Author Topic: continuing texas giant refurbishment (Read 10519 times)

B-mac · « **Reply #25 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:07:25 PM »

Will they be the same kind of trains that they got on the boss, or will it be different?

AV Matt · « **Reply #26 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:13:41 PM »

Pretty sure they will be very different unless they end up using old G trains like SoB did. Gerstlauer has produced a new style of train since the G trains we all know came to be.

B-mac · « **Reply #27 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:15:33 PM »

You mean the trains that could handle the loop? or the trains after that?

GADVwow · « **Reply #28 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:34:09 PM »

Gerstlauer trains never ran on Son of Beast with the loop. No trains did other than the ones from Premier.

And it wasn't because other trains couldn't handle the loop. Parks run trains they can buy...

B-mac · « **Reply #29 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:41:26 PM »

If I remember an old convo on a different thread right:
I believe the Premier trains were too heavy for the track so they got lighter G-trains and had to remove the loop in the process. I'm right, right?

GADVwow · « **Reply #30 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:43:42 PM »

Close enough!

AV Matt · « **Reply #31 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:25:09 PM »

Yes. The G-trains from the Myrtle Beach Hurricane CCI woodie were not intended by their designers to be inverted, even though they probably would have been perfectly safe for doing so. Thus, the only good part of that poor excuse for a wooden coaster was removed.

GADVwow · « **Reply #32 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:36:13 PM »

In Ohio, ride owners/operators must follow ride manufacturer's recommendations in order for a ride to be licensed to operate...

Millennium Force 44 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 17, 2010, 10:10:20 PM »

Quote from: AV Matt on September 16, 2010, 07:14:47 PM

Smartest thing Shoe has said in a week.

What? That Millennium Force is #1?

Steve · « **Reply #34 on:** September 17, 2010, 10:44:45 PM »

Quote from: Millennium Force 44 on September 17, 2010, 10:10:20 PM

Quote from: AV Matt on September 16, 2010, 07:14:47 PM
Smartest thing Shoe has said in a week.

What? That Millennium Force is #1?

Yes, it is #1, in the overrated category

GADVwow · « **Reply #35 on:** September 18, 2010, 08:19:33 AM »

Millennium Force isn't even the #1 tallest coaster at Cedar Point, even.

Though it was, once upon a time.

Millennium Force 44 · « **Reply #36 on:** September 29, 2010, 02:20:31 AM »

what!?

Curve of the first drop

WadeJ · « **Reply #37 on:** September 29, 2010, 07:51:07 AM »

Wow... that just looks awesome.

Is it just me though or did they take down a ton of trees in that area by the return?

ChuckR · « **Reply #38 on:** September 29, 2010, 03:28:19 PM »

Yeah, it looks like it.

AV Matt · « **Reply #39 on:** September 29, 2010, 03:37:44 PM »

Looks wicked brilliant!

B-mac · « **Reply #40 on:** September 29, 2010, 03:41:50 PM »

looks like it's gonna be very well paced.

nitrorox1414 · « **Reply #41 on:** October 02, 2010, 12:41:14 PM »

is this going to be conisdered steel? i think it should be in its own category....wheel

GADVwow · « **Reply #42 on:** October 02, 2010, 12:55:44 PM »

According to classic definitions, it will indeed be steel. The time may come those definitions don't make much sense anymore...not unlike, say, ACE Coaster Classic, which term has been redefined several times.

B-mac · « **Reply #43 on:** October 02, 2010, 08:27:07 PM »

SFNE announced that their bizzaro will not have its flamethrowers next year. they said it was going to another ride... Texas Giant seems likely, doesn't it?

Also, I've heard that bizarro(gadv) hasn't run its flames today and they didn't use them yesterday.

nitrorox1414 · « **Reply #44 on:** October 02, 2010, 08:31:51 PM »

I like the flames... it really adds to the ride.

I highly doubt it would go to Texes Giant considering that it does have wooden saports

WadeJ · « **Reply #45 on:** October 02, 2010, 08:42:31 PM »

Well, Terminator hasn't burned down yet...

B-mac · « **Reply #46 on:** October 02, 2010, 08:52:19 PM »

And as long as the sensors don't go bad, the flames shouldn't go within 15 feet of the ride anyway.

Dubya91 · « **Reply #47 on:** October 04, 2010, 07:46:04 AM »

Those are some sexy curves, although it's safe to say nobody builds classic wooden coasters anymore, its all steel and its all real

kingdakafan · « **Reply #48 on:** October 04, 2010, 10:47:23 AM »

Quote from: B-mac on October 02, 2010, 08:27:07 PM

SFNE announced that their bizzaro will not have its flamethrowers next year. they said it was going to another ride... Texas Giant seems likely, doesn't it?

Also, I've heard that bizarro(gadv) hasn't run its flames today and they didn't use them yesterday.

if it was raining hard or if the wind was over 15mph they shut off automatically. Btw the multi colored lights on the s-sheilds are back on!

B-mac · « **Reply #49 on:** October 04, 2010, 02:37:23 PM »

I saw that, and no it didn't rain for over 4 hours and it wasn't gusty at all when I went.

-EDIT: and that was the first time I rode the ride with the shields on, lol.

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