RobF

Thats not to say a ‘show building/tent’ or something similar to the house couldnt be added to break up the tunnel scene or shorten it in some way. At present its far to long and very dull

It was a computer malfunction, that caused the tango to get stuck, they were unable to release the gondala arm and brakes after the issue, but could lower the ride for evac, notice one of the riders is stuck upside down ?

Only coasters/rides with sudden drops have the harneses, for example nemesis inferno, tidal wave vs Colossus/swarm if u slip you can fall between the stairs and the track.

Kmg not having a good time atm, which is a shame as I like them as a manufacturer. This tango Obviously has malfunctioned quite badly to end up there

Is it the existing one rebranded? As there has always been 2 in recent years. The donut factory and the one almost at the rear of the mega store in on the perimeter of the arcade building.

#paidforattraction= additional revenue = higher profit= sole kpi for park

I'm sure if they got vekoma in and completed a full refurb including retrack the ride wouldnt need new planning permission ?

Unfortunately that is not the case with Colossus, the ride has to almost stack between dispatch to prevent an auto shutdown, as the other train will reach the top of lift block point before the second clears the break run, Colossus only has one break run which causes this. It is also held up by the weight of the restraints and all the restraints need to be up to reset the train to enable the dispatch. (Single seat rows cause Issues on Colossus)

https://m.bo.de/lokales/ortenau/technischer-defekt-soll-brand-I'm-europa-park-ausgeloest-haben Seems the fire started on part of fjord rafting

German efficiency at its best, reports are also in diggers are on site and starting to clear areas away from the origin of the fire as that will need to be closely examined to establish the cause

Colossus lean forwards into the restraint with ur arms up stops the head banging as ur shoulders/arms act as a buffer to ur body moving side to side

Ditto, had a great evening on park ? hopefully will be looked at again with future mos events.

https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/10128/Europa-Park-getroffen-door-enorme-brand.html sadly a large fire has broken out at europa park more details soon - it seems to be in the scandinavia hope its not pirates of bratslavia:-(

It may also be used to boost number of admissions to either the board or shareholders to show growth of its customer base, this maybe needed to secure investment into the park as admissions have been pretty flat since pre darren brown

Towers is quite busy today, its nice to see but a shame all the cuts are still in place

3 cranes on site today in black buccaneer area, hopefully re-assembling time.

The thing with this is, was it a delay by a third party contractor doing the work.

Have to say is it worth driving to thorpe just to ride x ... at midnight haha

We visited europa October 2016 and portaventura june 2017

Europa didnt have a wristband system when we enquired they just got us to show the blue badge at the rides exit

Having visited europa and PA they both offer disability access via the exit on nearly all rides. I think the only attraction at PA that doesnt cover the disabled access is the rapids. Though as mentioned they are not commonly used like in the uk

The older areas are pre merlin #saysitall

I heard it was about to be refurbed and receive sponsorship to a TV show unsuitable for familys with a run down theme.

If you join sun savers you can pick your date

It reduces operational costs, less tills to get security to collect money from and escourt to the dome to cash up, less staff required to cash up, then issuing floats to tills the next day. It Will stop fraud through change scams, staff theft and ( underinging/sweethearting) It doesn’t bode well for customer service and is likely another budget cut exercise