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WDW coasters
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xsupaxmanxsfnex
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Ya it's not a roller coaster. A coaster should be powered by gravity along a track. It's close though.
redkoala245
New Member
You are right 
Yankeeplex
New Member
is Primeval Whirl really a coaster? It is kind of a hybrid...its got a few drops, but so does Splash Mountain...and it is much more of a spinning ride than an up and down ride. I don't know...maybe I am totally off base, but I have never considered it a roller coaster.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
A big fan, you dont want to damage the furniture with cup and glass rings.
krankenstein
Well-Known Member
Primeval Whirl is a roller coaster. It's a style referred to as a spinning wild mouse. Here is a definition for roller coaster from Google:
Roller Coaster - [SIZE=-1]A gravity railway in which riders are sent along on a track powered only by sheer gravity, after an initial start (lift hill, catapult, LIM launch, etc)
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xsupaxmanxsfnex
Well-Known Member
^Correct. Here is some more confirmation on rollercoasterdatabase.com http://rcdb.com/id1566.htm Coaster nerd at your service!
Coaster nerd at your service!
Ilovewishes
Member
Then surely Splash Mountain would qualify? It's a water coaster? Or a log flume! It has drops, those drops are powered by gravity. Granted the rest of it is powered by water...
I want Splash Mountain to qualify!
I want Splash Mountain to qualify!
SiriusBlack
Active Member
Then surely Splash Mountain would qualify? It's a water coaster? Or a log flume! It has drops, those drops are powered by gravity. Granted the rest of it is powered by water...
I want Splash Mountain to qualify!
I consider it to be a phenomanol flume ride, though the laughing place in the dark is coaster-esque.
It's hard to imagine Disney has such few coasters. Some thrill parks alone have more than double the number of coasters, yet I love disney so much more than any of them. This just shows how well they are able to do other thrill ride and calm ride attractions.
EvanAnderson
Active Member
No Splash would not qualify. It is not run by gravity. If you were to drain the flume, the logs would not go anywhere. It's the water that is running that keep the logs running.
Also, it's interesting to note that the Universal haters keep saying "Universal is like Six Flags, it's just a bunch of coasters!" Let's look at the numbers:
WALT DISNEY WORLD
Space Mountain
Goofy's Barnstormer
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Rock n Roller Coaster
Expedition Everest
Primevil Whirl
TOTAL: 6
UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
Fire Dragon
Ice Dragon
The Flying Unicorn
Pteranadon Flyers
Revenge of the Mummy
Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster
TOTAL: 7
Getting pretty close there, eh Disney? Want to add Splash as a coaster? Sure! Now it's a tie.
Also, it's interesting to note that the Universal haters keep saying "Universal is like Six Flags, it's just a bunch of coasters!" Let's look at the numbers:
WALT DISNEY WORLD
Space Mountain
Goofy's Barnstormer
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Rock n Roller Coaster
Expedition Everest
Primevil Whirl
TOTAL: 6
UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
Fire Dragon
Ice Dragon
The Flying Unicorn
Pteranadon Flyers
Revenge of the Mummy
Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster
TOTAL: 7
Getting pretty close there, eh Disney? Want to add Splash as a coaster? Sure! Now it's a tie.
krankenstein
Well-Known Member
I mentioned this in another thread. You could about remove Pteranadon Flyers since only a limited few get to experience it.
Splash also is not on a track for the full ride. This fact also eliminates it from coaster consideration.
xsupaxmanxsfnex
Well-Known Member
On coasterfanatics.com you can pick coasters from a list that you have been on to see how many you have been on (called coaster count). There are 3 catagories: wooden, steel, and liquid. I put down that I have been on Splash and it was not counted as a liquid. I wish it was.
krankenstein
Well-Known Member
^A swing and a miss!
Cyber Space Mountain is a Simulator not a coaster.
Cyber Space Mountain is a Simulator not a coaster.
ArnyVee
New Member
True, but WDW has four parks and Universal has two. Therefore, there are 1.5 coasters per park at WDW and Universal has 3.5 per park, so the argument continues
krankenstein
Well-Known Member
True, but WDW has four parks and Universal has two. Therefore, there are 1.5 coasters per park at WDW and Universal has 3.5 per park, so the argument continues
Universal has 3 family/kiddie coasters, Disney has 1! This reduces what I would consider a major coaster at Universal to 4, where as Disney would have 5. So, the argument does, indeed, continue. :animwink:
Glad to see I'm not the only one who mistook the type of coaster being discussed when reading the title of this thread...
I've got a nice set of ceramic tile-type coasters that are printed with a Magic Kingdom graphic, and the plastic Mickey-head ones with the cork inset. :lol: