Records

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TTD 120mph said:
And why is Kingda Ka's height at 456, and Millenniums at 310 and Magnums at 205? Maybe it's just that even number deal that CP's been doing since Magnum.....who knows! Dragster's height has nothing to do with that ridiculous "holiday" pot heads celebrate. Only other pot heads think that Dragster's height is somehow related to that.

And since when is 420 and odd number anyway?? AND since when are we "throwing away" SM:TE like it was trash?? I appreciate it.....just not as a coaster.

lol... so your calling me a pothead? Making yourself look dumb now Adam... slow down a bit...

1. That was a joke kiddo. I'm hoping no good coaster designer does drugs. We have TOGO for that. Fact is, people in reality know about 420 and its relationship with a certain drug. If you think everyone who ever makes that connection between TTD and 420 is a pothead, you are either massively naive of the real world or are extremely ignorant.

2. Lets use some logic shall we? Just think.. REALLY HARD.. like someone who wants a ride that breaks the height record for CP..

"S:TE is a coaster...isn't a coaster... is a coaster.. isn't a coaster... 415ft? No, yes? no? AH! I have a solution! Lets make a new coaster that is 420ft and end all discussion about it! That will show those SF punks whats up."

Hmm.. seems logical and something that an intelligent person would do. If S:TE WASN'T the record holder, why jump some 100+ feet from SD2K? If they wanted the 'previous record' as you claim, they would have made TTD... lets say, 350ft? Alot more reliable with the technology of accelerators at the time. We never would have had the immense amount of problems that we had with TTD for years. Then, maybe, Kinzel might have said TTD wasn't the worst decision he's ever made.

3. The heights of the other rides... KK: No one knows what SF thinks. My opinion.. The speed needed to get up to a height doesn't change as much as the height. Probebly to get a definite speed differential from TTD to KK to "eat all the records" as they say. MF: Lets see... 310ft and 300ft drop... probebly to say... "Yeah, its a Giga coaster through and through." Magnum: Most likely the same deal as MF. "Yeah we broke 200ft, what ya gonna do about it."

Kind of makes a little sense doesn't it?

4. My favorite part of your whole paragraph. I never said 420 was an odd number in the terms you used. I meant odd as in "weird", not as "odd and even." You typed before you thought buddy...you must be blonder then you thought.

5. Fact of the matter is, S:TE IS a coaster. Always was, and always will be. It has every possible definition you could have for a coaster. Just because it doesn't go all the way around doesn't nullify its status.

PS: Your WT arguement is extremely weak. Because it goes back through the station it goes full circuit? Meh. Demon Drop is more full-circuit then WT is.

*** Edited 1/29/2007 8:22:01 PM UTC by TTD4Life***

No, but the fact that the top 25% of the track is not used does nullify its ability to say it goes so high. If unused track counts, take 500 feet of track, tie it to a Jr. Gemini support and make that the tallest coaster in the world.

Who said it wasn't able to reach that high in the past? From videos i've seen of previous launches, the car has reached atleast 380-400ft. Now, yes, it doesn't, but thats because SF has crap maintence and they have let the ride degrade A LOT.

And.. think about it... what idiot would launch up to the exact brink of track? If it goes past 410ft, it wouldn't be safe.

Last time I checked, the definition of the height of a ride is how high the track reaches. It has the capability to reach atleast 410ft, it just doesn't.

O, and for fun, lets bring WT into this again.. just for kicks. It doesn't reach the top, so lets take the un-used track off the height of the ride.. JUST because it doesn't go that high.

But, of course, WT isn't a coaster by some people definitons... so doesn't matter now does it?

Can I ask what difference does it make?

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