Discovery Channel::Building the Biggest: Coasters

http://discoverychannel.ca/on_tv/releas ... g_biggest/
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Discovery Canada airs "Building the Biggest: Coasters?????? March 23 at 9pm
Discovery UK airs "Building the Biggest: Coasters" March 29 at 10pm.

This episode joins the race to build the most terrifying ride, travelling to Indiana, Kentucky and New Jersey where three of the biggest, fastest and tallest wooden roller coasters are under construction. Watch as engineers calculate the winning formula to enthrall, thrill and terrify.

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Yay, finally a new coaster show that will air in Canada! [:D]

[coolbeans326]

THe US still has to wait for the air dates. I imagine they'll do the steel and wooden one's together. (steel hasn't been officially confirmed, but it has been confirmed that Discovery Channel is going out to the Tatsu construction site next month, so it's got me wondering."

obviously the coasters are gonna be Voyage, Kentucky Rumbler, and El Toro... im looking really foward to seeing this program, because all coasters are gonna be amazing when finished.

[hyyyper]

netherlands?

cool
i'll have to watch that

yeah, me too i have to watch that cause i like that channel and coaster building its so awsome, so cant wait to see wut cooaster they will show.

its about time they produce a show, its been forever since ive seen a coaster show that didnt suck.

Got this off the UK site.

"And travel across the Atlantic to meet three families who have invested million of dollars in a race to build and open the biggest wooden rollercoaster in the World."

Im getting vibes off that quote above and its telling me that its going to show 'Shivering Timbers'.
Lets remember that Michingans Adventure is run by a Family who opened a petting zoo way back. They eventually swapped what they call 'Rabbits for Rides' and started piling in the money until it became a theme park.
I assume that the program will show ST @ MA because its the only park i know for certain is run by a Family or Families.
Does anybody else feel this???

[coolbeans326]

^ clearly you are retarded.
FYI that park is ran by Cedar Fair now, since 1998 as a matter of fact.

And it has already been released that the rides will be The Voyage, El Toro, and Kentucky Rumbler, we've known about this for ahile.

^^^ Well i saw Kentucky Rumbler in the pic but its not exactly huuuuuuuuuuuge, might be a coaster enthusiasts dream for air and laterals for some people etc but for the biggest in the world?
And i didnt know it had changed to Cedar Fair[lol].
U got me there dude.
I bet they got so rich they just sold it!
And yes i am retarded![lol]
Armadillo!!!
see ^

Just a reminder that the show is on at 9pm est tonight here in Canada.

21:00 - Building the Biggest, Building the Biggest: The Great Rollercoaster Race
Travel to Indiana, Kentucky and New Jersey where three of the biggest, fastest and tallest wooden roller coasters are under construction with the goal to enthrall, thrill and enhance air time; each coaster brings its own set of unique challenges.

[Brtnboarder495]

That's odd it didn't air in the USA at the same time.

^i know. and its going to be show up to date. lately ive been seeing coaster shows from when top thrill dragster was the worlds tallest coaster, so this will definately be a good update.

Yay i just found out about this a half hour before 9!!

Looks cool...im gonna watch it.

I watched it earlier, it is a pretty good show with some nice footage of the construction of the 3 woodies.

Some notes from the show;

Kentucky Rumbler - $4 000 000
-76000 meters of wood
-owner mentioned maybe if this project works out that there is a possibility of another one in 4 to 6 years
-goal, launch the coaster before the others (voyage, el toro)
-when constructing the track, GCI has a max error range of only 1.5mm
-final 4 names from name contest Bodacious, Kentucky Rumbler, Twisted Timber and Mad Dog
-32 crossovers

Voyage - $8 000 000
-holiday world has a target of reaching one million guests this summer
-turn around was still being designed as the lift hill was already being built
-70 000-80 000 bolts used

El Toro - $11 000 000
-all track and supports are precut and prefit at the factory in Germany
-estimated that actual track construction can be done in 20% of the time of traditional track laying methods

[coolbeans326]

final 4 names from name contest Bodacious.....

Bodacious? BODACIOUS??? What the hell kind of name is that? TOP 4???? Worst...Name...EVER! At least the picked a good name that really seems to match the track.

There is actually a show on the Golden Ticket Awards on right now on the travel channel.

^ Yeah, i watched it, wasnt bad...

[coolbeans326]

^ MEEEEE 2!!!!![lol]

Well... i saw it first!!! lol

crap i missed it along with 987 other shows

^ They're playing it again on sunday @ 1 pm...

I caught the last 10 minutes of it. I'm going to record it Sunday since I'll be at work at 1pm.

I watched some rollercoaster program last night on the travel channel. When the program was made Goliath at SFMM was the tallest coaster in the world. Millenium Force was being built and so was Valhalla at Blackpool It was actualy really intresting about Valahalla, it showed the ride with POV without the outer shell being on the ride, so it was all light inside and really wierd to see. Also had a good section on Spiderman at Univeral Studios

Yay[:D] They are going to show El Toro[launch]