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Obvious slow news day is obvious... :roll: I like how at the end they still tried to tie a mundane 15 minute breakdown into the incident at Chessington.

Re: Universal Studios Florida | Unknown | Unknown If that is true, then it would certainly make sense. What they seem to be describing is the Pandora's Box idea from Vekoma. It would also explain why all the track we have seen so far is flat...

Re: Kings Island 2014 Roller Coaster Those certainly look to be the same bolt patterns that B&M uses, that pattern is used when the support is coming in at an angle to the footer though. In that pattern the bolts are placed in a slight arc on either side of the support, so the direction of...

Re: Kings Island 2014 Roller Coaster - FOOTER PHOTOS ON 8 ^ I would highly doubt this was a decision made in the Kinzel era. Ouimet had the ability to ax or add projects right after he took office and at this point in time I am sure any decisions he did not agree with would certainly have...

I love how the gulls have already claimed the ride as their own. White supports were a very good idea. :lol: The shots do look great though, can't wait to see a video of a test run now. :--D

^Looks like polyurethane in this picture.

Here is a video that Coaster Crew has posted of their IAAPA coverage. It is an interview with Nick Laskaris, in which he talks about what exactly is going to be done to the ride. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmwHtZVFm0&feature=plcp

^There wasn't a ton of photos being taken and it was mostly piles of sand and footers if there were. I don't think it is just CF though, the CP fansite that I visit (Pointbuzz) seems to be rather dull compared to Maverick's construction. I don't think it is the sites fault really, I think it...

Re: Coaster pictures that make you just a little bit jealous It's not the "sitting on the track" portion that makes me jealous. It is being able to get that close to magnificent pieces of engineering that makes me slightly jealous.

Becca (Cedar Point's PR rep) just posted a few pictures of the first Gatekeeper track to arrive HERE, and this picture quite honestly made me jealous: This picture of the Ohio State Theme Park Engineering group on their construction tour of Diamondback also has the same effect. Are there...

Re: Ocean Kingdom | "Unknown" | B&M Wing Coaster ^ Nah, I like it too. The layout seems to be more focused on the flying aspect of the trains as I don't see too many inversions in there, but it looks to have alot of sweeping turns.

The top down profile tends to be slightly more rectangular, so your second picture is what I believe to be the more accurate representation. As for the quad-rail track the versions that you have there are not a standard quad-rail, in a standard quad-rail the top and bottom of the track use the...

Re: Silver Dollar City |"Outlaw Run"| Wooden Hybrid Coaster Isn't that what all the inversion or not conversation was over?

Re: Cedar Point | "Unknown" | B&M Wingrider? I just squinted really hard at that picture of the B&M tag I posted up there and it looks like the job number is 5473. If that is right we have not seen track for this one yet, as the two known wingrider projects are 5302 and 5307. Does anyone have...

Re: Cedar Point | "Unknown" | B&M Wingrider? Well these have to count for something...they have to be better than an obligatory mud photo to kick things off. :lol: Looks like it will have a McDonald's color scheme yet again! :lol: Apparently it says "Foundation Plates" for the...

Re: Cedar Point | "Unknown" | B&M Wingrider? ^It's Facebook, one person starts whining and it becomes the "cool" thing to do. The reason for the Banshee name are due to the two "clues" that have been given so far. One actually being that name given in a symbol code, and the other being the...

Re: Cedar Point | "Unknown" | B&M Wingrider? Coastermania is being held at Cedar Point tomorrow, and there have been rumors of a special announcement being made during lunch. (Apart from Mr. Kinzel's statement last year) So an official announcement might be less than 24 hours away. Or they...

Re: SFDK | Superman Ultimate Flight|Premier Rides launch coa I would think that it is fairly safe to say it is a first of it's kind.

Re: Cedar Point to remove DT and SS for 2013 B&M Wingrider While I don't quite discredit the reporting as they do appear to be siting their facts, I am slightly confused about the removal of Space Spiral. Surely it just needs a rehab, as I can't believe that B&M were not able to design a...

Re: Hersheypark | It is those longer 4-wide trains. I have say it does look really good.