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[Thunderhead]

You guys have no sense of thrill. YOLO*.


I do not endorse that phrase*

[Daniel Westfall]

Perfect. We can put it in at the Daytona NASCAR museum.

I actually expected Intimidator-305 to not have any right turns when I first heard about it and was slightly disappointed when I saw the first turn was to the right.

[Reapers Ashes]

a Launching suspended swinging coaster be pretty sweet to see.

[steel-Rock]

Putting inversions on a kiddie coaster basically ruins the whole point. I see older people on the ride in the video, and OTSR's. It's basically not even a kiddie coaster.

This Wild Wind reminds me of Looping Star. I tried it at Beech Bend. It closed and moved to a small park in Canada. RCDB says that there are still three like it operating in Maryland, New Jersey, and Oregon. Before you
get in the car, get someone to hit you with a baseball bat instead. I called it a "family" coaster.



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Edited by steel-Rock, 13 June 2012 - 05:16 AM.

[Thunderhead]

a Launching suspended swinging coaster be pretty sweet to see.

Maybe a launched B&M but bid never launch a swinger.

[The BeastFan]

There's 2 idea's that have recently sprung in my head as of late.

 

The first has to do with the ever growing population of roller coasters with on board sound.  Do you think we'll ever see a coaster where the music is specifically composed for that specific ride?  And I'm not limiting this to just coasters.  Rides like Top Spins, Drop Towers, and the more thrilling flats would do wonders with a custom soundtrack (instead of bytes from existing music mixed up).  Just a thought.  I'd imagine this would be limited to parks like Disney, Universal, and perhaps a Busch park as well as Alton Towers or Thorpe, at first. 

 

Also, what if coasters had displays on the cars which displayed real time forces and speeds going on?  Does anyone think that would add more to certain rides?

[skyscraper]

personally, i think it is a good idea, because people would be able to see how fast it goes, and see what the G-forces are, before deciding weather to join the queue or not.

[The BeastFan]

^Well, that too, but I also meant having a speedometer and other such devices in the train so guests can see how those things during the ride.

[Ryan Shrout]

I think a display of such information on the ride would more distract and detract than be an add on. Now as something for a monitor in the queue line, I think it'd be fantastic. To see a dot spinning around a top view layout with speed, height, and G stats streaming would be really fun to watch.