Busch Gardens Williamsburg Project 2023: DarKoaster (Multi-Lap Intamin Straddle Coaster)

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Ice said:
Good fellow.

I propose we replace @Zachary with @Jahrules as a writer and member of the admin team, and it has nothing to do with the fact that jahrules just offered me a bonus whereas Zachary stabbed me in the heart.

(Okay I actually like Zachary so don't replace him but someone scold him like a 1920s American father who just had a rough day at the GM factory)
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You don't want me writing articles... I'm nowhere near as elegant as @Zachary . But I did write the puzzle and so I have an appreciation for how much work you put in.
 
The sad part is I would've had it done in the first like hour if I didn't focus so hard on the "everything you need is in the article" clue cuz I converted to numbers and started going paragraph by paragraph in the article with that same method. I made the conscious decision "eh I shouldn't look at the ride script, it isn't in the article".

In hindsight, I was being a complete asshat just not posting my progress with the riddle and silently working on it on my own lol. My bad, sorry for taking the hints but not contributing my shiz
 
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So what you're saying is we made it too easy.... Hm (considers this for "next time").

Harder is definitely possible. How's your enigma machine breaking?
 
No you definitely didn't make it too easy. I lucked out that the method I was testing was correct, just didn't have the right input at first.

To be fair, it was pretty obvious that the letters needed to be converted to numbers. Considering a letter can easily be converted to a number 1-26 (if two letters, put them together), it's pretty obvious considering a sequence like "132" can't be accurately translated to a letter for puzzle solving. There are too many options. Past that, I got too stuck on the "everything you need is in the article" clue. Should've ignored Zachary in the forum and focused on the hint in the article that "history means a lot" or whatever the fuck was said
 
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Fair. I'm just suggesting that if there were to be a project in Germany; enigma wouldn't be thematically out of line...
 
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So, this is more of a "free thought" flowing as I talk "out loud" through some random things I've seen pop-up rather than quote all the posts with the thoughts.

~ 4 launches could make a lot of sense if there's "scenes". I don't trust SEAS to do something major like that. One of a kind element with some sort of "trick track" means a 2nd launch automatically makes sense.

~ And major expansions to the building are tough. I'll get into the depth part soon. But the width part is a tough one because supports would still remain. Alpie blocks any width expansion to one side, Festhaus is close as it the path with games, and unless they take games out they are blocked.

~ There's another building behind Alpie and InvadR for a backstage area, that if they wanted to go outside would have to move. Additionally there's about 33,000 sqft of backstage area they would need to clear. They could go right behind Das Festhaus, but that would also mean reconfiguring the way to get things into Festhaus.

~ Now lets say it does go outside, they don't move the building that's out there but don't cross the train tracks. That's about 82,000 sqft. If you factor in the ride envelope it's obviously much smaller usable area. If they decide to cross the train, and assuming they can go out to Busch Rd, that would give a huge plot of land.

~ I think if anyone wants to really be stout in the indoor/outdoor concept, you would have to look for them applying to move roads and back of house staging areas to free up this space.
 
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mtpelepele said:
You could always go above if you wanted an outdoor section as well.
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We would be seeing some height waivers being filed quickly. My rough estimation puts the roof at about 50 feet. It would also be quite costly to basically have to restructure part of the trusses to handle the new distribution of weight and design a lifted part that can put the weight where it needs to be.
 
Dependent on the ride envelope size it may still require structural changes.
 
Should have been clearer. By "Verbolten Jr", I meant giving it an outdoor section. DarKoaster should be entirely indoors. On top of losing a family-friendly, low minimum height, attraction, the park did lose another indoor attraction, and this one had a nice facade, it wasn't an ugly box.
 
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