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  1. On 12/12/2016 at 3:26 PM, Mer said:

     

    In the words of the barman in the Alpen Hotel..."Ooops!" :blush:

    I'll hopefully get round to the trip report, but I did upload my videos and made a charming little compilation video, which starts off the playlist ^_^ 

     

     

    You'll see Olympia loop in sync too :D In fact the next video in the playlist is Olympia Looping :wub: It's just so nice to look at and marvel at the efficiency!

    Oh and the Wilde Maus video has the pervy mouse conversation :lol: 

     

    I rarely post on here anymore but Mer that video is made so well. Well done! :D

  2. I strangley found Colossos very bareable and the music is great! I overall really like the park and I agree Flug isn't the best I still find Swarm better! Krake is a good ride. I quite liked Big Loop maybe because it had Corkscrews old trains from Alton Towers which made it special for me! The top spin is actually run pretty well and I like the Huss section of the park! Desert Race is great also, I am not a fan of SLC's and this one is no exception, painful throughout! Scream is probably the best drop tower I've ever been on, it really is an incredible ride with an incredible soundtrack!

     

    Overall though I really adore the park!

  6. Hmmm

    Blackpool (they replace wood on coasters, redid Valhalla's facade, Revolution and recently repainted parts of dipper

    Paultons (critter creek and cobra apparently got some repainted a couple years back)

    Southend (their rides often get frequent maintenance closed season)

    Three parks named (all in the uk) that do at least some noticeable care in to ride upkeep.

    I think Nemy, Colossus & all of chessie's coasters (bar scorpion) could get a reprint

    No idea where you heard thay but Cobra has not been repainted since it was put in...

  12. The Stinger has been completey re-painted with dark green track and light bold green supports. Wind in the Willows building is being kitted out inside. I should imagine a lot more will happen after Christmas leading up to it's official opening.

  13. Went last night for a few hours and must say it is without doubt the best lit park at night, it's just really pretty! Rameses laser and clubish music I am not a massive fan of, felt sorry for the operator who had it constantly shining in her eyes. In the 5 minutes I was standing in the queue it was starting to annoy me. Without doubt it looks nice, it's just irratating after a while!

  14. They can't "stall" as that means it doesn't have enough momentum, as they are powered all the time this is not the case. They fault, this one way more than a certain other one in the UK which has done this once this year. It faults and for whatever reason wether it's a faulty sensor or overspeed etc, causes the fault and tells the ride to slow down and stop at its earliest convenience. It doesn't matter which side it stops as long as the ride stops. As I said though Kobra appears to be having a lot more issues than Edge when it comes to this. They have tried many things on Kobra I believe to reduce the faults, one of them slowing the ride which has caused it to behave a lot better.

  20. The main arm and cross arm have an encoder or sensor to detect its postions. The loweing sensor is done on the main arms, if you sit at the back by the tower you will see the switches on the hydraulic arms to tell the ride it's lowered.

    Just for refrence as well, Top scans don't use normal electric motors, they use hydraulic motors which are obviously powered by electricity. The bars are controlled by pneumatics (air pressure).

  21. They don't cost much at all It does use mains water, but when you put into context stuff like Depth Charge, Storm Surge and Tidal Wave filling themselves up over night and the amount of water used in the catering outlets and toilets etc its nothing.

  25. Vampire can no longer run 3 trains due to h&s. They are not happy with how the staff check bars on 3 trains and it was major faff to keep it running smoothly on 3 trains without operational issues.

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