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Idk if I'm being petty but god I hope this fails at it's aims. I'm as impressed as anyone with Intamin for the engineering feat and I'm anxious to see what kind of systems they have to keep the wheel temps in check etc. what have you to keep this thing running semi reliably. I know some rich...

Think more car wing/spoiler to deflect the wind going over the windscreen

^^ Reminds me of when they teased the trains for Taiga, but I mean. Intamin eagle train basically with this one too, so no surprise

Heide Park, 2019. Exit park, expect to have to wait an hour anyway for Flixbus to get their asses over to the park. It's raining, jacket drenched. It's colder than any other day. Notification from the flixbus app: "bus delayed by 27 minutes". Wait 27 minutes extra, followed by "Line 085 to...

Idk if I'm overly pessimistic but I'd be surprised if they really did go with expensive flat manufacturers like Mondial or HUSS, given... well, retrosquad and CWOA getting their last 3 flats from SBF. But Alton in general seems to have really up and down spikes when it comes to how much they...

Oh wow... That absolutely CRAAAWLS into that second lift hill which with the transitions just screams more friction than should (you saw this with those ancient chinese SLC copies, they would crawl into the brakes because they crash and bang throughout the coaster) be there. If I rode this as a...

I have never been on an SLC or a Cyklon/Zyklon clone (Pinfari or otherwise) of any sort. I've never happened to be in any fairground or park with a C/Zyklon (almost went to Nokkakivi Park once which has an interpark one but didn't) and I have been to parks with SLCs but all the enthusiast hate...

Lmfao I love how they just straight nabbed the family overbank from the Vekoma models too. Not that Vekoma has never copied in their life, I just find it somewhat funny that B&M is doing it so hard with their family inverts.

Wow I had no idea SBF was entering the family boomerang market too. Glad to see them try larger coasters again and someone's given them a chance, I don't think many people have bought coasters from them besides their small kiddie coasters for a while despite them technically offering full size...

This looks really cool, my main gripes really are that you can see too much of the latticework holding the mountain up (if it's visible in camera it's 100% more visible irl) before you get to the actual physical setpieces, but I'm glad there are setpieces. Also, not nice going up this nice...

Youuuu'd probably be safer not going to Ireland once it's done after that comment xD

I've said this on some other thread, but my enthusiasm has calmed down a lot for a couple reasons. For one, my dreams of traveling the world's parks and coasters has pretty much disappeared and that's largely due to an observation that very few thoosies who get that opportunity keep the same...

I do love the modern Intamin over the head lapbars that are on their LSM coasters and the like. Worst? Besides stuff that can barely be called a restraint (Volare) I'd say Premier Skyrocket trains. No, not comfort collars, I haven't experienced those. The standard lapbars on those trains are...

I recall many a person were upset at Hyperion's unveiling that the drop was "only" 270ft making it not quite marketable as a 300ft giga. In Poland.

Alternatively it was named by Lauren Bacall It's de-CAFFEINATED.

This part I'm kinda nervous about (not likely to ride it in a while cause expensive to go, but) if I were to ride it. My joints easily bend in the wrong direction and dislocate, especially my knees. I take it there's nothing really preventing you from going down further than your initial...

I'll take this opportunity to ask how in the world do they work. Like, do they have sensors along the queue that check for how full it is? Some algorithm based on how many people enter and exit the station? A station employee enters their own estimate by looking at the queue?

Is it me or does this have a really unique sound? It may be the track shape combined with the large fins under the trains causing a unique wind sound but idk it's a very pleasant hum the train makes while going by.

To expand on this, some of the more controlled/sophisticated slingshot rides use giant banks of springs to cause the actual slingshot effect. Perhaps this could be somehow combined with the good old dropweight system to make a faster system where even larger springs are stretched by a winch...

I didn't know this ride even existed at all lmfao, hopefully it's the same for others so it doesn't sting too much.