The World's Fastest Roller Coaster is Currently Closed. Why?
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- Formula Rossa is the marquee attraction at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, but has been sitting idle for the past 5 months. No one knows why; only that it is 'closed until further notice.' This begs the question of, what happened? Why is it still closed? Is there something else going on here? Let's discuss!
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"long term breakdown, thats my entire life" 😂😂😂 same
I live in Abu Dhabi, and the big thing everybody knows is a cable snapped, nobody knows for sure, but people have lots of connections, so it’s almost certain it’s a cable snap
I am not surprised to hear this- I kinda figured that was the initial reason for its closure. The question is why is it STILL closed? Does it really take 5 months to manufacture a cable?
@@CoasterStudiosactually 6 months 🤓 nah I’m just joking but maybe they’re trying to get another manufacturer to fix the cable
@clydeday9372 they came back from dollar general...should be up soon. Lol wow yikes use the manufacturers cable
@@CoasterStudios Might be some other parts where damaged as well because of it and right now its the slow seizone so it wouldn't suprise me if they just deceded to do a major maintanance a bit earlier then planned.
I was a born emirarti and I didn't know about that
That’s it, « getting Zamped » is now part of general coaster thoosie slang, congratulations Sarah!
Agreed. Love that phrase.
😂😂😂😂
Oh god. Please No.
Well they do need to figure out how to get TTD2 fixed otherwise getting Zamped will get an entire other meaning. But yes i think she just coined a new word in the coaster community, its just to catchy.
DO NOT ZAMP IT.
It's probably just going through it's Xcelerator phase, and probably waiting on a part from Intamin. You know how waiting for that goes...
On the other hand, Superman Escape was able to get new Intamin parts for the launch and was opened pretty quickly (like 2 months).
Xcelerator is the reason I hesitate to visit new parks due to fear of being screwed over by closures. I've been to Knotts at least twice, and Xcelerator was closed all times.
As someone who has been through the wait of Xcelerator opening, most likely this would be the Xcelerator phase
@@themeparksofamerica yep! I waited to go to Knotts until Xcelerator was ready to go (pun intended)
@@IntaminFanGRLPowerCoasters fair
I think the Zamperla marketing team will be using that Sarah. We will “Zamp” your coaster.
Top Thrill and Fomula Rossa both closed for extended periods of time due to maintenance. Falcon's Flight is supposed to be faster and taller than both while under relentless sun all year round, I wonder how that's gonna go😮
Realistically it should be more reliable than TT2 and Formula Rossa were. It's just an Intamin blitz but on a much larger scale, not a brand new model like TT2 is, and not a notoriously unreliable one like Formula Rossa. It definitely will have it's issues but I don't think it'll have as many as these.
@@namevone The big difference is that Zamp has less experience doing the blitz on this scale, where this has become Intamin's bread and butter. I'm sure if FF has issues it won't be on Intamin's end--more likely Six Flags drama or because it's a country that doesn't do too many of these big projects.
The thing is, Falcon's Flight will be using LSMs to propel an already moving train. It's not using a hydraulic cable launch to propel the train from a dead stop to over 100mph. As a result, the concerns are going to be less with mechanical systems and more electrical, and the failure state is less catastrophic (and I use that in the technical sense, not the "MASSIVE DISASTER" sense). Instead of a cable snapping or a hydraulic line bursting, FF will instead be subject to potential overheating, electrical burnouts and brownouts.
I hope Intamin will take a page out of Zamperla's book, and replace the hydraulic launch with LSM's (Zamperla's track wouldn't match). The one advantage is the slower LSM launch could mean removing the trims (one note: the only launches I have experienced are at Canada's Wonderland, my home park)
Saudi has the unlimited money cheat code they’ll replace track everyday if need be
Honestly, I'm not surprised these big launched Intamins are closing for heavy maintenance and/or refurbishment. The records they were built to break were already pushing the physical limits of what could be done with a roller coaster. Heck, Formula Rossa had a huge trim run on the airtime hill after the launch because _if it didn't the ride would exceed safe G tolerances over the hill and in the first turn afterwards,_ meaning that the extremely overpowered launch was only there to claim the speed record and had no other purpose. They could probably cut the speed on this thing and remove the trims and provide mostly the same ride experience while vastly improving reliability, with the only cost being a loss of intensity on the launch itself.
