Holiday World | Thunderbird | Launched B&M Wing Coaster

[Hyde]

Here are some great photos of the construction from the HW Facebook page:

 

[GuyWithAStick]

The first train arrived!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9hDntSKhQ[/youtube]

 

[owentaylor121]

Re: Holiday World | Thunderbird | Launched B&M Wing Coaster

The park posted this photo of the construction of the head and foot chopper, looks very tight!

 

[Shadow17]

Any guesses on when testing will start? Maybe sometime late February?

 

[tribar]

Re: Holiday World | Thunderbird | Launched B&M Wing Coaster

Wow. Looks even better than I thought it would.

 

[Snoo]

Can't wait to ride it this summer.

 

[Ian]

The park posted this photo of the construction of the head and foot chopper, looks very tight!

Mmmm, yeah. Looks sexy. To some extent I never trust a photo because it can be taken at a certain angle to make it look better (it's like taking a selfie with the camera higher than your head so your eyes appear bigger and you don't get a piggy nose). It looks like the fence on the left is closer to the camera compared to the one on the right so although the near miss will still be great, it might not be as sexy as the photo suggests.

Why am I looking forward to this? Launched B&M for starters and the inevitable photo of fab Pat Koch riding front row on opening day <3

 

[Darren B]

^I hate to break your spirit, but Pat Koch currently has nothing to do with Holiday World. The Park is now owned by Will Koch's wife, Lori. She still has part ownership but doesn't have any say in how the park runs, same with Dan Koch (her son) who holds a 40% stake in the park but was fired as the president by Lori.

Dan and Pat now own and operate Alabama Splash Adventure.

 

[Intricks]

Re: Holiday World | Thunderbird | Launched B&M Wing Coaster

It is honestly the little things about that near miss that make holiday World so much more awesome.

 

[GuyWithAStick]

Re: Holiday World | Thunderbird | Launched B&M Wing Coaster

The hands tho!

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[Hyde]

Haha, very clever touch.... no pun intended.

 

[GuyWithAStick]

http://www.holidayworld.com/webcams/holiday-world-construction-cam/

They're testing! The Construction Cam(Facing Thunderbird's launch and Crow's Nest) is now offline, and the Thunderbird Cam(choose where you want to see) has changed positions to choose between the 3 wooden coasters' lift hills, the water tower, and Hyena Falls. Hope we get some testing videos and a POV soon!

 

[GuyWithAStick]

Hard Hat Chronicles Episode 15: Nearly launch time

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA_x_RxHPhI[/youtube]

The first 2 cars are (sort of) testing!

 

[Intricks]

THEY'VE SHOWN THE FIRST LAUNCH OF THE TRAIN!

It actually looks far more intense than what I thought it would have been. It seems like it will be at least be stronger than Hulks.

 

[GuyWithAStick]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnxMUWjbKWM[/youtube]

Looks exciting!

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[Hixee]

Re: Holiday World | Thunderbird | Launched B&M Wing Coaster

Oh wow, it looks fantastic!

 

[owentaylor121]

Really impressed with that!
Was expecting it to lose alot of speed as it entered the first inversion but it hardly slowed at all.

 

[Gazza]

Check out the kick you'll get at the top of the Immellmann when the train flips over.

 

[Jamesss]

Definitely faster than I thought it would be. Not often we can say that about a first test!

 

[KoasterEv]

Awesome test run video Looks like it hauls ass off of that launch section.