I'm guessing they somehow retain Gwazi as part of the new name. Probably something (dumb) fun like Gwa2i or Gwaxi².
Attraction Iron Gwazi
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This could be the best roller coaster in Florida — and beyond
SeaWorld Parks is really stepping up its roller coaster game with the 206-foot Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa and SeaWorld Orlando's Ice Breaker.
www.usatoday.com
Iron Gwazi, possibly leaked early.
It seems USA Today has preempted SEAS today and announced the new rides for them.
Edit: dang @Pretzel Kaiser you beat me to it
Edit: dang @Pretzel Kaiser you beat me to it
This could be the best roller coaster in Florida — and beyond
SeaWorld Parks is really stepping up its roller coaster game with the 206-foot Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa and SeaWorld Orlando's Ice Breaker.
www.usatoday.com
Iron Gwazi is supposedly going to have a 48" height requirement. The article also contained some insight into how SEAS classifies coasters. Both are Family Thrill coasters because their height requirement is only 48". I had previously thought that it had something to do with how intense the ride was but that was an incorrect assumption. It's a family thrill coaster because most of the family can ride it due to the height requirement but it's also a thrill coaster.
Most height requirements are set by the manufacturer and are not modified by the parks themselves.
In some rare cases, like Hersheypark and the Cedar Fair company, the park chooses a higher height requirement either because of consideration for their own ride lineup or for the sake of their corporate operations standards.
In some rare cases, like Hersheypark and the Cedar Fair company, the park chooses a higher height requirement either because of consideration for their own ride lineup or for the sake of their corporate operations standards.
I guess the name could be worse, but really --naming it Iron Gwazi implies that more of the original layout was retained like it was with RMC's earlier work on rides such as Iron Rattler, New Texas Giant, and Medusa Steel Coaster.
The total departure from any recognizable layout from Gwazi really requires that the ride receive a new name.
The total departure from any recognizable layout from Gwazi really requires that the ride receive a new name.
I mean, it does make sense that a "Family Thrill" coaster is one that is a high thrill ride, but allows more of the family on it. A family coaster would be less intense than a thrill ride, but more intense than a kiddie coaster. I seem to recall an interview about InvadR that said BGW was aiming for VB to be a family coaster, but it turned out to be more of a family thrill ride, a tad too intense for small children that don't want to get flung around in the dark, but otherwise could ride it, so they built InvadR as more tame than VB to make that the park family coaster.
I'm sure that the park could request a height from the manufacturer during the bidding phase, aka "Design a ride with XYZ and it has to have a 48" height requirement"
If it was still a dueling ride with the original layout (w/ inversions of course), they could call it Iron Gwazi or Twisted Gwazi
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I thought Gwazi "originates from a fabled creature with the head of a tiger and the body of a lion." So where did a crocodile come from?
With the purple track and the slant towards animals, it probably should have been themed after another fabled character...
Grape Ape!
With the purple track and the slant towards animals, it probably should have been themed after another fabled character...
Grape Ape!
Dear Sea World, hire someone from Disney to do your announcements. This is like watching The Office.
They really need to hire someone specifically for live stuff. This is ridiculous for a company this size.
The last time I saw such a great TV picture was when I was trying to see a scrambled adult channel back in the 80's...
