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I'd put an asterisk and a few caveats to that statement. Arguably, the most competitive sector of the roller coaster market is that of big-box, white-knuckle thrill coasters. Only a handful of such coasters are built worldwide each year, and there are multiple manufacturers that compete to...

That being said, they are more like the company Vekoma were 20 years ago.

Thanks! I really appreciate the help. It's so awkward to ask in every thread individually.

Just to be clear, did this coaster open?

It involves some mod powers. Fixed now.

I take it that means the park is open too? Unstickied, then.

To be fair to Merlin, that's roughly what they're going for. Or rather, they seem to pick themes that naturally contain old and decrepit things, so that any lack of maintenance can be excused by the theme.

If it was caused by cyclic strain, there must have been one cycle where it finally gave in and the two pieces separated with a jolt and a snapping sound. I wonder whether anybody on the ride noticed, but thought no more of it.

I would think they need to do more than just put the support back together, or put up an identical one. Something is apparently wrong with the transfer of forces here, which means the geometry of the whole thing might need to be redesigned. Worst case scenario, they have to tear up the whole...

Naming it Windfall, even. I take it they were declared innocent in the court case, and received a great lump sum from their insurance company?

I'd go even further. I haven't seen a review of any of their big-ish coasters (anything above the little kiddie tier) that hasn't singled out the coaster as mediocre at best and awful at worst. It's rare nowadays to see coasters that aren't smooth upon opening, but Zamperla's Thunderbolt...

True, but I still think Vekoma cirka 2016-ish was a much more mature coaster manufacturer than Zamperla is today. They had experience with quite big coasters (altough not entirely Hyper-size, but Black Hole Express and Odyssey come quite close), had an amazingly wide portfolio, and had...

I'd guess that B&M are dropping their prices a bit to get an entry in the small-to-medium-sized coaster market. B&M has traditionally specialized in huge thrill coasters, but the market for those is extremely small and there's a lot of competition. Parks these days seem to aim for coasters of...

I really wonder what the Zamperla sales agent told Cedar Point for them to trust a deep refurbishment of one of the world's largest thrill coasters to one of the most dismal coaster manufacturers in the business, who have no experience with coasters bigger than mid-size Eurofighters (of which...

Yup, that's how it works and why there is certification in the first place. The certificate is a third-party declaration that all due procedure has been followed and that the standard ways to check for damages haven't revealed that anything is wrong. It's the park's "we did what we're supposed...

No, no. Loop Garou. Get RMC to break their taboo and make a vertical loop, just for the pun.

Good. I always hated that name.

It's so weird to see news from this park without the Loup Garou signature banner underneath.

One person dead. This doesn't sound good ...

Everything is so fragmented these days. I wouldn't be surprised if they had already sought the services of a third-party company to make the deal with Aramark to begin with.