Rocky Mountain Construction today released plans for a new family coaster design that it is calling the Wild Moose Coaster.
Yep, it's a play on the classic Wild Mouse coaster design, but with an RMC twist - in fact, several of them. The Wild Moose Coaster is designed to fit the same footprint as a Wild Mouse, but will feature RMC's I-Box track and "wonky" visuals (their word, not mine), to create a unique coaster experience.
Here's a concept video from RMC:
This is a product model and not a coaster construction announcement, so there's no park that has announced the purchase and installation of a Wild Moose Coaster just yet.
"We started with redefining classic wooden coasters, and now we’ve got our eyes set on redefining the entire midway," RMC said in its announcement today.
The specs RMC listed for its model were a track that's 47 feet tall and 1,260 feet long, with a ride top speed of 35 mph and a passenger capacity of up to 800 riders per hour. The ride would fit on a concrete slab of 150 feet by 80 feet.
The Wild Moose Coaster also would use a tire-drive rather than a traditional chain lift to ascend to its first drop.
So which parks would you like to see buy this design?
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Goofy is not a moose, but I would 100% accept this as the new Sky School in DCA. We need a Disney RMC, don't we?
Robert, I was thinking the same thing lol. We need a Disney RMC. I also think this could fit well at most of the SEAS parks as an intermediate coaster, especially at Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Tampa.
DMC at Disney? My vote is on The Matterhorn Bobsleds.
This would be a great replacement for Sand Serpent at Busch Gardens Tampa.
This has got to be the coaster for "Project Horizon" at Alton Towers, they (AT) more or less confirmed they were working with RMC, and it would be the UK's 1st RMC. It fits exactly into the proposed show building too.
Creative lead for Merlin John Burton was asked in a recent video when we will see a Rocky Mountain Construction design at Alton Towers. At this point, he says: "Can we cut the camera? We can't talk about anything potentially on the horizon."
He then smiles at the camera and raises a cup with the RMC logo on it.
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This was talked a little bit about on a Cedar Point page. Personally, I'd like to see this coaster put on the current site of Kiddie Kingdom. Cedar Point already has three children's areas (Camp Snoopy and Planet Snoopy are the others), and the rides in Kiddie Kingdom are old, traditional carnival rides that can be found at any county fair.