PT descends at 50 mph max with LL: DoD free-falling to 85 mph. But you're right in that the key is a difference in force initiating the descents.

Power Tower is better than freefall...for about the first .5 seconds of the drop. Then it's a controlled descent, greater than 0G, until the pullout. If they kept the sudden start to the drop and were able to maintain the -1G or -.5G or whatever it is until the bottom, those large S&S towers wo...

just wait... top thrill dragster will be next for this I sure hope not. This concept really makes for an eye sore and would ruin the photogenic beauty of TTD. They do o.O? Power Tower doesn't really count since it is a controlled freefall and launch by air. It's better than a free fall. You're yank...

January 10th, my birthday. Nice coincidence.

Agreed. Current tower = beautiful. Zumanjaro addition = more of an eye sore. And if orange drop columns don't look great on this, I'm not really sure how other rides (e.g. Goliath @ SFMM) managed to pull of an aesthetic appeal by combining the turquoise with orange.

Originally posted by dmillz In order for a wing rider to work I really think they need to have multiple of those near miss/keyhole elements that we saw on X-Flight, Swarm, and Raptor and not so much of on Eagle. Looks like this will be happening with the entrance pillars: http://www.cedarpoint.com/...

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^ Dang! Good job

Could "Banshee" be the name of this new coaster? At least it doesn't start with the letter M, if you know what I mean (this was also the original name for the Mantis coaster). Anyway... Posted on the Cedar Point blog seemed to be some kind of "code" which appeared as: @!!$!(*%% In turn, a comment wa...

Originally posted by Freddie Originally posted by ava1enzue1a btw Freddie, do you have a Discogs or Last.fm account? http://www.last.fm/user/freddielololol Nice! Originally posted by Freddie I listen to a ton of CDs (and now vinyl :D) as well. You should probably get a Discogs account too! http://w...

btw Freddie, do you have a Discogs or Last.fm account?

Ambient & IDM. See Hecq, who is a perfect combo for these genres.

Hope this is in the appropriate section. Anyway, question - what's "continuous roll" used for? What exactly does it do? Does it smooth the heartline? Does it smooth transitions? Or something else? I never really knew for sure, and am now really wanting to know. Any answers/explanations are appreciat...

Originally posted by aj74205 Is anyone else rather curious what the actual *drop height* will be, what with the trench at the base of the first drop and all? It's got to be more than 306', which would give Leviathan the record for largest drop on a gravity-driven roller coaster. I'm surprised this ...

No kidding.

Ah that's too bad :\

Agreed.

Dear God, B&M really decided to go big with this one. As if Behemoth wasn't large enough. This should take a spot in my top 10 to-ride list.

Wondering where Tango was in that list... Unless it's the same exact thing as "Equinox". That ride served a pretty startling experience. Anyone ever rode it? What made it so "scary" to me is being fastened to a giant arm that lifts you up to 70 feet in the air, then experiencing harsh negative g-for...

Probably the same as OP. X2, basing opinion of when I rode the original, X. Its initial drop is one of THE BEST 2 I've ever experienced (the other one being Griffon). Offers quite a perspective compared to any other coaster experience I've had. And also what the OP said - it's amusingly disorienting...

I'm one venturing to say Mean Streak. I hear SO MUCH negativity about that ride. Come on, really? It's not THAT bad. And it doesn't rattle you around to the point of breaking your bones, folks. Idk, I guess I'm kinda biasing this opinion by the aesthetic impression this coaster seems to give me. See...

Cedar Point, 2001.

First ride - Magnum XL-200.

First major ride - See above.

What not to do on a water slide - thrust yourself down the slide so fast to where you'll bank so much to the side and fly out over the brim. Not really though, it's probably virtually impossible for that to happen, realistically speaking.

Probably Alpengeist @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Largest inverted coaster ever. Massive inversions. Woohoo. Doesn't give THAT much of a kick. It's alright though.

I see that.


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