January 7, 201411 yr comment_174461 Arthur and the Minimoys ride looks brilliant. The usage of sound systems on the cars and the ability to rotate them freely and vary the speeds sounds fantastic. Along with a series of heavily themed scenes and an outdoor section looks set for a brilliant ride. Looks another great coaster at the park and one for the family market after the additions of thrill coasters Wodan and Bluefire.
March 6, 201411 yr comment_177704 Arthur - The Ride has been delayed, and all traces of the original opening day have been removed from Europa's PR... Now it's only fair that they get an equal amount of abuse to what Towers got when Smiler got delayed, especially given Europa have been spending a much longer time building it...
March 8, 201411 yr comment_177809 There's one difference... Europa-Park is generally a very respected park. Alton Towers, with their track record, is far less so That said, it's a big shame that the ride has been delayed - I would image it'll open either by Easter weekend or sometime in May. At last we're not looking at a Chiapas style delay!!!
March 8, 201411 yr comment_177828 There's one difference... Europa-Park is generally a very respected park. Alton Towers, with their track record, is far less so Please describe this track record to me...
March 8, 201411 yr comment_177839 The recent history of U turns (ride closures, closing times, temporary food outlet closures), brash sponsorship decisions (Fanta on Oblivion), repetitive delays to The Smiler and subsequent build quality problems, unrealistic marketing for coasters such as Th13teen, scaffolding tunnels under Rita... Don't get me wrong, I love Alton Towers but I really don't think the park is in anywhere near the same league as Europa-Park - apart from physical rollercoaster hardware in some aspects.
March 8, 201411 yr comment_177843 I was referring only to rides opening on time really since that's what your post was referencing But yes Europa is generally superior to most theme parks. Although surely with that logic, if you don't respect Alton that much there would be less of a reason to get on their backs about The Smiler being late, and for Europa's higher stature it would be considered a more significant issue?
March 9, 201411 yr comment_177851 At least Oblivion wasn't sponsored by an evil Russian gas company... In the wider picture, that's a lot worse than some tacky posters...
March 17, 201411 yr comment_178589 First update in a while... This is gonna be terrifying... Those character models :/
March 28, 201411 yr comment_179477 How strange... Was a video blog thing like they'd done a few times... Silly Europa... Should work now though...
April 7, 201411 yr comment_180480 Have I missed something and it's only 4 people per train or is that just an incomplete train?! :S
April 7, 201411 yr comment_180481 It's incomplete... I think it's 12 people per train, and knowing Europa they'll have about 400 trains in operation...
April 10, 201411 yr comment_180660 To my knowledge, the ride has 7 trains and it is indeed 12 per train, with a rolling loading station.
April 10, 201411 yr comment_180661 Well that guarantees a massive throughput then, I love the fact everything is so high throughput you never have to queue ages for anything <3
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180702 What's a rolling loading station? Trains don't stop to load as 'normal'... It's akin to Rapids/Flume loading really... Here's a video of it happening on Texas Giant...
April 15, 201411 yr comment_180978 Colossus has to shot of a station but would love to see it implemented
May 28, 201411 yr comment_184246 From the interwebs: BREAKING NEWS two injured workers on the "Arthur the Ride" site, the new Inverted Powered Coaster of Europa Park. Thus, during the tests which took place this afternoon, two workers have been violently hit by one of the trains of attraction. One of the two workers of 35 years would be seriously injured. A Police-led investigation is underway to determine the exact causes of the accident. Case to follow... #Aymeric Sources: Badische Zeitung (Translated by Bing)
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