April 10, 201114 yr comment_112889 Pointy Teeth!Opening on the 16th, they need to get the theming together quick then
April 10, 201114 yr comment_112978 Look forward to seeing how the Kraken theming turns out. Should be a wicked piece of theming. That advert is, well...disturbing .
April 15, 201114 yr comment_113438 Getting there... Now that looks much better. Beautiful looking. How I had any doubt... just no idea.
April 15, 201114 yr comment_113479 If you look, the mouth is on the right of main drop. My guess is it's staying there until they can move it or the idea has been scrapped. Hmmm..
April 15, 201114 yr comment_113481 I hope it hasn't been, otherwise major negative points go to Heide for failing...
April 15, 201114 yr comment_113482 Yeah there is a PoV here if you go to 12 minutes and let it play to the next video and the mouth looks pretty bad without being around the track. The splashdown looks insane though. The wave goes hilariously high. The theming thing is going around the Heide Park Facebook page according to a German friend but we all know some stuff that people make up..
April 15, 201114 yr comment_113483 HOLY CRAP! That wave is.... HIGH! :)But the mouth... It so blatently is meant to be in the way of the track... WHY is it not Heide? WHY?!!!!
April 15, 201114 yr comment_113491 The Wave - EpicThe theming - Epic. The mouth - SO MUCH POTENTIAL. Makes Heide look pretty silly after all of that advertising, its barely noticeable! Real shame. But the ride itself looks fantastic. How rusty is that track gonna get!
April 15, 201114 yr comment_113495 Hmmm, I guess it's another Saw Blades scenario. You don't even see them when you're on the ride, but it's great theming if you're off the ride.Not all theming is for the benefit of the riders, just a thought.
April 16, 201114 yr comment_113505 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-07dTb52RR0Skip to 2.30 for the POV.
April 16, 201114 yr comment_113532 A full set of photos from Krake's opening day can be found at ThemeParkReview >Here.<I must say this coaster is themed really well, I know the 'teeth' aren't around the track like some expected, but I still think it creates a great effect having them there with the fog and other theming.Also,Are they trim brakes in the water splash..., I wouldn't have thought they would have needed them as the water splash decreases the trains speed a bit anyway? If it is anything like previous B&M's they may have just added them for precautionary reasons. But yeah, an awesome looking coaster from those photo's in the link!
April 16, 201114 yr comment_113534 Just imagining the idea of a car stalling on the water, and boats begin used to rescue stranded passengers.Awkward turtle.Of course I know this would never happen as the speed is too great at this point for it to valley there yadayadayada.
April 16, 201114 yr comment_113538 Hmm, the mouth is so random where it is! Espesh when the advert makes it look like you drop into it then a dark tunnel
April 16, 201114 yr comment_113540 I love all the theming around the drop...Apart from the mouth... Just... I wanna know WHY it's not surrounding the track... Because that was the main feature of each and every piece of advertisement from the start, and now... Cast to the side like unwanted ham... :)Still looking forward to it mind, but just... That's a real annoying niggle...
April 16, 201114 yr comment_113543 That's another £13 (ish, dunno what they are in Euros), Merlin will get out of me...
April 16, 201114 yr comment_113546 Do I spy a fail sneeky escapee bear in the middle? (13 logo on the foot )
April 17, 201114 yr comment_113558 I love all the theming around the drop...Apart from the mouth... Just... I wanna know WHY it's not surrounding the track... Because that was the main feature of each and every piece of advertisement from the start, and now... Cast to the side like unwanted ham... :)Still looking forward to it mind, but just... That's a real annoying niggle...It might still be put around the track, apparently it was late on site or something. It just looks a bit odd off to the side.
April 17, 201114 yr comment_113568 Those are from the photo's. And because they're recent and they are still on display I'm presuming this is still what they're planning to do they just didn't want to delay opening of the ride. If it isn't the case and it will not surround the drop, I'll be most disappointed as I think this would of made the ride a much better experience overall.
April 17, 201114 yr comment_113593 I'm going to join the line of unhappy fanboys on this one. Whilst the ride looks great, the theming is a severe let down. The park have said that they are happy with revised theming, but of course thy would!What they mean is, we're really embarassed. What a fail from Merlin. Great job on B&M, FAIL from Merlin, this was really exciting and Merlin didn't deliver.Dive into the mouth, well dive next to the mouth of KRAKE!
April 17, 201114 yr comment_113616 I'm with fever here. When adveritsing this ride they conjured amazing imagery of dropping into the Krakes mouth. Essentially taking Oblivion and doing the next level. They've failed on that account.I'd like to know how intense or exciting it is actually because compared to Oblivion it doesn't have that "into the hole" factor and it doesn't have the height or length of Sheikra/Griffin to justify itself.
April 17, 201114 yr comment_113620 Well, at least the music is quite awesome....http://www.imascore.com/en/offizieller-krake-soundtrackSigh... A trick... Missed... It's actually rather depressing and considering how much 'worse' I find SheiKra and Griffon in comparison to Oblivion in terms of the actual dropping... It doesn't bode well...Even if they fix it later on in the year (like I've heard), that doesn't excuse them messing it up for opening... Especially as any fixing won't happen till close season...
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