@Dano46610 it's similar to this:

 

Not sure why Dreamworld went with a blue fire clone just watched this video and it sounds crap

 

Do you bother reading the preceding posts and comments? If you did you May see reasons already outlined, including:

- availability 

- cost

- footprint

- filling of an attraction gap in the park

- easy to market

- high interest from the GP

Worry not @Brad2912 the Holidays will be over again soon and things will start going back to normal😁

3 hours ago, Dano46610 said:

Not sure why Dreamworld went with a blue fire clone just watched this video and it sounds crap

 

Taylor sometimes has some whack opinions I feel, Shaun from TPWW always gives it solid reviews who I trust a lot more.

Edited January 13, 20205 yr by ejpdtd

15 hours ago, Dano46610 said:

I don't understand the backwards launch...

Why don't you try the actual ride POV to get an idea?

On 07/01/2020 at 12:25 AM, Whombex said:

The whole ride POV is already up on this forum... and Parkz's news section.

 

As you can see - Whombex helpfully provided it for you last time you speculated on something we already know.

10 hours ago, Dano46610 said:

Not sure why Dreamworld went with a blue fire clone just watched this video and it sounds crap

 

You've got a lot of teeth for a smartass.

7 hours ago, ejpdtd said:

Taylor sometimes has some whack opinions I feel, Shaun from TPWW always gives it solid reviews who I trust a lot more.

But how are the tendies?

They are wrong, Blue Fire is superb.

Blue Fire is great, not quite as good as Maverick but still an excellent ride. Not sure where the hate is coming from for this one!

8 hours ago, aaronm said:

Blue Fire is great, not quite as good as Maverick but still an excellent ride. Not sure where the hate is coming from for this one!

Some armchair specialist whose watched a video and is an expert on things after doing so. Wonder if this was Facebook they would have their school attended as the "School of Hard Knocks"

24 minutes ago, pin142 said:

Some armchair specialist whose watched a video and is an expert on things after doing so. Wonder if this was Facebook they would have their school attended as the "School of Hard Knocks"

Indeed, my experience is that POVs are about as helpful as ride logos in determining the quality of a coaster. Can’t wait to ride our Blue Fire almost-clone!

Edited January 16, 20205 yr by aaronm

I'm not a huge fan of any of the blue fire or blue fire-ish rides I've ridden (blue fire, velociraptor, capitol city bullet train) but honestly its a good choice for Dream World. They don't have enough rides to put something extreme af that will scare people away. It covers a lot of bases in 1 ride - a launch, some inversions, some air time. It's not amazing at any of them but it has them and they're good enough. It should easily be the 2nd best coaster in Australia.

And hey the spinny row should appeal to the enthusiasts even if it is an upcharge.

 

Out of curiosity, Why aren’t you a fan?

It's not that they're bad, there's just nothing really about it that stands out to me as being amazing. It's like a bunch of decent elements of many coasters but none of them really stand out as being exceptional. Maybe it would stand out more if you hadn't ridden hundreds of rollercoasters, but I don't know, because I rode Blue Fire and Velociraptor with my partner who isn't the biggest rollercoaster fan (but has still ridden a ton of them), and they couldn't even remember having ridden Blue Fire before Velociraptor, even though it's the same ride 😅

My summary of the blue fire layout would be:

The launch is OK but there are way better launches out there, then you go up that first hill thing and it looks like it'd be fun airtime with laterals but it's just a bit too slow so nothing really happens, then the loop is just... there. Not fast enough to be intense with positive g's, but not slow enough for hang time.

Theres a couple of small pops of airtime that are decent - sideways into the mid course brake run is cool, and there's a right banked turn which is semi forceful that I enjoy... then the other inversions are nothing really special.

The barrel roll however is pretty dang fun, and then it's over.

It will probably be the 2nd best coaster in Australia (after DC, obviously). Then again, maybe Superman will still be better... which would be a shame.

The only thing up in the air for me is how awesome will the spinny row at the back be. It could honestly change everything for me.

2 hours ago, tomwilson said:

It's not that they're bad, there's just nothing really about it that stands out to me as being amazing. It's like a bunch of decent elements of many coasters but none of them really stand out as being exceptional. Maybe it would stand out more if you hadn't ridden hundreds of rollercoasters, but I don't know, because I rode Blue Fire and Velociraptor with my partner who isn't the biggest rollercoaster fan (but has still ridden a ton of them), and they couldn't even remember having ridden Blue Fire before Velociraptor, even though it's the same ride 😅

 My summary of the blue fire layout would be:

 The launch is OK but there are way better launches out there, then you go up that first hill thing and it looks like it'd be fun airtime with laterals but it's just a bit too slow so nothing really happens, then the loop is just... there. Not fast enough to be intense with positive g's, but not slow enough for hang time.

 Theres a couple of small pops of airtime that are decent - sideways into the mid course brake run is cool, and there's a right banked turn which is semi forceful that I enjoy... then the other inversions are nothing really special.

The barrel roll however is pretty dang fun, and then it's over.

It will probably be the 2nd best coaster in Australia (after DC, obviously). Then again, maybe Superman will still be better... which would be a shame.

The only thing up in the air for me is how awesome will the spinny row at the back be. It could honestly change everything for me.

I'm hoping Leviathan is going to be a solid Woody and then that will likely be my number 2 in Aus, followed by DW Coaster, but who knows really.

57 minutes ago, ejpdtd said:

I'm hoping Leviathan is going to be a solid Woody and then that will likely be my number 2 in Aus, followed by DW Coaster, but who knows really.

Oh yeah I forgot about Leviathan . I've only ridden one gravity group ride (Fireball @ Happy Valley Shanghai) so I don't really know what to expect

11 hours ago, tomwilson said:

but none of them really stand out as being exceptional

The barrel roll at the end.

Whatever it is, it should be great. Dreamworld have never let me down when it comes to their rides

Except with MDMC

On 01/02/2020 at 3:55 PM, themagician said:

Except with MDMC

Pandamonium.

On 13/01/2020 at 4:15 PM, Dano46610 said:

I don't understand the backwards launch...

It seems like the recent trend, Pantheon at Busch Gardens Wiliamsburg, and Ice Breaker at SW Orlando are both under construction that do the same flip flop launch.

News segment tonight on the new coaster. Hopefully we hear some new details 

12 minutes ago, xRazzBerryx said:

News segment tonight on the new coaster. Hopefully we hear some new details 

Cool, thanks for the info. I love News segment

I'm excited for it, maybe it'll shed some details on the ride that I don't know already

6 minutes ago, coasterdude44 said:

I'm excited for it, maybe it'll shed some details on the ride that I don't know already

It certainly didnt shed light on where we can view said generic "News Segment" Cheers.

6 minutes ago, Jobe said:

It certainly didnt shed light on where we can view said generic "News Segment" Cheers.

Freeview TV 😂🤙🏼
 

To be honest I don’t even know what channel it was on, I just heard it while cooking dinner. Will post the link once it gets shared to Facebook.