Small News From The Theme Park Industry

[Indy]

Not sure this entirely qualifies as "small news," but an employee was hit and killed by Olympia Looping at Prater Park:

Tragödie im Prater – Frau nach Achterbahn-Unfall tot | Heute.at

Heute.at bringt es auf den Punkt

www.heute.at

 

[JoshC.]

The Beast is a lil bit longer...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1509179393964400643

 

[Intamin Forever]

The Beast is a lil bit longer...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1509179393964400643

WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Peet]

An extension by 0.03%!

 

[cocoa]

new cred

 

[Will]

^
I was SO close last night to writing '...and if anyone calls this a new cred, I WILL bite them '

 

[Wazzupnerds]

So uh?

What the hell is this gonna be?

Has to be some kind of underwater tram in reality

Experience Gold Coast on Instagram: "UPDATE: HAPPY APRIL FOOLS 2022!😎 Hold your breath as the Gold Coast welcomes the world's first underwater rollercoaster. 🎢 🤿 Not for the faint-hearted or the ocean-fearers, this new fully immersive experience st

8,485 likes, 921 comments - experiencegoldcoast on March 30, 2022: "UPDATE: HAPPY APRIL FOOLS 2022!😎 Hold your breath as the Gold Coast welcomes the world's first underwater rollercoaster. 🎢 🤿 Not for the faint-hearted or the ocean-fearers, this new fully immersive experience stands a total of...

www.instagram.com

 

[TPoseOnTantrum]

So uh?

What the hell is this gonna be?

Has to be some kind of underwater tram in reality

Experience Gold Coast on Instagram: "UPDATE: HAPPY APRIL FOOLS 2022!😎 Hold your breath as the Gold Coast welcomes the world's first underwater rollercoaster. 🎢 🤿 Not for the faint-hearted or the ocean-fearers, this new fully immersive experience st

8,485 likes, 921 comments - experiencegoldcoast on March 30, 2022: "UPDATE: HAPPY APRIL FOOLS 2022!😎 Hold your breath as the Gold Coast welcomes the world's first underwater rollercoaster. 🎢 🤿 Not for the faint-hearted or the ocean-fearers, this new fully immersive experience stands a total of...

www.instagram.com

Happy early April Fools

 

[Wazzupnerds]

Happy early April Fools

Damn Aussies and their time traveling timezones

 

[Will]

Got me.

For a moment, I was concerned that Seaworld were going to ruin their amazing aquarium (or perhaps create my dream coaster!)

 

[caffeine_demon]

^
I was SO close last night to writing '...and if anyone calls this a new cred, I WILL bite them '

New c red for me! Then again, I've not ridden it yet!

 

[caffeine_demon]

Happy early April Fools

even taking time zones into account, it's still early...

Must be true then!

 

[KristofWB]

So two days before opening for the 2022 season, Walibi Belgium has got a new enviromental permit. Which means rides such as Kondaa and Tiki Waka can open now saturday.

However, as a sort of compensation to 'Les Versants de la Dyle' (the hard core annoying locals), the park has to add ten extra random days where they close the park...

 

[Will]

^
Everyone's a winner.
By which I mean, I am a winner and will get the creds. And that is the important thing

 

[CrashCoaster]

Here is a cool video by Coaster College that explains in depth how and why the El Toro accident occurred and what was done to rectify it; I definitely think it's an interesting watch!

 

[Coasterfreck]

It appears that in the last two days three coasters have stalled at Walibi Holland. Xpress: Platform 13, Speed Of Sound and Lost Gravity.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510926366975434752

 

[Peet]

Here is a cool video by Coaster College that explains in depth how and why the El Toro accident occurred and what was done to rectify it; I definitely think it's an interesting watch!

Yeah that was pretty interesting, I'm glad they didn't try to pad it out to an hour long video as seems to be the done thing these days.

 

[Hixee]

Here is a cool video by Coaster College that explains in depth how and why the El Toro accident occurred and what was done to rectify it; I definitely think it's an interesting watch!

An interesting video - nice and concise and no bull****.

Although the mixing of imperial and metric in that official report did make my eye twitch a little bit...

 

[Peet]

Although the mixing of imperial and metric in that official report did make my eye twitch a little bit...

If that's not the norm in your industry then all I can say is I envy you - every bolt specified where I work is an imperial diameter with metric length, Nominal Pipe Sizes in inches but any actual measurements in mm, imperial pressure classes with maximum pressure given in Bar etc etc!

 

[rob666]

I recently discovered a tape measure that was only in inches...
Came from our friends "over the water".