robbalvey
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 10/30/2007 3:29:54 AM
Hey everyone!
We had a film shoot out at Kemah Boardwalk last weekend and now I've got the photos & video to share with you all!
We arrived at 9:00 in the morning and met with about 25 TPR members for a filming session that would take them through 17 rides on Texas' most aggressive, most INSANE wooden roller coaster!
Let me warn you now, Boardwalk Bullet is NOT for the weak! This ride will tear you a new soul!!! If you're looking for an intense roller coaster, Boardwalk Bullet is THE place in Texas to be.
The ride covers a serious amount of track in a very small, compact space. The design of the ride is fantastic, although I do have to say that some of the trackwork leaves a bit to be desired. It sort of feels like a "GCI woodie that doesn't track very well." I am told though, that a lot of the track work will get attention over the off season. That's a good thing!
It was nice to see Houston get a wooden coaster so quickly after Texas Cyclone was destroyed. At least this is a tradition that will live on in Southern Texas.
Anyway, onto some pictures....
There sits Boardwalk Bullet. So innocent looking. It's about to make me scream like a little girl!
The TPR gang showed up and was ready to ride. They look happy now...I wonder if they will still look this way in 2 hours! =)
You guys ready to lose one of your nine lives?
Do NOT let that first drop fool you! This is some insane s**t!!!!
Just look at what it does to that perfect hair-do....let's take a closer look...
Hair explosion!
Geesus, you can't even SEE the track!
Everything is such a blur.
Once again...the track disappears out from under you.
KidTums wants to ride SO BAD...maybe next year? =)
Here's one for the lift hill enthusiats.
From here you can see how insanely dense the structure is.
Boardwalk Bullet should be the first coaster with a boat dock.
And just in case you have forgotten what coaster this update is about...
You can download the POV video which includes tons of footage of the ride here:
http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/files/boardwalk_bullet_640_190.zip
Enjoy!
--Robb Alvey
www.themeparkreview.com
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mrceagle
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11/1/2007 10:55:47 PM
That coaster look insane. was the coaster smooth? thanks for sharing.
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Hercules
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11/2/2007 11:42:40 AM
He said that the trackwork was a little off, so I'm guessing it wasn't the smoothest coaster out there. Still looks like a fun ride. It is definitely a neat design.
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Canobie Coaster
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11/11/2007 8:03:34 PM
This coaster looks like a GCI coaster with those twists more than a Gravity Group coaster.
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Message updated 11/18/2007 9:52:34 PM by Canobie Coaster
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Got_it
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11/13/2007 6:18:22 PM
I really like the way the train(s) are painted, it looks like it would greatly benefit from those single row PTCs, if it is rough already I can't imagine what it will be like in a few years.
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Canobie Coaster
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11/18/2007 3:07:01 PM
Probably the ride's "roughness" would be similar to that of Hershey's Wild Cat before it got the millenium flyers.
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ginzo
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11/18/2007 3:25:40 PM
Hershey's Wildcat was still extremely rough when I rode it in July. I've got it in my bottom 5 actually.
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ginzo
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11/18/2007 3:25:59 PM
Hershey's Wildcat was still extremely rough when I rode it in July. I've got it in my bottom 5 actually.
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Canobie Coaster
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11/18/2007 4:51:24 PM
That's a shock, as I thought that the millenium flyers would help the Wild Cat out in terms of its roughness.
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Hercules
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11/18/2007 5:49:49 PM
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King Yoshi said:
This is another example of GCI's genius. I really want to ride some more of their coasters soon. |
Yeah. Especially since it is a Gravity Group coaster.
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ginzo
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11/22/2007 11:27:33 AM
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King Yoshi said:
That's a shock, as I thought that the millenium flyers would help the Wild Cat out in terms of its roughness. |
Not really a shock. It depends on how much track work they did when they installed the new trains.
New trains + chewed up track = bad ride.
Of course, I could have just hit it on a particularly bad day. It was a 100F July day and dryer than a nun's bajingo. Lightning Racer ran glass smooth that day though.
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Timberman
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11/22/2007 1:10:25 PM
The looks on the faces of these well-traveled enthusiasts as they grab for their lap bars have me sold. Texas here I come.
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ginzo said:
dryer than a nun's bajingo |
There goes Ginzo, once again throwing around his fancy medical schools terms. I get guff for comparing a roller coaster to a bond girl, and now we're on to the Sanctified Order of the Arid Punana.
Message updated 11/22/2007 1:21:33 PM by Timberman
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ginzo
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 11/22/2007 3:11:16 PM
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Timberman said:
The looks on the faces of these well-traveled enthusiasts as they grab for their lap bars have me sold. Texas here I come. |
Be careful with that. Call and find out when they're doing the track work this winter. It would be a real bummer to fly out there and find a bunch of men sawing, hammering, and drilling where you expected to hear the screams of riders. Might as well credit whore out the two Six Flags parks and Seaworld while you're down there.
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Timberman said:There goes Ginzo, once again throwing around his fancy medical schools terms. I get guff for comparing a roller coaster to a bond girl, and now we're on to the Sanctified Order of the Arid Punana. |
Message updated 11/22/2007 3:16:03 PM by ginzo
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