Phantasialand 2016: Taron and Raik

^^ You'll have a really big smile like those invited!

^ Wow that's great!

[gouldy]

Paradox wrote:

gouldy wrote:

There's no way in hell this thing will be over 70mph, so that is just a blatant lie on their part if that's what they have said.

Is it even faster than the most obvious multi-launch contender?

It is already faster than Helix which was the fastest multi launch in Europe, but they have been testing it faster and I guess they realized they can make it the fastest in the world.

I meant Cheetah Hunt.

[Dirk_Ermen]

gouldy wrote:

Paradox wrote:

gouldy wrote:

There's no way in hell this thing will be over 70mph, so that is just a blatant lie on their part if that's what they have said.

Is it even faster than the most obvious multi-launch contender?

It is already faster than Helix which was the fastest multi launch in Europe, but they have been testing it faster and I guess they realized they can make it the fastest in the world.

I meant Cheetah Hunt.

Helix is already faster than Cheetah Hunt. So I wonder which coaster we haven't thought of yet.

[Paradox]

Maverick and Volcano both launch to 70mph

[gouldy]

Dirk_Ermen wrote:

Helix is already faster than Cheetah Hunt. So I wonder which coaster we haven't thought of yet.

You know, I've never looked into what speed Cheetah Hunt actually does, and now that I have I am very surprised to see that it's less than Helix. With the big tower thing at the start of CH, I'd just made an assumption it was measurably faster than Helix, but obviously not.

It still would be crazy IMO if Taron was faster than either CH or Helix, because the layout just looks way too small to handle anything like that magnitude, and testing we've seen so far doesn't like like 60mph, let alone the 70mph we've been talking about.

Helix is IMO the evolved version of TusenFryd's Speed Monster!

[Dirk_Ermen]

Some great news for us local enthausiasts. Both Taron and Raik will not be included in the "Speedy Pass" system. So that means everyone will just have to queue up. It will have a single rides queue, so I guess I'll be using this a lot.

I skipped 60 minutes with Chiapas' single rider queue on a busy day! The Germans don't use them alot.

In about 15 days, the ride will open!

7 days till opening day!

[slosprint]

Goddamn that looks so nice.

[Paradox]

Some more photos released from the park. Only 6 more days to go!

holy crap amazing.

Possibly the best coaster of this year (including the theming of course)

^^^ wow!

Some more great stuff.
I look forward to the pictures inside the area with people!

^ awesome! 2nd photo: i spy a trim brake!

[Paradox]

skyscraper wrote:

^ awesome! 2nd photo: i spy a trim brake!

It's not exactly a trim. The last 2 airtime hills both have brakes on the down side of them in order to slow the train down a bit before it hits the brake run, which is very short, hence why they needed the extra brakes on the hills.

[slosprint]

Oh my god those trains

Wait the front car of the boomerang doesn't have leg braces?

[slosprint]

I imagine they are so you don't rest your legs on the car in front of you and have them break when the track curves upwards.

[mkingy]

Hmm I barely fit in Junior Vekoma Boomerangs as it is...

I really just want to see a POV finally!

rcking04 wrote:

I really just want to see a POV finally!

same! i'd also like to see a "full experience" video of both coasters, with the queue, ride and exit.

[Dirk_Ermen]

These pictures are just frickin' awesome. From the looks of it I've got to wait to ride this beast until I return from the states.