jmvd20
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Smaller in terms of what?
SM has much more usable space for a coaster than SSE does.
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Spaceship Earth coaster???
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Smaller in terms of what?
SM has much more usable space for a coaster than SSE does.
Flight Safety
Active Member
Space Mountains interior is smaller than SSE. Space Mountain doesnt even take up of all the usable space inside.
ToTBellHop
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it's the "usable space for a coaster" bit that is important. You can't just start ripping out all of the walls and floors on SSE to make it a hollow sphere...
I believe SSE is about 160 feet in diameter (even if we assumed you could use all that space, which you can't). I believe Space Mountain is about 300 ft in diameter and 180 feet tall. Stands to reason the absolute volume of Space Mountain is greater than SSE's.
jmvd20
Well-Known Member
I thought SM would be much larger in terms of volume than SSE. Now in terms of floor area I am not sure since SSE has a number of different levels inside of it.
The overall SF for SSE would be very misleading when comparing it to the SF of SM, at least in terms of coaster construction.
The overall SF for SSE would be very misleading when comparing it to the SF of SM, at least in terms of coaster construction.
Enchantâmes
Active Member
The "high roller" rollercoaster was removed in 2005 sadly.
Erm... SM's cubic capacity is more than double SSE :wave:
The main issue SSE would have would be in structural vibration. It was never designed to hold a coaster. Yes, take all the interior walls out - gut it completely - and it will still stand up. Even if you could take the floors out it wouldn`t collapse, that is the nature of a geodisic dome (of which SSE is actually 2. Or 4.) Of course, there is no way to get all this out without cutting open the building. It`d be cheaper to start again. Time Racers and Gemini looked at the idea, but thankfully it got no further than blue sky.
Disneyfanman
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I would really have no objection to a coaster attraction at Epcot. Just not in SSE. Look how well Expedition Everest fits into the AK. My wife cannot ride most coasters, but she now considers EE to be the best attraction at WDW.
Epcot82Guy
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I agree. I think a ROTM-style coaster in World Showcase would be a great addition.
And, as the Gemni talks showed, putting a coaster in SSE would require massive structural overhaul of the sphere because the ride system supports are integrated with the sphere supports. Therefore, the useable space would be quite small.
All this considered, coaster at Epcot? Sure. In SSE, almost certainly no.
And, as the Gemni talks showed, putting a coaster in SSE would require massive structural overhaul of the sphere because the ride system supports are integrated with the sphere supports. Therefore, the useable space would be quite small.
All this considered, coaster at Epcot? Sure. In SSE, almost certainly no.
:snore:
Haven't we been over this?
Yes, it's been done. No, it's not gonna happen to SSE.
http://www.coasterforce.com/index.php?categoryid=229
http://www.rcdb.com/ig973.htm
Eurosat is a very wierd looking indoor coaster. I wonder what the exterior materials is made out of.
darkstarx13
New Member
wow...but i doubt thats gonna happen to SSE
twilight mitsuk
Well-Known Member
Why don't they use the existing scenes for the coaster?
use the japanese scence as the launch area for example and set the story around that?
use the japanese scence as the launch area for example and set the story around that?
peter11435
Well-Known Member
What "japanese scence" do you keep referring to?
twilight mitsuk
Well-Known Member
right before the light tunnel
scence #19
scence #19
jmvd20
Well-Known Member
And it could have been this exact thread, it was started back in 2002 and has been revived twice now...
Ignoring the spelling mistakes:
- The building itself can't support a roller coaster in its current form.
- How would it launch?
- How would it stop? The descent through the core is really steep. Any brake installed there would require constant replacement.
bennyw01
Active Member
it was considered and assessed a few years back but dismissed on price. not space. the development would of been more exterior to the sphere, and they would have had to make some alterations to the back of the sphere, taking into account what people have been saying about the wand, imagine a big warehouse hanging out the back of it. however smaller coaster was considered. but hey when in rome.......... smell the dark ages.
