Rocky Mountain Construction have officially announced two new styles of roller coaster both supposedly coming to parks in 2017.
First, a compact wooden coaster using the topper track has been developed -
As well as RMC's take on a steel coaster, the single rail Raptor Track and single seater Raptor Train -
Both designs have been created to be cheaper and size efficient so that small parks can add these to their ride line up.
Video -
here
More info here.
What do you think of these new designs, and which parks do you think will invest in them for 2017?
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They both look really exciting, but I feel like the lower throughput for the Raptor coaster will be its downfall, especially if a park markets the ride as a big attraction.
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I really like the Raptor track and it is definitely something that could work well as a main attraction for a smaller park who get fewer visitors, balancing out the low through put.
This could work well at Blackpool
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Woah. Did I hear that correctly on the video? 400 riders per hour theoretical capacity on 2-train operation?
It looks great and would be a fantastic ride, but that throughput is unacceptable and inpractical for bigger parks. Smaller park may benefit from adding the Raptor coaster, but I wouldn't expect to see one at bigger parks like Merlin parks or, to an extent, Blackpool.
It looks great and would be a fantastic ride, but that throughput is unacceptable and inpractical for bigger parks. Smaller park may benefit from adding the Raptor coaster, but I wouldn't expect to see one at bigger parks like Merlin parks or, to an extent, Blackpool.
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Rocky Mountain Construction has some Raptor single rail up.
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Don't forget that RMC have already announced the T-Rex track, which is a single-rail coaster with space for two seats per row rather than one, so that will likely be the option taken by larger parks who want a higher-capacity ride.
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T-Rex will have 3 seats per row.GThing64 wrote:Don't forget that RMC have already announced the T-Rex track, which is a single-rail coaster with space for two seats per row rather than one, so that will likely be the option taken by larger parks who want a higher-capacity ride.
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