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Post August 26th, 2008, 4:10 pm

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Originally posted by coaster992001

i'm a bit nervous about this ride.. after riding kingda ka several times, i'm not sure how much farther these rides can go. i think we're comming close to the limit when it comes to speed.


I completely agree. I've only ridden kingda ka once but im never riding it again cause something bad is gonna happen.

Post August 26th, 2008, 4:44 pm

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^No, it's actually not. They don't design the rides to have bad things happen. It happened with Top Thrill Dragster; it had issues. So they fixed it after a year and its running fine. Kingda Ka is version two of Dragster, they've already learned from Dragsters mistakes to make KK as good as possible. Don't be arrogant and cowardly.

Post August 26th, 2008, 5:16 pm
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Originally posted by RipeBananas
I've only ridden kingda ka once but im never riding it again cause something bad is gonna happen.


[lol]

Post August 26th, 2008, 7:16 pm

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Originally posted by gouldy

Originally posted by RipeBananas
I've only ridden kingda ka once but im never riding it again cause something bad is gonna happen.


[lol]


dude first the twin towers and then kingda ka. NO JOKE! [:p]

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Post August 26th, 2008, 11:16 pm

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I personally don't have a problem with either coasters, but to me, TTD is much, much smoother on the launch than KK is.

Post August 26th, 2008, 11:18 pm

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^ Never been on KK, but I've been on TTD at least 6 times, all of which were definitely worth it.

Post August 27th, 2008, 11:05 pm
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Post August 27th, 2008, 11:17 pm

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When I rode Hypersonic at KD...it really threw me around...I sure hope that this coaster is gonna be a little smoother cuz almost twice the speed of HXLC would be horrendous.

Post August 28th, 2008, 12:00 am

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In the concept view of the train, it only looks like a seatbelt. Anyone know the restraint system?

Post August 28th, 2008, 12:02 am
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The restraint system is a strong Russian woman.
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Post August 28th, 2008, 12:36 am

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^[lol]

Sorry, I think the only excuse for anyone saying being launched to 120 mph to a height of 420 ft is snobiness..

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Post October 20th, 2008, 8:44 am
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Photo's from week 40

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Construction Ring Boulevard:
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Construction indoor attraction:
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Post October 20th, 2008, 10:09 am

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Image

weird cars [lol]

so... the restraints are just painted sticks, where you legs are, are almost holes and the seats look like they're a few century's old...[lol]

Post October 20th, 2008, 1:30 pm

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they look like something you would find in star trek tbh.

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Post October 20th, 2008, 9:14 pm

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No tires this time. Wonder if that will help, or not.

Post November 22nd, 2008, 6:59 pm
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http://www.thinkercreative.com/finalsit ... oaster.php

New 3dwork from the trains [:)] These trains look a bit more like the final trains they are going to use [lol]
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Post November 22nd, 2008, 7:58 pm

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Those are SO cool looking. So exotic and aerodynamic-looking.

Post November 22nd, 2008, 8:16 pm

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KK should get trains like that!
and it looks like theyll pretty elevated. or is it just the way it looks?

Post November 22nd, 2008, 8:20 pm

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I don't like how it looks like they have wind blocker things on the front. Hopefully the front row will still get blasted with wind. That's the best part on Ka.

Post December 9th, 2008, 4:43 pm

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Huge Update!
There's now a video of the ride on S&S power's website!
http://www.s-spower.com/coasters/f1coas ... oaster.php

The ride has some hills, but other than that just launches and slams into brakes. Fun.

Post December 9th, 2008, 4:53 pm

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What Austin? Look how low that front piece is...KK's hood is at your knees whereas that one is like ankle/shin height, which is pretty awesome.

But yeah the ride overall looks horrible outside of the launch. I would've gone with low turns the whole ride, kinda like the flat S curves at the end of El Toro. With that speed they would've been fun.

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