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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by Zazu » Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:01 pm

CBeilby wrote:65 miles per hour, at Test Track.
Good guess, but no. Test Track rarely gets over 55mph. But even if it did hit 65, it still wouldn't be the fastest ride around.

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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by goofyjoe » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:01 pm

Zazu wrote:Good guess, but no. Test Track rarely gets over 55mph. But even if it did hit 65, it still wouldn't be the fastest ride around.

Any other guesses?
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. 0-60 in 2.8 seconds. But is it like Test Track, that it's slower than they advertise it?


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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by 5th Dimension » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:24 pm

Zazu wrote:Good guess, but no. Test Track rarely gets over 55mph. But even if it did hit 65, it still wouldn't be the fastest ride around.

Any other guesses?
You mean to tell me that the speed sign is pre-programmed and always reaches 65 at the same exact time, every time?! :eek:



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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by shilohmm » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:52 pm

Zazu wrote: Can anyone guess the speed of the fastest ride at WDW?
Some bus drivers insist they drive the fastest ride at WDW. ;) Dunno how fast they go, though.



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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by annaaidan » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:57 pm

I was thinking the bus too.



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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by Zazu » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:01 pm

goofyjoe wrote:Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. 0-60 in 2.8 seconds. But is it like Test Track, that it's slower than they advertise it?
It doesn't always reach 60mph, but that's the design spec. Oversized guests (of which I admit to being one) often cause it to run slower.

And.... it's still not the fastest.


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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by Zazu » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:02 pm

5th Dimension wrote:You mean to tell me that the speed sign is pre-programmed and always reaches 65 at the same exact time, every time?! :eek:
Probably. It used to use a radar gun and give accurate readings. I guess that wasn't acceptable and they hard wired it.

That or it's finally started to work as designed... Naw!

But even 65mph isn't the fastest thing you can ride.


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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by Zazu » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:06 pm

shilohmm wrote:Some bus drivers insist they drive the fastest ride at WDW. ;) Dunno how fast they go, though.
DING! DING! DING! DING! We have a winner!

That's right, folks, the DCL buses that take guests between the resort and Port Canaveral travel the Beach Line Expressway at the posted speed of... 70mph!

:bus:

Some DME drivers do that on the Greenway going to the airport, but that's officially 65mph territory.


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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by elfuddo » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:13 pm

The last I heard, the Beeline was a state road, thus not in WDW.



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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by Shorty82 » Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:52 am

CBeilby wrote:65 miles per hour, at Test Track.
I haven't looked it up but I believe 2nd and 3rd place go to Rockin' Roller Coaster and Expedition Everest respectively. IIRC Rockin' launches at ~59 MPH and from talking with the cast there I understand Everest can reach 55 MPH or so on the big hill depending on conditions.


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