Somewhat correct. They improved the topper track but don’t do ground up with it. The new 208 retrack is just to do in place of current wooden tracks, which is what I topper was for.
Project 2025/Holzfäller: Big Bad Wolf 2 (B&M Family Invert)
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I suspect any future RMCs will have a different feel to almost all the other I-Boxes. Considering Arieforce One, which is the first I-Box solely designed by Joe Draves. It really does seem like it'll have a lot of unique elements featured only on few other I-Boxes.
The way I looked at it was the topper track system was it's own product that they did ground up builds with (see: Original Lightning Rod, Outlaw Run, Goliath, and Wildfire). The track still had 6 layers of wood with a steel box replacing the top 2 running layers and connected to IBeams that were then connected to the posts. It wasn't improved, but gotten rid of entirely. I don't believe they ever did partial retrackings with the topper track unless I'm missing something. The 208Retrak is more/less (in my opinion) the IBox track, but is able to connect directly to a wooden ledger with a bracket that RMC came up with. Unlike the Ibox track where they connect the track sections to the I Beam's which then connect to the posts of the supports. But the topper track system (6 layers wood with a steel box) has been removed from the RMC website entirely. In summary, I see the 208Retrak as the IBox track with a way to connect directly to wooden ledgers for repair situations only version the topper track being it's own product itself.
To keep this on topic.... if we were to see RMC do a ground up build for BGW, RMC provides the IBox system (family and thrill) and raptor track. Eventually they have said they want to unveil the titan track. Which I hope BGW just doesn't do that. We will have Twisted Timbers just a hour up the road and while not announced officially yet, we have Hershey Park most likely working with RMC on Wildcat. I'd like to see BGW continue to work with Intamin or explore Mack or maybe even Vekoma.
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I wonder if a ride here could have the train shut down for a substantial period of time? If so it would be the perfect opportunity to regrade the track if necessary and put in a new station.
Not that I think it’s good but if it is RMC I would have Iron Drachen as a heavy betting favorite based on BGW and RMC creative history
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Based on the height waver, we can call it Drachen Higher
I think they are competent enough to make it "Steel Drachen" so it isn't a direct copy of the Iron portion, though they will probably forget that the original was steel so the metallic name makes no sense in this context.
"Wooden Drachen" or anything like that using the same naming convention backwards just sounds goofy, so honestly if they want a decent name for an RMC that has an homage to DF they need a totally new angle.
So it makes me wonder about 2025 if this potentially massive coaster opens in 2024. Do they do something more simply like park wide updates for the 50th? You can't simply add a flat to replace Da Vinci's Cradle, that would come off flat. Another large coaster, even Drachen Spire seems too soon.
My guess/ hope would be a new area built out around this new coaster, but that coming after the ride almost feels backwards. All very interesting!
My guess/ hope would be a new area built out around this new coaster, but that coming after the ride almost feels backwards. All very interesting!
Iron Drachen sounds more than a wee bit like Iron Dragon.
While most park guests wouldn't know about the name's similarity to one of the most boring suspended coasters ever built -- Drachen Fire's name was startlingly similar to the preexisting and unremarkable Arrow looper Dragon Fyre at Canada's Wonderland, after all, and nobody cared -- it would be nice to not establish a trend of naming Festhaus Park coasters after lesser cousins to BGW's most all-time beloved rides.
There are so many dragon names that could be adapted for use in a German hamlet. I personally like the name Drachenstein, as it does a lot. It keeps the very familiar "Drachen" bit, relates to existing mythology, clearly suggests a monster via the unmistakable "-enstein" reference, works with the wooded setting, and lends itself to the sale of beer-related merch in the gift shops.
While most park guests wouldn't know about the name's similarity to one of the most boring suspended coasters ever built -- Drachen Fire's name was startlingly similar to the preexisting and unremarkable Arrow looper Dragon Fyre at Canada's Wonderland, after all, and nobody cared -- it would be nice to not establish a trend of naming Festhaus Park coasters after lesser cousins to BGW's most all-time beloved rides.
There are so many dragon names that could be adapted for use in a German hamlet. I personally like the name Drachenstein, as it does a lot. It keeps the very familiar "Drachen" bit, relates to existing mythology, clearly suggests a monster via the unmistakable "-enstein" reference, works with the wooded setting, and lends itself to the sale of beer-related merch in the gift shops.
I LOVE this. I love it so much that a post reaction wouldn't cut it.
Project 2024: B.O.B Bürgermeister's Oberservation Balloon - a 220' permanent balloon fixture
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What if they call it Steel Dragon and Mark Wahlberg cuts the ribbon? Would that make you stand up and shout?
My current understanding is that this project has pushed Drachenspire back a year and not cancelled it, but things can change between now and then
If Drachen Spire as leaked is still in the cards, that would rule out the theorized Drachen Fire lift path for Project 2024. Guess we should at least start to try to imagine other ways to get to that highest point, huh?
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