MarkC Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 As the OFFICIAL DG95 DOMINIC GARDNER would say. A WORLD EXCLUSIVE… trains delivered Inferno, coasterverse and MattyMoo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Fake news until SLKSTN video confirms this image is real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 God the capacity is gonna be crap. coasterverse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Thank god we were spared the higher capacity crowd pleasing B&M hyper ey Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelly Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 train reveal I think they look very good Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Thank god they don’t have those unnecessary seat belts! And if they’ve structured the station to allow quick dispatches, combined with the shorter ride time hopefully the capacity won’t be the worst thing ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 2 minutes ago, Charlesberg said: Thank god they don’t have those unnecessary seat belts! And if they’ve structured the station to allow quick dispatches, combined with the shorter ride time hopefully the capacity won’t be the worst thing ever? Icon and Helix didn't open with seat belts either. I hope against hope that Hyperia doesn't get them at any point.. Trains look gorgeous. Can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Loving the look of them trains. I’ll reserve my judgement for the rest of the area till opening day, but it’s a big shame about the queue line. So much potential for a nice queue line there but that looks hideous. They’ve confirmed it won’t have seatbelts so hopefully that’ll stay. Out of interest, does anyone know the reason Icon and Helix both got seatbelts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelAllen Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Love the look of these trains, bit concerned about the queue line/landscaping right now. Right now it’s just a mud… I believe they also have to dig out the mud to re-create the lake at the back of the site. Loggers looked fantastic with the nature all around it so hope this will get there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Train looks lovely. Sleek, simple, all it needed to be. Hopefully testing starts very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted Saturday at 07:08 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 07:08 AM 16 hours ago, Cal said: They’ve confirmed it won’t have seatbelts so hopefully that’ll stay. Out of interest, does anyone know the reason Icon and Helix both got seatbelts? Initially guests wanted it at Helix, it got complaints that it felt unsafe. Then with Icon its because the restraints had double redundancy in case of failure, the seatbelts give it a third redundancy if something was to go wrong. Looking at a few others, Copperhead Strike opened with seatbelts (unsurprisingly, Cedar Fair after all) and DC Rivals Hypercoaster didn't, neither do the majority of the Blue Fire clones, Star Trek or Capitol Bullet Train. Merlin being Merlin, I can just see the guest perception taking precedent with Hyperia. This is the company that wouldn't batch a station at Mandrill and has ugly queue lines where every new ride has fences over 6 foot tall. Cal, Matt 236 and Inferno 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted Monday at 06:55 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:55 AM Train 2 for Hyperia isn't yet in the country and on it's way over, according to the latest SLKSTN vid... cause for concern or is it just a case of plonking it on the track when it arrives? 😄 From the latest video - it's clear there is still a lot of groundwork to be done on areas that aren't the bit they are focusing on near the station. That bit looks good though, looks like they've put shingle down around the planting from what I can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted Monday at 08:02 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:02 AM Hmm.. hopefully it’s going to be ok. They got the first train in and on the track within a couple of days so hopefully it’ll be the same for the second! the timing does feel tight on this doesn’t it 😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted Monday at 08:56 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:56 AM 50 minutes ago, Inferno said: the timing does feel tight on this doesn’t it 😬 It definitely does - I know we aren't engineers etc etc etc etc but - 39 days to go (38 days until the press event)... we'll see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted Tuesday at 12:28 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 12:28 PM Hyperia has just dispatched from the station for the first time, within the last minute, and is currently at the bottom of the lift waiting to ascend. Live stream here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwCOiaDEU9c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted Tuesday at 01:20 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 01:20 PM Bit slow etc. Definitely will have a lot of wasted momentum going into the final brake run by looks of it. Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted Tuesday at 01:31 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 01:31 PM Not being funny but if it takes 20 minutes to get up the lift hill the queues are going to be horrendous and in my view this is just another way of Merlin exploiting fasttrack sales. Inferno, coasterverse and JoshC. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inferno Posted Tuesday at 01:33 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 01:33 PM Watching it go around, it does look like it's going to be cut short at the end. It also seems much shorter than I seem to have imagined it being 😬 And that's with it going slowly! Still - what a ride. Very exciting to see it going around for the first time! The first element is taken at a good speed even this early in the testing, and the hangtime looks wild towards the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parm Pap Posted Tuesday at 03:00 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 03:00 PM it's all a bit stressful in there now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelly Posted Tuesday at 03:19 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 03:19 PM better angle courtesy of SLKSTN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted Tuesday at 04:04 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 04:04 PM Looks good tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted Tuesday at 04:15 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 04:15 PM Best thing about the testing was the cheers from the crowds as the train went down the first drop. The sense of community from things like this is never better then days like today. Inferno and ImLucifer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinlarr89 Posted Tuesday at 05:10 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 05:10 PM Pacing will alter significantly as testing continues. Firstly the train literally crawled over the crest of the lift hill, in a couple of weeks it will be going significantly quicker over the top as Mack lifts are normally fast. This won’t dramatically alter the speed at the bottom (probably only a couple of mph) but that will mean a significant amount of additional kinetic energy is being carried by the train. Secondly the friction will reduce as the ride beds in and warms up so the speed will be maintained throughout the layout. This will probably mean more airtime but less hang time Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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