March 26, 201312 yr comment_154475 oakwood is opening this thursday, they probably bought the flume in december but announced it february, they have had plenty of time to get it ready and it is nowhere near half way done. How you seen above what its meant to look like ?
March 26, 201312 yr comment_154477 Did they announce it would be open with the park? Not anywhere I can see, so yes, I do expect it to be a construction site, even if the rest of the park opens this week... 2 months since groundwork was going on as well... That's a worse construction window (if they aimed for opening) than any of Merlin's stuff... Logic dictates therefore they were not aiming for a opening day jobbie with this (especially as the Flume came from Camelot, hence a decision no doubt waited on whether or not that would've been coming along to the park)... Indeed, this is a HUGE investment for Oakwood, let them build it in their own time and judge the FINISHED product... Not the current state (with it's surprise indoor section, was not expecting that)...
March 26, 201312 yr comment_154490 It looks just like Storm Surge did when it actually opened. Oh and still now.
March 28, 201312 yr comment_154667 The new Kids themed area ,Circus Land where Plane Crazy used to be.
March 29, 201312 yr comment_154798 Circus Clown Reminds me of my first "coaster", Toytown Coaster at Chessington. Just missing the giant drum!
April 3, 201312 yr comment_155579 Speed is a LOT smoother then Saw. And the air time is nuts compared saw as well your thrown out of your seat for 2 seconds I think, and the roar, that sets any other roller coaster roar to shame that does but over all its a really good if a bit short ride
April 3, 201312 yr comment_155586 I have never been to Oakwood or heard Speed's roar but nothing can beat the roar of Nemesis echoing through the valley. Would like to visit Oakwood one day though
April 3, 201312 yr comment_155591 Thats a Roar!! Its so loud its deafening, and you can hear it clearly from the car park, along with Bounce
April 3, 201312 yr comment_155595 Not a bad roar (do still prefer Nemmy's but that's my personal opinion). It really takes quite a bit of speed through those elements (no pun intended). Got to love the random clicking and clanking noises Gerstlauers make when leaving the station
April 3, 201312 yr comment_155625 Speed is a brilliant coaster and far better than Saw in my opinion. I would go as far to say that it is more intense than Nemesis.
April 7, 201312 yr comment_156062 New photos courtesy of the Oakwood Developer Diary on facebook Top of the Pirate Flume. Some Pirate themeing The foundations being laid out of the new family coaster which will mean the will be five coasters: Speed, Megafobia, Treetops, Clown coaster and this new one! Will post more when they come
April 7, 201312 yr comment_156065 How many drops will the pirate flume have? I was watching the IX indoor amusement park video today and they have a new log flume which has two drops. I thought it was very clever because they hold the log at the very top(for the big drop) until the other car on the smaller drop is about to go down and they both go down synchronised making you soaked! Saying that, the drops were pretty close together but if the pirate flume was like that it would be cool if they could make it timed so you could get more wet! It looks cooler aswell
April 7, 201312 yr comment_156066 This is already looking an exciting Project for Oakwood. According to RCDB, the coaster will be Camelot's former junior Dragon coaster.
April 7, 201312 yr comment_156072 its only 1 TPjames and matt I think your right if you look at the foundations laid out.
April 7, 201312 yr comment_156084 How many drops will the pirate flume have? I was watching the IX indoor amusement park video today and they have a new log flume which has two drops. I thought it was very clever because they hold the log at the very top(for the big drop) until the other car on the smaller drop is about to go down and they both go down synchronised making you soaked! Saying that, the drops were pretty close together but if the pirate flume was like that it would be cool if they could make it timed so you could get more wet! It looks cooler aswell One drop. Those log flume aren't synchronised to drop at same time, that was a coincidence. It was the blocking system stopping the boats from getting too close to the one in front. It's standard and happens a lot on Fabbri / Reverchon models like the one at IX. Often happens on Brighton Pier's Flume which is the same type. Other manufacturers of log flumes will do this too if boats get to close, but this rarely happens. In Merlin theme parks I have only seen it stop boats on The flume as they often get too close
April 14, 201312 yr comment_156790 New photos showing log flume and the new junior coaster and themeing!
April 14, 201312 yr comment_156830 Looking what's going so far, it looks an amazing project and that theming should hopefully turn a collection of average 2nd hand rides in to something exciting.
April 16, 201312 yr comment_157001 I do hope they theme inside that shed, block it off or make it pitch black or something.
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