General Carowinds discussion
#102775
I mentioned some of the supports that were onsite, here they are on the blueprints. I think a lot of what is on site is also for the entire first launch as well, so obviously not everything is circled.

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#102777
If that is any indication of a path on the blueprint, my guess it would go under the corkscrew, but that could be an exit, not sure. Looking at it at the park, I would almost think the queue may pass under the transfer or something. I could see the entry plaza being over towards the side with the corkscrew though, in front of the flyers somewhere.... By the looks of it on the other side with the dirt they have added, pretty sure you cant walk under it, a bridge over would be cool though! I could see the exit having a bridge over the first launch! I think whichever way it does go though, it will interact with the ride quite a bit!
#102779
aoriole19 wrote:I can't fully explain why, but when I read "be careful to keep contents inside pot" the first thing I thought was that it meant a heartline roll. I didn't even realize there was a heartline roll in the leaked blueprint (I honestly never looked closely at it, and I haven't been following this discussion super closely). I'm still not sure it's what they were actually referring to, though.

My instinct was just thinking about how when you watch a train go through a heartline roll, the people and the train stay "inside" the track if that makes sense. I mean, the same could be said about vertical loops or corkscrews or a number of inversions, but heartline roll is what I thought of for whatever reason.


"being careful to keep contents inside the pot" made me think of the riders. Be careful you don't fall out, so to speak. Personally I think the reference of teasers to a pot are round cars, since pots are round (at least the part where the ingredients go and are stirred and folded etc.). Perhaps the cars spinners if they're round, or why bother making them round.

Just my idea
#102780
Jfranchi82 wrote:How can you even read that blueprint to know which supports are on site? Everything looks extremely blurry... are there any real clear images of this anywhere?


It is blurry, but the supports are in order for the most part, so I just zoomed it in and could tell what was what, its not easy, but you can see it....

I zoomed in and tried to make it a bit more clear....
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#102782
There is no indication anywhere on the blueprints of any speeds etc. Based on the teasers on "granny's receipe" some numbers stick out including 42, 35, and 50..... My guess is 42mph first launch and the 2nd launch goes from 35 to 50. This is a pure guess based on the hints etc. Nothing really points to the actual height of the coaster anywhere, my guess is probably under 100ft at the top hat element, but probably way off.
#102787
(quote="LoveMeSomePrunes"]
aoriole19 wrote:I can't fully explain why, but when I read "be careful to keep contents inside pot" the first thing I thought was that it meant a heartline roll. I didn't even realize there was a heartline roll in the leaked blueprint (I honestly never looked closely at it, and I haven't been following this discussion super closely). I'm still not sure it's what they were actually referring to, though.

My instinct was just thinking about how when you watch a train go through a heartline roll, the people and the train stay "inside" the track if that makes sense. I mean, the same could be said about vertical loops or corkscrews or a number of inversions, but heartline roll is what I thought of for whatever reason.


"being careful to keep contents inside the pot" made me think of the riders. Be careful you don't fall out, so to speak. Personally I think the reference of teasers to a pot are round cars, since pots are round (at least the part where the ingredients go and are stirred and folded etc.). Perhaps the cars spinners if they're round, or why bother making them round.

Just my idea[/quote] that teaser makes me think airtime hills
#102788
hmmm . Probably wouldn't be a bridge OVER the roll out of the station because you'd have to go up to go over and then down. Scooby Doo was that way for a while. I think the ADA compliance specifications would discourage that because then you'd need an entirely different way of getting up there. Granted they COULD do that though.... after all, they put an elevator for that on Fury. Just doubt they will when it would be much easier to build a ramp instead of a lot of stairs. If the platform is already elevated (especially if it's as much as Fury), I wouldn't want to walk up even higher just to go down.

Personally, I think it'd be cool to have the park path go under the roll as an advertisement to get people excited about the ride like they did with Carolina Cyclone when they put the path under the corkscrew. hmmm. Maybe there's the tie-in with the Cyclone.
#102789
After looking at the blueprint again, I'm not so sure there is another inversion after the second vertical loop. If you look at the first corkscrew it is very evident that's what it is and nowhere in the rest of the layout does another one appear. If the tophat does invert that would give us 5 which lines up with the teaser.
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