

Intamin have just released their answer to the arrow 4d, the ball coaster, each car holds 8 people and it goes along a narrow footprint, the ride doesn't have turns though, the track is stragiht and it curves onl on the X and Y axes. See http://coastersandmore.de/rides/eas05/eas1...1.shtml#divicom and scroll down, it is in German but the pics show it all. I think one of these could be cool at DW if you ran it alongside the TOT.

Just wondering, is anyone here getting a Nintendo DS since they have just been launched here?

Well, Its double the size of kanonens top hat, and that has to be one of the coolest things i have seen in a while. Its also only 5m shy of storm runner, and that too is pretty cool.

I imagine so, probably just the same way the revenge of the mummy coasters reverse since they are multi car.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr Adam, the ride isnt using vekomas red trains (post #3). Its going to be a track with the rails on the outside and a train type with wheels on the outside. Have a look at an Intamin Train and track, it will be exactly the same configuration. In other words the rails are on the outside and the wheels will be on the outside.

An Intamin Aqua Trax would be the shizznet Id be hapy with any sort of coaster really, If it is a coaster my bet is on Intamin.

I think its the other way around, Teens have a large disposable income, thats why so many teens strut around in expensive clothes with their expensive clothes and regulary just buy whatever they feel like. Families, in paticular, parents have to worry about running the family with their money and dont seem to just buy stuff for the sake of it as much as teens. Still, im hopeful about this, but "New Attraction" could mean that, it could be a ride, but it could be a show as that is considered an attraction too. I think DW will have to try something good, Im doubtful about how much interest BB can still hold, and with MW, SW and WnWSC all rolling out new attractions, they will definitley be feeling the pinch.

Adam, The ride will use vekomas new track system, not train system. The red train posted by yourself is for use on their looping coasters with inside rails, not for expedition everest type track where the rails are on the outside.

Hmm, I wonder what makes top spin style rides and fountains go hand in hand? Maybe this could be a ride slogan "Wipeout: spin cycle with rinse and hold" So anyway, what are people talking about with the dragsters on TOT? are they showing TTD footage?

I can answer this. Bascially, you cant go saying stuff like "hey everyone, come to my site" because thats advertising. But you can do links if its relevant to the topic, for example, someone might want pics of a ride, it is OK to post a link to a site showing pics of the ride.

Dragsters? Have I missed something here.

Because it is an Australian first and Intamin accelerators are all the rage right now, none of them have gotten bad reviews, apart from TTDs technical problems they are doing well. You also need to consider that Australias last looping coaster was built ten years ago so this is big news. No need to get so upset about people going off topic though KK, i mean, who ever heard of a converstion going for several weeks about the same thing, when talking in real life you can barley manage taling about one thing for 5 minutes before the subject changes, just let it flow and when interesting news comes in (Eg construction) then the topic will steer back. Given that, has anyone heard anything about when construction is due to begin?

I dont mean to be smart or anything like that, but here is a bit of food for thought. When comparing rides, its always best to compare like with like, for example comparing rapids rides with rapids rides and comparing inverted coasters with inverted coasters. Going by this, it would be best to compare wild mouses with wild mouses. If you were to compare Scooby Doo with Mullholland madness, it would be fair to say that Scooby Doo is better since they are both mouses, so in the mouse category, Scooby has not only matched disney, it has completley beaten it. Comparing to another Disney mouse; Primeval Whirl, Scooby Doo again is better. So in conclusion, Scooby Doo is better than Disney in terms of Mouse coasters.

A quick search on google yeilded this: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bouleva...endsoftiki.html

With Glubbos point about them being able to charge $40 per disc, well, that is coming close in price to a whole second day at the park and remember, most people would thinking "rip off" about the prices at the park already and would go :eek: at paying $40, i mean, $40 could buy 2 DVDs and that is like 5 hours of entertainment, versus this being only 30 mins at the max. I would buy it, but only if it were somewhere around the $20 mark.

Hmm, you could always put the flat ride indoors, for example, Chessington World of adventures has a break dance ride that is indoors and you shoot targets with a laser gun. And Paramounts King Island in the US has an indoor Tomb Raider top spin. So you never know. What would people think of something like this?http://www.themeparkvision.net/US/Attracti...=500&ParkID=108

I dont even think we will get a spiral at all, not even a 90 degree one, the slope to vertical and the arch will most likely be melded into one. Then again, we might get a wierd top hat, where one of the drops is straight.

Flat rides can indeed look nice, take the Claw for example. If they were to be built at MW, you could put Facade around 3 sides with 1/2 the front side left open for viewing. the ride structure could be themed well too. the other half of the front side of the ride would be where the queue building could be an that too could be themed to MW standard, inside the queue could be TVs telling the rides story, they would be properly acted and shot at the studios.

I was thinking along the lines of a Huss Jump2 http://www.hussrides.com/33GiantJump2.htm or A Huss Booster http://www.hussrides.com/33GiantJump2.htm or a Modial TopScan http://www.mondialrides.com/txt/topscan/index.html or a Chance Double Inverter http://www.rides.com/inverter_dbhome.html A couple of these rides together would be cool, just theme them up nicely and it should be cool. But please, no Mr Freeze Wave swingers: http://www.coasterforce.com/europe/warner_...drid/freeze.php Another ride that could be put in the park somwhere could be a Stunt Man themed launched freefall, again, this ride would give short lines, but it could still have a nice pre show telling you that you had been hired by warner bros to be a stunt doulble, but you have to pass a screen test to see if you are up to the job, which is where the launched freefall part comes in. This ride overcomes MWs space issues since freefall rides take only small amounts of space. And Scott, why wouldnt you want the ride opening in October, the sooner it opens the better (for the rest of us at least), and if you are away then, you could just go after you come back and enjoy shorter lines and less breakdowns.

Yeah, TRR could be improved a bit. Some ideas that spring to mind are, -New Fountains -More Themeing beside the ride -Spruce up existing Theming -Turn up the overhead waterfall at the tunnel (Prehaps by installing a new pump) -Get rid of the Dinosaur, its goldrush remember. -Install coin op spray guns. -Do something to make the ride up the conveyor more interesting.

According to RCDB, its opening in october. I might hold off a bit, maybe till november or at the very start of the holidays while the primary schools and 7-10 of secondary schools are still on holidays to avoid any teething problems that come with new rides.

Zamperla Energy Storm! those things look crazy.

Brakes, wheels, same difference. lets just call them "car stopping thingys" But anyway, its the same thing again, it takes less power to leave the wheels off then to have them running needlessly.