Excellent point!
Yeah I mean it won’t be the worlds fastest coaster that much longer anyway
I think Taylor might be onto something about the speed. These countries and these parks have big money. It can't be ruled out that they might speed up the ride and have it ready to go once Falcons Flight opens
it went zoom zoom too fast rip :(
Ppppphhhhh nah I’m dead 💀💀💀💀
One of the best comments on a coaster studios video its so underrated 💀😂
At least Kingda Ka gets to enjoy its last couple months as the world’s tallest coaster as the world’s fastest coaster once again too lol
"It's getting Zamped" I loves it and will now use this for all Zamperla converts 😂
That’s so disappointing that when you went, it was closed. But the park must have to do what they have to do.
Hydraulic launch in the desert what could go wrong. Launch cable and sand. Sand is corrsive for moving parts.
I really hope this reopens soon because this is in my top 3 bucket list coasters.
what are the other two?
Gotham City Escape & Shambhala
@@christianortiz793 i’ve been on Shambhala & what a ride that is. Still the best ride i’ve ever been on so far. I prefer it over Red Force.
Sarah seemed extra salty today. I liked it. 😅
I wouldn’t be surprised if they were just waiting for a part. There’s a really informative channel by a former Six Flags mechanic called Ryan the Ride Mechanic. He released a video about his favorite ride manufacturers, from a maintenance perspective. Intamin made his list of least favorite manufacturers because they have a tendency not to stock replacement parts, so a simple part could cause a ride to be down for an extended period of time.
Honestly had no clue that the ride was down! Would be VERY surprised if they get Zamperla in for no reason other than TT2 has been closed ever since week after opening, and still no sign of it re-opening! Feel like Zamp really dug their grave with that one sadly, especially for the really major coasters
"Do you think they'd be that petty?" Ferrari: "Hold my spritzer."
I planned a trip with a stop over in Abu Dhabi on 5th of January for May of this year. Couldn´t change the dates, even bought an entry and quick pass ticket online, I was very surprised when I got there.
LOVED the long-term breakdown exchange. Spectacular. 👍🏾👍🏿👍🏼👍
Oh my goodness an air compressed launch on this I can’t imagine that being real
It makes more sense for them to convert it to a lsm launch like red force since yes it wouldn’t be as punchy but it will still be the same speed eventually
Very nice video. Thanks for posting this.
This is such an interesting mystery, and the conversations surrounding this can be endless.
Despite being the fastest, and living in the extreme heat, it was actually one of the more reliable Accelerator coasters, so I'd be surprised if this was a maintenance thing.
But as you so subtly alluded to, they're good at coverings thing up out there, just look at the situation regarding the Ain.
Formula Rosa will be like tt2 probably
Top Rosa 2
I don’t think they will make it faster, at least not with Intamin’s help. I don’t think Intamin would want to take the record away from Falcon’s Flight
They would if they got paid enough money because they would still hold the record after all
@@thecoasterauthorityYou could be right, I would just think Intamin making it faster than FF could violate their contact with six flags to take the new fastest coaster. It could also damage their relationship with SF which would be detrimental since cedar fair already is refusing to work with them.
@@pabushcraft108 I doubt it. Intamin is all about breaking their own records. Just look at Dragster in 2003 then Ka in 2005 then Formula Rossa in 2010. Each time they one upped the speed record so it’s entirely possible.
@@The_MenraC I completely understand what you saying. Also with Dragster and Ka that was still during the coaster wars. I just think they would wait a couple of years first. Guess we’ll see!
Just got on Kingda Ka last week. I guess I can say I went on the fastest operating roller coaster even if it was horrible lol
Interestingly enough, Superman Escape down at Movie World just had a long unexpected closure due to an issue with the Hydraulic accumulators in the launch. Intamin had to manufacture new parts for it. The ride went down in Feb this year and only just re-opened about a week ago.
Kingda Ka just reopened from being shut down for a little over two weeks. The ride allegedly had a cable snap, and the park had to wait for a new part to be shipped. If it only took a little over two weeks to fix this part on Kingda Ka, than there must be a more serious problem for Formula Rossa.
