***Official Intimidator Construction Thread***

[chunkyskunk]

Here is some 'dirt porn' from Thursday. I was going to post them earlier but got busy with work and other stuff so I am just now getting around to it.

[bgwfreak]

Just in case anyone was wondering, I counted 17 track pieces out there today when I got done with my training and played in the park a bit.

[FSUNolez06]

The supports will come already painted, numbered and ready to go. Not sure why they repainted the Top Gun ones 10 years ago, must have been a last-minute decision.

Top Gun was originally going to be themed to Godzilla until Godzilla bombed at the Box Office (If I remember right, it was Godzilla. I'm sure someone can correct me if I'm wrong.). They then frantically thought up a new theme and repainted the supports.

[bgwfreak]

The supports will come already painted, numbered and ready to go. Not sure why they repainted the Top Gun ones 10 years ago, must have been a last-minute decision.

Top Gun was originally going to be themed to Godzilla until Godzilla bombed at the Box Office (If I remember right, it was Godzilla. I'm sure someone can correct me if I'm wrong.). They then frantically thought up a new theme and repainted the supports.

I still find it funny that they considered Godzilla a failure, it made over $130MM in 1998!
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=godzilla.htm

But I do remember them thinking it was going to be the next Titanic or something. I still remember going to see it at AMC South Blvd, and they had like 6 screens of it.

[FSUNolez06]

How does this look?

Parks ranked by number of roller coasters


Rank Park Number of Coasters
1. Cedar Point 17
2. Six Flags Magic Mountain 16
3. Canada's Wonderland 15
4. Kings Island 14
4. Kings Dominion 14
6. Carowinds 13
6. Six Flags Over Texas 13
6. Six Flags Great Adventure 13

[montumax]

The supports will come already painted, numbered and ready to go. Not sure why they repainted the Top Gun ones 10 years ago, must have been a last-minute decision.

Top Gun was originally going to be themed to Godzilla until Godzilla bombed at the Box Office (If I remember right, it was Godzilla. I'm sure someone can correct me if I'm wrong.). They then frantically thought up a new theme and repainted the supports.

I still find it funny that they considered Godzilla a failure, it made over $130MM in 1998!
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=godzilla.htm

But I do remember them thinking it was going to be the next Titanic or something. I still remember going to see it at AMC South Blvd, and they had like 6 screens of it.

Hell, I hate to admit it but I liked the movie...LOL

[wakewolf]

Just throwing this out there, does anybody think that this coaster might actually be a B&M Dive Machine and not a Hyper like we are all expecting?

Dive Machine track is absolutely HUGE. While the track that has arrived at Carowinds is large, it pales in comparison to Griffon or SheiKra.

This is going to be a B&M hyper coaster, which I'm sure will have some unique feature.

I personally hope this sucker is loooooooooong.

[chunkyskunk]

I posted back in the middle of page 27 about the very narrow footers at the south gate where an assumed hammerhead turnaround will be. I have only had one reply to this. I am really curious if anyone else has noticed this and also would like to hear opinions of those who have been down at the fence near those footers. Are they really farther apart then they appear from Afterburn's lift hill? Which to me looks like only 30-40 feet or so more or less. If a hyper does not have a hammerhead then it will have a helix and I know the footers are way to narrow for that. Any one have any other 'turnaround' possibilities? Maybe one of those RCT drops where the track drops down and turn back in and winds up right beside itself on the way back? Would love some close up photos of those last footers at the south gate.

[carowindsman6654]

Those footers by the south gate are for a brand new parking garage.

[coasterbruh]

I posted back in the middle of page 27 about the very narrow footers at the south gate where an assumed hammerhead turnaround will be. I have only had one reply to this. I am really curious if anyone else has noticed this and also would like to hear opinions of those who have been down at the fence near those footers. Are they really farther apart then they appear from Afterburn's lift hill? Which to me looks like only 30-40 feet or so more or less. If a hyper does not have a hammerhead then it will have a helix and I know the footers are way to narrow for that. Any one have any other 'turnaround' possibilities? Maybe one of those RCT drops where the track drops down and turn back in and winds up right beside itself on the way back? Would love some close up photos of those last footers at the south gate.

[chunkyskunk]

I posted back in the middle of page 27 about the very narrow footers at the south gate where an assumed hammerhead turnaround will be. I have only had one reply to this. I am really curious if anyone else has noticed this and also would like to hear opinions of those who have been down at the fence near those footers. Are they really farther apart then they appear from Afterburn's lift hill? Which to me looks like only 30-40 feet or so more or less. If a hyper does not have a hammerhead then it will have a helix and I know the footers are way to narrow for that. Any one have any other 'turnaround' possibilities? Maybe one of those RCT drops where the track drops down and turn back in and winds up right beside itself on the way back? Would love some close up photos of those last footers at the south gate.

Awesome. That is more narrow than a hammer head plus it is different. Thanks for the screen shots. Might just be what we get.

[Jonathan]

I kind of hope it is. That seems like it would be a pretty fun element in the hyper trains. Kind of like an immelman but it pulls out of it a bit earlier before going upside down.

[chunkyskunk]

I kind of hope it is. That seems like it would be a pretty fun element in the hyper trains. Kind of like an immelman but it pulls out of it a bit earlier before going upside down.

I think it would be awesome. Now the question is, would you rather dive in and up or end up diving down and back? Either direction would be cool to me. Now off to bed for me.

[coasterbruh]

^ it would be more feasible entering it like an immelman. The traditional dive loop is more curved...

I kind of hope it is. That seems like it would be a pretty fun element in the hyper trains. Kind of like an immelman but it pulls out of it a bit earlier before going upside down.

When designing that element I was hoping that walter and the team would try to incorporate that in their hyper line up. It doesn't invert anymore than their hammerheads and gives good floater air on the way out...

I really do wonder if this coaster have special elements. While SFoG's Goliath does have a kinda different hammerhead B&M hasn't really try to be "creative" in their layout designs. Here's hoping diamondback was the start of a less static coaster layout...

Jarvis "wonders what happen to his dream of being a coaster designer" Morant

[dailyshow]

I think this was mentioned as speculation before, but def. now. From Thrill Network this morning (8/17/2009)

DOSWELL, VA – On August 20, 2009, Kings Dominion will hold a press conference to announce the largest capital investment in the park’s 35-year history. The event will take place at the Grand Bandstand on International Street at 11:00am.


Guests on hand for the announcement include Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, Regional Vice President of Cedar Fair Richard Zimmerman, General Manager of KD Pat Jones and most interestingly, Jeff Steiner and Taylor Earnhardt of Dale Earnhardt Inc.

As there is a major NASCAR track in Richmond, VA, there is speculation that this will be a NASCAR-themed roller coaster.

...so I assume all the peeps that were rooting for the NASCAR are happy now, as for the rest of us...meh

BTW: Thanks for the info Brooke!