[Jarsh]

They gotta start testing in the next couple of weeks, right? I wouldn't be surprised if they did decide to test at night, considering how visible the coaster is.

Possibly. I assume that most parks test their new coasters at night to keep people from seeing them running and thinking that the park (or the ride) is open. Then again, most of them have to log 5,000+ laps on em before the state will give them the go ahead (or so was the case with SoGo) so the run them at night because they don't have enough time to do it all during the day.

Never really thought about it before, lol.

[chknwing]

Is that 5000+ 100% problem free laps?

[nyagha]

Well, with estimated ride capacity being at 1600 persons hourly, that breaks down into 50 runs an hour. So without any hitches, they could knock the testing out in around 100 total hours, but it would probably be more like 120, 3 work weeks.

Worst case scenario could possibly be 150+ hours of testing. This is all speculation, doing the math with the statistics provided publicly by Carowinds. Considering the coaster is B&M, I'd expect them to have very few issues with the testing, and probably log a few extra hours to be safe.

I'm also wondering if the runs have to be 100% problem free contiguously before the coaster is rolled out to the public.

[chknwing]

if they fill in all that dirt area with grass, how kewl would it be if they painted the grass with the logo or something like they do at real speedways. example


They could do a big #3, to save money on maintenance, make it artificial grass.

[!ntimidator]

I think that i already asked this but will the seats on the coaster be raised and give the ride a floorless feeling or will they be low and boring?

[chknwing]

low and boring, dont bother to ride the coaster, it will suck because of that.

[dailyshow]

if they fill in all that dirt area with grass, how kewl would it be if they painted the grass with the logo or something like they do at real speedways.

That would have to be done everyday, hence I wouldn’t hold my breath if you are waiting on an official grass painting technician job to become available.

[Chris]

if they fill in all that dirt area with grass, how kewl would it be if they painted the grass with the logo or something like they do at real speedways.

That would have to be done everyday, hence I wouldn’t hold my breath if you are waiting on an official grass painting technician job to become available.

They could always use field turf. Wake Forest never has any maintenance to their field and it's 5 years old. The logos last forever.

[Ethan]

they basically got the concrete where its going to go, that whole area looks like its going to be grass. They could fit 2 rides in that spot.

Where? There's still a huge area of land for future expansion in front of the station...

[Dude]

they basically got the concrete where its going to go, that whole area looks like its going to be grass. They could fit 2 rides in that spot.

Where? There's still a huge area of land for future expansion in front of the station...

yeah and maybe we can get more rides in the future surrounding intimidator...!!!!

[chknwing]

heh like I said under the pic, they could use artificial.

[Dude]

heh like I said under the pic, they could use artificial.

Ha yeah..but a rather have real grass, not artificial.

[coasterbruh]

heh like I said under the pic, they could use artificial.

Ha yeah..but a rather have real grass, not artificial.

Do you plan on eating it or taking a crap on it or something? What does it matter if its real grass or fake grass...

Either way it goes its gonna look nice. Universal orlando has turf and real grass and neither surpasses each one in the looks department to me...

[Dude]

heh like I said under the pic, they could use artificial.

Ha yeah..but a rather have real grass, not artificial.

Do you plan on eating it or taking a crap on it or something? What does it matter if its real grass or fake grass...

Either way it goes its gonna look nice. Universal orlando has turf and real grass and neither surpasses each one in the looks department to me...

I plan on taking a crap on it ..!! Now that i think about it i don't really care if its real of fake.

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

WOW after being up at the La Plaza Fiesta today I got to see intimidator in its entirety and it looks great. I am ready to ride this thing. It looks absolutely amazing and its really weird to see top gun look so small, like a little shadow now. I cant wait until testing begins, maybe I wil make a trip up there to get a video of the first run....