October 20, 200816 yr comment_36557 Oh yeah I remember now they where going to hav 4 inversions but took 1 out and replaced it with an airtime hill. Wat a stupid thing to do why didn't they keep the 4th inversion aswell as adding the airtime hill? It would hav been so much better and would hav lengthened the ride out abit!
October 20, 200816 yr comment_36581 Either immelmann or dive but the thing is that having two big inversions one after the other is a bit cramped. The dive loop is very small from the loads of pics I've seen and first-hand view on Samurai. They could have honestly built some of the coaster around the queueline otherside. The coaster is not about the thrillness of the track because the track is quite short but what this coaster is about, is the the themeing and Thorpe's attempt to create a dark-section. I can see them succeeding.
October 20, 200816 yr comment_36587 The previous '4th inversion' was actually the 3rd in the original layout, it was an Overbanked Turn, which was the element after and before two sets a MCBR's. After Thorpe revised the layout, the first MCBR was replaced with the Air-Time Hill, and the Overbanked Turn was replaced by the upper-banked curve which leads onto the existing MCBR after exiting the Air-Time Hill.The track could actually have been feasible if Thorpe replaced the original layout's first MCBR with an Air-Time Hill that went over the second set, with an Overbanked Turn inbetween. So after the Overbanked Turn the car would go onto the 'second' MCBR and into the Dive Loop.
October 20, 200816 yr comment_36595 Although it is being considered as 3 inversions, some might feel it as 4 becuase of the Immelmann turn, which could feel like your being inverted, in some cases.Also, just for conformation.Nemesis: Just over 95ftColossus: Just over 98ftDetonator: 115ft (100ft drop before the breaks)Slammer: 105ft (at the end of the rows)SAW: Just around 100ft (give or take the odd inch)(Also, for who said it, SAW looks bigger than Detonator because Detonator is further away. Just like Nemesis and Stealth look similar heights from Samurai. It is just a bit of an illusion).
October 20, 200816 yr comment_36672 Ive got a feeling that all this theming isnt going to be working a year after it's installed. I mean look at all the other theming around the park, Colossus fountain works once in a blue moon. Then there's Inferno's Water Jets under the loop, (okay it's working now). Anyone remember when Inferno's volcano used to smoke? ;
October 20, 200816 yr comment_36677 Ive got a feeling that all this theming isnt going to be working a year after it's installed. I mean look at all the other theming around the park, Colossus fountain works once in a blue moon. Then there's Inferno's Water Jets under the loop, (okay it's working now). Anyone remember when Inferno's volcano used to smoke? ;All those do still work, in fact Inferno Smoke is working now in the evening; so all of those effects do work but they do need to be turned on. Credit given where credit is due, they have bothered with it this year.
October 20, 200816 yr comment_36678 All those do still work, in fact Inferno Smoke is working now in the evening; so all of those effects do work but they do need to be turned on. Credit given where credit is due, they have bothered with it this year.Thats my point, its all fine them working but whats the oint if they are turned off.
October 20, 200816 yr comment_36679 But we should be alright, as I suspect that much of this themeing we will see will be object-based... ie. tables, traps etc... I suppose the only thing to be 'effect' base could be mist, and maybe lighting, but even then, it will probably still be around then.
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36697 The immelmann loop after the drop looks massive, I havnt really seen any decent photos of the dive loop yet. Are the rumours true that the dive loop goes underground?
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36698 Vertical Drop: 100 Degrees, 2nd steepest on earthI thought it was the steepest? I heard some rumour that Flamingoland are building a steeper drop also to open next year, but I dont know of any already operating rides that are steeper!
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36700 I just feel that is the proof that Thorpe have decided to get rid of the themed areas. This fits in nowhere. It's just plonked there and I have a feeling that the SAW theming came in after the plans we saw. The first plans we saw were very saw mill and western almost what with the windmill but windmills and saw mills (ironically) don't actually fit into the SAW theme.Sorry I keep posting but this is an important point, does anybody think they might re-theme the Canada Creek area into a movie themed area? So perhaps they'll name the other rides in area after famous films and add appropriate theming! That would be really cool if they did, they could have their own Universal Studios style area in the park.
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36705 Why rule it out, they rethemed Amity Cove when they put Stealth in.
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36708 What the hell. No they didn't. It's always been the same, all they done was ADD to Amity.
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36709 Why rule it out, they rethemed Amity Cove when they put Stealth in. Correction: They chucked Amity Cove;s theming out the window when they built Stealth
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36710 No, when they built Stealth, Amity Speedway was added which is a racing track in Amity Cove. Amity Cove is still there, if it was rethemed it would have had everything ripped out and been made Teacups Land or something. You may have possibly have got your definitions of rethemed and expanded mixed up?
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36720 Don't bite his head off for a suggestion, okay?I would be quite happy to see an EXPANSION to the themeing in Canda Creek at the moment, although, I cannot really think what they would do, to help SAW: The Ride tie in with it.But I'm sure whatever they do will be great ;D
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36725 Tbh I don't think they will do anything, surely Saw *is* the expansion to Canada Creek, and I guess the retheming of Samurai. I can't see anything happening to the original Canada Creek area around Rocky though.
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36727 We know Thorpe Park and its rides n areas. Amity Cove still exists and they didn't re-theme AC when Stealth was put in. They made an expansion with Stealth (racetrack) to AC. AC is a 1960's American fishing village which has its own racetrack and tidal waves.
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36730 I do love the story behind Amity Cove - I wonder if the one behind Canada Creek will change?
October 21, 200816 yr comment_36737 Probably not, Canada Creek doesn't really have a storyline like Amity Cove. It's just a small Canadian village. Whether they would eventually expand the Saw theme to start creeping into other rides like Loggers is a different story. It would be cool for them to do that though IMO, Jigsaw in the Loggers tunnel could be amusing.
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