Mirabilandia |"DiVertical"| Intamin Water Coaster
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_koppen
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Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
I don't think so, Italian rumors says that it will have a splash down effect after the drop (similar to B&M?) but not a real splash down. Some says it will keep going as a coaster after that, and some say that it will be a small coaster part after the drop, and then a real splash down.
But the people who really knows don't talk
I don't think so, Italian rumors says that it will have a splash down effect after the drop (similar to B&M?) but not a real splash down. Some says it will keep going as a coaster after that, and some say that it will be a small coaster part after the drop, and then a real splash down.
But the people who really knows don't talk
CoasterCrazy
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Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
Looks pretty good...
That track design screams Vekoma to me!
Looks pretty good...
That track design screams Vekoma to me!
Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
^ Looks great, yeah it probably will be a lot longer than just the pilgrims Plunge type drop.
I think it will have more than one hill, small pockets of airtime and clearly involve lots of water.
They could have put Intamin track in the Ad above though...not Vekoma. Doesn't matter though it looks awesome !.
^ Looks great, yeah it probably will be a lot longer than just the pilgrims Plunge type drop.
I think it will have more than one hill, small pockets of airtime and clearly involve lots of water.
They could have put Intamin track in the Ad above though...not Vekoma. Doesn't matter though it looks awesome !.
_koppen
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Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
They already have a shoot-the-cutes ride, so I can understand if it wont be a big splash on this one.
If I would have designed it, I'd put the coaster part before the drop, a little launched boat racing inspired layout.
A bit off topic, apparently Holiday World really hates Intamin for selling them the biggest water ride, with the smallest splash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkdPlq3qvg
They already have a shoot-the-cutes ride, so I can understand if it wont be a big splash on this one.
If I would have designed it, I'd put the coaster part before the drop, a little launched boat racing inspired layout.
A bit off topic, apparently Holiday World really hates Intamin for selling them the biggest water ride, with the smallest splash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkdPlq3qvg
Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
It's definitely a copy of Intamin's Pilgrim's Plunge, but with a steeper drop as these latest photos show. Will be interesting to see just how much more track will be added after the "splashdown". I'm not expecting much tbh. Probably just enough momentum to get back to the station IMO. I guess we'll just have to wait a bit & see...
Very rough translation (using Babylon translator), but you get the idea.
Source: http://www.theparks.it/mirabilandia...rtical-differisce-da-un-pilgrim-plunge-n1114/
It's definitely a copy of Intamin's Pilgrim's Plunge, but with a steeper drop as these latest photos show. Will be interesting to see just how much more track will be added after the "splashdown". I'm not expecting much tbh. Probably just enough momentum to get back to the station IMO. I guess we'll just have to wait a bit & see...
Very rough translation (using Babylon translator), but you get the idea.
Source: http://www.theparks.it/mirabilandia...rtical-differisce-da-un-pilgrim-plunge-n1114/
_koppen
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Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
New pics on Mirabilandia's blog shows a huge close up picture of the track.
If were comparing this one to Pilgrim's Plunge, then we can see that this one is using a new type of rail in the middle, wich looks to be both acting as up stop wheels and side wheels, when the one on Pilgrims Plunge only act as a guide rail.
This is even more supporting the theory that this one will be more of a coaster.
New pics on Mirabilandia's blog shows a huge close up picture of the track.
If were comparing this one to Pilgrim's Plunge, then we can see that this one is using a new type of rail in the middle, wich looks to be both acting as up stop wheels and side wheels, when the one on Pilgrims Plunge only act as a guide rail.
This is even more supporting the theory that this one will be more of a coaster.
Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
^If I were to guess, it's basically a giant trim brake to prevent the boat from overspeeding, or at least to make sure it hits the water with the same speeds every time, regardless of the number of riders. I suspect it's not a completely free fall all the way from that height.
