AdamY Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 With the Heide Park thing, I've been following it on TPR and the general consensus does seem to be that it's too narrow for a Dive Machine... But that's not the end of it, notice the new brakes in that picture! Could mean a new style of train, and hence narrower track... One to keep an eye on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Users Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 There was a press release confirming that it was going to be a Dive Machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Yes it is B&M's first ever "Junior Dive Machine" - They confirmed this on the press release and John Wardley is doing part of the theming.If this is B&M's new prototype, then does this mean that Thorpe may be getting one of these in 2012, or is that another prototype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Thorpe won't get any kind of dive machine as Saw kind of covers that angle. I'd imagine Thorpes 2012 coaster will be similar to Gardalands wingrider. Still, very exciting, it's been a long 6 years since a 'new'* B&M has been added in Europe, so to get three in the space of two years is very exciting. *Yes Monster opened in France this year but it isn't new, just relocated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 What park is monster at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Linkage to Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Users Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Tower of Terror at Dreamland in Australia has reopened as Tower of Terror 2 with a new backwards train. These were the only 2 videos I could find with ride footage.Launch:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr0AC9jjJN8&feature=relatedMedia coverage, starting at 35 seconds:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALtpSt4WypY&feature=player_embedded#!The rumour going around at the moment as that when Superman at Magic Mountain reopens at it will be running backwards as well, presumably with the same car type.Also, Wet 'N' Wild is opening the world's first dueling Aqualoop waterslide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste193 Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 I was wondering is anyone knows anything about the replacement of the sombero's ride at Drayton Manor?There was an interview were the manager confirmed its going and that it woud be replaced with something for 2011 but not a flat ride?any thoughts or ayone know/heard anything? sounds quite interesting to me, considering its a small ammount of space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP Daniel Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 In some quite important news, Maurer Sohne have released a technical bulletin explaining that they believe the coupling bar between the two trains on their X - Car coasters (G-Force, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit) is not fatigue endurable enough.This caused a shut down of all X - Car coasters while they fix the problem.This is especially bad news for HRRR which has not been working properly, even after opening six months late last August. I would imagine that this was another headache for Universal. Strangely, HRRR is closed at the moment "indefinitely", however Universal have said that the bulletin would have been dealt with months ago and this is unrelated. The current downtime must be quite serious as they have decided they might as well do the annual maintenance for Rockit now while it is down anyway.http://www.ltci.co.uk/LTC_Technical_Bulletins/Maurer_Sohne_Conection_Bar_Action.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Just to add to Daniel's report, the closure of X-Cars is only to those that have two cars on each trains. Any coaster with one car are unaffected as, as Daniel stated, the coupling bar is the problem here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Rockit's problems are indeed very serious, and ruled it out of HHN some time ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Maurer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyCbp5N2qJsYes please Busch Gardens, Tampa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 It looks good... but am I the only one who thinks there are far too many straight sections and some really dodgy turns in there? It just seems that the launch is a little wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Well two of the straight sections are launches and so kinda unavoidable... Also, the fact they changed the name just because the original one was leaked is annoying me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classychickkk Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 That ride looks well good them rocket coasters seem to be hot atm! it seems quiet long for a coster like that tho dont you think!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornflakes Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 On 10/25/2010 at 8:46 PM, 'classychickkk said: That ride looks well good them rocket coasters seem to be hot atm! it seems quiet long for a coster like that tho dont you think!?Well, compared to Rocket coasters like Stealth it is pretty long but it seems that the newer rocket coasters are longer than some of the older ones (eg. Blue Fire) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP Daniel Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Well according to this Screamscape article and this forum thread, Rip Ride Rockit is back in operation. This is great news seeing as many had anticipated a longer downtime than this, unfortunately, it still isn't open in the evening for HHN.On a more African note, I agree that Cheetaka was a much better name than Cheetah Hunt - seems to not really carry the right message in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpeparkjack Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Worlds Fastest Rollercoaster 'Formula Rossa' POV :http://www.ameinfo.com/247118.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 The new B&M Dive Machines at Heide Park is named..KrakeKrake firework displayAccording to a member on Towers Times, the ride will consist of three rowed trains with six people per row. The first drop will go into the mouth of Kraken and you will come out of a pirate ship on the other side. A water splash effect will also be on the ride following the suit of the Dive Machines in America and China.So there we have it, two new B&M's in Europe, both themed around some kind of animal and the theme of the rides being at the forefront of advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjw Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Kraken is probably closer to Nemesis rather than that of an animal, since it's a mythical creature :(But I get what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 On 10/31/2010 at 4:38 PM, 'Cjw said: Kraken is probably closer to Nemesis rather than that of an animal, since it's a mythical creature Tsch.. so pedantic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpeparkjack Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Youtube version of the POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 In a rather drastic move, King's Dominion appear to be re-profiling part of Intimidator 305's track layout. This is presumably to reduce the enormous positive G force around the first flat turn and into the first air hill, which caused so many grey outs and complaints from the GP. Track is currently in the process of being removed, as shown in this photo from yesterday:Credit to Clint Novak for the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Intamin Mark9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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