Finally (and the one I'm looking forward to the most), Wild Eagle (Dollywood).



/This has been your largely-useless coaster enthusiast service of the day

I don't see how that's a Superman roller coaster. You don't even get to fly through any rings.

ds_4815: Finally (and the one I'm looking forward to the most), Wild Eagle (Dollywood).

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Awesome. Will have to check this out on a trip back home after it opens. Last year I visited Dollywood for the first time in over a decade and really liked the new addition. The Mystery Mine was a hell of a lot of fun. The only unfortunate part of the trip was that temps were in the 100s all day, so I just about got heat stroke walking around the park.

Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

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Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

maybe you go around 10 times or something

"This coaster is a simulation of what it would be like if Clark Kent got drunk, zigged and zagged around in the air for a minute, and then flew smack into the ground."

Artist's Defense

ds_4815: Since they're rather sparse on pics...

Manta (SeaWorld San Diego)

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Skyrush (Hersheypark). Surprisingly little renderings to be found.

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Superman Ultimate Flight (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom), for those too lazy to check the article.

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Verbolten (BG Williamsburg)

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X-Flight (Six Flags Great America)

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As an enthusiast and frequent visitor to Hershey Park I am looking forward to this.

Wait, I thought there was some physics-related problem with circular loops...

yert: gweilo8888: [cache.rcdb.com image 640x512]

Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

maybe you go around 10 times or something

Pretty much just once, not counting the "shuttle" action to warm up the launch, so to speak. With these kind of rides, I'm much more concerned with capacity issues... they work quite well for smaller parks, but this is Six Flags we're talking here.

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Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

There's a reason it's so short.... look at the rendering and see if you can figure out what essential coaster feature is missing.

Figured it out yet?

There's no pre-launch climb. The Superman ride launches out of the gatehouse. It's actually a fairly unique ride in that regard. I'm guessing the acceleration required to get it out of that little gatehouse fast enough to make that vertical is pretty impressive.

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Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

This. Second in lameness only to the Screamin Demon at Kings Island (thankfully retired).

ds_4815: yert: gweilo8888: [cache.rcdb.com image 640x512]

Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

maybe you go around 10 times or something

Pretty much just once, not counting the "shuttle" action to warm up the launch, so to speak. With these kind of rides, I'm much more concerned with capacity issues... they work quite well for smaller parks, but this is Six Flags we're talking here.

Well, hell, that's lame. I could have sworn it was a launch system they were touting when I was there this summer. This just sucks.

Jclark666: gweilo8888: [cache.rcdb.com image 640x512]

Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

There's a reason it's so short.... look at the rendering and see if you can figure out what essential coaster feature is missing.

Figured it out yet?

There's no pre-launch climb. The Superman ride launches out of the gatehouse. It's actually a fairly unique ride in that regard. I'm guessing the acceleration required to get it out of that little gatehouse fast enough to make that vertical is pretty impressive.

So? It's still lame if that is all to the ride. 7-10 seconds max.

EnviroDude: Dollywood has a great set of coasters

Dolly has large tracts of land.

^ While I've learned not to judge a ride based on its renderings, the brakes really seem to kill the momentum on this.

The only roller coaster that I've been on that was both exhilarating and made me feel like my head was going to get chopped off was El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure.

Everything else I've been on was pretty meh.

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Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

Well, it looks like it has to use magnetic propulsion, because you go pretty much straight up at the beginning... then you slowly go across the top... I guess it's supposed to make you feel like you're superman flying (although being strapped into a chair may somewhat limit that feeling)...

It's probably pretty wild for all of 2 seconds...

ds_4815: Finally (and the one I'm looking forward to the most), Wild Eagle (Dollywood).

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What the hell is a "Wing Coaster?"

Like, I get the word "Wing" and I get the word "Coaster." But is it just a coaster where the cars have "wings?" If so, I don't get the point. Will the "wings" contribute anything to the experience beyond "I'm in a car with wings?"

As an enthusiast and frequent visitor to Hershey Park I am looking forward to this.

This is a very unintentionally funny comment.

/watch out for those nuts on its highway

Begging for a photoshop:

/you can make it exciting

...Well, my last comment was directed a few posts above where it was, but I think it still applies to Dolly.

The Homer Tax: ds_4815: Finally (and the one I'm looking forward to the most), Wild Eagle (Dollywood).

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What the hell is a "Wing Coaster?"

Like, I get the word "Wing" and I get the word "Coaster." But is it just a coaster where the cars have "wings?" If so, I don't get the point. Will the "wings" contribute anything to the experience beyond "I'm in a car with wings?"

Relevant. Basically you sit just outside the basic track parameters.

Saw the words "Great America" and got excited for a second. But alas, it's the OTHER Great America.

/When will the one in Santa Clara get some love?

Ehcks: Wait, I thought there was some physics-related problem with circular loops...

It's less of a problem if you aren't inverted over the top.

\And you can do them, they just require a 6g entry

All these new coasters and Cedar Point is getting robotic dinosaurs. Not that there's anything wrong with that. A new coaster would be nice though.

Jclark666: There's a reason it's so short.... look at the rendering and see if you can figure out what essential coaster feature is missing.

Figured it out yet?

There's no pre-launch climb. The Superman ride launches out of the gatehouse. It's actually a fairly unique ride in that regard. I'm guessing the acceleration required to get it out of that little gatehouse fast enough to make that vertical is pretty impressive.

There isn't really much "figuring out" to do. It's fairly obvious, if that is the whole coaster, which apparently it is.

