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    Six Flags Qiddiya | Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    My understanding is that Kingda Ka in reality maxes out at about 120mph at the most (except maybe on very windy days). Not including friction or air resistance, and assuming the height difference between the end of the launch track and top of the top hat is 430ft, then it would be going at 39mph...
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    Six Flags Qiddiya | Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    If it’s going 155mph before the big hill, then (not accounting for friction or air resistance) it would still be going at about 90mph at the top of the hill, which seems way too fast. I would therefore imagine there will be some trims.
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    Grona Lund to Expand for 2024?

    Interestingly it looks like it starts with the nearer spike, suggesting a launch to start. Then at the far end it has the normal lift hill.
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    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    A 500ft coaster is obviously well beyond Merlin’s budget - maybe they were considering building the world’s tallest drop tower.
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    Cedar Point to close Snake River Falls

    The second launch acts as MCBR, with the block ending after the train has cleared the dive loop.
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    Six Flags Qiddiya | Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    Indeed. If it weren’t trimmed (and assuming no friction), to go from 155mph to 45mph at the top, it would have to be 730ft tall. So then an even greater investment on that and the rest of the layout, and even worse for the heat of the wheels. What forces were there going over the hill on your...
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    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    Hangtime and airtime are ultimately the same thing. You’d be feeling the same thing on a slow stall at -0.8g and a fast airtime hill at -0.8g, for example.
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    Universal considering UK theme park in Bedford

    Looks like high quality concept art, it would take someone very talented to fake it. And AI wouldn’t be able to come up with specific ride details, which look like mostly lands/rides from other Universal parks. This person tracked this concept art down to Milton Keynes...
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    Flamingoland Removing Lost River Ride?

    Maybe they’re just going to remove the drop, so that it’s just a safari boat ride.
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    Six Flags Over Georgia | Georgia Surfer | Intamin Ultra Surf | 2025

    Intamin also already have a Power Splash rip-off - https://www.intamin.com/product/ultra-splash/ This is just another model, a modernised half-pipe.
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    Emerald Park News/Discussion

    It’s… not in the UK
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    Six Flags Qiddiya | Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    If it’s shallow then it could mean going over it with some speed after the launch, so could be some good airtime.
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    CWOA | Mandrill Mayhem (World of Jumanji) | B&M Wing Coaster | 2023

    If they’ve signed a contract, they may not be able to cancel one of the coasters, at least not easily - they may end up sending it elsewhere or going for a different model in a differently location.
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    Parc Astérix | Toutatis | Intamin Launch Coaster | 2023

    It is sped up for the trip from the break run into the station, you can see both the start and end of the sped up section. Can’t see any other definite transitions elsewhere.
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    CWOA | Mandrill Mayhem (World of Jumanji) | B&M Wing Coaster | 2023

    A better option might have been two ~20 person standard trains with a Mr Freeze style transfer track.
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    Legoland Deutschland | Maximus: Flight of the Guardian| B&M Wing Coaster | 2023

    Legoland parks are as popular as other larger thrill-based parks, but most family rides on offer from manufactures are physically smaller with lower capacities. These B&M Wing coasters will be the largest rides in their respective parks, and will inevitably end up being the most popular, just...
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    Legoland Belgium in Charleroi

    More images here: https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/20566/Bekijk-de-eerste-ontwerpen-voor-het-nieuwe-Legoland-pretpark-in-Belgie.html Though they obviously aren’t very realistic.
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    Legoland Deutschland | Maximus: Flight of the Guardian| B&M Wing Coaster | 2023

    B&Ms are reliable and have high capacities, each individual coaster is still fairly small (though will be the largest at each Legoland park). Kiddie/family coasters generally dont have particularly high capacity, as families/kids are not necessarily the main demographic for most parks - but...
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    Universal's Epic Universe | Orlando USA | Theme Park

    The DK coaster model appears to have triangular track on higher stress areas, as seen below:
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