Six Flags Quiddiya

[dave___]

I'm really not concerned about sand damaging the ride, it hasn't damaged coasters in Dubai, why would it in Saudi? any environmental factors will of been all considered long before this was built by people way more qualified than us. I'd think the main issues could come down to the crazy amount of LSM's on this ride and how they will wear over time along with multiple sections where the ride could end up vallying. It'll require a lot of maintenance from a large team of mechanics to keep it running.

I honestly believe this is the maximum we will see in our lifetime, it's ridiculous how many records this ride has broken and it's probably somewhere very close to what is possible in terms of modern day rollercoasters engineering.

My own level risk tolerance I guess, I will just let other people be the test subjects first . It would be interesting purely from an engineering standpoint to know just how fast a coaster could safely launch before the bearing wear was just too much as I guess in theory there’s not really an upper limit to how _high_ they can go, just need a longer chain and some more support beams..

The one record I’m surprised has not fallen really is the Smiler one. I don’t mean the record for stinkiest restraints of course.

 

[gclough79]

My own level risk tolerance I guess, I will just let other people be the test subjects first . It would be interesting purely from an engineering standpoint to know just how fast a coaster could safely launch before the bearing wear was just too much as I guess in theory there’s not really an upper limit to how _high_ they can go, just need a longer chain and some more support beams..

The one record I’m surprised has not fallen really is the Smiler one. I don’t mean the record for stinkiest restraints of course.

I hear what you're saying, I remember when I first decided to travel from the UK to SFGA to ride Kingda Ka back in 2018 and my first experience of that ride was that it was on the limit of what I could comfortably tolerate and enjoy on a rollercoaster. I rode it again in 2024 and my opinion really hadn't changed much so there's almost certainty an upper threshold.