Inclosed

Is there such thing as an in closed coaster train? It would be a totally different sensation, being inclosed not being able to see. Or you could see but you could not feel the wind. tell me your thoughts.

That would be a monorail. It wouldn't be very exciting without the wind in your face. Might take care of muffleheads, though.:)

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Thank you for riding Raptor and enjoy your day here at Cedar Point, America's RollerCoast!

I believe there were coasters with enclosed trains;as CobraRoll notes, I guess it wasn't all that exciting...witness the fact that you don't see those anymore.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
(I'll only be gone a week...)

(*having visions of the Submarine at Disneyland*)

Nothing like the smell of toe cheese and B.O. to heighten your ride experience...

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Guide To The Point 1 is really good value...

Puhahahahahaha! That was a good one, Mango!

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Thank you for riding Raptor and enjoy your day here at Cedar Point, America's RollerCoast!

There is a coaster near Portland, Oregon that has "bubble" trains. It was just in the recent issue of ECC's First Drop. The reason for the bubble is that the cars come extremely close to tunnels, trees and other scenery. I forget the name of the ride (check CoasterBuzz.com).

What I find irritating is that no one knew anything about that coaster when I was in Portland in the summer of '98.

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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point

maybe it just really stinks as a ride, Jeff...

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"I think I scrambled my brain!!"

CobraRoll, you made reference to and inclosed train rollercoaster being a monorail, but have you ever seen rollercoaster travel at 60 mph going through loops, bunnyhops and other coaster elements? The sensation of the wind in your face is one that I think everyone enjoys, but do you think the feeling of air time or g-forces would be different?

The idea of the having inclosed cars and traveling extremely close to outside object would create a totally new element to the ride. The perception of coming "too close" to an object would increase the excitement of the ride. I don't know it this would replace the feeling of wind in your face, but I sure would not rule it out.

I think that an enclosed train would need a lot of elements close to the track to maintain the reckless feeling of speed. Wind in your face really adds a lot. Traveling at 25mph in a closed in auto feels like you're just poking along but I was in a jeep once with the windshield folded down and even though we were only doing about 25 it really felt a lot faster. I think an enclosed coaster train has the potential of being interesting but it would take careful designing to make it an exciting ride.

Just a side note - this topic should be titled ENclosed and not INclosed for proper grammar :)

On a hot day unless the train was ventilated don't you think that rather unpleasurable.

What I would like to see is an ENclosed roller coaster with tinted windows (hot!!). It would be nice to not know what will happen. Now you may say "That is why the Lord gave us Indoor coasters." But with an ENclosed train there is no high limit or space limit

How about an ENclosed roller coaster with no windows at all, but I guess that would kinda be a ride sim or indoor coaster
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I always thought that it would be neat to just cover the entire track with a pitch black tunnel. Just think of the sections of DP that aren't inside the building, but just in tubes.

If you were to do that, you could make an enclosed ride as big as you wanted without having to build a building around it.