[intaminboy]

Yes. Sorry, I did not make that very clear. I don't think the yellow track is sitting to rust because of the fact that it is already painted.

[Chris]

The track is allowed to rust before they paint them. I think what intamin boy is saying is that the track in the aforementioned pictures of white and yellow track that are outside appear to be painted, not rusted, which is correct. The track isn't left to rust after they paint it.

Got it.

[tarheel1231]

After how Banshee turned out, I'm very hopeful for good themeing on Centurion.

[redrunner97]

Carowinds has a decent track record for good themeing. Afterburn has the hangar and Jet mounted on the supports. Intimidator is modeled (duh) after an entrance to a race track, with the actual racecar, etc.

I hope Centurion (if that's what its actually gonna be called) has killer theming with a nice, cool queue that moves efficiently.

[Bigcoasterguy]

I hope Centurion (if that's what its actually gonna be called) has killer theming with a nice, cool queue that moves efficiently.

I agree, theme will be one of the most important features to me. I am also hoping for an efficient queue line, intimidators is usually great when they run 3 trains. Would there be any way they could/would run 4 trains on the new ride? Juts a thought

[Jay]

Theoretically it's possible, but there's a point where having too many trains is kind of "anti-efficient." You would always have trains stacked, and it's not worth the extra maintenance costs to run another train if you're not putting more people through.

Basically if running 3 trains and 4 trains result in the same throughput, why would you ever use 4?

[Bigcoasterguy]

And now that i think about it, if they used 4 and it was more efficient Carowinds usually isn't crowed enough to where you even need 3 trains

[Capler]

And now that i think about it, if they used 4 and it was more efficient Carowinds usually isn't crowed enough to where you even need 3 trains

The cost of the extra train would not be worth it, when people can wait a little longer. At a cost of about $2-3 million each, that extra train would blow a big hole in the budget.

[Bigcoasterguy]

At a cost of about $2-3 million each, that extra train would blow a big hole in the budget.

Wow, I was not aware they were that expensive.

[Jonathan]

I'd love to see a source for that. Intimidator was $23 million, so that would mean the trains were 9 to 13% of the overall price.

[DavidW]

I would guess that that figure doesn't just include the trains themselves. It could also include all the modifications to the rest of the coaster that would be needed. (e.g. more blocks and maintenance area)

[Capler]

I'd love to see a source for that. Intimidator was $23 million, so that would mean the trains were 9 to 13% of the overall price.

I can't even remember where I saw that price, but I've known it for a long time. I think some park person was talking about the cost as it relates to an inverted coaster. I was shocked at the high price. But then when I actually thought about it, those B&M trains are highly specialized pieces of equipment.

[Edwardo]

Pretty sure the stated cost of the new chassis of backwards Batman was about $500k each, which would be about a milli for 2 trains.

[Matt929]

In those plans that were showed a little while back it showed a proposed ride tunnel. Could a tunnel be something like this where the entrance plaza is below it?

[OakenBucket]

Don't think that would be a tunnel ? But looks great For a Watch Tower over the front gate !!!