Great research! Probably my favorite thing to do with coasters (besides riding them) is reading through old articles and such. Whether it operated or not, it’s interesting that they had to cut the support. And it’s cool that the engineers rode without seatbelts!
I got this book a few weeks ago for Christmas and it was a riot, in a great way! I highly recommend it to everyone on here for the fun read! Sorry for purposely off-topic post!
Interestingly, rcdb is now calling the first inversion a "Drachen Fire Dive Drop": https://rcdb.com/16479.htm
But oddly, Steel Curtain is the only coaster with this element. Drachen Fire doesn't have it: https://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&el=16781
No, I think they made the right choice. When I think about a massive black structure with yellow track it looks worse than what they’re doing. Although honestly neither looks that good.
I’m sure the aforementioned blasphemy is mostly due to the fact that the park was so hyped up for me. I’d read about it for years, and it just couldn’t live up to the hype. I mean, FireChaser is good.. great even for a family coaster.. but I knew everything about it. And, the storyline was hard...
Dollywood was probably my single biggest disappointment. After uncontrollably hoping Lightning Rod would open and hyping it up, it of course remained closed. Thunderhead was first on the loop then (the park is arranged in a loop for those of you who haven’t been). I’d heard very good things...
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