It sounds like a complete gimmick. A fast launch followed by a damp squib is still a damp squib overall.

One-trick-pony coasters are usually a waste of time. To whit, the Ferrari coaster in Abu Dhabi, whose gimmick is "world's fastest", with a top speed of 150mph. Shame about the utterly boring layout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx2ps4cqfA8

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Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

I live very close to this park. They specialize in exceptionally short coasters, with exceptionally long lines. I havnt seen this one yet, but I'd be willing to bet that is the whole thing. They have another ride that is just a double loop, you go forward once, then backward once and you are done.

skraptastic: I live very close to this park. They specialize in exceptionally short coasters, with exceptionally long lines. I havnt seen this one yet, but I'd be willing to bet that is the whole thing. They have another ride that is just a double loop, you go forward once, then backward once and you are done.

Sounds utterly dismal.

MrEricSir: Saw the words "Great America" and got excited for a second. But alas, it's the OTHER Great America.

/When will the one in Santa Clara get some love?

Cedar Fair (owners after the Paramount deal) never seemed to care too much about California's Great America; they sold it off a couple of months ago to these guys (and, curiously, the San Fran 49'ers); hopefully improvements will follow.

The Manta ride at SeaWorld San Diego is almost an exact copy of the same coaster at SeaWorld Orlando. With that being said, it is a great ride.

NASAM:
This. Second in lameness only to the Screamin Demon at Kings Island (thankfully retired).

Here in 2011, it can be viewed as "lame." But 35 years ago when it first opened (1977), it was the first to do a loop both forwards and backwards, creating much pants-shiatting terror.

I'll bet in another 35 years, we'll be yawning at Millennium Force and Apollo's Chariot because they don't go 400 MPH at a sub-orbital height.

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Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

It looks like they took Wicked Twister and just completed the circuit.

ds_4815: Cedar Fair (owners after the Paramount deal) never seemed to care too much about California's Great America; they sold it off a couple of months ago to these guys (and, curiously, the San Fran 49'ers); hopefully improvements will follow.

No shiat. Last time I was there, the place was filthy, unpainted, and they'd removed Invertigo. I think they only bought the park to steal rides from it.

Thank goodness they left Top Gun or whatever it's called now.

ds_4815: Relevant. Basically you sit just outside the basic track parameters.

Very Cool, much obliged.

MrEricSir: I think they only bought the park to steal rides from it.

That's a common sentiment for why Geauga Lake was killed.

I've been looking for a good reason to go to Great America for a while now, as Raging Bull and Superman started to get tame for my tastes. I looked at the render of X-Flight's keyhole, and let out a nervous chuckle.

I'm so riding that on opening day.

This text is now purple: Ehcks: Wait, I thought there was some physics-related problem with circular loops...

It's less of a problem if you aren't inverted over the top.

\And you can do them, they just require a 6g entry

You were in a 4g inverted dive?

AngryJailhouseFistfark: This text is now purple: Ehcks: Wait, I thought there was some physics-related problem with circular loops...

It's less of a problem if you aren't inverted over the top.

\And you can do them, they just require a 6g entry

You were in a 4g inverted dive?

Yes ma'am.

Falco09: AngryJailhouseFistfark: This text is now purple: Ehcks: Wait, I thought there was some physics-related problem with circular loops...

It's less of a problem if you aren't inverted over the top.

\And you can do them, they just require a 6g entry

You were in a 4g inverted dive?

Yes ma'am.

At what range?

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lethal (new window)

Shudders 0_0

It looks to McDonaldsy in my opinion.

AngryJailhouseFistfark: Falco09: AngryJailhouseFistfark: This text is now purple: Ehcks: Wait, I thought there was some physics-related problem with circular loops...

It's less of a problem if you aren't inverted over the top.

\And you can do them, they just require a 6g entry

You were in a 4g inverted dive?

Yes ma'am.

At what range?

About...(three feet?...yeah...about that)...About three feet.

Julieahni: It looks to McDonaldsy in my opinion.

Cedar Point has three coasters very close to each other with red and yellow as their primary paint schemes; inexplicably makes me want a Big Mac every time.

FTA: Skyrush: The 12th coaster at Hersheypark will also be the park's longest, tallest and fastest, rising 200 feet, plunging down an 85-degree first drop and hitting speeds of 75 miles per hour. For an even more heart-pounding experience, grab one of the outer seats on the four-across trains: Unlike the inner two, they're floorless so there's nothing between you and the ground.

Eep.

Check out the computer generated POV for X-Flight. This thing is tight.

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/like your mom
/on this coaster

Now that Cedar Fair owns Canada's Wonderland, we've been getting some great new coasters.

Behemoth is already amazing and now Leviathan (new window) will be even better!!!

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Unless there's a whole hell of a lot more outside that picture, that looks to be one of the lamest, most boring coasters in history.

There's a reason it's so short.... look at the rendering and see if you can figure out what essential coaster feature is missing.

Figured it out yet?

There's no pre-launch climb. The Superman ride launches out of the gatehouse. It's actually a fairly unique ride in that regard. I'm guessing the acceleration required to get it out of that little gatehouse fast enough to make that vertical is pretty impressive.

Cheetah Hunt at Busch Gardens Tampa is like this. Very slick ride. It is also longer...something like three or four launches. So it's a little longer than Superman...which is nice.

I love the tough-guy names they give these things. I'm waiting for "The Eviscerator" and "Rectal Prolapse" coasters. THOSE will be some thrilling rides.

Sign says:
You must this (( )) big to ride The Fister.