Regarding the extended closure, Xcelerator was closed for FAR longer and reopened with the same hydraulic launch. Plus, that was a prototype and is 8 years older than Rossa, meaning it probably uses older technology than Rossa, which is why I doubt the ride will need to be completely shut down and renovated with LSMs. But then again, Rossa does go almost double the speed 🤣 As for the speeding up of the ride, it's a possibility but considering all the issues they had even reaching 149 mph back in 2010 and the fact that Intamin probably wants nothing to do with the model anymore, the park would have to somehow reach 156 mph with the same launch system that gave them problems 14 years ago, or go through a different company to speed up the ride. But of course this is all just speculation.
It’s kind of weird for the park to close it because Kingda Ka is open and Great Adventure probably knows that the roller coaster is going to get topped
Didn’t realize that I rode the worlds fastest coaster back in May when visiting great adventure 🙌🙈
I'll be at Ferrari World in mid August, I'll let you know if I see anything interesting! :)
I noticed that after every time the ride finishes, it squirts out water for a few seconds around the vehicle just to cool the heat from the launch
I305 (P305) does that here in Virginia. It seems to be standard practice for rides over 90mph.
What if, and I don't even know if this is possible but it works in my head. can they put the lsm, on top of the hydraulic launch
I'm happy that I could ride it in last November, so no matter what happend I experienced the og Formula Rossa
I heard from business Insiders that one of the Cables snappt on the morning maintenance. But i don´t know it for sure.
Hi All, thank you for sharing your perspective and it's great to hear your thoughts and speculation about this Rollercoaster's extended downtime, hopefully it will reopen soon. Cheers Peter :)
Just happy i rode it in 2011, but even back then they only opened it late in the day. Hoping to get out to KSA as soon as the new one opens.
I'm so happy to have done 4 front row rides last year
The worlds largest ferris wheel, which is also in the same area is also SBNO. It has some unknown issue and has not been operating for many months.
I believe these Intamin hydraulic coasters are like an old car. Once one part fails, a lot of parts start to fail.
So they need to go down for a long refurbishment to replace a bunch of pieces, and Intamin isn't known for fast customer service. Look at Xcelerator, Storm Runner, Matugani (delayed launch), and now Formula Rossa.
I was thinking the exact same thing when Sarah said “Zamped”. Perhaps Zamperla can use the phrase “Zamp it up” when rennovating a steel coaster
Because I've only seen 1 comment so far about this. That head turn at 0:59 is comedy gold and needs to be used as a reaction gif.
You would think that any company that operates a hydraulic coaster would have a backup cable on hand. That way, if one snaps, you can put the other one on and then order a replacement. Especially a company like Ferrari World, which has plenty of capital. Definitely think there is more to it than just them waiting on a part like a cable.
They’re really expensive, and not a frequent wear item. You just don’t sink that kinda money unless you have to.
@@porcelainthunder2213 they seem like a 5 to 10 year item and take a year to get in. After 5 years why not get one.
@@zanzabar4ky7 They're probably only making a slim profit on the park. Annual attendance is likely over a million people, but not nearly on par with a major North American, European, or East Asian park. So you wouldn't order a new launch cable until it's necessary to reopen the ride.
@@brianfoss571 it is 14 years old. It makes no sense why they did not buy a new cable. I get that they have lower attendance and run 1 train with fewer cycles. But if every other park had this issue how do you think that your largest version is not going to do the same thing.
It also seems like a safety issue that intamin should be scheduling. Maybe that they would be doing if they still sold the ride.
Superman Escape at Warner Bros. Movie World is an Intamin Hydraulic Launch coaster and it unexpectedly closed recently and ended up being shut for over 2 months. There was nothing obvious happening on the ride either, however the park did release a statement confirming there was an issue with the launch and new custom parts were being fabricated by Intamin to get it operating again.
Maybe it is a similar situation for Formula Rossa, but as it’s a more complex ride, the manufacturing of parts is taking longer.
what they could do is that they make adjustments now and as a second option it only needs a new something and then it gets the record? so it opens earlier but it opens with the current record🤔
I went to Carowinds for the first time last weekend, and it was bummed that Fury was closed. I was told it had been closed for two days prior.
Wait Fury’s closed?? Why???
Just been there 3 weeks ago it was doing fine then.
