Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster (USF) - Opening 2027

[Frank Drackman]

 

[VoidSpecter13]

 

[Magic-Man]

I gotta know the reason behind this support structure. Why is it a bridge?

 

[maxairmike]

I can only think that it’s for catwalks on both sides, since this would likely be an evacuation point for the ride (plus maintenance needs if there are LSMs over the hop). It definitely looks different than I’m used to seeing, though I could just be misremembering or forgetting about similar support structures on other rides.

 

[tommyhawkins]

I can only think that it’s for catwalks on both sides, since this would likely be an evacuation point for the ride (plus maintenance needs if there are LSMs over the hop). It definitely looks different than I’m used to seeing, though I could just be misremembering or forgetting about similar support structures on other rides.

Definitely Catwalks for evac, its an airtime hill before the spike, so in the eventuality that it clears the hill but valleys in-between that and the spike they need quick way to get people off - the alternative is calling the fire brigade to do it for them. Someone posted some silly theory that the side anchor points are for a canopy to provide shade for the LSMs - when cooling options exist on all the other intamin LSMs that sit in sunlight.

 

[Legacy]

Definitely Catwalks for evac, its an airtime hill before the spike, so in the eventuality that it clears the hill but valleys in-between that and the spike they need quick way to get people off - the alternative is calling the fire brigade to do it for them. Someone posted some silly theory that the side anchor points are for a canopy to provide shade for the LSMs - when cooling options exist on all the other intamin LSMs that sit in sunlight.

Why not both? A canopy would actually help shield riders if it valleys before getting unloaded onto the (shaded) bridge. Plus we get a head-chopper.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

Definitely Catwalks for evac, its an airtime hill before the spike, so in the eventuality that it clears the hill but valleys in-between that and the spike they need quick way to get people off - the alternative is calling the fire brigade to do it for them. Someone posted some silly theory that the side anchor points are for a canopy to provide shade for the LSMs - when cooling options exist on all the other intamin LSMs that sit in sunlight.

Its hard to imagine the train moving slow enough in that section to ever valley there, not disagreeing though.

 

[Brian G.]

 

[tommyhawkins]

Why not both? A canopy would actually help shield riders if it valleys before getting unloaded onto the (shaded) bridge. Plus we get a head-chopper.

Its hard to imagine the train moving slow enough in that section to ever valley there, not disagreeing though.

I think it is worth making very clear that a valley in this section, is very different to the kind of valley Stardust and HRRR used to experience, we are not talking about a gravity section. We are talking about LSMs powering a very heavy train full of people over a airtime hill that appears to be about 7 metres high hill, then up a 50 metre spike. It might seem crazy that Hagrid's fails on the spike, but seemingly it does. LSMs fail to energise correctly, yes rollbacks my be quite rare but certainly less rare than gravity/air&wheel friction events, but clearly they felt the need to remove the need to call the fire brigade if it does happen, and make maintenance much easier too.

They are not spending big money asking Intamin to fabricate a bespoke canopy when the existance of a catwalk, alone, speeds up evac signifcantly. If this shade idea was even a real problem that needed solve there are cheaper ways than asking Intamin to incorporate it into their ride.