AdamY Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 ^ Face your fears You know you love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Manta at SeaWorld San Diego is really going up quick now!SkyRush, the new semi-winged Intamin Mega Coaster at Hershey Park has also finally started to go vertical, although they are very behind with this construction due to the severe flooding the park had over the late summer. ^ This is the mounting for the lift motor.^ Really tall footers here, obviously to keep the track higher than water level when the river rises.Lift and some of the layout... Yay for minimalist Intamin supports (the highest point of the lift is 200ft, and will lift the train at a speed of 18mph) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Yay for a pointless 200ft hill when the rest of the ride hugs terrain more than a person attempting to save a rainforest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 I'm going to laugh so hard when that entire drop gets a trim put on it I305 style.Manta looks sweet though, I've been following that the past few weeks and it looks like it'll be a quality coaster. I sort of wish they'd gone with a new name/style though; the one Manta is so different to the other that it seems a bit odd calling them the same thing to me but ho hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Yay for minimalist Intamin supports (the highest point of the lift is 200ft, and will lift the train at a speed of 18mph) Odds on that the minimalist supports will be only the first of many problems this ride will encounter.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 There are rumours coming through that Universal have greenlit the Wizarding World Phase II expansion today - a 'watch this space' is most certainly warranted. I promise, I will eventually get around to making a Universal Orlando thread Fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Drayton have announced that they will be charging £2 for car parking during their Christmas Events. I'm assuming it'll continue through to the main season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Drayton can therefore suck on my balls.Why do these places want to make us feel ripped off? Why not put the ticket price to a level where they make enough money, advertise that price, and let people pay it? So many (non theme park geek) friends of mine moan so hard about the parking payment situation, and it's not the loss of £3 (who really is going to miss £3?), it's the fact that they feel tricked, ripped off and conned at the end of their day. What a feeling to leave your guests with. thorpeparkjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Could be worse, could be the $15+ American parks charge.It's more the subject of upsetting the status quo with these, having something for free being taken away is something no-one likes. And considering we're only just now coming into it, when you look at our friends in Europe and America, well it was only a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Dreamland looks like it is actually on the way after so many false starts...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-15672978This could be amazing, all those classic rides in one place. Fingers crossed they get it together in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Efteling are quiet a silent little beggar at times...Amongst announcing a 17 million euro water show that will apparently be the 3rd biggest in the world (after Vegas and Dubai), they have also decided that for winter, 3D mapping will be used on the buildings of 3 of their rides, Spookslot, Flying Dutchman and Villa Volta... So first, some concept for the water show...And now for videos of the Dutchman and Volta buildings... Needless to say, this park looks bloody immense for this, and this is BEFORE the massive multi-million (40+!) dark ride and area for next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 That lovely 300ft B&M is slowly making it's way up...You can see the rest HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 So the annual IAAPA show has started in Florida, and many AWESOME things are there for all to see! (Photo's from TPR)^ At S&S. This is one of the cars for the new El Loco in Australia. It has two 4-person rows, Lap Bars and audio! This is on the same track layout as any other El Loco however, but should be even more awesome because of the lap bars... oh, and is that a light up logo on the front? ^ This is from Fabbri... it's a posh ferris wheel car O.o Seems a bit weird to me, seeing as most ferris wheels are family orientated, wonder if anyone will be interested in buying it, very random, also wonder if they'll decide to make a version for Cable Cars too... ^ Train for Manta at SeaWorld San Diego, the zero-car very much reminds me of Cheetah Hunt's trains.^ This is some contraption from KMG, very unique compared to their other rides (usually spinning or swinging style rides which are easy to put up in a short amount of time) I suspect this thing could take quite some time to put up compared to say the Speed which takes a very short time of around 2 hours...^ Lo-Q, the people behind the awesome Q-Bot's have now developed an iPhone application which essentially makes your iPhone the Q-Bot.^ New GIANT FlowRider! Wonder if one of these will appear on any future RCCL ships, or at some Water Parks even.^ And to end, Europa Park GCI goodness, love the way that this ride is going to enhance the experience of Blue Fire and Atlantica by having those awesome headchoppers added, Blue Fire just looks to get better and better! Ryan and Liam T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Hmmm, those new Green Lantern trains are very Eurofighter.However, lap bar only is VERY interesting, especially for rides like the El Loco, where even more freedom could provide a completely different experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Sexy new shiny things are nice and all, but Lo-Q developments could be amazing if they are run as a guest experience enhancement tool and not just a moneymaking tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Also from IAAPA. A new kind of GCI. 65ft tall and compact, sounds a suitable candidate for Drayton or Flamingoland thorpeparkjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpeparkjack Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Or Chessie maybe? Good idea from GCI, I reckon that would ride great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 More good news for Dreamlandhttp://www.ukparknews.co.uk/entry/cms/?p=7158&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterNow they've got the money in place it really should happen. Can't wait to get on those classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Thrill Network recently got a backstage tour of Wild Eagle and suffice to say, I am VERY jealous.From http://www.thrillnetwork.com/construction-rumors-27/71162-wild-eagle-dollywood-2012-a-69.htmlAll I can say, is pluk, Dan9, Tom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 I don't care if you're a pointless ride Leviathan, you look GORGEOUS <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 That angle doesn't actually even make it seem as big as some of the others do, but my god it's huge. And that drop is ridiculous stupid steep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 DP but steel has arrived at PA for Shambala! Already creating consternation in some quarters, but I absolutely love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 A rather... Interesting colour combo. Should certainly stand out behind Khan that way at any rate.Shame Spain is really far down on my list of places to go atm really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Not 'news', but random bored time has lead me to the conclusion that Krake is a cute little coaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 ^Could have told you that :PIt'll be ever better when the mouth gets rebuilts at the bottom of the drop...The queue though isn't cute... Or shaded for that matter... Bleh at that... And the station layout ;)EDIT - Video for the design and creation of Verbolten's indoor theming, looks interesting... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV6rkUSrCjs&feature=player_embedded Sheepie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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