So if Sea World is finally getting a B&M floorless dive machine, I hope we can all agree the possibility of SFMM getting one is DOA.
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Not necessarily. The two parks are far enough apart that they aren't direct competitors. Generally they sign agreements for exclusivity for a market area for a certain number of years.
Yeah, it ain’t happening.
But why even bother? Yeah, you could make it taller and have it be the world’s tallest dive coaster, but if they’re going to spend that much money, just do a T-Rex Giga.
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I agree. Plus there are countless examples of parks close to each other adding the same ride type, from Inverted to Floorless. Love them or hate them, B&M dive coasters are MAJOR crowd pleasers with great capacity and reliability. It's also the cheapest B&M offering (along with the Wing coaster) due to their fairly unified layouts
I suspect every major US park will eventually have one, just like the B&M inverted of yesteryear. I wouldn't count SFMM out of the Dive sweepstakes just yet. The problem with SFMM, is their's would have to break some sort of world record (like Tatsu and Riddler's), so they have to play the waiting game to see how tall everyone else goes.
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And in order to afford to build the world’s tallest and fastest dive coaster, expect one drop, an Immelmann, small bunny hill, and a final brake run. That sounds like the most gimmicky, most SFMM addition to me.
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Probably. I'd also expect them to use the top of the mountain for added height and drop length. 150ft lift hill, will a 250ft drop. Hmmmm...I've heard rumors around the park that the new Park President wants the old Laughing Dragon torn down ASAP.
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:freak: describes how y'all will feel in the coming oh... 3-5 years?
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Ma dude...Your posts are more cryptic than the conspiracy theorist Q....
Let me see...3-5 years would be 2022-2025...Hmmmm Giga? T-rex? Looney Tunes Dark Ride?
Alright, I'm stumped.
2021 is the 50th anniversary of the park, isn't it? 3-5 years out takes us past that, so that also semi-implies that the 50th anniversary is going to be a let down.
Stopped by the park last night, and still nothing on West Coast Racers. No steel, no nothing.
I did hear Crazanity is back up after being unexpectedly down for an extended time. Apparently, a motor blew out, causing the ride to swing for 20 minutes without power until it came to a natural stop. Was down until it was replaced, but seems to be back up now.
Yup. Sounds like the most SFMM thing ever.
