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Postby Danhockey04 on June 8th, 2006, 8:31 pm
Yea, but those trains don't flip in the video. I think they are mis-seeing things and thinking they flip. It is not a 4-D coaster, they are just specially designed trains for them. It doesn't make sense for those to flip, if they are supposed to, then there might be changes done. I just can't see them flip. I was just waiting for someone to post that...
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Postby rb1 on June 8th, 2006, 8:49 pm
Good Guess Z I hope its right . In your face Dan Im just joking thanks for the good info you gave us. But were not really going to find unless CP anounce it. Were probably gonna get nothing for GA in 07 unless Shapiro changes his mind. CP is so lucky to get a new coaster in 07.
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Postby Danhockey04 on June 8th, 2006, 8:56 pm
That doesnt make any sense at all. When did I say that SFGAm is getting anything? That coaster is designed for Port Aventura for 2007.
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Postby shockwave guy mark on June 8th, 2006, 9:13 pm
lol, that was funny! But ya, I think thats the winner.
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Postby Raging_Bull on June 9th, 2006, 12:33 am
Those are the new Windwalker trains and NO they are not 4-d and NO the seats do not rotate.
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Postby zjohn1988 on June 9th, 2006, 11:11 pm
Danhockey04 wrote: That coaster is designed for Port Aventura for 2007.


Which is rumored to be alike to CP..Supposedly construction starts for them later this year, so its hard to compare construction.

But yeah no flips, just a lot of possible close encounters with the ground and then some loops.
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Postby RBull4life on June 10th, 2006, 9:41 am
But yeah no flips, just a lot of possible close encounters with the ground and then some loops.


With the footers I saw packed that closely together, there will be alot of close encounters.
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Postby rct2wizard360 on June 13th, 2006, 3:28 pm
I don't get it though.

I went to CP this weekend.

So I checked out the track by Breakers Express.
And a lot of it is twisted to hell. Like Barrel Roll and Top Hot twisted.

I'm eliminating this choice.
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Postby SFaddiction84 on June 13th, 2006, 4:41 pm
has cedar point announced it yet? or are they just teasing the heck out of people
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Postby zjohn1988 on June 13th, 2006, 9:45 pm
no
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Postby the_franchise on June 14th, 2006, 3:50 pm
No? No what?
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Postby shockwave guy mark on June 14th, 2006, 4:13 pm
no they did not announce it yet.
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Postby CoastsToCoasters on June 14th, 2006, 5:11 pm
Maybe its just some really odd for now new kinda coaster....Who knows right? Were just all thinkin of things weve heard already. What if this is not the case. Cedar point likes or at least liked to do this, so it could be something really unheard of, you know?

I dont know where Im going with this but Im just sayin. Like, my idea was the ball coaster....now Weve got an aquatrax and now another launcher....but none of us really know. I guess well have to wait for the announcement until its killing us. :wink:

keep in mind its Intamin and cedar point. We all know what deals theyve obviously already signed between the two of them. Theyre all big projects and this may or at least has gotta be too...?

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Postby mschulz5 on June 14th, 2006, 8:28 pm
Wow.... gottastrata just gave birth to sextuplets!

I'm just kidding man, the forums have been acting up lately, it's not your fault.

I'm putting my money on an 11 inversion Intamin Looper with a lift hill.
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Postby RBull4life on June 14th, 2006, 10:14 pm
I beleive that they are going to announce it in August.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on June 15th, 2006, 12:07 am
mschulz5 wrote:Wow.... gottastrata just gave birth to sextuplets!

I'm just kidding man, the forums have been acting up lately, it's not your fault.

I'm putting my money on an 11 inversion Intamin Looper with a lift hill.


I'd have to agree with you! I feel 90 percent positive the sidewinder will be one of the elements and that with that track it will be just like a bigger and longer version of Storm Runner!

And gottastratta, um, you forgot Magnum! :shock:
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Postby the_franchise on June 15th, 2006, 12:30 pm
I saw a picture of a proposed 11 inversion coaster...it also had red track.
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Postby rct2wizard360 on June 15th, 2006, 1:12 pm
Well it no longer can break the record with 11 Inversions. Eejanaika just set the record at 14.

Back to the drawing board...
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Postby Losiento1224 on June 15th, 2006, 1:14 pm
and you didnt post it why??
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Postby SFGAmfreak4life on June 15th, 2006, 2:57 pm
rct2wizard360 wrote:Well it no longer can break the record with 11 Inversions. Eejanaika just set the record at 14.

Back to the drawing board...


It actually only has 2 inversions like X. The 14 inversion count includes the flips and Guiness has made it the ofiicial record. I dont think X got the Guiness record but I dont know how many times you get flipped. I think its stupid but what can you do. As far as the coaster world goes if the CP coaster does have 11 inversions then it will be the new record holder and should be in Guiness.
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Postby rct2wizard360 on June 15th, 2006, 6:41 pm
You never know.

Hopefully Guiness would be impressed with actual inversions.

We'll see....

EDIT: I've come across something that seems to make sense.

http://pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=3339

Follow the footers counter clockwise. Now from there it looks like either coming out of a Zero G into a downward turn, into a banked turn around the lake. Or the other way around.

Just look at the sudden gap of footers.

It only makes sense.
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Postby zjohn1988 on June 15th, 2006, 10:49 pm
I'm going with just an overbanked turn there.
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Postby the_franchise on June 15th, 2006, 11:29 pm
Losiento1224 wrote:and you didnt post it why??

I didn't post it because I couldn't find it. Revelle showed it to me once.
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Postby zjohn1988 on June 16th, 2006, 11:07 pm
White supports are now on site.
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Postby Danhockey04 on June 19th, 2006, 3:36 pm
The supports are a tan color.

Also, after coming back from CP a week ago, I saw the footers and track there in person. After looking at the footers layout and track there, I dont see any track that come out to a FULL inversion, they are all turns and drops. Also, the layout seems way too short to get over 12 inversions, and it is actually convincing on a water coaster now because the way it is designed looks like it is going to have a trough that will have water in it, but we'll have to wait and see.
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