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[pkiknex25]

[Jumpge]

Wow... I think that It's good that they are going to complete the job in a really fast period of time, (as the guy said, about 1 month) and then open up the ride for the 2011 season! Super amazing ride, and with better and improved rider experience, this will be the best Giga in the wold. Ever...

Edit: That guy said the word, "Ugh" so many times! So annoying!

[commando]

hopefuly it will make the ride alot better. still think MF will be better. i hate trim brakes so so so much!

[pkiknex25]

^The trims should be gone, except maybe near the end. But that will really add more intensity to the rest of the ride, something Millie doesn't really have. I definitely think this will move into my top 3 if all goes as planned.

And with my girlfriend working in West Virginia over the summer, I am almost certain that I will be going back for this.

[Knexrule11]

This picture was posted on I305's facebook page:



With this below it:

Be sure to log in to Facebook at 12:00 tonight... We have a great surprise in store for you!

Maybe pictures?

[Old_Hag]

I305 on Facebook is not an official Kings Dominion owned page.

[Knexrule11]

^ I know that. But that doesn't meant that it couldn't have been pictures. It ended up being a lame video.

[CCI]

^^^ That turn looks like it would be awfully close to hitting Rebel Yell.

[Knexrule11]

Guess what?!

[SuperTKDKid]

That looks sweet! I will definitely have to take a trip down there some time in the next couple of years!

[Knexrule11]

OH MY GAWD! THIS IS SO SEXY

[~stεεlspectrum~]

That looks awesome...and expensive to fix.

[The Stig]

...........

I don't think awesome or sexy is the word I'd use.

... And I know this is a bit late but...
If this were a knex coaster, I'd say, "I liked it more the way you had it."

But everything else looks awesome!

[Jumpge]

Actually, check rcdb and you'll find this.


It was updated on 4/3/2011, so this is pretty recent. Although the shaping is odd, I bet it is really quite a different ride experience than it was before. And if I'm not mistaken, there is a loaded train on the tracks at the crest of the lift hill. The park is open, so I bet there should be a Robb Alvey HD POV sometime soon of the new ride. This is pretty sick...
I also just found this on YouTube
Intimidator New Layout - YouTube

[Legoguy1395]

The first (crappy) POV!

YouTube - POV-Kings Dominion Intimidator 305

[griffon14]

it looks strange, but it also seems like you'd get a nice little air pop at the top of the new hill.
Can't wait till august when i get to ride this!

[GreenAppleW]

Intimidator 305 Comparison
YouTube - Intimidator 305 Comparison

[CCI]

Seems very odd, I'm gonna have to go back and compare the two. haha

[Coasteradict]

(Bump, sorry )

To somebody who said that they were seeing how the track had coped (i.e. stress hairline fractures deformations ect.) I'm pretty sure they can do that onsite without having to remove track and I'm pretty sure that that is what B&M did when they replaced some of Nemesis' track (i.e the loop which had a hairline fracture and part of the corkscrew and supports as apparently it had sunk into the ground a wee bit [not so sure on the last bit just something I read on TTF])

Having said that B&M are so clearly the superior manufacturer (very few rides ever have problems and the ones that do generally aren't nearly as bad as Intamin rides experiance, but there are exceptions (Air I'm looking at you >.>) for the simple fact that B&M very very rarely have to change their rides and are designed with trims and such, where as Intamin (especially recently) are like=Build ride (again I think the rides are weaker than B&M's) something didn't go right (too much force, i.e. first hill of Thi3teen and the whole of i305) and it's like TRIM!!! where as B&M are yeah, we're just gonna build with trims.

I think the adjustments make it look crap

[lazor 22]

I might be going to KD in a week or so. I can't wait to see how it feels compared to last year.