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

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Jonesta6 said:
So you can shoot into or out of a Dragon's mouth, but does that mean you'd go in or out of it's ass?
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I mean, Wicker Man has you going through a double-headed statue thing with a fire effect; thinking that if they have you go through a dragon on one end you'll probably end up going through it's other end instead of a different dragon head.

Though now that I've had a moment to give it more thought, I guess if they had track going through some kind of tunnel they could put together some kind of set piece to resemble two dragons facing outward on each end.
 
I think it makes most sense to have this attraction be all indoors. Now that the park is open year-round, this project has the potential to run 365. This has such great potential to be a very well themed and always open ride.

Has anyone seen Intamin’s new Shred the Sewers? It’s only 79 feet tall but much more intense than what I imagine will replace DarKastle. Maybe something more like the 39 foot Movie Park Studio Tour. Both look amazing in their own right.
 
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panopticon31 said:
Baaaaaaack on Topic.

What are the odds if it does "break out" of the building they have it cross overtop of the footpath and use some of this area?View attachment 25469
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That would really kill the beauty and vibe of that area I would really hate to see that. Plus that would likely lead to a major part of the park being shut down for a long period of time.
 
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tiaba said:
I think it makes most sense to have this attraction be all indoors. Now that the park is open year-round, this project has the potential to run 365. This has such great potential to be a very well themed and always open ride.

Has anyone seen Intamin’s new Shred the Sewers? It’s only 79 feet tall but much more intense than what I imagine will replace DarKastle. Maybe something more like the 39 foot Movie Park Studio Tour. Both look amazing in their own right.
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Whoa, I hadn't thought of Shred the Sewers. That would be an incredible fit for BGW's lineup.
 
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GregoryG154 said:
It would be great, don’t get me wrong, but we realllllllllllllllly don’t need another launch coaster imo.
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Wholeheartedly agreed, but I'm letting the possibility of DarKoaster being a launch coaster slide because we apparently don't have much height to work with. But after this, no more launch coasters please.
 
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pizzathieff said:
I don't disagree, but it sounds like it's going to be a launch coaster, and something like Shred the Sewers would make me a lot happier than something like Wave Breaker
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I don’t see a shred the sewers level ride (in terms of intensity). I see this being more family than family thrill attractions, like InvadR and Vbolt have been. Yes, they’re advertised as family attractions but InvadR is a little aggressive (laterals) and Verbolten has a grey out helix and a drop track. Something like one of the gravity group woodies (i.e. Oscar’s Wacky Taxi) would work best imo. Not necessarily a woodie, but just something of that size.
 
^^-- a fully enclosed woodie would be logical. Verbolten has some of the most aggressive, neck straining lateral and positive G combos around, it's a high thrill ride masquerading as a family ride, since it lacks deal breakers such as going upside down or 200 feet up.

Launching would be a way to keep a long slow ride going, or mix in story elements, but low intensity tire-based launches could be sufficient. Or just short LSMs or the Bolt formula of launch-brake-brake-launch-brake-brake. The building is a bit larger in area than Bolt's but not as tall, so an intense ride is certainly possible -- cramming it with track sounds cool to me -- but just doesn't make a lot of sense. The flying coaster idea makes even less sense, unless used in a story mode. Disney has some non-coaster rides with inverted systems for example. The new rotating seat assembly trains by Vekoma for flyers or the sitdown ones for Guardians have possibilities.

There is a parking lot behind the building and to the right of Festhaus that's almost as large as the building, but it would take a lot to keep that from breaking any theming, ugly place.
 
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