Cedar Point getting US first Tilt Coaster

[Jrb1979]

This will be the parks 18th coaster and makes 3 years in a row with a new coaster.

 

[Minnesota disney fan]

What is a Tilt coaster? How does it differ from the regular coasters at CP? Just wondering

 

[Vacationeer]

What is a Tilt coaster? How does it differ from the regular coasters at CP? Just wondering

Part of that track is on a cantilever.

A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end. Typically it extends from a flat vertical surface such as a wall, to which it must be firmly attached. Like other structural elements, a cantilever can be formed as a beam, plate, truss, or slab.

Basically part of the track is missing, the only thing connecting is a section that tilts to join back up with the track.

 

[lazyboy97o]

What is a Tilt coaster? How does it differ from the regular coasters at CP? Just wondering

The video will show you.

Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringott’s at Universal Studios Florida has a tilt track.

The first tilt track coaster opened in 2002 in Taiwan and the technology Vekoma developed for it (locking the coaster and moving the track) lead directly to Expedition Everest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

 

[Minnesota disney fan]

The video will show you.

Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringott’s at Universal Studios Florida has a tilt track.

The first tilt track coaster opened in 2002 in Taiwan and the technology Vekoma developed for it (locking the coaster and moving the track) lead directly to Expedition Everest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

Wow, thank you. I will check out the video. It looks too scary for me since I am a chicken, LOL.

 

[Minnesota disney fan]

Part of that track is on a cantilever.

A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end. Typically it extends from a flat vertical surface such as a wall, to which it must be firmly attached. Like other structural elements, a cantilever can be formed as a beam, plate, truss, or slab.

Basically part of the track is missing, the only thing connecting is a section that tilts to join back up with the track.

Wow,that sounds a little scary to me. Thank you for explaining

 

[Vacationeer]

Wow,that sounds a little scary to me. Thank you for explaining

Yeah that’s too scary for me. Shoot - we’d be looking straight down then release and boom! No thanks.