2015 - DISAPPOINT!

Glad to see they are having their golden age of roller coasters though. We had the same coaster boom in the 90's. Even if a lot of the parks go under, at least they are keeping the industry healthy

[TTD03]

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Agreed completely!

Makes me sad that there's SO many coasters we don't even know about! Or at least forget! China has some amazing wooden coasters.

Mack will be building something for Walibi Holland in 2016. I am also very excited for Karnan at Hansa Park.

Helo9797 wrote:

Makes me sad that there's SO many coasters we don't even know about! Or at least forget! China has some amazing wooden coasters.

Check Gravity Groups YT. Omg

[Dirk_Ermen]

LuckyK wrote:

That is one FUGLY lookin' ride. If it doesn't freefall drop or have a dark ride in that tower I'm boycotting that park

K?????RNAN >Hansa
Same as above. Looks like a grain silo. what is with these parks? I didn't realize 2015 was murder your skyline year

I'm still having some hopes for the Hansa Park, even tho the tower currently looks damn ugly. It's still on half the height and absolutely nothing from the coaster is known yet. (Except that it's going to be a mega coaster of the same height as Silver Star) Layouts usually make or break a coaster for me. So I'm hoping on something good.


Also you're still missing out on a project:
Efteling is also building a dive coaster. Some plans have leaked their way into public but the most of the ride is all rumors. Efteling knows it's way to theme a ride, so all my hopes are on a fun and good layout. (Altho the stats that had been announced where a tad disappointing.)

[mkingy]

Gardaland are getting a dive also aren't they? I suspect both will be Krake style mini dive coasters.

[afro85]

Yeah there will be an immelman and one airtime hill after the drop than it goes back to the station. It's not big but I'm sure they will make a nice scenery as they did for raptor! One thing that really excite me is that probably mirabilandia will announce something new next year to keep up the competition!
We don't have any hyper in Italy... So I'm hoping for that!

But you has Divertical.

Does Divertical have the same problems Pilgrim's Plunge had?

[afro85]

Guys just so you know, divertical is the most boring coaster of all times, it just pretend to be intimidating but is completely forceless with a 45deg. drop and 0 airtime. The only nice part is the lift.
I like mirabilandia more than gardaland because of katun and ispeed. Those are extremely good!

Best new ride coaster of 2015



lol

Dirk_Ermen wrote:

I'm still having some hopes for the Hansa Park, even tho the tower currently looks damn ugly.

Karnan's tower will look like this when it is done.

Paradox wrote:

Best new ride coaster of 2015



lol

[slosprint]

The only thing that can make me enjoy what they are doing to Cyclone SFNE is if they hit the first drop repeatedly with a sledgehammer to put that legendary drop kink back in.

While I do admit that I will miss the original Cyclone, it needed this treatment. It was becoming painfully rough and the screeching noise it made didn't help. I would rather see them iron horse it over it being demolished like Rolling Thunder.

Also, any details on Karnan's layout. I am very excited for Gerstlauer's first hypercoaster.

Wait! Gerstlauer's building a Hyper?! PICS!!!

^^Cyclone was not rough. They even put topper track on it, which felt really dumb, but was smooth. It was a perfectly good coaster with some of the best moments of any coaster and did not need iron horse treatment. They should have put a brand new coaster in place of Mind Eraser, which is far worse.

^ Cyclone was a mess. One of the worst, most mistreated coasters I've ever ridden. I was literally howling with laughter as the train tried to navigate those last turns. If any coasters needed this treatment, it is the ones that have been chosen. All of these coasters were rough and boring, and I don't blame SF one bit for throwing in the towel and turning these rides into top 20 rides again.

Personally, I'm really getting annoyed at people acting as though these RMC conversions are such a crime. The crime had already been committed years ago, when SF let these rides fall to crap. And honestly, no one gave two turds about these coasters until they were announced to close. I could walk on to these rides on just about any day, they were so ignored by the public.

Rickrollercoaster wrote:

Wait! Gerstlauer's building a Hyper?! PICS!!!

Karnan=Hyper

Paradox wrote:

Rickrollercoaster wrote:

Wait! Gerstlauer's building a Hyper?! PICS!!!

Karnan=Hyper

Pics please!

Nothing has been built yet, but here is the best thing I could find.

^I now want to ride it so badly!!

It is a 230 ft vertical/beyond vertical drop.

Manic Monte wrote:

^ Cyclone was a mess. One of the worst, most mistreated coasters I've ever ridden. I was literally howling with laughter as the train tried to navigate those last turns. If any coasters needed this treatment, it is the ones that have been chosen. All of these coasters were rough and boring, and I don't blame SF one bit for throwing in the towel and turning these rides into top 20 rides again.

Personally, I'm really getting annoyed at people acting as though these RMC conversions are such a crime. The crime had already been committed years ago, when SF let these rides fall to crap. And honestly, no one gave two turds about these coasters until they were announced to close. I could walk on to these rides on just about any day, they were so ignored by the public.

Did you ride Cyclone in the back car? It is a completely different ride experience than even the car in front of it. The first drop was the best first drop of any coaster I have ever ridden. It was seriously the craziest airtime I have experienced. The following turn and dip were crazy with the acceleration and laterals. The drop under the lift-hill was really fun, and the following turns had the weirdest dips and banks that provided some of the most unique laterals ever. The only part that disappoints is the final turn, but its one turn. And if you are going to tell me Cyclone was rough, it really wasn't that bad. Coasters like Wildcat at Lake Compounce before its re-tracking, Rolling Thunder, or even Hell Cat at Clementon Park are what rough wooden coasters are really like. Plus, Cyclone is in the same park as those 3 crappy Vekoma rides that are so much worse. Yes, I find it to be quite an injustice for them to take away one of my favorite wooden coasters, no matter how much better this one will be.