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by **w00dland** on January 15th, 2008, 11:41 am

About a week ago the general manager said they were still on schedule for a spring '08 opening. I hope so cause I'm ready for some roller coasters and the faster these things become operational the faster I can ride them.

by **demon boy** on January 15th, 2008, 12:17 pm

^That S-bend looks funky. I dont think that that will be a good element. I'm sure it was necessary, but it looks out of place and flat.

by **cycamps** on January 15th, 2008, 8:12 pm

^I wonder the same thing.

by **FParker185** on January 15th, 2008, 10:57 pm

if you mean the track right after the loop at the bottom of the frame, it looks like an optical illusion cause of those supports, but I think it's a slight drop or hop/hill rather than a lateral movement.

by **demon boy** on January 15th, 2008, 11:31 pm

^NOw that you point that out, it does. Its just a small hill,not an sbend.

by **w00dland** on January 16th, 2008, 1:03 am

Looks like the loop is going up tonight. Yay!

by **Iggy ACE** on January 16th, 2008, 7:50 am

Track is complete.................

by **ttd rox** on January 16th, 2008, 8:23 am

YAY!^

by **tp41190** on January 16th, 2008, 9:40 am

Hopefully, it wont take more then 2 months for them to start testing.

by **demon boy** on January 16th, 2008, 12:21 pm

That track is a lot shorter than i expected. But, it should be pretty fun none the less. Great that its done, now lets see some virtual POVs :lol:

by **tp41190** on January 16th, 2008, 1:57 pm

Even with its small track, I think it will offer a great experience. Because any coaster that is inside will seem bigger when it gets close to the ceiling.

by **ttd rox** on January 16th, 2008, 3:14 pm

Yep!^ And it's pretty cool if you think of a 65ft coaster being inside of a mall!

by **FParker185** on January 16th, 2008, 10:49 pm

probably going to take at least a week or 2 for them to even consider testing it, as just about the entire ride is being held vertical by wooden wedges (Gerstlauer uses a unique footer system)

I would think it will soft open before March.

by **Trailblazer Tony** on January 20th, 2008, 10:08 pm

It still amazes me the things they are putting in this mall! Lots of new rides to check out this season, makes me want to head up to Mall Of America! The one thing i think is funny is the fact that such an intense ride is named after such a childish show.

by **FParker185** on January 20th, 2008, 11:56 pm

on another msg board a mall employee posts, I guess it's getting extensive themeing with a tunnel and it's unlikely it will open for some time. I guess that whole corner of the park will get a Spongebob theme.

I personally like Spongebob there is more adult humor in it than you may think, if you've never seen it. A few episodes have a few rally entertaining sexual references, though it's all done to fly right over the heads of kids for the parents who are forced to watch what the kids want to watch

by **ttd rox** on January 21st, 2008, 10:52 am

Spongebob Rox! I'll still be watching it when I'm an adult. In fact, I'm watching it right now! Go SB! Everybody has to love Spongebob in order to ride it! JK.

by **Iggy ACE** on January 21st, 2008, 2:44 pm

Splat-O-Sphere inside.........

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by **Trailblazer Tony** on January 21st, 2008, 10:57 pm

I'm assuming this one is like Halfpipe at Elitch Gardens?!?! So the park is actually getting 2 coasters next year.....

by **FParker185** on January 21st, 2008, 11:42 pm

as I type this and for about the next 8 mins you will see the large tower section dangling from the crane in a fairly precarious position

Also if you count that as a coaster that would make all DiskO's and similar rides coasters

by **ttd rox** on January 22nd, 2008, 8:29 am

Diskos have a different track than half pipes and half pipes are a lot bigger.

by **Trailblazer Tony** on January 22nd, 2008, 2:30 pm

So IS it a halfpipe ride like at Elitch Gardens or is it a disk'O?! (Which in the case of Survivor at KGA, IS in fact considered a coaster by RCDB)

by **demon boy** on January 22nd, 2008, 4:22 pm

Just look at the station. The station is curving, its probably a Disk'o. ANd its called "splat-'O'-sphere" giving a hint of a disk "O"

by **FParker185** on January 22nd, 2008, 4:37 pm

it is an Intamin Halfpipe just like Elitch (well shorter), but the ride action is exactly the same. Propulsion system at the bottom of the U then it just rocks back and forth.

by **ttd rox** on January 22nd, 2008, 4:58 pm

A DiskO is a simple carnival ride that is only a simple little U shape like the one at Mt. Olympus. Stuff like Survivor is also considered a diskO even though it has more than just a simple U. DiskO are smaller and Half Pipes are bigger. Halfpipes go up at a 90 degree angle DiskO's don't. Pretty simple if you look at pics. Also, their trains/cars are different. Halfpipe is more of skateboard shape acting like your doing a HALFPIPE on it that's why it's called a halfpipe coaster. I looked at RCDB and it didn't say Survivor was a coaster.

by **Iggy ACE** on January 22nd, 2008, 5:39 pm

demon boy wrote:Just look at the station. The station is curving, its probably a Disk'o. ANd its called "splat-'O'-sphere" giving a hint of a disk "O"

Splat-O-Sphere is the orange and white drop tower. Avatar is the blue half pipe coaster.

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