Cedar Point 2016- Valravn

lol240 wrote:

I love it when the coaster flies over the entrance because that'll ease the "unknown" fear!

What?

^ Well, I mean that you can get ready to brace yourself before waiting in the queue. Pretty great chance as well to snap better photos of track details.

OK...

[mkingy]

lol240 wrote:

^ Well, I mean that you can get ready to brace yourself before waiting in the queue. Pretty great chance as well to snap better photos of track details.

I agree lol240 - the best queues are the ones that give you a tour of the ride with lots of great photo opportunities! Smiler would be great for this if it didn't add a netting effect to every picture

[Coasterkidmwm]

Official POV is up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEydyLJ ... e=youtu.be

It runs a bit slow like all dive machines. What interesting to me is that the final roll thing starts to bank almost when the train is at the bottom of the dive loop lol. Should be an amazing view when it's sunny out!

[gouldy]

What the hell is with the small straight section/pump in the middle of the station drop out?

Lol god it is so slow. The immelmann looks like it has hangtime lol. I'll be looking forward to riding it at the end of a day with a full train.

[mkingy]

gouldy wrote:

What the hell is with the small straight section/pump in the middle of the station drop out?

Was built in Parkitect.

It was filmed with a near empty train. Just watched a half full train and it flew through.

^^^ Yeah that has been driving me crazy. I noticed it in the animation release, but thought it was a mistake.

[Dirk_Ermen]

CAn't wait to see the first shots of a running full train. Should be a fun ride.

It looks no slower than any B&M in testing....

[Coasterkidmwm]

gouldy wrote:

What the hell is with the small straight section/pump in the middle of the station drop out?

It looks like they wanted to make it deeper and forgot land exists lol.

Coasterkidmwm wrote:

New Marina entrance looks way better.

Wait, so that's a coaster over every entrance right? Not exactly perfect, but I'll slide Magnum in.

Nope wait, breakers and the beach. I know the next two coaster locations!

^At 1:34, what is that wall with glass for?

A themed sound barrier (close to the Luminosity stage)

[mkingy]

Coasterkidmwm wrote:

gouldy wrote:

What the hell is with the small straight section/pump in the middle of the station drop out?

It looks like they wanted to make it deeper and forgot land exists lol.

Like when you used to get to the border on NL1.x so the vertex placement forced the shaping of the ride

NL2DUDE wrote:

^At 1:34, what is that wall with glass for?

maybe some sot of viewing area?

[Coasterkidmwm]

There is a stage show called Luminosity that they shut down Iron Dragon an hour early for, and Rougarou goes down for approximately 15 minutes so that the riders don't get hit by fireworks. That psuedo-tunnel thing is a sound barrier to help out that stage show, since I doubt they'll close a new attraction like that for 15 minutes.

Luminosity is kind of like hearing Lorde attempt to sing without autotune at the Nirvana Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, but the actors and actresses are actually moving around and it's outdoors so it's kind of justified and less painful.

Cedar Point's mysterious Valravn secret revealed

SANDUSKY, Ohio -- The mystery has been lifted.
After months of speculation about what it could be, Cedar Point gave WKYC???s Ryan Haidet a brief glimpse at the special surprise awaiting Valravn riders.
???It???s something that has never been done at an amusement park before,??? spokesperson Tony Clark said.
So, what is it?

For the first time ever, Cedar Point is creating augmented reality that changes the way its guests see the park.
During a brief demonstration, Clark whipped out his smartphone and pointed it at Valravn???s throne photo-op location just outside the coaster's queue line.
But he didn???t snap a photo.
Instead, his screen started counting down.
3???
2???
1???
Suddenly, the mystical Valravn swooped out of the sky and tightened its talons atop the throne.
Perfect time to snap a photo with the Valravn itself posing right along with your group.
Here???s the biggest part of the secret. Clark explained this techy twist will pop up at numerous locations throughout the park -- not just Valravn -- each spot with its own special element.
Park guests will be able to access this new feature using a specific component of the Cedar Point app.
Valravn, which is Cedar Point???s 18th roller coaster, breaks a total of 10 world records including its designation as the world???s longest, tallest and fastest dive coaster.

http://www.wkyc.com/mb/features/cedar-p ... /176419159

Really interesting..... I don't know what I expected but it wasn't that lol. Cool. I guess it'll be neat to go around and find the other spots that do something.

[mkingy]

That's a pretty cool little idea!

Not at all what I expected. It's not only Valravn. I'm going to try it today!

Kinda cool I guess... Basically sounds like a snapchat filter. I guess its a nice little touch.