General Carowinds discussion
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Jonathan wrote:No.

Remember Jonathan and fellowing bloggers, I'm on record saying a Giga with inversions months ago. So I might disagree. I believe we are all going to be suprised by the addition. All speculation of course....
#56353
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OakenBucket wrote:I was just thinking ?? White Track ? Could they be building a Giga to Fuse together with The Old Time Machine Coaster ? Start Out as a Giga end with Inversions ??? Mesh the two together ??? Don't beat me up over this Idea Guys!!!

I wouldn't mind seeing the Time Machine be moved to Carowinds, but I don't think it is likely they would randomly attach it to another coaster. But it is a shame to see a good B&M coaster sitting closed and empty down there at Myrtle Beach.
#56354
scottc wrote:Just thinking.... Earlier transcripts said it would be 70 feet taller than Intimidator. That puts it at 302' tall. Maybe the drop is 325' into a tunnel or something :eh:

Well to get it to the generic 300 feet to classify as a giga, that would put it at around 70 feet taller than Intimidator. I think those figures were just estimates for the initial description given to local govt. officials. Because if they are indeed going to the effort of using 325 in the name, then the 325 figure would definitely have major marketing significance regarding the height. And hopefully it will at least be as tall as Leviathan.
#56359
tylerSC wrote::thumbup:
OakenBucket wrote:I was just thinking ?? White Track ? Could they be building a Giga to Fuse together with The Old Time Machine Coaster ? Start Out as a Giga end with Inversions ??? Mesh the two together ??? Don't beat me up over this Idea Guys!!!

I wouldn't mind seeing the Time Machine be moved to Carowinds, but I don't think it is likely they would randomly attach it to another coaster. But it is a shame to see a good B&M coaster sitting closed and empty down there at Myrtle Beach.


When I rode TM the last thing I came away thinking is that it was a good B&M coaster. It rode (rattled) more like a Vekoma.
#56362
I'm surprised nobody's focusing on the tunnel. On the site survey that was found online, there's a tunnel on the drawing around about where the overpass is near the front gate (isn't there an elevated walkway there?) . If the ride truly will go ALL the way over there, and then through a small tunnel, this is going to be a HUGE coaster.

Also really interesting to me is how it's going to interact with the Paladium... will it go around it (the long way) or will they place a few supports in the seats and run it right over?
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