September 19, 20168 yr comment_241514 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.
September 20, 20168 yr comment_241533 That isn't the whole train is it? 12 seats a train isn't exactly good. Especially when it is in Porta Aventura world.
September 20, 20168 yr comment_241534 Taron bars are the only good thing coming out of this project...
September 20, 20168 yr comment_241538 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.
September 21, 20168 yr comment_241564 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.
September 21, 20168 yr comment_241599 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.
September 21, 20168 yr comment_241601 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.
September 21, 20168 yr comment_241602 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.
September 21, 20168 yr comment_241603 Is it known what the station layout is like as I haven't really kept up to date on this ride?
September 23, 20168 yr comment_241776 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.
September 24, 20168 yr comment_241782 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?
September 24, 20168 yr comment_241783 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...
September 24, 20168 yr comment_241784 My school went to new york in year 9, of course the "trip fee" was a round £800 or so.
October 9, 20168 yr comment_242707 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.
October 12, 20168 yr comment_242955 Good evening all. It's looking likely that I'll be embarking here next year! Any tips?
October 12, 20168 yr comment_242956 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).
October 13, 20168 yr comment_242962 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
October 13, 20168 yr comment_242965 I always wondered why I never particularly disliked Baco, then I realised I've only ever ridden it front row
October 16, 20168 yr comment_243059 For those interested, here are the other two videos I mentioned.FiestAventura and PortAventura paradePortAventura bird show
November 9, 20168 yr comment_244251 Are these towers supposed to be S&S Space Shots or random Intamin drop rides no one knows about?
November 10, 20168 yr comment_244345 The way the scale model preview in PortAventura depicts them is as duelling drop towers
November 10, 20168 yr comment_244385 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).
December 1, 20168 yr comment_245638 Sorry again about the double post but... TESTING HAS BEGUN!!!!!!! (+ the rebound towers are complete)
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