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I’ll be honest. 2 figures matter the most here

367 and 400

367 is associated with Redforce
400 is associated with a Strat

If the train only reaches 364 feet, we can’t sit here and honestly call it the 3rd tallest.

So let’s not worry about 382 or 375. Let’s just hope this thing crosses 367
Feel pretty good an unknown number of cars will top 367' looking at the incline between the last two pieces of track
 
No one is claiming the tower is 400. The dispute at the moment is whether it's the heavily publicized 375' or this surprise, unannounced 382' figure that was floated last weekend.
Not sure if you missed my post, but the press release accompanying the teaser is also using the 382’ figure. 382’ is the official height of the tower according to the park.
 

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Not sure if you missed my post, but the press release accompanying the teaser is also using the 382’ figure. 382’ is the official height of the tower according to the park.
I saw it. But still not the blaring headlines and videos the park put out literally a week ago. They had a top-out PR package ready to go citing 375.' Compared to that, the 382' admission has been a whisper slipped into content focused on other things with no significant follow-up, like from Ryan E or a dedicated press release. If they wanted to hype it, they would be. I'm pretty sure Jason screwed up leaking it to Colin before the 28th. It just steps all over their blitz around the top-out.
 
I don’t think rollbacks in a traditional sense will be a thing here, since it’ll be moving with some significant speed to crest the tower and still make it around the spiral. If it’s a bit slower due to weather, it’ll still crest, but it won’t make it the full way around the spire.

It won’t be like Ka where there’s one single highest point that you move very slowly over, making rollbacks more likely. Not to mention there’s no second half of the ride you’d miss out on due to not making it the full way around anyway, so there’d be no need to relaunch
 
uMmM aCtuAllY It'Ll rOlL bAcK eVeRy TiMe! /s

In addition to pantsmith's comment, I think the third launch is primarily going to be for precision speed management rather than additional acceleration, so I think it will be remarkably consistent how high it reaches. Maybe if it aborts the third launch and doesn't make it to the top, they may give you another ride lol.
 
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I was at Great Adventure yesterday, and man, pictures just don't do this thing justice. This coaster is gargantuan, and towers over everything else in the park.
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I made my first visit of the season yesterday and I completely agree, looks a lot cooler in person and pictures absolutely don't do it justice. Seeing it from El Toro was nearly neat, I'm definitely more excited to see it up and running now! As a sidenote, one of the ops at BoF checked my height and as a 5'1 30 year old that was pretty humbling 😅
 
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