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Post January 18th, 2009, 4:57 am

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wow....that ride looks awesome.........hope i can ride it...this year

Post January 21st, 2009, 7:12 pm

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Originally posted by hyyyper

look at the slope of the mcbr, its sloping downwards away from the ascend.


Are you a believer now?
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Post January 21st, 2009, 7:20 pm
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Post January 21st, 2009, 7:50 pm

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^ LOLOLOL, i was thinking the same thing!!! That first pic had me like, WTF!?!?!
So, my friend came up to me the other day and asked if I wanted a frozen banana, and I said no, but I want a normal banana later, so... yea.

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Post January 21st, 2009, 9:15 pm
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Do you all seriously think they'd screw something like that up?
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Post January 21st, 2009, 9:53 pm

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They didn't think they screwed it up. ^ They thought the brakes were slanted the other way, and that steep thing was the entry.

Post January 21st, 2009, 10:03 pm

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^ well, not quite, i knew the whole ride layout, but if you look at the first pic, it SERIOUSLY looks like the MCB really looks like its going up. If you look back at my other posts, I stated that I was wrong in the beginning and I knew that the steep thing was the exit.
So, my friend came up to me the other day and asked if I wanted a frozen banana, and I said no, but I want a normal banana later, so... yea.

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Post January 22nd, 2009, 12:27 am

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WOW! That steep hill is a descent. I just freaking watched the YouTube video of the ride! It clearly shows the train going down the drop.
Oh, were you expecting something here?

Post January 22nd, 2009, 3:14 pm

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thatttt myyy frienddd is impressive ??????????????????

thats is f**king f**kinnggg awesomeeeeee ??????????????????..

I really really want to go to orlando...I was never go ... but it is not impossible...orlando is fantastic



Post January 23rd, 2009, 6:08 am
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Post January 23rd, 2009, 6:32 am
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Those small humps on the end look sweet!
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Post January 23rd, 2009, 6:59 am
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Post January 23rd, 2009, 8:56 am

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Wow, I love the 3rd picture, that part looks really fun! what is that, the finale?
So, my friend came up to me the other day and asked if I wanted a frozen banana, and I said no, but I want a normal banana later, so... yea.

- RIP Mitch Hedberg

Post January 23rd, 2009, 8:02 pm

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I'm not sure if this has been said or not...but does anybody know how many trains are going to be running?
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Post January 23rd, 2009, 9:36 pm
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7 trains according to rcdb.com, rumors speak of a triple station.
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Post January 23rd, 2009, 9:47 pm

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triple!?!?! what in the hell is the point of that? are we talking 2 stations like all the BM flyers, and an unloading station? cuz if thats what it is then wow, capacity rates are just gonna skyrocket.
So, my friend came up to me the other day and asked if I wanted a frozen banana, and I said no, but I want a normal banana later, so... yea.

- RIP Mitch Hedberg

Post January 23rd, 2009, 10:07 pm

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no.. three loading stations^

I hope this ride is open by April!

Post January 23rd, 2009, 10:27 pm

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hold on. im confused, so basically the thing is gonna load 3 trains at the same time, then let all 3 go like on test track?
So, my friend came up to me the other day and asked if I wanted a frozen banana, and I said no, but I want a normal banana later, so... yea.

- RIP Mitch Hedberg

Post January 23rd, 2009, 11:02 pm

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Theres probably some type of transfer track section, kind of like Kingda Ka, only there's 3 instead of 2? Not too sure.

Post January 23rd, 2009, 11:58 pm

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If they are going to do something like that, it would probably move onto a piece of strait track, then line up with the lift, the go up the lift, and the track would line itself up with another station.

Post February 23rd, 2009, 5:29 am
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This ride looks awesome. I hope it'll be featured in the Tournament.
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Post March 12th, 2009, 6:29 pm

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Check these out, thanks to Johnny Upsidedown over at thrillnetwork:


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Going to be quite sick!

Post March 12th, 2009, 6:54 pm
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Wow, that's just amazing.
I wonder what the experience will be like. Will it be twist-pause-twist, or will it have some serious speed so that it feel like an inverted ZeroG...
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Post March 12th, 2009, 7:00 pm

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^It's not going to pause. Roller coasters don't just work like that [lol]

Post March 12th, 2009, 7:18 pm

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Haha, I think he meant that it'll go through it slowly, not pause. If it does have a lot of speed though, that's going to be a ton of ejector air. Look at the third picture on that site, damn!

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