Bummer for you i would have been pretty mad igf that had happenned to me that and eary force where the 2 coaster i really wanted to do on that tripp. In the end only the raptor in six flaggs fiesta was closed wich while not that importend it was me last Raptor i hadn't done. Now i'm glad i didn't move the tripp for 2 weeks to get it.
I feel so lucky to have it ridden one week before the closure
Keep going, Taylor and Sarah!
Good thing I got to ride it
It was asked, "Can LSMs get the train up to 143mph?" yes, with enough space and energy. The faster you go, the shorter period of time the train's fins will interact with the LSM fins. That's one reason most rides utilize a swing launch. You get twice the bang for the back, and you get to say it's a feature or another element. It is totally possible to do it but a lot of math goes into determining how long and how much juice to give the LSMs.
I hope Zamperla can fix their Top Thrill issues with ThunderVolt. I presume a smaller conversion could be much easier, especially without a switch track and slower speed (but a single train might be the achilles heel)
6:33 no, obviously if they were doing this, they complete the upgrades now, reopen the ride at the previous speed, and then up it /after/ Falcon's flight is finished and the design is set and can't be altered anymore (well, anything can be altered with enough money, but you see what I mean).
It's crazy how secretive Theme Parks are.
I'm going in December I really hope it opens by then. We'll see.
„Zamp it down“ might closer to the actual truth right now. Hire Zamperla to make a ride‘s closing more reasonable 😂
Theoretically if they wanted to hold onto a record they could change the launch to make it the new fastest accelerating coaster since Dododompa closed down
The phrase “got Zamped” should go along with the woman’s face at the exact moment she turns her head at 1:00 into this video. 😂 I’m still laughing from how she looks. It should be made into a shirt and you can sell it as merch.
Just came here to comment the same thing lmao. That face is could go places.
Was there any hydraulic launch coasters built after Formula Rossa?
Nope
Every ride similar design is never open when i show up..
Superman at magic mountain, the top thrill at cedar point, accelerator at knotts berry...
I never even try to anymore
I live literally across the street and it still is closed...
I forgot too what Cedar Point did to help with Dragsters down time. 😂
LSMs are capable of reaching those speeds, but a lot of it has to do with power consumption. As it stands, LSM technology isn’t where it needs to be to justify launching a coaster at those speeds with the amount of electricity it takes. It’s a shame that hydraulic/pneumatic launches are as unreliable as they are, especially pneumatic.
Could you couple an LSM with an hydraulic launch to speed it up? (I know nothing about this kind of stuff so sorry for my ignorance).
They can, look at red force and kingda ka, red force launch track is wat shorter
7:43 air compressed launches are definitely more powerful than hydraulic launches, hence Do Dodonpa being the fastest accelerating coaster in the world when it was open as well as Hypersonic XLC, but they have the same maintenance issues that hydraulic launches do.
Actualy they have even more points of failure. They might be more reliable as that the points of failure don't break down that often.
I loved Hypersonic XLC!
It probably pulled an Xcelerator. Closed before it started possibly like for Xcelerator, for a part recall.
3:02 I think Top Thrill Dragster was closed for a long period of time because they added 1 extra car to the train. At least that’s what I think.
Its currently summer not the most populaire seizone over there so hopefully its just that they decided to do a major overhaul.
Don't think they will close it permantly thats the major attraction for the entire earia from a coaster enthousianst perspective. I had it planned next winter and if it doesn't open i might postpone that tripp. O i still will go there but it just became a much lower priority.
Last year I had the luck to ride it. The launch is so great that it causes a blank in my memory. Last week I rode Ride to Happiness a dozen times. That is a greater coaster. The stats are fantastic but not all of it. Flying Aces was the better coaster at the park.
King da ka also hasn’t been opened in a couple days 😢
I like cars that you can actually see in front of you like these smaller cars
What happened to superman escape from krypton?@ SFMM. Everytime I go it's closed will it ever reopen?
I wondered why you both didn’t ride it in February. Now I know !
funny thing is, kingda ka is also down for a missing part right now
The TT2 shade is crazy
Imagine if they put 6 parallel rows of indrivetec lsm stators in order to achieve the required acceleration.
Records are meant to be broken. My home park Magic Mountain had the worlds fastest roller coaster for 6 years. When another coaster beat it nobody was upset. I think it would be much cheaper for Ferrari World to change a sign than change a coaster.
