Port Aventura |"Shambhala"| B&M Hyper
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Rollercoasters4Life
Roller Poster
Looking better and better each day now. Hopefully we can get some pictures of the splashdown zone soon.
How are you getting it for that price? Would love to hear it as me and the missus are looking into going this year - last time we went was in 2009.
Thanks =]
EDIT: How come the quoting isn't working?
How are you getting it for that price? Would love to hear it as me and the missus are looking into going this year - last time we went was in 2009.
Thanks =]
EDIT: How come the quoting isn't working?
iblamefish
Roller Poster
^^ HOLY CRAP! That's the lift hill of Diablo on the left, isn't it! I can't believe that Shambhala is THAT high. There's tall, and then theres, well, ... wow...
oriolat2
Giga Poster
Kebab said:^Pretty sure it's one of the woodies. Either way, Shambhala is gigantic!
No, it's not. That has to be either Diablo or Silver River Flume's lift hill.
Anyway, somebody posted some random Russian leaflet showing a concept of Shambhala and pretty much confirms what we knew: trains will have V-seating.
Rollercoasters4Life
Roller Poster
Nic said:
What dates?
Does anyone know how behemoth loads? Is it two and two or is it all 4 in one bay? Just wondering because it would be weird if it was 4 together and if your in a two then one would have to sit on one of the front seats with a stranger while the other sits behind you.
Venom2053
Hyper Poster
^Yes I fixed it.
I was more pointing to the pairing of the colours. The blue matches the track which is good but the yellow or gold stands out too much. I was hoping for a darker colour like black or a different shade of blue. The blue almost looks like the turquoise on Leviathan which isn't the best match.
I was more pointing to the pairing of the colours. The blue matches the track which is good but the yellow or gold stands out too much. I was hoping for a darker colour like black or a different shade of blue. The blue almost looks like the turquoise on Leviathan which isn't the best match.
Kebab
Giga Poster
Has anyone noticed PortAventura's color scheme for most of their rides consists of blue's, reds and yellows? Just like the park logo? Stampida = blue/red trains, Furius Baco = Blue track (some red on the trains), Dragon Khan = red track + blue train + yellow restraints, Hurakan Condor = Yellow-ish tower, red cars + yellow restraints. And now by the looks of it, Shambhala = white/blue track with yellow trains, don't ask why I thought that out
Lofty
CF Legend
It's actually easily explainable to be totally honest with you;Kebab said:
Opposing colours, the colours of the trains were actually decided before the park logo was as it is now, these were running at the time of the Universal ownership.
Now, this one isn't a definite, but, my guess is that they were basing the colour scheme on the fact that it's Baco, Catalonia's God of Wine, the liquid element of wine an the fact it dives over the water, it also fits in really well with the whole Spanish area for the shutters on the buildings and the seaside areas etc.
You do realise they also used to have a Green train and they're still running the Purple train? The red on Dragon Khan is simple really, it's an imperial colour and totally fits in with the overall theme of the China area. Red also stands out against the blue sky of the backdrop etc (until Shambhala). It was a very clever choice of colour.
Yeah, the choice for these colours were also very clever, not in terms of the car/restraints, but the tower itself, when you're there, you realise that it's not actually a yellow tower, it's made up of a lot of textures of cracks etc which make it seem yellow-er than it actually is. Also, the red gondola's and the yellow restraints are very bold against the tower, this could explain why they were chose.
I think the colour scheme of Shambhala has been chose for several reasons, as I say "THINK". My thoughts are that the white colour of the spine, blue of the track and silver of the supports are simply pretty "mild" colours and aren't actually there to be strong colours as to detract more than it already has from Khan etc. They're also in homage to the Lung Ta flags (Prayer flags of tibet). As they're usually, Red, Yellow, Blue, White & Green (so don't be surprised if you see a lot of green in the area too).
So, yeah, It's nothing to do with the logo of the park at all I don't think as 2 of the attractions out of the 5 named were actually created before the re-branding when PA broke away fro the Universal group.
oriolat2
Giga Poster
New update:
The camelback after the splash is halfway up, crossing over Khan's lift (jeez, are they EVER going to stop raping Khan's beauty? :cry: ) so we can assume that the splash track has also been installed.
And somebody found/stole this picture showing an aerial view of what has been built so far:
Souce: Quaresma from PA-C
The camelback after the splash is halfway up, crossing over Khan's lift (jeez, are they EVER going to stop raping Khan's beauty? :cry: ) so we can assume that the splash track has also been installed.
And somebody found/stole this picture showing an aerial view of what has been built so far:
Souce: Quaresma from PA-C
