Small News From The Theme Park Industry
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CrashCoaster
CF Legend
Only 5-car trains? Are the individual cars of the new trains longer than the originals?
Indy
Hyper Poster
My gut says probably. The original trains have very thin seatbacks as they only require the shell of the seat and a thin layer of foam. The new trains have much thicker seatbacks given that they have to accommodate the over-the-shoulder lap bars and all of their mechanical components. That almost surely pushes the seats to be relatively farther apart from one another.
I could be wrong though and it might just be something as simple as cost savings. If they don't typically need the sixth car from a capacity standpoint, then they might not feel it necessary to spend the money on an additional car.
bigmac1789
Roller Poster
RcTmix
Mega Poster
According to this video from Holiday World (also on Screamscape), this season’s Voyage retracking will include some of Gravity Group’s prefabricated, vertical slat track. This will include the first drop and valley, until partway down the second hill.
Some other sections will be retracked using a traditional wooden stack with 8 horizontal layers. Gravity Group are prefabricating layers 1, 7, and 8 of the traditional track, and Holiday World carpenters are building the other 5 layers on site. I don’t know if this “partially prefabricated” technique has been used on any other projects, or if this a new approach. Hopefully someone can chime in with more info?
Some other sections will be retracked using a traditional wooden stack with 8 horizontal layers. Gravity Group are prefabricating layers 1, 7, and 8 of the traditional track, and Holiday World carpenters are building the other 5 layers on site. I don’t know if this “partially prefabricated” technique has been used on any other projects, or if this a new approach. Hopefully someone can chime in with more info?
TPoseOnTantrum
Giga Poster
On the earlier topic of Japanese coasters, Nasu Highland is finally axing their Thunder Coaster Meisho Corkscrew, which last operated in 2017 and has been left to rot since then;
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Giga Poster
Walibi Belgium will open a new family ride this year. There's no details available on what it actually is or where it'll go, but it will be a separate investment from the new slides going into Aqualibi, a spokesperson for Compagnie des Alps has confirmed.
www.looopings.nl
Walibi Belgium opent nieuwe familieattractie in 2023
Walibi Belgium gaat dit jaar onverwachts toch een nieuwe attractie openen. Tot nu toe maakte het pretpark alleen bekend dat zwemparadijs Aqualibi...
Lori Marie Loud
Giga Poster
The Zamperla?Walibi Belgium will open a new family ride this year. There's no details available on what it actually is or where it'll go, but it will be a separate investment from the new slides going into Aqualibi, a spokesperson for Compagnie des Alps has confirmed.
Walibi Belgium opent nieuwe familieattractie in 2023
Walibi Belgium gaat dit jaar onverwachts toch een nieuwe attractie openen. Tot nu toe maakte het pretpark alleen bekend dat zwemparadijs Aqualibi...
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
That's Walibi Holland.
Matt N
CF Legend
Oakwood Theme Park have announced that Megafobia is receiving a partial Gravity Group retrack: https://www.oakwoodthemepark.co.uk/blog/park-update-2/weve-got-some-mega-news/
The project will see 40% of the coaster retracked, including a retrack of the first and second drops with Gravity Group’s new Vertical Engineered Track. Both drops are also being reprofiled, with the first drop being made steeper.
The “notorious penultimate bend” is also being reprofiled.
The work will be completed in early May and is costing $2m.
I think this is excellent news, myself! A retrack could do absolute wonders for that ride!
The project will see 40% of the coaster retracked, including a retrack of the first and second drops with Gravity Group’s new Vertical Engineered Track. Both drops are also being reprofiled, with the first drop being made steeper.
The “notorious penultimate bend” is also being reprofiled.
The work will be completed in early May and is costing $2m.
I think this is excellent news, myself! A retrack could do absolute wonders for that ride!
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Giga Poster
Revolution at Bobbejaanland is no longer offering VR. While it appears to not have been active for the last few years anyhow (it wasn’t available for me in either 2021 or 2022), the “Mount Mara” version is officially no more, in part due to cost and due to guests vastly preferring the standard version.
www.looopings.nl
Bobbejaanland neemt afscheid van virtualreality-achtbaan
Bobbejaanland stopt dit jaar met het aanbieden van virtual reality bij een rollercoaster. In 2016 presenteerde het pretpark VR-brillen bij de...
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Niles
Giga Poster
Rob Coasters
Hyper Poster
End of the road for Sherwood Forest Fun Park as it announces it will not be returning for the 2023 season. Children's permanent funfair that operated March-November since 1999.
Sherwood Forest Fun Park (Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom)
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Peet
Giga Poster
RCDB are reporting that Racing (the old Zierer Flitzer from Bakken) has arrived at a park in Vienna called Böhmischer Prater:
Böhmischer Prater (Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
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Niles
Giga Poster
Another update for Bayern Parks new family coaster, track is now on site. One of the users on Coaster friends pointed out that the part circled in red could be the end of a spike element.
The park also shared some construction photos of the coasters area as well as the new entrance.
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Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster, the famed indoor Mack Wild Mouse at Warner Bros Movie World in Australia, apparently closed last weekend for a ”multi-million dollar upgrade” and won’t re-open before 2024. No details on what these ”upgrades” entail.
movieworld.com.au
Ride maintenance schedule. Warner Bros. Movie World
Rides and attractions may operate on a rotational schedule to enable maintenance during off-peak periods and some rides and attractions will not operate during inclement weather conditions. The maintenance schedule provides information on upcoming ride maintenance.
movieworld.com.au
