Thorpe Park: General Discussion

[GooseOnTheLoose]

Still 11 Hydraulic Launch Coasters around the world with 3 of them being in the UK, and 7 Hydraulic Launches in Europe

I'm really not quite sure what you're trying to get at with this post, but I am trembling with anticipation to learn the identity of this mysterious third Intamin Accelerator Coaster in the UK.

 

[Hid]

I'm really not quite sure what you're trying to get at with this post, but I am trembling with anticipation to learn the identity of this mysterious third Intamin Accelerator Coaster in the UK.

Thought you were referring to Hydraulic Launches being one of a kind when UK has 3 Rita, Velocity and Stealth not just speaking of Intamin Accelerators

 

[Burner]

I'm really not quite sure what you're trying to get at with this post, but I am trembling with anticipation to learn the identity of this mysterious third Intamin Accelerator Coaster in the UK.

Velocity at Flamingo is Hydraulic isn't? Vekoma I know, but would class as the third hydraulic launch coaster?

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

Thought you were referring to Hydraulic Launches being one of a kind when UK has 3 Rita, Velocity and Stealth not just speaking of Intamin Accelerators

I was responding to a video about Intamin retrofitting their Accelerator Coasters (of which there are two in the UK) with LSMs, but regardless you still haven't explained the point of your post.

Intamin Accelerator Coasters, and indeed Hydraulic Launch Coasters as a whole, are a depleting model type. You claimed that there are 11 left. RCDB claims that there are 6,681 operating roller coasters in the world. Hydraulic Launch Coasters account for approximately 0.165% of the coaster population.

What was your point, exactly?

 

[Hid]

I was responding to a video about Intamin retrofitting their Accelerator Coasters (of which there are two in the UK) with LSMs, but regardless you still haven't explained the point of your post.

Intamin Accelerator Coasters, and indeed Hydraulic Launch Coasters as a whole, are a depleting model type. You claimed that there are 11 left. RCDB claims that there are 6,681 operating roller coasters in the world. Hydraulic Launch Coasters account for approximately 0.165% of the coaster population.

What was your point, exactly?

My point being Stealth isn't one of a kind in the UK nor Europe for being a hydraulic launch coaster

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

My point being Stealth isn't one of a kind in the UK nor Europe for being a hydraulic launch coaster

No one said it was one of a kind. I certainly never said it was one of a kind.

I said it was increasingly becoming one of a kind, due to the closure of the ride type around the world.

 

[Matt N]

My point being Stealth isn't one of a kind in the UK nor Europe for being a hydraulic launch coaster

There may be others, but I would make the argument that they’re an increasingly rare breed that are getting rarer.

Not to mention that Stealth is the fastest accelerating example that remains in operation. There isn’t another launch out there with that level of punch! Yes, you could say that Rita and Velocity are also hydraulic launch coasters, but rides like Stealth that launch that quickly and to that height are hardly two-a-penny, and I’d argue that Velocity in particular is not particularly comparable beyond the technology being the same at a high level.

Comparing Stealth to Velocity because they both employ hydraulic launches is like comparing Ice Breaker or Big Bear Mountain to Falcon’s Flight or Red Force because they all employ LSM launches. The technology may be the same at a high level, but the scale and practical implementation just aren’t comparable.

Rita is a fairer comparison, but even still, I do think Stealth is a level above Rita in terms of the raw power of its launch.

 

[ChrisAChats]

No one said it was one of a kind. I certainly never said it was one of a kind.

I said it was increasingly becoming one of a kind, due to the closure of the ride type around the world.

I don’t think you can increase or decrease how one-of-a-kind you are? It’s like being unique, you either are or you’re not.

Friday night pedantry. I’ll go to bed.

To keep on topic, Stealth is pretty good, 7.5/10. Would ride again

 

[Matt N]

I don’t think you can increase or decrease how one-of-a-kind you are? It’s like being unique, you either are or you’re not.

Friday night pedantry. I’ll go to bed.

If I’m being pedantic, I think you can. If something was once common, but is becoming less common, I would argue that it is increasingly becoming one of a kind. Or at very least, becoming increasingly unique among the operating landscape.

I do absolutely love Stealth, and would be sad to see it go!