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Intimidator 305 Interview-Your Questions!
« on: Dec 14, 2009, 08:08 »
World Cast News will be interviewing John Pagel this Wednesday. Pagel is the public relations manager for Kings Dominion, and will be talking about the construction progress taking place on Intimidator 305, which as you know, is the new coaster for 2010 at Kings Dominion. Is there any questions you would like for me to ask John during the interview?

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Re: Intimidator 305 Interview-Your Questions!
« Reply #1 on: Dec 14, 2009, 10:16 »
1. How long before you are going to have add additional supports since Intamin ALWAYS over estimates how well their supports will work?  (ie. Wicked Twister, Xcelerator, etc)

2. So do you think you might get started actually building this thing in the near future or are you shooting for a mid-July opening?

3. So why didn't you guys just save a little bit of money and opt for a clone of Intimidator at Carowinds?  I mean if it worked with Hurler, why not this too?  At least you'd know that it would be open most days and be reliable.


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Re: Intimidator 305 Interview-Your Questions!
« Reply #2 on: Dec 15, 2009, 07:07 »
It looks like they're making pretty good progress.  The rest of the ride is pretty low to the ground and it looks like most of the supports are already up.

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Re: Intimidator 305 Interview-Your Questions!
« Reply #3 on: Dec 15, 2009, 09:46 »
Thanks Swoosh for your questions, and I am going to ask the one to John Pagel about why didn't they make Intimidator 305 just a clone instead of a custom model. I already sent the question for tomorrows interview....thanks for your feedback.
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Re: Intimidator 305 Interview-Your Questions!
« Reply #4 on: Dec 15, 2009, 11:38 »
I think they have been waiting for the concrete to cure, since the ride is built in a pretty wet area, they may be having issues with deeper footings.
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Re: Intimidator 305 Interview-Your Questions!
« Reply #5 on: Dec 15, 2009, 08:23 »
That lift hill still makes me nervous -- and let's be honest, Intamin doesn't exactly have the best track record.