Rattler-2004 Season

[Spurs]

Okay guys...I was thinking, now just is this me and I dont even know how much it will cost or if it will even work....what if Fiesta Texas brought back the Rattler's glory drop.....and added Millineum Flyer trains(like those on Roar West)!!! I wonder if that would make it smoother!!!! If so, I think SFFT should do it!!!

[James]

The reason they took away the original drop was due to it being rough. I doubt bringing it back would make it smooother if thats the reason they took it out in the first place. And as far as trains go, trains are expensive and even without new trains, Rattler still continues to bring in big lines. Theres no reason to do anything to it if it continues to do well at the park. SFI isnt at a place to be spending that much money on something that doesnt need to be spent on. But something that the park DOES do now is they water down the track every morning before the park opens. After we got all that rain during the summer, Rattler was running MUCH MUCH MUCH smoother for a few days. So the park now waters down the track which makes it a lot smoother.

[Spurs]

Oh well. Now I want their next coaster to be a woodie! But guys, I thought of something really scary last night.....what if SFFT's new roller coaster was an SLC CLONE???? :o That would be bad, and it IS possible because Darien Lake, SFA, and SFNE are ALL fairly close and they ALL have SLC's!!!!! I hope that doesnt happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sfftfan]

I don't think you have to worry about that, there is an invert down the road, so why add another one.

[James]

Not only is there already an SLC clone 3 hours away from us, but SFI isnt buying from Vekoma at the moment. They're on bad terms right now. To me, thats a good thing, im not to fond of many vekomas.

[Spurs]

Six Flags is stupid enough to do it .....

[Jimmy]

Originally posted by James@Sep 15 2003, 10:08 PM
im not to fond of many vekomas.
I'm sure you'll be fond of Deja Vu, which is the best Vekoma coaster by far. It's incredibly smooth -- up to B&M standards, exhilarating, and very re-rideable. I never thought I'd ever say that about a Vekoma.

[James]

i said im not very fond of MANY vekomas. De Ja Vu is an exception....when it works! haha

[Jimmy]

What are the other exceptions?

[Brett]

RnRc is an exception.....Big Thunder Mountain Railway.....there is so many. Vekoma isn't really as bad as some people claim they are. But also can we stay on topic please. If you want a thread about Vekoma, make a new one. This thread is for Rattler, so let's stay on topic.