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No, no. Loop Garou. Get RMC to break their taboo and make a vertical loop, just for the pun.

Good. I always hated that name.

It's so weird to see news from this park without the Loup Garou signature banner underneath.

One person dead. This doesn't sound good ...

Everything is so fragmented these days. I wouldn't be surprised if they had already sought the services of a third-party company to make the deal with Aramark to begin with.

Makeshift venue for the office summer party?

Doubt one of those will be going to Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela any time soon, but I guess you could hope.

As far as I'm aware, the cars aren't launched that far up the track anymore. The structure may be taller, but the path traversed by the coaster cars isn't.

Since nobody got hurt, I guess it's okay to make lighthearted posts: Congrats to Red Force for being the tallest operating coaster in the world.

It would surprise me slightly if "next" happens on this side of 2030. At least in Tusenfryd's case. There's a couple other parks that might surprise us.

My guess at the moment is: the latter first, until the running costs make themselves apparent and the expected number of tourists fail to show up. And then the former, after a year or two. To make a more elaborate prediction: 50/50 on whether it will make it to completion. Spectacular opening...

Fortunately, it's got such an easy layout to relocate.

The combination of the harsh climate and the size of the ride means the running costs must be astronomical. The park ticket price must be accordingly high to justify the operation of this thing. But that must also reach a limit at some point. After all, the middle of the Arabian desert is not...

I wouldn't count on things improving. As you say, the park is working on a budget. Or not working, as it were. Oh, and I believe it's time to unstick the thread.

I guess this is open, as the ship has been sailing for half a year? Eventual technical problems notwithstanding, thread unstickied.

I see RCDB also calls it Manta, so I guess a thread name change and unsticky is due.

I heard they were aiming for exactly 1000 kg of fun, so it looks like they're spot on with this one.

Apparently, this thing opened about two months ago, so I guess we'll unstick the thread. It really adds to my impression that among theme park fan sites, Disney parks either receive way too much coverage (here's looking at ThemeParkTourist et al.) or close to none at all.

At least the queues would be shorter as everybody else postpones their trip for the next day.

As a wimpy kid who couldn't handle great heights, steep drops, or going upside down, this would easily have been my favourite coaster ever. It's big, fast, and long, but it clearly isn't scary, which makes it an ideal stepping stone ride. I suspect this will be a hit with young park goers for...