Smoother and probably more efficient.

I can imagine the clone being a lot better than Colossus (even thought they would be the same!?)

It's believed to be this new version, with a cable lift hill and different shaped drop (there's an image of it SOMEWHERE, but god knows)...

EDIT - Aha, found it!

Almost identical

Nice. Is the ending all tri-tubed track now then? I thought it all was until I saw the airtime hill; weird.

Oh and sounding n00bish here, you said there was an Intamin drop coaster? Whaaaaaaaaaat?

^Think verbolten.

Lift is going to look strange!

What intrigues me is they have banished the white strips along the length of the track! Intamin are continuing the use of box supports, which can be seen here: http://www.cwfans.it...o/set.php?id=31

EDIT you can see the Drop Tower half way down the page of those images

^Think verbolten.

Even though it is Zierer? I'm thinking Th13teen then.

Thanks for that! Total mind blank.

And to the post above: Disgusting industrial-looking lift hills are the future apparently.

Less supports, stronger track, WIN WIN situation.

But in the case of Skyrush it did look like it belonged in a large docking area. I'm not denying that it costs less, as Colossus has so many supports for the lift structure.

In the long run I'm sure it would work out more expensive, the ropes on the lift would need to be changed regularly to avoid snapping which isn't cheap as opposed to a standard lift chain which can last years.

Take stealth for example every 80,000 launches they like to replace the ropes instead of the recommended 100,000 which is once a year, so it's around 6/7 replacements since 2006. Colossus on te other hand has had chain replaced once? Maybe twice in 10 years. (I don't really know)

The manucacture cost may be lower but the maintenance is probably higher in the long run

Maintenance, on MY Intamin?

In the long run I'm sure it would work out more expensive, the ropes on the lift would need to be changed regularly to avoid snapping which isn't cheap as opposed to a standard lift chain which can last years.

Take stealth for example every 80,000 launches they like to replace the ropes instead of the recommended 100,000 which is once a year, so it's around 6/7 replacements since 2006. Colossus on te other hand has had chain replaced once? Maybe twice in 10 years. (I don't really know)

The manucacture cost may be lower but the maintenance is probably higher in the long run

Well, it is a hydraulic launch coaster. As much as the coaster goes through, that really isn't much. Besides, cables for hydraulic launches aren't really comparable to chain lifts as they both haul drastically different workloads.

I see Djurs Sommerland have revealed their new coaster for 2013..... (taken from their facebook page)

The first thing that came to mind when I saw this was "Jet Rescue" at Sea World Australia.

Giggity

Storm at Etnaland...

Looks like a top little coaster there, Ben Nice launches and banking for what also looks to be a family coaster too. The length of the train is going to give a lot of sudden bursts of speed going into those helices as well.

This and Piraten tbh...

And as for The Storm... Dayum.

So 'new' Test Track is done...

Not entirely sure what to make of that, if they wanted some sort of 'Tron - The Ride' why not just build one? Hmmm.

I think possibly Disney always wanted that style of ride but without the tag of "Tron" onto it as it shortens down the audience, with this new revamp, it still get's a wider audience just with Tron like features in it.

Loving the lights and computer screens though.

Looks gorgeous. Way, way better than previous one it seems!

Just gonna say that even though I won't watch the video due to spoilers, I really loved the original version of Testrack. If the new version is even better then I will say that Disney will have done a fantastic job. Roll on Florida 2015

I think possibly Disney always wanted that style of ride but without the tag of "Tron" onto it as it shortens down the audience, with this new revamp, it still get's a wider audience just with Tron like features in it.

With this logic, Disney wouldn't have risked themeing The Tower of Terror around The Twilight Zone.

Probably cos calling it TRON would've stuck out like a sore thumb at epcot?

Then why is Finding Nemo in Future World let alone Epcot? Tron fits in with innovation and technological advancements that Future World is based around. The initial hill climb could have been entering The Grid and the barrier test could have been escaping back into the real world. Honestly, it's probably still Test Track because the sponsorship was up but GM paid the right amount of money to fund this refurb.

Anyway, this change looks like a massive improvement.

Read a huge report on it and it sounds fantastic.

Just a quick update on Gatekeepers progress....

Meanwhile, in Fantasyland

Seems to be getting some stick, but I think it looks fantastic.