I really hope it doesn’t get Zamped. Maybe with TT2’s issues, other parks won’t remove their hydraulic launches
The launch wasn't the problem, it's was the trains
@@alexanderivascu5261 yeah that’s true. At this point I’m just making up excuses to keep the hydraulic launches 🤣
@@thecoasterauthority but seeing that spike in person is a marvel
@@alexanderivascu5261 I'm sure haha, but I am a sucker for the hydraulics
Yeah Top Thrill 2 is still closed and I’m going on Monday - Wednesday. I’ve been excited to ride it :/
0:56 technically no. Kingda Ka’s closed rn. I know what you mean by it not being SBNO, but yeah, KK is not open
when top thrill dragster comed up at 3:07 there is no wheels on one side
😂😂😂😂
I’m so obsessed with the term “Zamped”
7:31 red force being like “Remember Me, am I a joke to you!?”
For sure Farrari World would want to keep the fastest crown, but I'll bet Qiddiya has a clause with Intamin preventing their involvement in.
They will make the modifications to get it to 160mph (or faster).. and keep it secret until after falcons flight opens. Who is out there with a radar gun checking its speed, and doubt anyone is going to tell its going 8mph faster. I guess they could add a turbo button for the faster launch + raise the additional trims :) I like the idea of reprofiling the first hill and getting it all the way to 200mph. Even with Falcons Flight, I will want to make a trip to do both.. well as long is its not Zamped...
The only way I see LSM’s getting that fast is extending the track alot
The park in quidya is a six flags park
Side note: there are trims on the first hill. I'm sure they are necessary in order to prevent safety concerns for the riders or excessive force on the train or the track. BUT... doesn't that mean the ride can't handle 150 mph?
It is a buzzkill to travel for a ride that is marketed as the worlds fastest, only to have it slowed down before you even hit a single element. Losing the "world's fastest" title wouldn't be a huge bummer in this case since they were kinda blowing smoke.
Maverick wanted to say 72 mph so bad, then they again trim you before you take on any elements at that speed. I know its because of the forces exerted in a tight space but come on! That means you didn't build a ride that can handle the speed you are claiming! It's still a great ride but would leave a better taste in my mouth if it wasn't exaggerated for clicks.
Kingda Ka is intense. Just as fun in same park is el toro and nitro. NJ rules.
My money bets they install LSM's to bring the speed to 160MPH even, and accelerate to that in 4 seconds. That way, they can change the sign to read "World's Fastest Launching Coaster" - which will be ambiguous between duration to top speed and top speed, even if it gets eclipsed one day by a faster (top) speed. The concept is that Ferrari cars improve on speed year after year, so the coaster can do the same...
I'm still trying to recover from long term breakdown 😂
I’m wondering if this is sort of like an Xcelerator situation
Very well could be
I think ive heard is that LSM's are more than capable so I think if they wanted to it could be a perfect solution
I don't think I'll even be able to go there or Saudi Arabia so I'm glad at one point soon I'll be able to get on the fastest and tallest operating coaster in the world
Believe me or not, but I rode it on January 21 😂 I would’ve missed it by one day if we went there one day later 😅
Zamp’d is GREAT! Taylor is just jealous he didn’t think of it!!!😂
Gerstlauer will turn it into a Eurofighter and make it the worlds fastest rolling launch
Nah but in all seriousness, I don't know about their budget but given the somewhat recent opening of mission ferrari which went massively over-budget, the park could just be waiting until next season so they have more budget to work with if Formula rossa did have a major part failure for example. Faster speeds are more destructive after all.
With dodonpa gone it would be smart to upgrade it to be the fastest launched coaster in the world. It's trimmed AF so no point in making it faster speed wise. Also let's not forget that Xcelerator was tested at 117mph at one point and right now it does 82 in 2.3 seconds so Imagine how fast that 0 - 117mph launch was. They just need to be that 1.56 record that dodonpa held.
Don’t forget dodonpa closed after being sbno. It was also a record holder
Intamin has got to get their act together. I was thinking about going to ride Falcon’s Flight. But, with all these Intamin problems, I would be seriously ticked off if I spent that amount of money and it was closed!
My life is definitely a long term breakdown lmao