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They'll just punch straight through them with any piling. The project team would be well aware of what structures used to be on the site. And the park has done this before, eg Whitewater World was built on the site of thunderbolt, which had all its footings. Also, Cyclone was built on an old road. Also, motocoaster was built on the old roadways for Model T lane.

So, what's the problem then?

You wouldn't create one though from scratch you'd just find a 3d film relevant to the event.

Hey didn't they show Polar Express specific to WC, and that Freddie V Jason kills one specific to FN? Therefore it stands to reason they could do it for this.

Lolwut, it's not sad at all. The current crop "DC Rivals" style coasters seen at more and more parks are way better than the one time record breakers. Superman Escape from Krypton is not better than Tatsu or Twisted Collossus. Steel Curtain is better than Phantoms Revenge Steel Vengeance is better than Top Thrill Dragter or Milllennium Force. Takabisha is better than Fujiyama. Dreamworlds new coaster will be better than TOT (Having ridden Blue Fire) The problem I find is so much cost goes into creating the record breaking aspect that the rest of the ride suffers.

The coaster would have been ordered under the new legislation so could have come out of the factory better prepared.

Wow, I may just get on a new coaster this year!

Cool, im pasting this in so we can search it in the future....It's an interesting one. TOT was successful in terms of boosting the value of the park prior to sale, but I'm not sure how it would have gone in terms of ROI from visitation. My view is that in the 90s it was a bit cheaper to build a record breaker, and a few regional parks held the crown, and around the year 2000 with millennium force that window closed.

Hey didn't the owners who installed it go bust hence DW being sold?

Didn't they submit all 5 rides in one go?

Why couldn't the courtyard be another themed land? Because there's already a Metropolis area around Doomsday and the park already has an over reliance on DC. There needs to be more stuff for visitors not necessarily into DC movies. Like, Disney has Marvel, but its not literally every new ride that is Marvel. Using the show stage for an indoor section of a coaster would be good though.

The cyclone thing was just a bit of marketing spiel because at the time it genuinely was the only hyper coaster built in a "cyclonic" area. I dont think it was any additional steel, because US/EU coasters are built to withstand snowstorms, and the weight of piled snow. In terms of the cathedral structure width, seems pretty similar to other M&V / GG woodies imo: https://rcdb.com/12364.htm#p=62654 https://rcdb.com/3757.htm#p=37886

Doomsday can run a cycle with 3 inversions each way, but they run a diet version with 2 each way. Probably the same thing here.

Why does the new coaster have to occupy the same footprint as Arkham?

1) I cant believe I forgot LoCoSuMo. Legitimately one of the best wooden coasters in the world. 2) It was built by CCI not in house, its just that they only sold one of this type before going bust in the same year. I mean, I was willing to let DC Rivals pass because Hollywood Dream Backdrop isn't tall enough to be a hyper. But backwards wooden coasters are not a new thing in the slightest.

It's not really the worlds first backwards wooden coaster though as claimed, what about Racer and Rebel Yell? They both ran one side backwards.

It does if you want your guests to walk past shops several times a day.

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To me it almost seems like they are removing any reference to Arkham in the park to avoid the licensing fees related to that ride if the plan is to scrap it.

Number of trains out on the track is irrelevant, its dispatch interval that matters. FWIW they have up to 3 trains on raptors, or if you get the big version seen at SF Great Adventure its four 12 person trains.

I know its just testing but normally in that part of the cycle you can get about 4 flips in a row.

I dont understand this thought process? So 8 person trains on GL are ok but 8 person trains on a Raptor are not enough capaciity?

The Next Gen Vekoma trains turned up in 2008 at Moreys Piers on Great Nor Easter, Arkham was 2012, they could have done it if they wanted.

Hopefully the Batman ends up in the theming for Batwing.

Love the Wizard of Oz.