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The kiddie coaster is hilariously small next to it.
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Even with the ride not structurally complete....It's surprisingly doing test runs.


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The upsidedown hill looks slower than I was expecting. Looks like a neat ride though.
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Think it'll be a bit quicker with a full train and after the bearings have been worn in properly!
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The upsidedown hill looks slower than I was expecting. Looks like a neat ride though.


I've been told that the lift will not be so slow later on. I don't have a source on this so take it with a grain of salt.

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I'm 100% down with how slow it is at the top of that upside-down hill. Looks sick.

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I don't have a problem with the upsidedown hill being a tad slow either, it just surprised me because I was assuming they would make it a heavy positive G section.
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4 G's to the taint was a bit much for me because I'm not a power bottom like Turbo

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and Full Throttle, that loop was amazing.

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It absolutely was. If only Full Throttle were longer.
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New Goliath Pictures courtesy of Six Flags Great America

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Do they only have the top part of the rails orange? That's cool!
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That drop is a monster. Any idea if they're going to landscape over the tunnel or leave it as is?
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They need to if they want more awesome points
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That drop is a monster. Any idea if they're going to landscape over the tunnel or leave it as is?


Raging Bull's half tunnel had gravel dumped on top of a steel pipe so...........probably not.
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That'd be better than just leaving it as a shed lol
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Yeah but Bull's tunnel actually ended up looking pretty cool I think, especially for the theme of that area.

Also, GOLIATH IS HEFTY AS F***. Tiepilot and I are going Friday because it's hopefully opening Friday, I hope..... In like two days (hopefully). Omg.
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Goliath testing going on. Here's a tiny clip showing it exiting the station

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Soooooooo news said the station partially burninated. Welding mishap?
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