In case you all don't know, this is the coaster which if all goes according to plan, will open in Universal Studios this fall. I features the worlds first non-inverting loop, select your own music, and a 90 degree lift hill.
Sounds amazing right? It is. Check out these sneak peeks:
The queue video:
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Featured artists to pick from(so far)-Updated
Classic Rock/Metal
Motley Crue - “Kickstart My Heart”
Hinder - “Born To be Wild”
ZZ Top - “Gimmie All Your Lovin”
Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
Evenescence - “Bring Me To Life”
Finger Eleven - “Paralyzer”
Pop/Disco
Gloria gaynor - “I Will Survive”
Donna Summer – “Bad Girls”
No Doubt - “Hella Good”
Fergie - "Glamorous"
KC and the sunshine band - “That’s the Way I Like It”
M.C. Hammer – “Can’t Touch This”
Club/Electronica
Daft Punk – “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”
The Crystal Method - "Busy Child"
Beastie Boys - “Intergalactic”
Shiny Toy Guns - “Le Disko”
MARRS - "Pump Up The Volume"
The Crystal Method - "Keep Hope Alive"
Country
Charlie Daniels Band - “Devil Went Down To Georgia”
Allman Bros. - “Midnight Rider”
Kenny Chesney - "Living In Fast Forward"
Dwight Yoakam - "Guitars, Cadillacs"
Montgomery Gentry - "All Night Long"
Jason Michael Carrol - "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead"
Rap/Hip Hop
Beastie Boys - “Sabotage”
Black Eyed Peas - “Don’t Phunk with my Heart”
Black Eyed Peas - “Pump It”
Cypress Hill - “Insane in the Membrane”
NERD - “Rockstar”
Kanye West - “Stronger”
Sounds great i know.
New updated simulation that features POV and adds in the scenery:
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Still more amazing stuff left.
Some of the new innovative coaster track elements
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/2009_0529_ART1_VertLift.jpg The Lift hill will raise you up the 17 story tall hill at 11 feet per second, or in just 16.5 seconds total.
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/2009_0529_ART2_DoubleTake.jpg The worlds largest. This is the center piece.
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/2009_0529_ART2_TrebleClef.jpg After the first brake run the trains will pass through the treble clef, another first ever maneuver, named so because the way the track twists around here looks similar to that of the treble clef music symbol and then part of the track will blast you through a hole in one of the building facades just outside the queue for Twister at this point.
Jump Cut: The idea here was to create a negative-G airtime maneuver like a camelback, but to do it all while spiraling. The end result is supposed to be an element that gives you the sensation as if you are flipping upside-down through a corkscrew, but without ever going upside down.
Other unique track elements
Crowd Surfer, a 95º angle fly-over the crowd
Drop Turning, a drop underground as you pass the Blue Man Group theater
Plot Twist, an incline loop, banking you up to 150º while performing a 360 helix turn.
Other Features
They’re going to pack an intense audio system, a complicated camera system to capture your experience on the ride, plus lots of cool lighting to the coaster to really make it a wild new experience.
Up close on-site pictures from the 24th of June
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit063.jpg
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit031.jpg near the end
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit033.jpg
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit041.jpg Good shot of the plot twist
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit043.jpg
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit061.jpg - the drop turning section
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit073.jpg
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit071.jpg - Inside the drop turn
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit103.jpg
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_0505_Rockit101.jpg Overview Shot
And to keep adding to the sneak peek you guys will love this:
The Train
http://www.screamscape.com/assets/images/db_images/db_2009_HollywoodRockitTrain_6003.jpg
And yes, it only has a lap bar to hold you in :D, int he part of the lap bar that juts out, is the control panel to select your on-ride music(more on that later) In front of you are cameras to record your experience.(more on that later also). Since this is a Florida Theme park, the devices in the system have been made to military standards for durability and weatherproofing.
Audio System
It’s a wireless system, so that once you make your selection, your track will be wirelessly uploaded into your stunt chair that is loaded with a 165-watt sound system, blasting your song at up to 90 decibels, and yet they promise you will never hear the song playing from the other riders nearby.
Video Capturing System
This system is made up of 14 different cameras. Six of those cameras will be installed onto your coaster train (1 per row) to capture your screaming mug shot during the ride itself, while 8 more cameras are hard-mounted along the ride’s route to capture the highlights. These aren’t cheap little security camera units or web-cams, but production quality cameras designed for use under intense conditions, normally used on high-speed trains. Overseeing it all is a system of laser triggers that will time everything together to ensure that your music and video are always in sync.
At the end of your ride, each riders experience will be wirelessly downloaded to a kiosk system in just 25 seconds. Here you can check out, edit and purchase your own personalized Rockit experience video.
Lighting System
They’re are the only coaster trains to be covered with daylight LED color-changing lights. Each vehicle has 36 different lights that can stay solid, strobe, twinkle, race or pulse. Universal has also confirmed that the Rockit will feature the only “moving roller coaster load platform” that will use a people-mover conveyor belt system(like haunted mansion) in the station so that the trains (and guests) will never stop moving during the unload/load process. This will allow for a train to dispatch every 23 seconds at maximum capacity. It’s during this slow crawl through the station that the on-board systems (audio, video and lighting) will also receive a quick battery charge.
Testing
Currently the long testing process has begun as we’ve heard that the park needs to log about 100 hours of operation time on each of the trains before they can put human riders to the test. Of course early word has also gone out to the Universal Orlando staff to prepare themselves, as full scale human testing on the employees will begin as soon as they are able.
And I'll leave you with this:
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At 2:45 it shows the cars at night with the lighting.
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