Holiday World Adds a Launched WingRider - Pics and Video!

wow to much pregress being for my head to handle

[TTD03]

Now if Six Flags would be willing to learn a thing or two........

Tomorrow 10 am! Watch the live feed! Thunderbird gets topped off! (weather permitting!)

sweet!
ill be watching!

Is weather permitting?

Go look!!!!

It's happening!



http://www.holidayworld.com/webcams/thunderbirdcam/

[afro85]

It maybe ride very good but looks ugly to me... Just my opinion on this transition.

[mkingy]

afro85 wrote:

It maybe ride very good but looks ugly to me... Just my opinion on this transition.

Wingrider shaping for you

[afro85]

Looks like a deflated balloon... Usually wingcoasters have such sexy curves!!!

I disagree. Reminds me of Storm Runner. It's not that different from a normal one to me, maybe tighter at the top, but that doesn't make it look worse. The exit looks pretty sweet to me too.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Eh some rides exit a bit funkily like that. I wouldn't worry about it too much. At least it's not inclined or anything stupid , AKA "we tilted it because it's weak".

Looks amazing.

I've never been more excited for a ride than I am right now. As my home park, this is such a huge step in the right direction. It just has that much more sentimental value.

That view is amazing ^

Some coasters have weird shapes, just depending at what angle your looking at it at.
I think it looks weird from the side, but looks perfect from the nick cages perspective.
Coaster looks good so far, like the colors.

Thunderbird looks AWESOME to me! Now, when will they get the loop done?

How bad are the winters over in Indiana? They are moving fast with WC over here because we get a lot of snow in the winter.

EDIT: Weird Shaping Alert

The shaping is a little different obviously because it's a wing coaster..

Not too sure about Indiana winters, but I'd assume they'd be worse than Pittsburgh winters (because it's more in the midwest) and THOSE are bad. And with this winter they're predicting, no wonder they're moving quickly

I live in a city just across the bridge from Spencer County so we basically share the same weather. All I can tell you is:

"Winters are horrible here."

[TTD03]

WOW! I think the inversion looks great!

And winters are terrible here in NJ but they waited to start Zumanjaro till March. Why couldn't it start it November like a normal ride should! It would have actually made the opening date of May 24 instead of July 4!

Is this the earliest start in theme park history? or is it just me? Seems they announced the rides then vertical construction was started immediately

[mkingy]

Helo9797 wrote:

Is this the earliest start in theme park history? or is it just me? Seems they announced the rides then vertical construction was started immediately

Problem being is that once you start vertical construction it becomes very difficult to hide what you're doing unless you're in a hole! (ala Oblivion at Alton)

Good thing they're not hiding this thing anymore.