News
& Notes: Archive: Before Sept. 2000
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Coaster News:
Japaneese Giga-coaster's Specs Announced
Nagashima Spaland has finally released the
specifications for their new Morgan Giga-coaster "Steel Dragon 2000". This
coaster will be the wold's tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster when it opens on
August 1st.
Height: 97m (318 ft)
Drop: 93.5m (306 ft)
Speed: 153 kph (95 mph)
Length: 2479m (8133 feet)
Angle of Descent: 68°
Cost: 5.5 billion Yen ($51.3 million)
Capacity: 1476 PPH
Opens: August 1st, 2000
WOW! - 26/05/00 |
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Dorney Park
Accounces 2001 Inverted Coaster
On the April 28th Dorney Park announced a new roller
coaster to open in 2001. It will be an inverted coaster with four inversions and a lift
height of 135 feet. Construction will begin around Labour Day 2000. - 05/05/00 |
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Fujikyu Highlands
announces "Birdmen"
Fujikyu Highlands park in Japan recently announced a new
roller coaster: Birdmen. It looks as if the ride will be the world's third prone position
roller coaster (the first being Sky Trak at Grenada Studios in Manchester, England and the
second being Stealth at Paramount Great America in Santa Clara Californuia, USA), and one
of only two operating today. The ride will be 480 m (1575 feet) in length, have a ride
time of 80 seconds, and feature two across cars. Unlike Stealth, riders will be suspended
underneath the tracks the entire ride. The ride will not have inversion elements, and it's
manufacturer has not yet been announced. The image on the left is an artist's rendering of
the new ride. - 24/04/00 |
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New B&M Dive
Machine "G5" Opens
Janfusun park in Taiwan recently opened their new B&M
Dive Machine (or Oblivion Style Coaster). This is only the second ride of it's type in the
world. It is one of 6 B&M projects opening this year. The other five are the four new
floorless coasters (SWOF Kraken, SFO Batman Knight Flight, SFMW Medusa, SFFT Superman
Krypton Coaster) and Katun, an inverted coaster in Italy. - 09/04/00 |
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Coaster News:
Playland's New Tower Ride Topped Off
Playland's new tower ride was topped off around the 30th of
March. We've managed to squeeze some information from various people (workers on the
construction site, Playland officials). It's a 200 foot tall S&S tower ride.
Apparantly it can shoot you either up or down. The name for it will probably be
"Hellevator". We'll be attending their press conferance some time this month, so
we'll keep you posted on this, and playland's two other new rides for the 2000 season. - 02/04/00
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