News Project 2027/Skyland/Purple: Delayed “World Record Breaking Coaster" (Phantom Spire?)

[Bring Back Questor 87]

Off the top of my head, this addition means Mach, Intamin and Zamperla own the crown for the top 3 tallest coasters in the world, correct?

My coaster expectations bingo card needs a revamp.

 

[Nitro230]

Gorgeous!

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I just can’t get over how strange the support structure is so far for this tower. Mack always has some funky supports but this is really pushing it. Supper interested to see what the tower will look like in the end.

 

[desardes]

From El Toro Ryan's Instagram, the park has ripped up more of the pavement around Project Purple.

 

[michaellynn4]

Love that. Death to parking lot coasters!

 

[sharpr1]

From El Toro Ryan's Instagram, the park has ripped up more of the pavement around Project Purple.
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You could see it starting in the videos and pictures from yesterday. Cuts and sections missing on that side. Thank god! Also another promises-made-promises-kept from Ryan E. He said a few times earlier this year the new coaster would not be a "parking lot coaster."

 

[MikeGS6789]

In The Coaster Spot video from today he mentions that Ka's plot will NOT be made into parking.

 

[Nitro230]

I imagine a lot of the remaining land from Green Lantern will become parking instead. I would’ve been shocked if the Ka plot was used for parking, that’s just so far removed from the rest of the parking lot now.

 

[RDL]

From El Toro Ryan's Instagram, the park has ripped up more of the pavement around Project Purple.
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Now THIS is the type of construction (or destruction in this case) I get excited about

Hope they make that area look super nice

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Can't wait to hear why this is actually a bad thing

 

[GASM]

That was premium aged asphalt right there, what a damn shame.

 

[warfelg]

Can't wait to hear why this is actually a bad thing

The loss of the heat island means with the speed of the coaster it’s going to feel colder than it actually is prompting me to take a heavy winter coat in the middle of the summer.

 

[MrBradferd]

Means Ill get less of a tan on the stall from the sunlight reflecting

 

[wasteman]

That was park original asphalt, just another piece of Great Adventure history being destroyed in front of us.

 

[Mushroom]

Can't wait to hear why this is actually a bad thing

It’s a gross reflection of the park’s DESPICABLE new approach to aesthetics:

Shade and Landscaping Over Pavement

You know what that spells? SLOP! Open your eyes, people!

 

[Clear]

Judging by the recent comments, We’re in another one of those little content update ruts again aren’t we lol

 

[northdetective]

yes, and it seems all the forced positivity has circled back into a schizophrenic kind of hatred thru which negative comments that are at direct odds with a person's stated preferences are concocted and implied to be attributed to them

this could be us but u guys demand that I get arms before u will sit with me but I refuse to conform by getting arms

 

[dwillt]

all the forced positivity

The thing is, it's not "forced positivity." We just genuinely like what we see. At least I do, and assume several others do.

Speaking of what I see: Every time I look I see a picture of this coaster, the first thing that comes to mind is a brontosaurus skeleton. Am I the only one? I'm sure that will change once the tower is finished, but in its current state, the inverted launch looks like the brontosaurus' back, and the partial tower looks like its neck.
Hmmm... a purple dinosaur... could this be... The Barney Coaster?

 

[northdetective]

The thing is, it's not "forced positivity." We just genuinely like what we see. At least I do, and assume several others do.

Speaking of what I see: Every time I look I see a picture of this coaster, the first thing that comes to mind is a brontosaurus skeleton. Am I the only one? I'm sure that will change once the tower is finished, but in its current state, the inverted launch looks like the brontosaurus' back, and the partial tower looks like its neck.
Hmmm... a purple dinosaur... could this be... The Barney Coaster?

The positivity is forced upon dissenters. Pure intentions wouldn't excuse the behavior anyways

If u see inelegant, completely unstylized repetitive support structures like those for the stall and choose to biomorphize them bc the track is purple I believe that suggests more good will than I feel the average customer will read into the structure, but I also acknowledge my negative bias. Everyone else denies how much they want to see this succeed because of the park's situation more generally and pretends like this is both the best roller coaster ever AND the best possible development for the park

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Inelegant, completely unstylized, you say?

Repetitive, you say? NOTHING like a bunch of triangles stacked inelegantly on top of each other, right?

 

[Clear]

The positivity is forced upon dissenters. Pure intentions wouldn't excuse the behavior anyways

If u see inelegant, completely unstylized repetitive support structures like those for the stall and choose to biomorphize them bc the track is purple I believe that suggests more good will than I feel the average customer will read into the structure, but I also acknowledge my negative bias. Everyone else denies how much they want to see this succeed because of the park's situation more generally and pretends like this is both the best roller coaster ever AND the best possible development for the park