NEWS FLASH!!!! Track and supports sighted

Yes, a Tera coaster is a coaster 400 feet or higher.

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This second hill is my favorite part of the ride. It is so Cool!
Gemini 100
Dan not going to CP anymore??..Just a big Scam
Raptor Flights: 538

Wow, wow, wow... It's finally the day we've been anticipating for so long! I can't contain my excitement...

Now, if only someone would pick up one of those little spy cams we always see the pop up ads for, and plant it by Mean Streak... ;)

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I'd Rather Be Riding Roller Coasters

YESSSSSSSSSSS. I feel soooo good today! :) I am going up there tomorrow so I'll take some pics too.

Umm if jeff says there is red track as well as white track spotted... ( please don't flame me )Could it mean Dueling rockets?

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If you dont Stand for anything , you will fall for everything

Or patriotically themed... I mean, that would be consistent with what they did to Knotts this year.

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I'd Rather Be Riding Roller Coasters
*** This post was edited by FloridaCoasterRider 8/21/2002 12:43:01 PM ***

Sweetness. Perhaps, since the track seems to be more out in the open now, they will make an announcement? Lets hope they don't pull a Power Tower on us, although it would keep the speculation going. This is really cool.
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Turkeys, the only animal smarter than man-Homer J. Simpson

Last update from the group is saying that there are two colors of both track and supports on site. There are pieces of track that are deep red and pieces that are white. As for the supports, some are sporting a deep yellow and some a light tan color. The idea of a racing coaster seems all the more possible now.

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James Draeger
"Make it stop!"
"There goes the body buggy"

Racing/Dueling Intamin Launched Coaster. Could this be #16 and #17?

Edit: It would make sense for the Red to go with the Tan and the White to go with the Yellow.

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Turkeys, the only animal smarter than man-Homer J. Simpson
*** This post was edited by raptor323 8/21/2002 1:03:03 PM ***

I took pictures of the land clearing near Fool the Guesser, and other spots as well as wooden Stakes with Orange and White Flags on them. Unfortunately, it was on my Friends Digital Camera, who has it at SFWoA today, and he will be coming over for dinner tonight, So I'll see about uploading them tonight... Stick around if you want to see some of the progress... Also, I Know this doesnt really have to do with the supports or Track Sighting, but I took a close up of one of the footers behind the wall, it looks extremely old and rusty...

Edit : Small Typo...
*** This post was edited by TwistedWicker02 8/21/2002 1:22:23 PM ***

Ok, when I first heard someone propose dueling rockets, I thought they were nuts (and I was ready to flame away ;) ) - but I looked at rcdb.com and Xcelerator only cost $13 million ... so double that, and add in some for a much bigger ride ... $30 million? $35 million? Since they deemed it worth it to spend $25 million on Millie, maybe this is a real possibility. It would get them 16 and 17, and would explain two colors of track with two colors of supports. The double-track colors doesn't seem weird to me, but two colors of supports does ...

(this is getting me all giddy - I have about 10 hours of "free time" on Friday, I think my time might have just been filled ;) )

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Steel - #1 Kumba, #2 Millie, #3 Mantis ||| Wood - #1 Thunderbolt, #2 Villain, #3 Gwazi
"The key to a happy life is moderation" -- Jon Stewart

Why does a racing coaster get them #16 and #17? Gemini doesn't count as two coasters.

"It would get them 16 and 17,"

ya, I thought Cp counted Gemini as One. Either way I'm pumped!

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If you can't beat em', join em'!

Where is there room by Mean Streak?

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-Matthew
When it's good, it's very good...
When it's bad, it's wicked

Racing and dueling are different concepts. Doesn't Dueling Dragons at IOA count as two different coasters?

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Virtual Midway
http://www.virtualmidway.com

2 different colored sets of supports, to me, seems like it would be dueling / racing. The difference between the Gemini and say PKI's Racer are the difference between calling 1 or 2 coasters. Gemini is one coaster - the track is identical and follows the same supports. The Racer is 2 coasters with 2 unique track layouts even though they race each track set is on its own supports. Think of IOA's Dueling Dragon's - same deal. We may get 16 and 17 by them being 2 layouts and racing.

Does that make any sense?

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cyberdman

Yes, duelers count as two because they are usually at least slightly different layouts. They might have the same name, same theme and same basic structure, but there are differences - racers are just side-by-side copies of each other.

Edit: ya beat me to it! =)

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Steel - #1 Kumba, #2 Millie, #3 Mantis ||| Wood - #1 Thunderbolt, #2 Villain, #3 Gwazi
"The key to a happy life is moderation" -- Jon Stewart
*** This post was edited by PittDesigner 8/21/2002 1:46:08 PM ***

Before everyone gets all horny about a dueling ride, consider the (alleged) magnitude of the ride and how it would look on the skyline in a certain few colors.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"Let's stop saying 'don't quote me,' because if no one quotes you, you probably haven't said a thing worth saying." - Dogma, KMFDM

Thank you for clearing that up Jeff. :)

What if there were three of them. One white. One red. One blue. Oh the insanity!!! It would be the coolest thing ever having three side by side. I don't think there will be three though. Just a fun thing to think about.

Ok now we're just starting to get out of hand =)

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Steel - #1 Kumba, #2 Millie, #3 Mantis ||| Wood - #1 Thunderbolt, #2 Villain, #3 Gwazi
"The key to a happy life is moderation" -- Jon Stewart