Universal's Epic Universe Construction Thread

[Disneyhead]

Uhh, that looks like a pretty tight turn for a family spinning coaster. Might just be the angle though.

That doesn't look Hippogriff level kiddie coaster even not taking the spinning into account.




They should call this Monsterland Coaster "Capacity Nightmare".

 

[Alicia]

They should call this Monsterland Coaster "Capacity Nightmare".

Now that does sound scary.

 

[Magic-Man]

hows this angle?

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That looks a lot less extreme. Makes more sense.

Just a thought, but what if the second "launch" isn't a launch? It might just unlock the spinning for the second half of the ride.

 

[Mad Dog]

That doesn't look Hippogriff level kiddie coaster even not taking the spinning into account.




They should call this Monsterland Coaster "Capacity Nightmare".

Goofy moonlights as the Wolfman coaster. Disney's dark side.

 

[jarmor]

Just a thought, but what if the second "launch" isn't a launch? It might just unlock the spinning for the second half of the ride.

If this were the late 80's to early 90's, you may have had a point but even for the basic reverchon spinning mouse , its literally a toggle piece on that track that is about 3ft long.

 

[Magic-Man]

If this were the late 80's to early 90's, you may have had a point but even for the basic reverchon spinning mouse , its literally a toggle piece on that track that is about 3ft long.

I'm not saying that whole section of track unlocks the spinning. It could easily be a very short part of it. I'm saying that it might be enclosed inside a building to advance the story and hide it visually.

 

[tommyhawkins]

That looks a lot less extreme. Makes more sense.

Just a thought, but what if the second "launch" isn't a launch? It might just unlock the spinning for the second half of the ride.

the track goes back to ground level so it needs a second launch to get energy to finish the course and get back over the pathways, its gotta cover 1500ft (that we know about) of track, one low hill launch isnt going to cut it

the ride needs more block sections if it wants any kind of meaningful ride capacity for a D ticket.

 

[Magic-Man]

the track goes back to ground level so it needs a second launch to get energy to finish the course and get back over the pathways, its gotta cover 1500ft (that we know about) of track, one low hill launch isnt going to cut it

the ride needs more block sections if it wants any kind of meaningful ride capacity for a D ticket.

If that's the case, I really don't get the design of this coaster. It's so short.

 

[MakoMania]

I wonder if it will come to a halt for a show scene before launching again on the second LSM section. Maybe even coming to a stop, launching backward up the bunny hump and then back forward again. Would work, just a question of cycle time/capacity they want.

 

[tommyhawkins]

I wonder if it will come to a halt for a show scene before launching again on the second LSM section. Maybe even coming to a stop, launching backward up the bunny hump and then back forward again. Would work, just a question of cycle time/capacity they want.

I'm gonna go change my Twitter password real quick

 

[Alicia]

I wonder if it will come to a halt for a show scene before launching again on the second LSM section. Maybe even coming to a stop, launching backward up the bunny hump and then back forward again. Would work, just a question of cycle time/capacity they want.

The shuttle back/forth theory is gaining steam.

It would make this coaster a bit longer without needing more track, so that’s good. But yea, capacity and all. Although capacity already looks pretty bad for this to me, no?

 

[fryoj]

As short as it is, capacity is going to be bad regardless. You are going to be about through the whole thing before the next car is loaded. Add in a stop in the middle and sheesh. Station is same side load and unload and looks too short for continuous load. Maybe if they have a show scene right outside the station to kill some time and add another block, they could pull off a second scene/block at the midcourse launch. So maybe 1 car at load, 1 at first show, 1 at second show, 1 at unload. 20-30 seconds per block? 120-180 cars cycle per hour. Not sure what we are looking at for trains on this, but am assuming 1-2 car trains. So it's not going to be great, but could be not horrible.

 

[tommyhawkins]

The shuttle back/forth theory is gaining steam.

It would make this coaster a bit longer without needing more track, so that’s good. But yea, capacity and all. Although capacity already looks pretty bad for this to me, no?

45 second dispatch (80 X 16 person trains) gets 1280 theoretical, 1100 (50sec dispatch) being more realistic per hour, considerably higher than Donkey Kong.

There's room for 3 trains, one between launch on and brake run. One at unload one in the station.

 

[Loki]

Seems to be a strange empty space in the middle of all that

 

[Cygnus]

Seems to be a strange empty space in the middle of all that

i believe that is where all the hot and sweaty people crowd up while waiting in line go

 

[tommyhawkins]

Seems to be a strange empty space in the middle of all that

Myself and @Scott W. Are holding out hope there's more layout over the queue and they haven't done footers/track delivery yet.

Failing that....LOTS of trees

 

[Scott W.]

Myself and @Scott W. Are holding out hope there's more layout over the queue and they haven't done footers/track delivery yet.

Failing that....LOTS of trees

 

[fryoj]

Idk about more footers, but that is a LOT of electrical conduit sticking up in bunches for not being inside a building.

 

[Alicia]

Queue and trees I’m guessing.

 

[shiekra38]

I wonder if this will come to a full stop like Time Traveler before launching again

It would allow for a fun little show scene before the second half

I agree that the layout seems short, but, maybe they were worried about the spinning aspect