^If I were to guess, it's basically a giant trim brake to prevent the boat from overspeeding, or at least to make sure it hits the water with the same speeds every time, regardless of the number of riders. I suspect it's not a completely free fall all the way from that height.
_koppen
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Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
It's not a trim.
I'm actually wondering of it will be using magnetic technology to stay on the track, it kinda looks like that.
I'm really eager to see more of this, hopefully we will have something more than just the lift hill before Christmas.
Pokemaniac said:
It's not a trim.
I'm actually wondering of it will be using magnetic technology to stay on the track, it kinda looks like that.
I'm really eager to see more of this, hopefully we will have something more than just the lift hill before Christmas.
CoasterCrazy
Giga Poster
Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
...and I believe that theory is now confirmed! :--D
Go to be an airtime hill! (Don't look a the big arrow)
Nice to see a colour scheme too...
From: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/vi ... &start=640
_koppen said:
...and I believe that theory is now confirmed! :--D
Go to be an airtime hill! (Don't look a the big arrow)
Nice to see a colour scheme too...
From: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/vi ... &start=640
Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
I really do hope this has a decent layout. As has been mentioned before they already have a splah boat thingy, they don't really need a bigger version. By seeing the start of some sort of hill gives me hope this will be good and it looks like it'll take up a big area, just hope it's themed and not rushed like Master Thai.
I really do hope this has a decent layout. As has been mentioned before they already have a splah boat thingy, they don't really need a bigger version. By seeing the start of some sort of hill gives me hope this will be good and it looks like it'll take up a big area, just hope it's themed and not rushed like Master Thai.
Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
New pic here,
http://blog.mirabilandia.it/wp-content/ ... cembre.png
I reckon that won't be the only pilgrims plunge style hill either, looks like there is another splashdown developing on the right hand side, as someone else also said on TPR.
New pic here,
http://blog.mirabilandia.it/wp-content/ ... cembre.png
I reckon that won't be the only pilgrims plunge style hill either, looks like there is another splashdown developing on the right hand side, as someone else also said on TPR.
Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
Just thought...why isn't this in the construction thread yet?
Also, the park's official facebook page actually posted something. It's a link to a blog which has some really nice, high quality pics on it.
Blog link
To me the below picture just makes it look massive.
Is it just me or is it now seen as the 'in' thing for parks to take lots of great pics during construction and post it on blogs etc? I'm not complaining, but it just feels like we used to have to rely on fans sneaking around to take pics and now parks are taking professional pics for us instead.
Just thought...why isn't this in the construction thread yet?
Also, the park's official facebook page actually posted something. It's a link to a blog which has some really nice, high quality pics on it.
Blog link
To me the below picture just makes it look massive.
Is it just me or is it now seen as the 'in' thing for parks to take lots of great pics during construction and post it on blogs etc? I'm not complaining, but it just feels like we used to have to rely on fans sneaking around to take pics and now parks are taking professional pics for us instead.
Re: New coaster for Mirabilandia in 2012?
I think as blogging becomes more and more popular, the parks are realising that new rides and continues updates (including great photos) and a really good way to get people interested in their new projects. I think it's really good and I hope it becomes more of a thing parks do. I just hope the fan-photos don't die completely, they've always felt like the sneaky, inside track.
And yeah, this thing look big-ish. For me Pilgrims Plunge was a bit average. The lift is a bit funky, and you do get a good feeling of acceleration down the straight drop, but they're not really that exciting. I'm interested to see what Mirabilandia do with theirs.
I think as blogging becomes more and more popular, the parks are realising that new rides and continues updates (including great photos) and a really good way to get people interested in their new projects. I think it's really good and I hope it becomes more of a thing parks do. I just hope the fan-photos don't die completely, they've always felt like the sneaky, inside track.
And yeah, this thing look big-ish. For me Pilgrims Plunge was a bit average. The lift is a bit funky, and you do get a good feeling of acceleration down the straight drop, but they're not really that exciting. I'm interested to see what Mirabilandia do with theirs.