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TPoseOnTantrum

TPoseOnTantrum

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Darren Torr, president of RMC, told Amusement Today recently that "You’ll see Wild Moose coasters in production shortly". Blooloop also released an article championing the coaster last week, no word on sales but they're typically a canary for big new industry projects.

Now the culprit allegedly is Lost Island Theme Park. All this is courtesy of a "Something Hot is Coming" teaser that features printouts of both the Wild Moose and prototype Raptor layouts, presented at NoCoasterCon last weekend. Pay no mind to the audio, it's borrowed from their drop tower pre-show;
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The questions are, have they talked to RMC? Probably, mulling over new attractions is something that parks do nonstop. Will they actually build the Wild Moose, or even a Raptor? Who knows?

Personally I feel like this would not be a great choice. The park's attendance figures are still excruciatingly low and the extremely successful waterpark next door is what's carrying it over the finish line. Marketing is what they need, and there could be $6-million put into that instead of a new coaster. It likely doesn't help that an RMC prototype in a park with two somewhat-troublesome secondhand coasters wouldn't be a smart call.

Overall however, I'd keep an eye on the Wild Moose, we do seem to be on the verge of one happening...

Edit: Moved to new thread now that it's confirmed to be a Raptor. - ECG
 
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TPoseOnTantrum said:
I'm going to resurrect this thread because there are rumors that this will premiere sooner rather than later.

Darren Torr, president of RMC, told Amusement Today recently that "You’ll see Wild Moose coasters in production shortly". Blooloop also released an article championing the coaster last week, no word on sales but they're typically a canary for big new industry projects.

Now the culprit allegedly is Lost Island Theme Park. All this is courtesy of a "Something Hot is Coming" teaser that features printouts of both the Wild Moose and prototype Raptor layouts, presented at NoCoasterCon last weekend. Pay no mind to the audio, it's borrowed from their drop tower pre-show;
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Now the questions are, have they talked to RMC? Probably, mulling over new attractions is something that parks do nonstop. Will they actually build the Wild Moose, or even a Raptor? Who knows?

Personally I feel like this would not be a great choice. The park's attendance figures are still excruciatingly low and the extremely successful waterpark next door is what's carrying it over the finish line. Marketing is what they need, and there could be $6-million put into that instead of a new coaster. It likely doesn't help that an RMC prototype in a park with two somewhat-troublesome secondhand coasters wouldn't be a smart call.

Overall however, I'd keep an eye on the Wild Moose, we do seem to be on the verge of one happening...
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Lost Island should definitely be adding a new coaster (or two) because a new coaster  is marketing. I'm sure they didn't make the decision last minute, it's probably been in the works for a couple years. For all we know the park planned for last year's low attendance numbers, it was still under construction when it opened.

Lost Islands had probably already contracted RMC for the Raptor, then RMC offered the Wild Moose at a discount or delayed payments, it's a win-win situation.
 
Lost Island, what are you DOING?

In May we were hit with a heavy bait-and-switch announcement, hyped up extensively only to be for hot sauce;

Now they're shopping around hot sauce samples to guests, asking if it tasted "Fiery like a Raptor" or "Bold in flavor like a Wild Moose". Not exactly subtle;
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1535843357358865

Suddenly there's a banner advertising Something Hot Is Coming in 2025 (rollerjoelster on insta), located in front of a very prime piece of real estate by Matugani.
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So in this little swirl of RMC, Hot Sauce, and the first Wild Moose, the question now becomes whether they've grabbed one new coaster or two.
 
So we actually got an announcement on national roller coaster day here in the U.S. awesome to see more raptors out there. Dive loop with 12 rows sounds absolutely nuts, and I'm here for it.
 
Youngster Joey said:
Why is this longer than stunt pilot? 🤔
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Hard to tell exactly, but is the first drop a bit shallower? Maybe pushing the lift hill back a bit. I always think of these models as having quite steep first drops, and this rendering doesn't look as much.

Or are they counting maintenance track too?
 
Hixee said:
Hard to tell exactly, but is the first drop a bit shallower? Maybe pushing the lift hill back a bit. I always think of these models as having quite steep first drops, and this rendering doesn't look as much.

Or are they counting maintenance track too?
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I know stunt pilot was supposed to fix issues the two prototype's of the model had. They were running way more intense and with higher forces than intended. I guess Stunt Pilot potentially didn't fix all the issues? I don't know. I guess until we hear from RMC it's all just speculation, but I saw some people also questioning why this is longer than stunt pilot.
 
Youngster Joey said:
Why is this longer than stunt pilot? 🤔
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I spoke with Joe Draves about this yesterday. He said that the extra track length leads into/in the station due to the longer trains, otherwise the layout is the same.

Youngster Joey said:
I know stunt pilot was supposed to fix issues the two prototype's of the model had. They were running way more intense and with higher forces than intended. I guess Stunt Pilot potentially didn't fix all the issues? I don't know. I guess until we hear from RMC it's all just speculation, but I saw some people also questioning why this is longer than stunt pilot.
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He also confirmed that the prototype issues were fixed with version 2 of the ride (Stunt Pilot, Sköll & Hati & this one), and no further alterations are needed. With the various train lengths available, we will see more of these being built. Not like Boomerangs, due to the $10M+ price tag, but it will become RMC's off-the-shelf model. If they can come up with one at half that cost, we'll see them everywhere.
 
ECG said:
the $10M+ price tag, but it will become RMC's off-the-shelf model. If they can come up with one at half that cost, we'll see them everywhere.
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Jeeez, the stock Raptor is really that much? I figured it was in that ~$5-7 million range, certainly not just $3 million shy of ArieForce One...
 
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