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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:36 pm Post subject: Yeah meet up at a great new coaster
Yeah! Season Pass meet at King’s Dominion’s. This is great and a new ride too. It’s worth the wait.
Ok, I’m new to the coaster discussion so I don’t have a handle on ride terms and layout. But from what people have said this is suppose to be the Millennium Force for the east coast. Now love this Intimidator 305 ride at KD. I just can’t wait to ride this. So help me understand this. Just shy of 5 ft. of Millennium Force this is a giga coaster that is total speed and height. Based on the layout dose it share similar characteristic to Millennium Force?
305 Intimidator
Ride Stats
- Track Length: 5,100 feet
- Maximum Height: 305 feet
- Lift Hill Angle: 45 degrees
- Length of First Drop: 300 feet
- Angle of First Drop: 85 degrees
- Length of Other Drops: 150 feet
- Airtime Humps: 6 including S-curve transitions
- High Speed Turns: 3 at ground level
- Fastest Speed: Excess of 90 MPH
- Ride Time: 3 minutes
- Hourly Capacity:: 1,350 riders
- Number of Trains: Two
- Vehicles: Four passenger open design trains with overhead lap bars but no over-the-shoulder harnesses
- Investment: $25 million
Millennium Force
Cost: $25,000,000 USD Capacity: 1300 riders per hour Length: 6595' Height: 310' Drop: 300' Inversions: 0 Speed: 93 mph Duration: 2:20 Max Vertical Angle: 80 Degrees Elements: 310' tall Lift Hill
169' tall Hill
182' tall Hill
Tunnel
Tunnel
Millennium Force track layout
Intimidator 305 car's and track
Maybe not, but I think each park has it’s own way to do there ride. I see Intimidator as the best thing to happened to the King’s Dominion’s and the east coast. Also, for Bush Gardens guy’s it brings up the bar again. So, if you guy’s want to get rid of Big Bad Wolf and not even hint on something else then King’s Dominion is for the win here.
Oh well, Season pass meet ok. Let's do it
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject: Why the hate? What with this outrage?
I don't get it. Why are there so bad reaction to KD new 305 Intimidator. I was listing to In the Loop and they played some youtube video about how disappointment about this ride. I mean WTF. Can someone explains what's the hate about. I hear this from fanboys like Star Trek, Video games and Disney fanboys(ohh snap).
look at these video.
Man it's hateraid the name of the game. So what's up with this coaster now living up to people views. I mean I still waiting on Hollywood Rocket to get better, I'm not downing on it. I still want to give that coaster a chance. So the H#@! is this about? _________________
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject: Here’s my trip report of Intimidator 305 update
I recently made it out to King’s Dominion to check out the construction for Intimidator 305. I manager take some pictures of both the construction site and the model display by Coaster Dynamics.
This is at the storefront at the entrance at of the park. This place has all the swag and the model of Intimidator 305 built by Coaster Dynamics.
Here's a little video of the model at work. Here's the link
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/ph...L66upXQOKwnV2Imcw?feat=directlink
Now there is a kiosk display with a loop video showing the Intimidator 305 spec and CGI ride thru.
Now I’m taking King’s Dominion Eiffel tower up to get a bird’s eye view of the construction site.
So, here's a top of a world view of how the construction is going.
Still a lot of tracks being layout at the parking area.
Now here’s a grounds view of the construction. This was taken very close to Fight of Fear coaster. I believe in episode 83: King’s Island review it’s referred to as “Space Mountain on crack”. But yeah, this coaster really is expanding the park more. The conga area is really the place for all coasters thrills pretty much.
Just to get an idea of how big the coaster will be at the King’s Dominion. This photo shows Drop Tower at 305 feet just equal to Intimidator's height. Just behind Drop tower is the old and classic wooden coaster Rebel Yell.
Well I'm off to ride some rides here a few photo's of them. This is Volcano a LIM-launched roller coaster just behind it is Fight of Fear in that cylinder shape building.
A little history about Volcano coaster is that is was once a heavily theme log flume ride that share the mountain with kid’s train ride that became infamously know as Smurf mountain.
The laster coaster to join the KD family is Dominator. A B&M Floorless coaster that reminde me a lot like Kraken at Sea World Orlando.
News have come out that Scooby Doo theme is leaving the park in a deal Cedar Fair made with Peanuts to have Snoopy replace all it’s Scooby references. So I got a chance to ride the Haunted Mansion Scooby ride. Just your average digital turkey shoot.
What you see before you is a water park. Now for the price of one ticket you get both the water park and amusement park. But it sad that the water park was built at area what use to be a beautiful lake. If anyone want to see what it looks like before the water park check out everybody’s favorite movie 1977 Rollercoaster.
Well's I stay long enough to enjoy Halloween Haunt nights. Not too bad, but it sure needs a kick in the creativity due to it's lack lust haunted attractions.
Hope everybody endjoy this update. Looking very forward to Intimidator 305 it look's to stand out.
Here a link to a the public showing.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Sting...05ConstuctionAtKD?feat=directlink _________________
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