[FamousAmos]

that was when skyflier (now Ripcord) was in pieces in the bus parking lot.

[Chris]

Steel Dragon's cost was amplified due to adding the extra steel needed for Earthquake safety. If it was built somewhere else it probably would have been $10 mil or so less.

I'm aware. They also had to build a catwalk going around the entire length of the ride because of Japan's laws. But yeah... back to the original question I had. Aside from SD2000 and coasters at Disney and Universal, what coasters cost more than the $30 million this coaster will cost?

[tylerSC]

All of the teasers do indeed point to a Roman theme unless they are completely misleading. Afterall, they could actually have something else all together in mind. But it definitely does seem like time for track to appear somewhere.

[tylerSC]

Maybe they are waiting until Aug 21 to reveal the track, but you would think it would appear somewhere by now. Perhaps in a few weeks. I guess they want to keep it hidden.

[MarkD]

Tyler I think your missing the point of Rome. Maybe the name will be of Roman nature but I think the whole Rome motif has to do with the future and growth of the entire park.

Chris, I forgot about all the catwalk they had to add. I don't know of the over $30 mil category.

[Matt929]

Here are rides 30 million and over:

No. 4 – The Smiler, UK ($30 million)
No. 3 – Thunder Dolphin, Japan ($37 million)
No. 2 – Steel Dragon, Japan ($52 million)
No. 1 – Expedition Everest, USA ($100 million)

[ReillyK721]

X2: $46 million
Fujiyama: $40 million
Takabisha: $30 million
Shambhala: $33 million

Millenium Force would cost about $33 million if it were built today, and Leviathan is very close to $30 million. Some of the big launch coasters like Kingda Ka, TTD, and Superman at Magic Mountain would cost around $30 million today as well.

[tylerSC]

Well Roman theme or not, I just want to know where the track is at.

[Chris]

Chris, I forgot about all the catwalk they had to add.

Japan.

X2: $46 million
Fujiyama: $40 million
Takabisha: $30 million
Shambhala: $33 million

Millenium Force would cost about $33 million if it were built today, and Leviathan is very close to $30 million. Some of the big launch coasters like Kingda Ka, TTD, and Superman at Magic Mountain would cost around $30 million today as well.

Thanks! So from what I gather, 2 of those are in Japan where it cost more to build a coaster, one is a coaster with fourteen inversions and the last is a Disney coaster with moving track and a 200 foot tall mountain.

This is pretty exciting, fellas (and ladies?).

[n2424]

Tyler I think your missing the point of Rome. Maybe the name will be of Roman nature but I think the whole Rome motif has to do with the future and growth of the entire park.

THIS
I think the "rome wasn't built in a day" thing is along the lines of "We are taking this park to the next level over the next few years by adding a coaster and spending $__ and we've already added the slides and Harmony Hall, wait'll you see what we do after this B&M Coaster" knd of announcement. NOT that there is a roman theme to a coaster. A Roman "land" would just so out of the norm for Cedar Fair. Rome would be a Busch Gardens theme. I seriously doubt they are building a Roman themed "Land."

I keep thinking in answer to "What do Romans do" and all I can think of are Gladiators, pizza, the Pope, gelato, the coliseum, museums and famous artists.

To me I'm thinking they'll pull down the teaser banners on announcement day and it'll be something like "announcing the Outer Space Coaster" or something unrelated but very high thrill. (Or Fury 325). Would love it if everything we're guessing about manufacturer, blueprints, etc. are off. But it's probably not, this is probably exactly what we're getting: B&M 300+ like most are saying.

Has anyone compared these station footers to I305 footers? I know layout is different but wonder if that's just a simple solution: give us something like KD has for size and speed. Kinda boring compared to something we've never seen, but just wondering...whatever it is, next year I'll be riding it.

[MarkD]

^ I keep looking at the blueprints and am I the only one that finds it funny the only writing you can make out is Carowinds.

[CoasterJim]

It looks like the other information on the blueprints has been purposefully marked out after being uploaded on a computer. The blurred out area has a faint border that is flat with the screen, rather than being aligned with the plane of the blueprint paper. Why would this be?

[Chris]

Fake blueprints leaked by Carowinds?

[barrynyu]

^ I keep looking at the blueprints and am I the only one that finds it funny the only writing you can make out is Carowinds.

Did anybody match the ride blueprints to those construction documents for the toll plaza? It had footer placements.

[Rosko97]

The toll plaza blueprints only represented the South Carolina side of the ride, but yes they showed the same footers as the leaked blueprints...