IOA | Hagrid's Motorbike Adventure | Intamin LSM Launch (Dragon Challenge replacement)
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DelPiero
Strata Poster
That would work, but it would need a large lake to be immersive, and it's a bit high, and the boathouse wasn't anywhere near as large as the building currently is.It could be a reimagining of the boathouse
Could be Lockhart's room where the pixies were located in the film, but again goes against the fact the main castle, including that classroom is already built.
Crazycoaster
Giga Poster
It’s just the ruins of a church type building. You can see it in the artwork.
Ah I get what that building is. Universal visited Alton Towers and thought towers was trumping them on theming.
They wanted a towers just like Alton’s.
This coaster tho is looking amazing, I can’t wait to see more theming going up and planting.
It’s so rare that we see such a large coaster fully themed.
They wanted a towers just like Alton’s.
This coaster tho is looking amazing, I can’t wait to see more theming going up and planting.
It’s so rare that we see such a large coaster fully themed.
EpochEmu
Mega Poster
An extremely interesting video can be found here:
https://attractionsmagazine.com/harry-potter-coaster-first-look/
I thought it was more helpful than most of those twitter updates. It shows the track a lot better and it really is close to the train.
https://attractionsmagazine.com/harry-potter-coaster-first-look/
I thought it was more helpful than most of those twitter updates. It shows the track a lot better and it really is close to the train.
Which one currently has the record, again? I believe Spiderman at IoA is the most commonly cited most expensive attraction ($250 million dollars in 1998 - although that might be the total cost for all incarnations of the ride, since other sources I've found say $75 milllion for the Florida version), with Everest being the most expensive coaster ($100 million, 2006), but I think I read somewhere that Flight of Passage might have it beat. Not sure where I saw that, though, or if I just imagined it all.
Edward M
Strata Poster
My previous Disney Park fandom comes in handy.
Probably Pirates in Shanghai DL. No official amount has been released, but it’s thought to have cost a $300+ million of the $3.7 billion Disney dumped into it. Radiator Springs and Test Track have costs of around $200 million. The former with its scale and the latter because the technology didn’t work.
I imagine that means Journey at Disneysea cost at least $300+ million if you include that Volcano. That park cost $3 billion. And the new Star Wars Land cost $1 billion each. Disney’s budgets are disgusting, but I do wonder how accurate those numbers are. I mean that’s a lot of money.
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GuyWithAStick
Captain Basic
I find is really fascinating at how expensive some of these Disney rides cost. I know they're all about quality and want to maintain their immersion, but you look at all these European parks like Phantasialand and Europa Park, and can see some equally impressive theming in certain areas. Surely they can't have a budget to the likes of Disney? I don't know if it's a comment on the 'cheapness' of these other parks, or if it's that of Disney not being able to optimize their expenses.
Just something interesting I thought about and wanted to share.
Just something interesting I thought about and wanted to share.
Pear
Strata Poster
The theming Phantasialand and Europa do might be on a similar quality, but definitely not of a similar quantity and scale. Take a look at Pandora for example. The land is intricately themed and has tons of detail similar to Klugheim in Phantasialand, but it is also massive, housing 2 rides, one of which is very technologically advanced. On top of that they added massive "floating" islands to it. The sheer scale of Disney's projects can rack up costs quite high since they are going for both quality and quantity.
You took the words out of my mouth.
I did a quick area comparison of this site vs Klugheim, and you can see quite quickly the size of this area absolutely dominates. Yes, Klugehim has two coasters wrapped up in between all the paths and shops and things, but I reckon that cost increase is only marginal when compared to doing an area nearly double the size.
UP87
Mega Poster
The initial investment for Deep in Africa was 22 Million Euros. Half of it was for theming and the other half for Black Mamba. There is no information on the cost of the retheming (e.g. new rocks) that took place this year. Unfortunately I don't find any numbers for Klugheim. But I'd assume it'd be closer to 50M than to 100M.
CSLKennyNI
Giga Poster
No official figures were ever given for Klugheim other than the fact 70% of the budget went towards theming. But based off the typical cost of those two types of coasters together it can be predicted to have been around 70 million euros.
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Matt N
CF Legend
Is it just me, or does €70million seem a slightly perturbing amount for a park as small as Phantasia to be spending? Not that Klugheim doesn't look stunning, but I'm surprised that Phantasialand are in a position where they can spend that much money.
Anyway, this looks amazing!
Anyway, this looks amazing!
Crazycoaster
Giga Poster
Merlin are in a position to spend that kind of money on their parks. But they just simply don’t want to, they want to get as much money from the parks with as little investment as possible. Phantasialand think differently, along with Europa Park, Disney and Universal, they realise the importance of repeat visitors. While they don’t have to invest into their parks so much, they choose to. Because it’s a long term investment into making a world class attraction.