Phantasialand | F. L. Y. | Vekoma Launched Flying Coaster | 2020
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CrashCoaster
CF Legend
It has 4 trains.
Tonkso
Hyper Poster
Or planned for three with one in maintenance, keeps the ride running on a busy day if something needs repairs. Possibly.
JoshC.
Strata Poster
I'd expect it'll be exactly like Taron, given it has the same number of blocks (maybe even one more block?), etc.
In my experience, Taron usually runs on 4 on busier days, 3 on quieter days and can do 2 during very quiet periods (such as during some ERT sessions).
If that's the case, hopefully it's been designed so it's hard for it to stack on 4 trains, as stacking is a problem Taron has.
In my experience, Taron usually runs on 4 on busier days, 3 on quieter days and can do 2 during very quiet periods (such as during some ERT sessions).
If that's the case, hopefully it's been designed so it's hard for it to stack on 4 trains, as stacking is a problem Taron has.
CSLKennyNI
Giga Poster
I'd think it could easily run 4 trains without stacking. The station has a load and off load platforms, there is the dark ride section/pre-lift, 1st Launch, 2nd launch and brake run.
It's not to different from Blue Fire's set up (albeit BF has midcourse brakes rather than 2 launches) with its 4 trains in operation at one time.
It's not to different from Blue Fire's set up (albeit BF has midcourse brakes rather than 2 launches) with its 4 trains in operation at one time.
Peter Immelmann
Mega Poster
How do you know it were 4 trains?
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
I was under the impression in was just general knowledge? Idk tbh.
OliverL.
Roller Poster
Just a guess , bro ! And when they have those trains why shouldn't Phantasialand test with them. ?
CSLKennyNI
Giga Poster
Some more views of Hotel Charles Rustbergh's entry portal from the street outside the park.
Source Steve Born in Phantasialand Wartenzeiten und Wetter Facebook group
Glass elements have been added to part of the inner Rookburgh facades/sound barrier wall along the back of Maus au Chocolat.
Source Instagram Story of PHLInsider.
Source Steve Born in Phantasialand Wartenzeiten und Wetter Facebook group
Glass elements have been added to part of the inner Rookburgh facades/sound barrier wall along the back of Maus au Chocolat.
Source Instagram Story of PHLInsider.
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Ethan
Strata Poster
This whole area looks like when a person who doesn't quite get 3D design downloads Google Sketchup, and doesn't realise that you can import textures, so they just use the same low-res, preloaded texture on every surface. And the texture they've chosen repeats way too often.
Relating back to what I said before, there's been a bit of speculation on Phantafriends.de about whether this investment will actually open this year, or whether it makes more logical sense to push it back until 2021.
Moving forwards, when the German government eventually allow the park to reopen (and Angela Merkel has recently said she will not be pinning a date on lifting lockdown restrictions as this could be a vital mistake, so the park will unlikely be opening 20. April) there are going to have to be severe restrictions in place. Potentially a cap on the number of visitors entering the park and therefore a pre-booking system required for tickets, poorly-ventilated areas shut and potential for guests to have to wear PPE whilst inside the park etc.
With the park potentially having to operate on limited capacity, it does not make sense to launch a brand new investment this year. Even if the park was able to operate at full capacity, visitor numbers will drop due to families having lost loved ones and others too scared to go into "social hubs". Therefore to launch an investment this year you aren't going to achieve back as positive or as high a return if you were to launch it in a normal operational year.
If everything is back to normal by September (UK government are predicting 6 months from now), maybe I could see them launching Rookburgh for wintertraum. However, in the current situation a summer opening seems somewhat illogical given advertising and marketing of a brand new investment will not have as significant effect as in a normal operational year. In summer time we could still be seeing borders closed and travel bans between countries, so even if leisure facilities are able to operate, there are going to be rules and restrictions for guests to adhere by.
The situation is changing rapidly everyday so it's too early to call it at the moment and they seem to be full steam ahead with construction, however it does seem somewhat illogical to launch a novelty attraction when you are essentially wasting the opportunity to heavily market and advertise that novelty and make a massive return off of it.
I may be completely wrong and I'm praying the world is back to normal by June, and then we could see a July/August launch for Rookburgh, but I think it's important to look at both the optimistic and pessimistic views of the current situation.
Moving forwards, when the German government eventually allow the park to reopen (and Angela Merkel has recently said she will not be pinning a date on lifting lockdown restrictions as this could be a vital mistake, so the park will unlikely be opening 20. April) there are going to have to be severe restrictions in place. Potentially a cap on the number of visitors entering the park and therefore a pre-booking system required for tickets, poorly-ventilated areas shut and potential for guests to have to wear PPE whilst inside the park etc.
With the park potentially having to operate on limited capacity, it does not make sense to launch a brand new investment this year. Even if the park was able to operate at full capacity, visitor numbers will drop due to families having lost loved ones and others too scared to go into "social hubs". Therefore to launch an investment this year you aren't going to achieve back as positive or as high a return if you were to launch it in a normal operational year.
If everything is back to normal by September (UK government are predicting 6 months from now), maybe I could see them launching Rookburgh for wintertraum. However, in the current situation a summer opening seems somewhat illogical given advertising and marketing of a brand new investment will not have as significant effect as in a normal operational year. In summer time we could still be seeing borders closed and travel bans between countries, so even if leisure facilities are able to operate, there are going to be rules and restrictions for guests to adhere by.
The situation is changing rapidly everyday so it's too early to call it at the moment and they seem to be full steam ahead with construction, however it does seem somewhat illogical to launch a novelty attraction when you are essentially wasting the opportunity to heavily market and advertise that novelty and make a massive return off of it.
I may be completely wrong and I'm praying the world is back to normal by June, and then we could see a July/August launch for Rookburgh, but I think it's important to look at both the optimistic and pessimistic views of the current situation.
Crazycoaster
Giga Poster
Some more views of Hotel Charles Rustbergh's entry portal from the street outside the park.
The thing that makes me confused about this, and potentially think that the facade is not finished yet are those two brackets on the upper wall. What are they, and why are they like that if they're not going to have anything attached to them...