Chris Brown
Mr CoasterForce 2016
Hopefully the people heading to the media day will be able to shed some light on the pronunciation of the name! I cant be the only one that refers to this as the Chu Chu Train?
Tayto Park | Cú Chulainn Coaster | Gravity Group
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rollercoaster2
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Jordanovichy
Credit Whore 2016
Chris_9933 said:
Ask Belfast_Conor. He's Irish and can give you the whole back story as to who Cú Chulainn was. It's a great story!
cjbrandy
Hyper Poster
Looks like a world class woodie! Loads of airtime moments and double downs as well as twists and turns. Hopefully this will change the perception of wooden coasters to some of the GP who think they are old fashioned and boring and encourage more to be built in the UK!
However any reporters who speak of an inversion either haven't seen the ride or are **** stupid!
However any reporters who speak of an inversion either haven't seen the ride or are **** stupid!
Screaming Coasters
Strata Poster
Tayto Park have a world class coaster on their hands. This thing looks incredible and Gravity Group sure have stepped up their game once again!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crextbCWIlI[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crextbCWIlI[/youtube]
I always thought they were marketing the overbank as an inversion?TilenB said:ECG said:Sounds legitChris_9933 said:
It's obviously Choo Choo Lane, duh...
As for the ride, it looks mightily good with some nice airtime over the hills. What happened to the inversion, though? Wasn't the word about it will have a corkscrew?
TilenB
Strata Poster
^ Rcdb had a corkscrew listed for it until very recently, so I just assumed this was an officially released information.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150316170 ... /12364.htm
...but probably they've just heard a word it will have an inversion and presumed it will be a corkscrew, since all of the inversions GG woodies have are basically corkscrews...
https://web.archive.org/web/20150316170 ... /12364.htm
...but probably they've just heard a word it will have an inversion and presumed it will be a corkscrew, since all of the inversions GG woodies have are basically corkscrews...
Danzibarr
Mega Poster
Fantastic preview day yesterday, lots of free goodies and more crisps than I could eat in a lifetime!
The coaster is ace, really like the trains, which clamp you in but still give the sense of airtime. Speaking of airtime, it had a lot more than I was expecting it to. A good solid coaster, not up there with balder and Troy but definitely worth the visit.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WppWBUdvZOY[/youtube]
The coaster is ace, really like the trains, which clamp you in but still give the sense of airtime. Speaking of airtime, it had a lot more than I was expecting it to. A good solid coaster, not up there with balder and Troy but definitely worth the visit.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WppWBUdvZOY[/youtube]
Danzibarr
Mega Poster
It's as smooth as I expected it to be, got a bit of a rattle but nothing too bad. The "inversion" has quite a bad jolt to it but as far as I know they're working on it.
Most of the gopro footage (including mine above) was done by clamping the camera to the metal bar the runs from the sides to the back of the car, which isn't particularly stable, so there's a lot of vibration in the footage from that.
Most of the gopro footage (including mine above) was done by clamping the camera to the metal bar the runs from the sides to the back of the car, which isn't particularly stable, so there's a lot of vibration in the footage from that.
nadroJ
CF Legend
I think it's one of the best woodies in Europe. Better than the likes of Wodan, not sure about if it's better than Troy yet but definitely better than Balder as it's just way more interesting. Loads of pops of airtime scattered around and a good bit of floater too. Bit jolty around the overbanked turn which is a shame but other than that it's solid and so much fun to ride!
What I loved about CC is that it's one big constant thrill. It doesn't let up!
Some woodies have boring sections or track or have a thrill element punctuating every 100 mtrs or so. CC maintains it's speed and thrills throughout. And it goes on and on and on! Just when you think it's finished, something else appears (until you get to the brake run, obvs).
It would easily make my top 5 woodies if I ever did a list. Including steel coasters, I'd rank it in the top 50 of my nearly 700 coasters...if I did a list beyond my top 10.
Some woodies have boring sections or track or have a thrill element punctuating every 100 mtrs or so. CC maintains it's speed and thrills throughout. And it goes on and on and on! Just when you think it's finished, something else appears (until you get to the brake run, obvs).
It would easily make my top 5 woodies if I ever did a list. Including steel coasters, I'd rank it in the top 50 of my nearly 700 coasters...if I did a list beyond my top 10.