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Gazza

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  1. What about a Maurer Sohne spinning coaster, definitley a better model than the Reverchon , and it has a really good layout, Including a really awesome "Imellan Turn" And a pretty small footprint (43 x 20 m)
  2. Bus is right, a vekoma ride can do well if its in the right hands, But at Rich said, S&S would make the train.
  3. The places you were looking at dont have to support heavy loads due to high G forces, for example, at the top of the lift on Oblivion the cars would only be exerting their weight times 1 because there are only normal g forces at the top (1g) while it is slowly going around the turn. I can gauruntee that the supports deep in the tunnel would be big because they are supporting the cars weight times 4 because the cars are exterting 4g force on the track. Basically, the more force being exerted on the track, the bigger supports you will need. Maybe Rich should try explaining if my explaination wasnt good enough.
  4. Vekoma Could make it since they used the same track profile.
  5. Inveted, just find a picture of Wipeout in a few of its positons if you want to prove that the arms dont move together.
  6. Well, It is sea world so I guess thats what the park is all about, the sea. Nobody really missed the thrillseeker, it was very similar to Metropolis at LPM, Diamond Python at MMM and Tiapan at the show. But then again, I dont know how good a seal exhibit will be at getting people from interstate to come to SW when they could probably see it at a zoo in their nearest capital city. It also makes me wonder why the put on planet SOS 3D when those living in Syd or Melb could just go to Imax. SW should look to add some more rides eventually. But if SW do a good job on this it will be a good addition to the park.
  7. I saw it in the new posts thing and didn't tkae much notice of the forum it said, I thought it was talking about a left as in a left wing. Do you think any of the rides will be heading to LPS?
  8. Its been a while since I have been up there, when and why did they ditch it?
  9. I always thought they were the same height, unless you are talking about those brakes on the east side which give that "double drop" so one track has a bit less of a drop. I would imagine east would give a better view because it looks out toward the sea.
  10. Heres a clue, there is a picture of it on your avatar. With the onride footage, did you have to sign forms or something for them to let you take cameras on the ride, or do they just let you?
  11. The waterlides will probably be bought up by some piddling little park, only for the slide parts to lie on the ground, entangled with weeds and the supports to rust away, the slides never ending up being assembled. I have seen this happen when a large waterslide in my town that used to be operated by Apex was taken down from its lakeside location and moved to "Emerald Bank Herritage Farm", this all happened four years ago and the slide was never reassembled. BTW, when I first read this post, I thought it would be about the ALP wanting something more.
  12. That notice board is pretty cool, I like how it has a notice from someone whos Kingswood has gone missing. So, Is it like you are swinging on something between the creatures' four legs? They have done a really good job on the ride so I will have to convince my parents to tkae me on a holiday there. So, does anyone know how many intensity settings the ride has, and which one they will run it on?
  13. Im not, would you rather me write: "I wonder how on earth Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard came up with that name?"
  14. Why would they send it to Wangaratta ahead of Shepparton, we are bigger. Anyway, I went yesterday and had a bit of fun, but the prices marred it a bit. I firstly went on the crazy mouse/coaster , It was rater quite cool and its fun when you get to the second set of switchbacks where there is some good rotations, it could have been better if the rotations were there from the start, I was also suprised the ride had an on-ride photo. Next up I tried out hard rock and it was easily the best value ride of the lot and it had a short queue. You load into one of four sets of inward facing seats and sit down, unfortunatley the op pushed in my restraint so far i couldnt breathe all the way in. It was also rather funny seeing the op try to talk on the mike to us even though you couldn't hear him over the music. The floor system on the ride simply splits in two and the seats start rotating, then the fun starts with the swing, you get a good ever changing view, and its funny watching everyone else but the rotation was a bit nauseating, but bearable. I would rather the outward facing seats like on the Claw becasue you get a better view and it spins slower. It gave great airtime at the top and some strong Gs at the bottom, you got that wierd face putty feeling. Overall a great ride. Next up was mega drop, terrible value ($8) but I still did it, I got a nice view of the city at the top and you dont know when it is going to drop, suddenly you hear a hydraulic hiss and you are on your way down and braking before you know it. The freefall seemed to take longer then how it looks when you watch it. I then went on a simulator that had an underwater coaster movie, but I got a bit of a laugh when I saw that the film was the Crystal Beach Cyclone track from NL with some visual effects added. I had by then run out of time and had to catch a train into the city to see Geelong play Brisbane at the MCG.
  15. Gazza

    Can anybody help?

    Thre is probably another part of the roller coaster in the way of the next track piece to be laid. And also, the only track after half loops that can be put in are half corkscrews or half barrel rolls. I assume you are attepting to add another half loop after the first one, but you cant do this because the half loops are in a straight line so another half loop would collide with the first one, you just use a normal vertical loop in these situations becasue they sort of veer across to the left or right (depending on the one you picked) like in real life so track doesnt get in the way. Only use half loops if you are making hybrid elelments like cobra rolls or sidewinders.
  16. But I stil wanna read your review. And no, I dont eat pluto pups, lets face it, most of the food vans at the show are pretty unsanitary and old, I'd rather not eat at a salmonella hole, and the vans really annoy me too, they continually play a stupid repetitive tape of someone talking about all the food you can get, but luckily the showgrounds in my town have some good fast food outlets across the road so at least I can get lunch without getting the runs. Plus, what meat is in the middle of the pluto pups anyway, if anyone can truly say for sure then maybe I might eat one. Also, can anyone tell me the prices for the ride?
  17. So, did you go today or are you waiting till the weekend? I will be going on saturday before Geelong play Brisbane at the MCG, should be fun and Im really looking foward to some of the rides.
  18. I wonder how on earth Walt and Claude came up with that name, why not just call it a heartline roll or a barrel roll like everyone else? Unless that is what Dorney has decided to call it. Good to see B&M have started using the element though.
  19. Sounds good, I like the sound of the improvement for block borfers as the current way is a pain. The new coaster types soud fun too, like the motorbike coaster and the impuse, now I can try a recreation of tornado at Saakanemmi.
  20. Well, I'd locate mine in melbourne on a site with some rolling hills so the coasters could be terrain coasters. It would have a B&M invert with an intense layout, a standup coaster, a nice woodie, a bright and colourful kids area, a very wet river rapids, a double space shot, a lake in the middle of the park and some good flats like a giant topspin and a zeirer star shape. It would be based on my park i designed and posted here a while back. And it would be a private company so i could have big new rides without shareholders getting in my way. I would also make sure each new ride being put in was better than what the GC was doing.
  21. I have just stumbled across some layout pics For Hydra the revenge t Dorney Park http://www.dorneypark.com/public/inside_pa...rack_layout.cfm, It looks really cool, and it has 7 inversions, but no mid course brakes and no vertical loop, but it has a cokscrew that comes before a cobra roll and a "jojo" roll that comes before the lift hill. It also has a inclined dive loop, another B&M first. I wish I could head over to the states to ride this when it opens, it looks great. Hopefully it is showing the future of B&M coasters as some of their more recent rides have been very cookie cutter.
  22. Its good to know a theme park nut who actually appreciates the ride got in ahead of some snotty nosed member of the GP. Have fun and make sure you tell us about it.
  23. Oh whoops, I was under the impresiion it opened tonight, so how did you get in?
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