macboy

Yes, yes they are the best views!! (actually looks like a game!!)

Thanks for the helpful info!

Excellent site! Thanks so much.

Guys, long time lurker, first time poster (well not really, I have posted, but not since like 2005!) I am taking the family to Orlando in April, we are going to do a 7 day Disney cruise, and then 4 days in the park (we just have 4!) I have many many questions, I have been to Disneyland 3 times, and I understand from people the size difference it hard to comprehend. We are going to skip the water parks and just do the 4 main ones. We are looking at staying at the Pop century value resort, and getting the bus to a different park each day. Is it feasible to spend time in one park in the morning, and then move to another? What are the crowds like in April, what kind of wait times will I have to look forward to? What kind of shuttle service does Disney provide? Our Cruise gets in about 7.30am, will we be able to get transport to the Pop century hotel? Cheers

Ahhh ok I will go back to just lookin at the pretty pictures!

Umm Robb are you stuck in some sort of time vortex?? Its 2007 buddy

Linked from slashdot http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071105widernetcoaster.html Here is a snip of the article For starters, the Dragster is wired with 560,000 feet of copper cable to carry back performance data from 300 redundant pairs of sensors located throughout the track and engine room. The majority of the sensors are proximity switches that can measure the movement of the metal coaster car over the track. There are also thermal temperature and pneumatic sensors. If any one of the sensor pairs fails to match the readout of the other, the Dragster is shut down for a safety check. But the data aren't just collected for safety. They also help produce the perfect ride on every launch. The parameters within which the Dragster has to operate are so finely tuned that variable load weights from people, wind speed and out-side temperature affect its performance. So data ranging from the velocity of the roller coaster car at the top of the tower to wind speed and direction (taken from an anemometer atop the tower) are collected on every ride and analyzed using proprietary software developed for Cedar Point. After every third launch, the data are averaged and compared with historic launch data in an effort to create that perfect ride - the roller coaster must go fast enough to clear the top of the tower, but slow to between 7 and 15 mph in order to give riders the maximum lift effect at the top. Based on the comparison of current and historical data, the Dragster corrects itself by adjusting the pressure of the engine and other parameters to produce as near perfect a ride as possible every time. Interesting read...

Give that man a prize!!

Well since I kinda started this yesterday with my Guess the Coaster thingy I have a go. OK heres a tricky one. I will give some clues maybe later. Where is it??

Shame its broken, anyone else know where I can get a vid of this coaster??

YEAH!! http://www.rcdb.com/id1357.htm Gravity Max Thanks Heaps!!

One of my friends sent me some piccys of this coaster. With a weird tilting launch thingy. I want to find out more, but I dont know the name of the coaster or the park its in (being from Australia, the land of 23 coasters total, most of them sucky old wild mice types) Any ideas?? Weeeeeeeeee

Copy and paste link issue me thinks! The Quicktime links are the same ones (Windows media files) What gives hey?!