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@YLFATEEKS here ya go... And this is all you'll get out of me today, I have to head off now ? Hopefully it's more than enough to give you guys a good idea on whats happening atm ☺️

Well people. It's pink!

I've never been to Las Vegas before, but a family visit in Late February and early march gave me a chance to finally check this destination off the list. It's better city than I thought it would be, but carries a similar feel to many other touristy places in the US I felt. I did all the main rides in Vegas itself. I wouldn't have minded riding Desperado either, but that is only open Friday/Saturday/Sunday, which didn't work with my dates. First off Adventuredome https://www.parkz.com.au/parks/US/Las_Vegas/Adventuredome It is located a the back of Circus Circus, which is pretty seedy feeling (But hey, I won $175 there so not gonna be too harsh on the place). The park itself is clean and tidy, the building looks a bit 80s (But was completed in 1993), it was fairly quiet (Many rides I was the only person onboard) and arcade machines take up all the spare floor space. It has a few standard flat rides, such as a Chaos, pirate ship, dodgems, frog hopper, carousel etc etc. There was also a drop tower called Sling Shot, which reminded me a bit of the one at Adventure World, with a fast launch up, and a controlled descent that wasn't that intense. Canyon Blaster is a large model loopscrew (The next size up from Sea Viper) so for that you get an extra loop plus a helix at the end. It ran the same trains that Cyclone had, but it wasn't that rough at all really. The thing really got moving, despite the first drop looking quite small. It was kinda cool how the whole floor of the theme park vibrated a bit every time the thing ran. Did about 3 rides. The only other thing I rode was El Loco, which is, you guessed it, an S&S el loco. Compared to green lantern, it felt a bit quicker, but definitely did bang around a bit more at a couple of points. The trains had speakers, but no onboard audio was working. The first part of the ride was similar enough ) to Green Lantern up until the 2nd block brake. (Same elements, but the first drop crosses diagonally under the main structure, and the first curved incline is banked a bit better. All felt very familiar, but I literally do not know what they were thinking when they did the dive loop on this one. Surely it could have been more flowing: The last bit of the ride is completely different, and sort of runs off away from the compact first part. Theres a bit of an outward banked turn, and another little banked section, and then another dive loop, but the bottom of the dive loop has brakes, so as soon as it finishes you are back at the station. Overall, It was a really good little coaster! I did 4 laps.

Here's a nice close up shot for y'all ☺️

Already done my trip down, and it definitely is pink and not just the lighting. The second photo really shows how bright it is. And these are pieces 55 and 56, based off the numbering at the end of the track. Work happening everywhere today, not just in the carpark (Roof is continuing its installation). Bobcats doing some digging towards TopGolf part of site, and near lift hill.

Barbie does have quite ... large... airtime hills...

Fiiine. I'll do the homework and settle this debate lol... This is the coaster colour: http://www.color-hex.com/color/ce3da2 A-hah!!!! I knew it!!! Fucshia Pink

4 pieces in carpark as of 5pm.

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Skeeta and I have a coaster fetish. It all started when I rode my first woody.

Already on my way ??

Here's my vote

@MickeyD True... but if they were gonna go with another DC ride (which we kinda knew they were going to due to the coasters placement, and their obvious preference in DC theming over recent years) at least they have decided to play a major card here - no pun intended lol. The Joker is arguably the most infamous, well known and recognisable villian out of their entire DC Universe. If they were gonna go DC, then in my opinion they have made an excellent choice! Although I still did have my heart set on this.... (Still haven't given up hope yet. Would be the ultimate troll) ??

Ok this is the problem. Before the track started to turn up we all said "can't wait until the track turns up because the colour will tell us the theme" Problem: We can't even agree on what colour it is.

Best I can do with my S6! My Canon is still packed away after moving lol. Will have to dig it out sometime this week.

9pm zero new containers on site. Did find 1 security guard who gave me what you doing look.

I think we have a topic going about the theme. If you ever wanted to know what schiene was in english. Rail 55 Is this photo more true? @Brad2912@Theme Park Girl

Thanks @YLFATEEKS & @Theme Park Girl for the scientific proof haha Thought magenta as soon as I saw it. It certainly does look 'different' in person than in most of the photos to me. Maybe the gloomy weather/cloud cover playing Havoc.

Hahaha love how we've gone from watching grass grow and then getting excited over it being cut, to watching the track arrive, get excited and now we are trying to figure out its CMYK values and it's exact colour.

Dude This coaster is going to look fucken sick, really digging the pink/purple track. Personally i hope we get black supports to go with it

I love how that article basically says "yeah there's some rollercoaster track and it's going to be big" and then goes on to blabble on about TopGolf.

Agree @MickeyD your flagship, and probably the greatest rollercoaster in the country for the foreseeable future, isn't going to be themed to a bit-part hero or villain that only an avid dc fan would know. It will be a mainstream property to appeal to the masses, advertise more easily and sell more merch. on that conclusion, it's really Joker or nothing unless a very unlikely re-paint occurs.

@themagician well that's nice to know they are ok with it! I guess I'm just a bit paranoid because I was pulled up and questioned a while back whilst walking around the perimeter of the coaster site taking pics. Although I think that the bloke were more paranoid about me being mainstream media of some sort. He seemed satisfied when I told him I was just a theme park enthusiast who was excited about the latest development for MW lol ☺️?

@Theme Park Girl we made the news http://www.mygc.com.au/pink-tracks-arrive-new-200-foot-tall-hyper-coaster-movie-world/

It was apparently ment to be themed to suicide squad but with what happened at Dreamworld they have changed the theme.

