Project 2017: InvadR
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RE: Project 2017
That was just a placeholder for the theming documents. It was never referred to as Elementum. This was the time when the park wanted to keep everything top secret until they made their announcement.
MAZ said:
That was just a placeholder for the theming documents. It was never referred to as Elementum. This was the time when the park wanted to keep everything top secret until they made their announcement.
RE: Project 2017
Old Norse apparently has Rs at the end of names that they are referencing. Check out this discussion on a Norse Name forum-
http://www.nordicnames.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=220
Willhlikeschicken said:
Old Norse apparently has Rs at the end of names that they are referencing. Check out this discussion on a Norse Name forum-
http://www.nordicnames.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=220
RE: Project 2017
I remember a time when BGW's coaster's had pretty cool names. Alpengeist and Apollo's Chariot are great names, in my opinion. None of the options for the vote were very good at all, so this isn't surprising, but the name just seems so beneath what the standard once was. Even in 2007, it seemed that they were slipping. Griffon isn't the greatest name, but it isn't terrible, though the alternates they decided against were shockingly bad to me (one being a pun off Voltaire, which was just atrocious). There didn't even seem to be any creativity imbued in the choices offered here; no thoughts of Norse or Viking mythology. My hopes are not too high, even if a wooden coaster is needed in the park. Now it just feels like a perfunctory installation to fill a need instead of a beacon of hope for the future. I just hope the ride is alright at this point.
I remember a time when BGW's coaster's had pretty cool names. Alpengeist and Apollo's Chariot are great names, in my opinion. None of the options for the vote were very good at all, so this isn't surprising, but the name just seems so beneath what the standard once was. Even in 2007, it seemed that they were slipping. Griffon isn't the greatest name, but it isn't terrible, though the alternates they decided against were shockingly bad to me (one being a pun off Voltaire, which was just atrocious). There didn't even seem to be any creativity imbued in the choices offered here; no thoughts of Norse or Viking mythology. My hopes are not too high, even if a wooden coaster is needed in the park. Now it just feels like a perfunctory installation to fill a need instead of a beacon of hope for the future. I just hope the ride is alright at this point.
RE: Project 2017
Sorry for the double post, but here's this!
Sorry for the double post, but here's this!
RE: Project 2017
^Trevor that's pretty cool! Thanks for posting it.
^Trevor that's pretty cool! Thanks for posting it.
RE: Project 2017
The name is totally fine, imo.
The name is totally fine, imo.
RE: Project 2017
The name is official
https://www.facebook.com/BuschGardens/photos/a.62724368314.74209.18543728314/10153671513993315/?type=3&theater
The name is official
https://www.facebook.com/BuschGardens/photos/a.62724368314.74209.18543728314/10153671513993315/?type=3&theater
RE: Project 2017
Honestly, It's a name. It will be able to successfully identify the ride on a map and distinguish it from other rides. They really could have called it Fred.
Honestly, It's a name. It will be able to successfully identify the ride on a map and distinguish it from other rides. They really could have called it Fred.
RE: Project 2017
If InvadR is anything like White Lightning in Orlando, I'm enthused. The POV makes this look like quite a ride, and it's shorter and slower than InvadR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzAuSIAlCfs
Anything remotely close to that with LeScoot involvement? Color me excited.
If InvadR is anything like White Lightning in Orlando, I'm enthused. The POV makes this look like quite a ride, and it's shorter and slower than InvadR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzAuSIAlCfs
Anything remotely close to that with LeScoot involvement? Color me excited.
RE: Project 2017
I just stopped by and rode that last night(It's been on my to do list). It's a very pleasant coaster. It has lots of floater air and rides really smooth. The one thing that bothers me is the way that the brake run is banked to the left. Its a real silly thing and very much a nit pick, but I still wonder why it's like that.
Bring Back Questor 87 said:
I just stopped by and rode that last night(It's been on my to do list). It's a very pleasant coaster. It has lots of floater air and rides really smooth. The one thing that bothers me is the way that the brake run is banked to the left. Its a real silly thing and very much a nit pick, but I still wonder why it's like that.
RE: Project 2017
I hope ours is level!
And I love your assessment of White Lightning as "pleasant." XP
"InvadR: The Mostly-Pleasant Coaster"
I hope ours is level!
And I love your assessment of White Lightning as "pleasant." XP
"InvadR: The Mostly-Pleasant Coaster"
RE: Project 2017
We rode White Lightening last winter and really enjoyed it. I thought it was a great little woodie and a lot of fun. That said, a ride that is appropriate for Fun Spot, is not necessarily the best choice for a park the size of BGW.
Naturally, I am not going to judge InvadR, until I have ridden it, but I thought I could provide some perspective.
We rode White Lightening last winter and really enjoyed it. I thought it was a great little woodie and a lot of fun. That said, a ride that is appropriate for Fun Spot, is not necessarily the best choice for a park the size of BGW.
Naturally, I am not going to judge InvadR, until I have ridden it, but I thought I could provide some perspective.
RE: Project 2017
When you say it may not be the best choice, do you mean that in terms of ride experience, capacity and/or type? I'm just curious as to the reasoning behind that, as I myself have not ridden White Lightning, but it does seem like a very fun ride.
However, it may be similar in terms of ride manufacturer and (to an extent) ride elements. But I do think they will be fairly different experiences, considering this will be a very hardcore terrain coaster with a very different layout.
When you say it may not be the best choice, do you mean that in terms of ride experience, capacity and/or type? I'm just curious as to the reasoning behind that, as I myself have not ridden White Lightning, but it does seem like a very fun ride.
However, it may be similar in terms of ride manufacturer and (to an extent) ride elements. But I do think they will be fairly different experiences, considering this will be a very hardcore terrain coaster with a very different layout.