Charlesberg Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Are those types of lap bars comfortable? I'm only asking because they look very similar to Skyrush's restraints which are said to dig into your thighs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 The trains look very nice indeed. pognoi and Ryan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 That isn't the whole train is it? 12 seats a train isn't exactly good. Especially when it is in Porta Aventura world. CharlieN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Taron bars are the only good thing coming out of this project... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Does anyone know how many trains there are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Matt10 said: Does anyone know how many trains there are? How many there are or how many they will run are very different things. I can answer how many they will run though, the bare minimum they can get away with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 I can't see this running any more than 3 trains (and that would still have some horrible stacking), so I'd expect it to run two. I guess being a separate park to PA the number of people in the area will be lower anyway, so maybe the rubbish throughput will be sustainable when things die down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Going by Stealth at Thorpe, this ride will be able to run two trains at once. However unfortunately this ride isn't stealth and it isn't at Thorpe, and hearing about PA's operations of late is not a good thing. If Stealth's throughput is approximately 900-1000 PPH on two trains of 20 riders, then this will have considerably lower throughput. This may be in the region of 550-650 PPH on two trains, but could be even less, hearing how they like running things on just one train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Seeing as there are less seats per train, the throughput will be a lot lower than Stealth's (if running on two trains). Though I have seen Shambhala run on 3 trains before, so I don't see why this couldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 When I was there Shambhala and Dragon Khan were running 3 trains. However their operations where so poor the 3rd made no difference. On some occasions the 2nd train wouldn't have made any difference either. In theory this ride could work like TTD and run 5 trains but I seriously doubt that is going to happen. It would not surprise me to find this runs 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Is it known what the station layout is like as I haven't really kept up to date on this ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Well its pretty much confirmed that I'll be heading to PA on a school trip in May, so very excited! Id better get down to Thorpe (or Towers!) And get on a big coaster in time! On Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 8:42 PM, Benin said: Once you visit non Merlin parks of actual quality you'll understand... Also plus 1 for not knowing about the blue peter badge thing... I wanted to say something but thought Id better not as I wasn't on the trip yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 7 hours ago, ChessingtonSam said: Well its pretty much confirmed that I'll be heading to PA on a school trip in May, so very excited! Id better get down to Thorpe (or Towers!) And get on a big coaster in time! Wow! I'm not jealous at all. How are schools able to do that these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 1 hour ago, CharlieN said: Wow! I'm not jealous at all. How are schools able to do that these days? Lol not just PA, we're heading to Barcelona for a Spanish trip, we're also going to the Nou Camp, and loads of Barcelona landmarks. We also get a 2 hour "extensive Spanish lesson" which would be fine (What else do you expect) if it wasn't straight after we get off the plane... CharlieN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LK_ Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 My school went to new york in year 9, of course the "trip fee" was a round £800 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptnmingo Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Trip Report: I've been and it was pretty good! Rather than right a huge lengthy review I've made one of my usual vlogs about the day so you can see what I saw. I'll put that at the bottom of this post.The best part for me was that we went just at the end of peak season so the park was open until midnight. We got to ride Shambhala and Dragon Khan in the dark which was just an incredible experience, I love the drop tower as well in the end. There were longer than advertised queues earlier in the day so I think if you went at a time when the park wasn't open so late you might not have had as good an experience as we do.We managed multiple rides on almost everything except Furious Baco and caught a couple of shows as well. I'll try and put a video of the bird show and the FiestAventura finale show as well sometime within the week. pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cian Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Good evening all. It's looking likely that I'll be embarking here next year! Any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 30 minutes ago, cianjs said: Good evening all. It's looking likely that I'll be embarking here next year! Any tips? Get the express pass, it'll save you hours of queuing and it's much cheaper than at other parks. Plus, DO NOT go in the single rider for Hurakan condor, you will lose the will to live (express passes don't cover HC for some reason). Cian and cptnmingo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 10 hours ago, 'Airtime Falcon' said: Get the express pass, it'll save you hours of queuing and it's much cheaper than at other parks. Plus, DO NOT go in the single rider for Hurakan condor, you will lose the will to live (express passes don't cover HC for some reason). I'd guess because of HC's throughput - which is a little strange at possibly the worse operated park ive been too! Still good though - great selection of rides, Express is well worth it - and dont listen to the Baco hate - Front row baco <3 Glitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 I always wondered why I never particularly disliked Baco, then I realised I've only ever ridden it front row Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptnmingo Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 For those interested, here are the other two videos I mentioned.FiestAventura and PortAventura paradePortAventura bird show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Are these towers supposed to be S&S Space Shots or random Intamin drop rides no one knows about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptnmingo Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 The way the scale model preview in PortAventura depicts them is as duelling drop towers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 It would make sense if they were S&S Space Shots. Normal drop towers would be too similar to Hurakan Condor In the concept images, they are portrayed as Space Shots. And the construction shows a space shot like gondola. I hope they are space shots, because I absolutely love the launch on them and that insane weightlessness where you're literally sent 1ft off your seat (as there is a huge gap between you and the restraint). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesberg Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Sorry again about the double post but... TESTING HAS BEGUN!!!!!!! (+ the rebound towers are complete) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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