Standing at my desk at work as I can see where the Gateway motorway joins the M1 to see if there are more trucks heading past... Probably should be focusing on the calls more though...

@Theme Park Girl If I could give you a double rep I would.

Who's bringing the beer?

@mikeseven bet you're having a good ol' chuckle now in light of this morning's revelation! Seems you knew something the entire time and were dropping us all a subtle hint with those photoshopped pics without us even realising. Makes me wonder who you really are... ??

Bright Green

Pink is definitely not Wonder Woman, that colour is not linked to her at all. its gotta either be a Joker Coaster and the part itself is more purple than pink, and there will be green sections to come with it... or .... i have nothing...

@MickeyD More like this....

Suicide Squad?

And I think we have a winner for one of the stupidest posts to date.

Do the maths Say each section of track is about 7-8 metres long (estimate ) and the total length is between 1200-1400 metres long. That would equate to about 150-200 pieces of track.

As for the rest of the rides. At New York New York https://www.parkz.com.au/parks/US/Las_Vegas/New_York_New_York_Casino (Which is actually pretty well themed, similar standard to DC villains I thought in terms of finish) is the Big Apple Coaster. No, its's not a shity Pinfari, it's a shitty Togo instead. Thats actually a bit harsh on two counts....The Togo stand ups were good, and it wasn't as bad as people say, but still not great. You walk through an endless arcade to reach the coaster, and hand over your $15. There are paid lockers to put your stuff in, but they are too small to fit a carry on sized bag (And no larger ones are available) for the benefit of anyone who has come straight from the airport via a breakfast buffet with your luggage (Very specific, I know) The ride only runs with 10 people minimum, so I gave up on waiting for the front seat when told and sat somewhere in the middle. The trains are quite well detailed, with chrome taxi doorhandles etc (No pics since no cameras allowed in the station) After you dispatch the train exits outdoors onto a long straight and slow lift hill. The first drop is big, but not very steep (kinda like Cyclone) and there are a couple of big hills and drops, so it feels a bit like a quasi hypercoaster. Eventually you reach the main bit of the coaster, which is on the roof of the casino and the track turns back and forth in a fairly tight area, like a turd that refuses to flush. It had the potential for greatness, with a vertical loop and dive loop, a steeply degree banked helix, and several bunny hops, except it bangs its way through, and the hills dont deliver any airtime. Eventually you reach a sloped brake run that drops down through the roof and back into the building. I didn't take them up on their half price re-ride offer. The only other thrill rides to do in Vegas are the three at Stratosphere, which is basically like centerpoint tower in Sydney, but with three rides on top. https://www.parkz.com.au/parks/US/Las_Vegas/Stratosphere/ For $35 you get access to the top and three rides, which I thought was good value. Plus your ticket is good all day, so you can go up again at night (But I didn't do this) First off I did Insansity, which has 10 inward facing seats (Kinda like that "hard rock" ride at the show) except its on a crane arm that swings out over the edge of the tower, so you are 250m in the air spinning around looking down. It's a bit of a bum clencher to start with, but the worst part is probably just the spinning. A cool ride. Next was XScream . Imagine a see saw of coaster track, so when the track tilts, the train rolls to one end, and when it tilts back it rolls backwards. There are mag brakes and buffers so the train cant run off the end. What makes it crazy of course is the way it runs off the edge of the tower, so you get that terrifying moment of feeling as if you are going to run off the end and fall to the ground. I sat up front. The train design is such that the front rows hang off past the end of the track when they reach the end. It looks cool off ride, but on ride, once you reach the end of the track, you are just staring out into thin air and the view beyond, so with no immediate frame of reference nearby, its hard to tell that you are rolling beyond the end. In videos of this ride they show the track tilting, and when the car is stopped at the end it tilts again a bit more just to really scare you, but it never did that on my cycle (And seemed to tilt to a lesser angle in general). Again, a really cool ride...Is there anywhere Scenic World could put this on their site? Finally, Big Shot is a space shot ride, but it is something else because it is at the top of the tower, so you get an immense view. Naturally i sat looking straight down the strip. I think all the rides are worth a shot. With the stratosphere ones, it's probably better to jump on without watching them run Despite its poor quality, everyone should give Big Apple Coaster a go, just so they can understand it's place in coaster folklore.

I'm about to do a choc sunday run to mcdonalds and have a quick look but I went past at 5:30 and saw 4.

@YLFATEEKS from the top bit of it in that pic that looks like a hammer lol @Brad2912 you win haha

I think @Brad2912 was more right. By your code. I turned it to cmyk values and we get 70% magenta.

And yet Six Flags has done it several times. Bizarro isn't a terrible idea.

Boo. Our pics are heaps better! They basically just used the same one twice As a side note, they probably knew that I'd knock them back if they asked to use my pics. Wouldn't be the first time

Umm no that is not what I am saying. I was saying that @mattcrombie is usually a reliable source. You don't have to go changing the paint scheme but the name may have been changed from "Suicide Squad' to something similarly related.

Lol. I'm actually surprised that the media bandwagon hasn't jumped on this yet. Just had a look at the GC Bulletin's FB page, and nothing. Suppose it's only a matter of time before they rock up on MW's doorstep... then again, I suppose only "breakdowns" get their attention these days as opposed to new coaster parts ?

Movie World troll level = 11/10 haha ?

Clearly one of the following:

Wonder if this piece is part of it

Don't we all?

That could potentially work really well beside Justice League - that's a fantastic idea.

All good bro, I was just a little confused.