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Kevin should know better than post snuff like this on twitter!!
News Project 2019: Cutback (ProSlide RocketBLAST/FlyingSAUCER)
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Kevin should know better than post snuff like this on twitter!!
Gotta give props to SEAS on this one, a smart update / replacement to an older ride that has minimal impact on the park in terms of an environmental impact. Hopefully they can plant some shorter trees or tall bushes to hide the supports but other than that this was a solid decision and execution.
We posted a new article with information and pictures from today’s hard hat tour. The water coaster is very photogenic.
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Too Pretty to be Overlooked – BGWFans
“Forgot this was a thing.” — @thatcoasternerd That was a comment in response to our Instagram post Thursday about Water Country USA’s Cutback Water Coaster, and it was hardly out of the norm. Busch Gardens Williamsburg is currently building and designing two thrill rides—Finnegan’s Flyer and...
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They said none of that has been finalized yet. Those requirements will be determined through testing.
As promised, here are the random stats that we got at the construction tour, both from our media packet and the Q&A sessions.
Track/Slide length: 856 feet
Approximate ride time: 1 minute
Maximum speed: 35 feet per second
Total drop: 76 feet
Maximum riders per raft (excluding unknown weight limitations): 4
Minimum riders per raft: TBD, pending testing
Maximum rafts on the slide simultaneously: 2
Total number of rafts: 15
Testing should begin in early April.
Also, we got a fun sticker:
Track/Slide length: 856 feet
Approximate ride time: 1 minute
Maximum speed: 35 feet per second
Total drop: 76 feet
Maximum riders per raft (excluding unknown weight limitations): 4
Minimum riders per raft: TBD, pending testing
Maximum rafts on the slide simultaneously: 2
Total number of rafts: 15
Testing should begin in early April.
Also, we got a fun sticker:
Great article and pictures @Nicole
A little aside about your articles: I loooooove that you guys have a "how long to read" marker. Nice little touch that not many places do.
A little aside about your articles: I loooooove that you guys have a "how long to read" marker. Nice little touch that not many places do.
"only ride of it's kind on east coast"
looks over at the steaming volcano off I4
I suppose she means the saucers...
looks over at the steaming volcano off I4
I suppose she means the saucers...
Volcano Bay has a HydroMAGNETIC Rocket. This is an entirely different launch technology.
If you go to the link I provided in my article, you will see that Cutback is a specific type of ProSlide water coaster. Ray Rush is not the same thing either.