[/quote]Only in China Dan, only in China.
Take note Europe!
All i can really say is WOW! Although i will probably never visit this coaster in my lifetime i can just watch progression and admire...
Admire awesomeness!
"Mountain Flyer" GCI terrain coaster for Knight Valley
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Big C
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[quote=""AstroDan""]Hang on... these rides, they aren't safe?
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Only in China Dan, only in China.
Take note Europe!
All i can really say is WOW! Although i will probably never visit this coaster in my lifetime i can just watch progression and admire...
Admire awesomeness!
[/quote]Only in China Dan, only in China.
Take note Europe!
All i can really say is WOW! Although i will probably never visit this coaster in my lifetime i can just watch progression and admire...
Admire awesomeness!
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Who doesn't love that comfy piece of chance?
I am a brass band nerd, deal with it!
Who doesn't love that comfy piece of chance?
I am a brass band nerd, deal with it!
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Sam
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Knight Valley, part of a resort complex called OCT East. Another theme park in the resort was the site of that horrible flat ride accident earlier this year that killed several.
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DiogoJ42
I read in First Drop that when Fireball was built the Chinese people were horrified. They simply don't use wood in China, they don't trust it... Everything is made of bamboo. The park seriously considered trying to make a bamboo coaster!
Apparently only "male teenage daredevils" who are trying to impress their mates ride it.
Most people won't go near it. But those who do love it.
Apparently only "male teenage daredevils" who are trying to impress their mates ride it.
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Blaze
Bamboo coaster? Have Alton found a new niché first? :P Way around the idiots who think they are unsafe: "Well it isn't made from wood, it's built with grass" :P
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Here's a picture which really shows how huge this coaster is!
It looks absolutely incredible but do I think this could be world's best coaster? Not yet. It may look absolutely incredible but if it's got awful pacing and is rough as hell then it won't get anywhere near the top spot. (Although GCI are well-renowned for making incredibly smooth coasters, there can be exceptions.)
Is this going to top the Mitch Hawker Poll? No. Sadly due to its location it probably won't get enough riders to warrant it a place on the poll.
This coaster shows just how much the theme park industry in China has boomed, I reckon in a few years time it will replace American parks as the "Mecca" for coaster enthusiasts.
It looks absolutely incredible but do I think this could be world's best coaster? Not yet. It may look absolutely incredible but if it's got awful pacing and is rough as hell then it won't get anywhere near the top spot. (Although GCI are well-renowned for making incredibly smooth coasters, there can be exceptions.)
Is this going to top the Mitch Hawker Poll? No. Sadly due to its location it probably won't get enough riders to warrant it a place on the poll.
This coaster shows just how much the theme park industry in China has boomed, I reckon in a few years time it will replace American parks as the "Mecca" for coaster enthusiasts.
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WOW 
i think of all our (UK) parks Only Thorpe park would get planning for somthing like that! I would love Alton to be the one but I just cant see it - I cant beleave people think woodies are unsafe, every time I go to PBB all the woodies are busy! and its all my GF will ride (she want go on a looping coaster)
i think of all our (UK) parks Only Thorpe park would get planning for somthing like that! I would love Alton to be the one but I just cant see it - I cant beleave people think woodies are unsafe, every time I go to PBB all the woodies are busy! and its all my GF will ride (she want go on a looping coaster)
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[quote=""shane790_0""]WOW
i think of all our (UK) parks Only Thorpe park would get planning for somthing like that! I would love Alton to be the one but I just cant see it - I cant beleave people think woodies are unsafe, every time I go to PBB all the woodies are busy! and its all my GF will ride (she want go on a looping coaster)[/quote]
you forgetting the second wooden rollercoaster rumour for oakwood or flamingo land's concept coaster
i think of all our (UK) parks Only Thorpe park would get planning for somthing like that! I would love Alton to be the one but I just cant see it - I cant beleave people think woodies are unsafe, every time I go to PBB all the woodies are busy! and its all my GF will ride (she want go on a looping coaster)[/quote]
you forgetting the second wooden rollercoaster rumour for oakwood or flamingo land's concept coaster
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[quote=""hell lepard""]
you forgetting the second wooden rollercoaster rumour for oakwood or flamingo land's concept coaster[/quote]
Personally I can't see Oakwood getting a 2nd Woody, they need a cheaper, and more sell-able coaster. As for Flamingo Land's, it has been pretty much ruled out for the moment, though hopefully they will build it eventually.
you forgetting the second wooden rollercoaster rumour for oakwood or flamingo land's concept coaster[/quote]
Personally I can't see Oakwood getting a 2nd Woody, they need a cheaper, and more sell-able coaster. As for Flamingo Land's, it has been pretty much ruled out for the moment, though hopefully they will build it eventually.
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[quote=""hell lepard""][quote=""shane790_0""]WOW
i think of all our (UK) parks Only Thorpe park would get planning for somthing like that! I would love Alton to be the one but I just cant see it - I cant beleave people think woodies are unsafe, every time I go to PBB all the woodies are busy! and its all my GF will ride (she want go on a looping coaster)[/quote]
you forgetting the second wooden rollercoaster rumour for oakwood or flamingo land's concept coaster[/quote]
Hadnt forgot about them, I just dont think they will happen before Merlin build one
i think of all our (UK) parks Only Thorpe park would get planning for somthing like that! I would love Alton to be the one but I just cant see it - I cant beleave people think woodies are unsafe, every time I go to PBB all the woodies are busy! and its all my GF will ride (she want go on a looping coaster)[/quote]
you forgetting the second wooden rollercoaster rumour for oakwood or flamingo land's concept coaster[/quote]
Hadnt forgot about them, I just dont think they will happen before Merlin build one
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DiogoJ42
I really can't see Merlin EVER building a woodie. I think FlamingMinger Land is our only hope. 
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[quote=""michael""]I have to say, this could be one of the most impressive wooden coaster spectacles ever.[/quote]
I'll just fix that shall I?
I have to say, this could be one of the most impressive coaster spectacles ever.
I'll just fix that shall I?
I have to say, this could be one of the most impressive coaster spectacles ever.
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AdamJ
And people say steel coasters are impressive?! This has pushed epic coasters into another dimension.
Now, when's Alton installing that Woodie?
Now, when's Alton installing that Woodie?
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DiogoJ42
The scale of this beast boggles the mind! This is going to be a firm contender for "greatest coaster ever built".
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Blaze
[quote=""Sam""][/quote]
Now that's a birthday present
Even if it isn't one of the best (ha, as if it won't be), it will still be one of the greatest ustfor the sheer madness of it.
Me gusto mucho
[/quote]Now that's a birthday present
Even if it isn't one of the best (ha, as if it won't be), it will still be one of the greatest ustfor the sheer madness of it.
Me gusto mucho
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Sazzle
Wow - what a spectacle!
Looks as though there's another huge section to go up, too, which will make it quite possibly the most aesthetically pleasing coaster I'll have ever set eyes on.
I do wonder, though, where these far-flung places get the money from for such grand developments? Not that I'm complaining!
Looks as though there's another huge section to go up, too, which will make it quite possibly the most aesthetically pleasing coaster I'll have ever set eyes on.
I do wonder, though, where these far-flung places get the money from for such grand developments? Not that I'm complaining!