Comments on: What is a Hyper Coaster?

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Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:01:12 +0000

[...] opening of the world’s first hypercoaster, Magnum XL-200, back in 1989 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, spawned the construction of dozens [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:49:38 +0000

Nitro is better than apollo and bizarro. And I think apollo is better than bizarro. (trains are way better on nitro and apollo compared to bizarro). In Bizarro's trains, there is nothing to hold on to, theres not enough room for your feet, and my legs would push up against the lap bar forcefully and hurt. B&M hyper trains are the best in the world. Now in layout, Bizarro beats apollo, and maybe Nitro. If Bizarro had a better train, it would be my favorite. But Nitro and Millennium Force are my two favorites.

By: Surya

Surya — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:22:07 +0000

While I'm not sure how they do it, I'm quite confident they have fallbacks in place.
On Silver Star, in Europapark Germany, they don't even have anyone to come and check the restraints, they trust you to secure yourself. Result: the best capacity possible. It's fantastic

By: Quil

Quil — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:40:47 +0000

anyways JaMeS, you said it was better on the bizzaro post.

By: Quil

Quil — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:34:37 +0000

Nothing will EVER beat Bizzaro.

By: JaMeS

JaMeS — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:58:10 +0000

no way! its deffinitley Apollo Chariot! and ive been on both

By: Quil

Quil — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:18:47 +0000

the best hyper is definitley Bizzaro.

By: Schwarz

Schwarz — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:02:06 +0000

Make sure you take some pictures of the tour to post!

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:42:32 +0000

Excellent question Austin. And you asked it at the perfect time. I'll be going to Busch Gardens this Friday and I'm going on their new Coaster Tour. I'll be sure to ask about the restraint systems especially the lap bar on Apollo's Chariot. I don't think it's a part of the tour, but I would imagine the engineering team there will know. I'll report back when I return.

By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:23:15 +0000

I've been trying to get this question answered for quite some time, and I hope someone can help me out with it: How do the lap bars on B&M hypers (such as Nitro or SFOG's Goliath)function to keep people safe without needing a secondary restraint like a seatbelt? Like, wouldn't you need some extra protection just in case it malfunctioned?