Gardaland and B&M have teamed up to announce a one of a kind attraction, called X-Raptor. X-Raptor is Bolliger and Mabillard’s answer to Intamin’s Wing Rider. The ride will put riders over the edge of the track suspending them over mid air. Riders will be trying escape form a giant beast terrorizing the cities. Featuring a 2,500+ foot track, a climb just under 100 feet, 90 degree turns, and 2 inversions.
X-Raptor, Announced for Gardaland 2011, introduces a new style of coaster for Bolliger and Mabillard.
This is the first new style of ride since B&M introduced their flying coaster back in 2002 with Air and Superman’s Ultimate Flight. The company appears to be pushing the envelope with this new coaster. With a fairly a short maximum height, indicating that it may feature a launch. This attraction does seem to share some similarities with Furius Baco and Port Aventura in Spain. Both attractions feature low to the ground elements, barrel roll inveresions, and Wing Rider style trains.
Furius Baco, an Intamin Wing Rider, appears to share similar specs with X-Raptor going into Gardaland. Image copyright Port Aventura
It will be interesting to see how this plays out and what will make this Bolliger and Mabillard’s creation differentiate from Intamin’s Wing Rider.
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The rumors have been online for weeks, but there hasn’t been any confirmation… Until an event on the Six Flags Great Adventure Facebook page appeared…
The Great American Scream Machine, the classic Arrow looping giant at Six Flags Great Adventure will indeed be closing forever on Sunday, July 18, 2010. According to insiders, and that Six Flags Great America has called off construction of a coaster for next year, almost indeed confirm that Chang, Kentucky Kingdom’s once-prized B&M Stand-Up coaster, will be heading to the park to replace GASM.
The classic ride opened in 1989. It’s one of the largest Arrow loopers, reaching 173 feet in the air with speeds up to 68 MPH. It features three loops, a batwing element, and two corkscrews accounting for a total of seven inversions.
If you’d like to be one of the last riders, you can enter the contest that was announced via the park’s Facebook page.
Overview of the ride's layout. Photo by gadv.com
What do you think of the rumored replacement of GASM with Chang? Do you think it’s a good move for Six Flags, or are they taking out a coaster classic? Leave your thoughts below.
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