Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby CCG2 » Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:16 am

Either Intimidator or Silver Star, both of which as stated above are B&M Hyper-Trimmers :lmao: . Let's hope Leviathan dosen't have the same fate. If Levi actually has airtime that will give it a nice competitive edge over MF, but it still wont beat I-305.

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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby Gutterflower » Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:33 am

Um...all the hypers? They're all basically the same.

That's a bit harsh on Raging Bull. :p B&M do seem to like their O&B but they are almost all well respected if not well loved rides so it clearly works for them. Now I just have to get out there and ride one of them :S

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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby DarkStitch626 » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:39 am

CCG2 wrote:Either Intimidator or Silver Star, both of which as stated above are B&M Hyper-Trimmers .



I've heard Behemoth is even more so , though having ridden Intimidator MANY times, I can safely say the trims aren't always firing s they are "Train selective" when it comes to weight, and also in more cases they are on forced on by maintenance in stormy or rain conditions I would believe. You get a good 3 click ride with No trims and doing Pufferfish's "Cannon ball" Its insane. :)

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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby coasterfreak101 » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:59 am

Gutterflower wrote:
Um...all the hypers? They're all basically the same.

That's a bit harsh on Raging Bull. :p B&M do seem to like their O&B but they are almost all well respected if not well loved rides so it clearly works for them. Now I just have to get out there and ride one of them :S


I honestly never count Raging Bull, solely because it was a one-time thing. Now they found their mold, and they haven't put out a truly unique one since. They're starting to throw in unique elements though, like on Shambhala.
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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby odene497 » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:26 pm

DarkStitch626 wrote:
CCG2 wrote:Either Intimidator or Silver Star, both of which as stated above are B&M Hyper-Trimmers .


I've heard Behemoth is even more so


I dunno, every time I've ridden Behemoth it's usually only the first trim that does anything. And it's not really enough to even feel it, you can just hear it.
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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby CedarFair1 » Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:46 pm

Very small update

A bunch of the supports all the way up to front gate have been put up, and the so called "barrel roll" lol was added on a little bit. Kind of a pointless update but meh... I would have taken more pictures but security was parked right next to me and it was just a little awkward lol.
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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby DougMJr » Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:52 pm

^That last shot makes Levi looks sorta like Millennium Force's brother-from-another-mother. Nice to see progress on the first overbank.

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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby bottom_feeder_13 » Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:03 pm

Is it just me or does that overbank look like it'll be incredibly forceful as well as very overbanked?
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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby Bryce232 » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:48 am

The barrel roll is basically a half overbank. Instead of doing it like MF, it breaks at the second half and just goes straight. Seems like it'll be a mean element with lots of force! I really hope this B&M offers an experience different from the others. Thanks for the pictures!
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Re: Canada's Wonderland Discussion Thread

Postby asimowalk » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:02 am

Nice pictures. The first picture of the 'barrel roll' progress really shows off the scale of this project. There was a lot of excitement with the completion of the lift, but I think that excitement will run up to the incredibly long brake run... at least for us locals.

Is security allowing people to come into the parking lot to take pictures? I'm sure with the coaster being in plain view that people coming in for a closer look was expected so I'm curious to hear if they're turning an eye this time. I remember with Behemoth, the park was asking people not to come onto the property, specifically Canada's Wonderland Drive.

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