What is THIS?

Here's a couple pics my brother sent me yesterday with his cam on his cell phone

http://zerognetwork.com/forums/files/media4_137.jpg

http://zerognetwork.com/forums/files/media3_367.jpg

Looks like a sweet corkscrew to me.

Here is the ZGR with supportshttp://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/zbus12/ZGR2-4.jpg

What don't you people get?

Send them to Walt.

I don't think Walt would post the two tiny pics I posted, but I guess I could send him the pics anyway. lol

BTW, I'm heading up there tomorrow, I'm taking my cam, of course, and my laptop. I can do live updates from the park, and provide pics if allowed to. If there was a way I could provide you y'all with 'live' video, I would. But I will have video up somewhere tomorrow. :)

All the renders appear wrong. Think half corkscrew (or half heartline roll) followed by a half loop. Coaster enters the element going West, twists upside down, goes into the half loop where it exits going East.

Shaggszgn,

Those are some nice camera shots! I wish they were bigger, but we get the idea. It reminds me of how the Raptor twists & turns...which I love!

Too bad it's obviously going to have overhead restraints, which I hate...specifically on the Mantis. That ride hurts.

Little Leslie,

If you were a Little Larry or Little Louie you wouldn't be complaining about the Over The Shoulder Restraints on Mantis - You'd be complaining about the Under The Man Land Restraints.

Why is everyone saying that it will have OTSR like its a fact....There is this multi-looping coaster a few hundred miles south without OTSR's. Come to think of it, there is another coaster there with a loop without OTSR's.

Inversions do not mean it will have OTSR.....maybee if it were 1988 still and arrow was building the thing but there have been vast improvments in technology since then. There are quit a few looping coasters out there without them.

I'm with ya j2k.

MrInkSpot! Okay, now I'm laughing pretty hard! I'm sorry...I forgot to be more sensitive (no pun intended) to your twigs & giggleberries! Men have it bad on the Mantis....but I have it bad because I'm short and those overhead restraints tear me up!

lol, Yeah, my calfs usually hurt real bad too right before the MCBR. Rough ride for me (even though I'm 6'4")

^But, it's Intamin, and that's Intamin's current trend. I think the Storm Runner/Kingda Ka type of restraint, which is basically an improved lapbar with some relatively small OTSRs attached, is a great new addition to the world of safety devices compared to the alternatives (hard-ish, bulky OTSR).

Plus, It's Cedar Point, and safety is the #1 priority of, not only them, but the insurance company that is carrying them. Insurance companies usually like to lean toward the OTSRs on everything with a loop.

This is Intamin we'll talking about here, they've been putting OTSR's on non looping coasters lately, there will be OTSR's on this one, no doubt about it. To me it seems like Intamin isn't too 'proud' of there lap bar system.

Twigs and giggleberries?...That's a new one on me...

For what it is worth, the port aventura coaster has a very unusual looking inversion. Much more of an in-line twist than this one, but interesting comparison in the sense that both these coasters seem to have elements and lay-outs (e.g., very low to the ground) that are unique.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0xur0WUB08

Why? Their lapbar system works better than most traditional systems as it provides a custom fit. I like it a lot better than the traditional ratcheting system. I wish Intamin wouldn't let the incompetence of one ride-op ruin a good thing.

Secondly, Storm Runner was installed before the "incident" and KK is in the same park system. I can understand SF wanting OTSR's on KK so as not to have a repeat of Superman.

http://spotted.funcoast.com/albums/userpics/11429/IMG_0012%7E2.jpg

very nice pic!!! thanks for posting it!

I can also understand CP bowing to the lawyers' and insurance companies' wishes. There's no doubt this will have OTSRs.