Small News From The Theme Park Industry

[Boodangy]

They still have them at Disneyland Paris too, opened in 1992. It surprises me more from an air quality point of view that anything, you can really smell the petrol fumes on the ride. No word on replacing them at Paris .

I mean, isn't the entirety of Paris just completely covered in cigarette smoke anyway? I doubt you notice a little car exhaust in the mix.

 

[cookie]

PortAventura is adding a Single Rider line to Furius Baco.

https://x.com/prksadventures/status/1781331385925468286

 

[Niles]

The new Vekoma "Midnight Flyer" coming to Santa's Village is up and track is complete.





For a full behind the scenes of the whole construction see below.

 

[Graeme]

I think the Vekoma family coasters are about the best, aren't they? Nice to see them still building plenty of full-circuit ones and not just the shuttles.

 

[cookie]

Plopsa Coo has announced that the park will be investing €280,000 in replacing all of their gas-powered go-kart vehicles with electric ones. The park didn’t state a timeframe for this change, but the current karts will only run until the end of the operating season.

Kartbaan in Plopsa-pretpark wordt elektrisch: geen benzinemotoren meer

De kartbaan in het Belgische pretpark Plopsa Coo Ardennes wordt vernieuwd. Op de Dag van de Aarde maakt de Plopsa Group bekend dat de huidige karts,...

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Meanwhile, Efteling has also made green pledges on this day, including investing a hefty sum in converting their steam locomotives to electric-powered ones. The first of these converted trains will enter service this winter.

Stoomtrein Efteling wordt na 55 jaar elektrisch: locomotieven omgebouwd

De nostalgische Stoomtrein in de Efteling werkt over een tijdje niet meer op stoom, maar op elektriciteit. Om klimaatdoelen te halen wordt na ruim 55...

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[VonRolland]

Plopsa Coo has announced that the park will be investing €280,000 in replacing all of their gas-powered go-kart vehicles with electric ones. The park didn’t state a timeframe for this change, but the current karts will only run until the end of the operating season.

Kartbaan in Plopsa-pretpark wordt elektrisch: geen benzinemotoren meer

De kartbaan in het Belgische pretpark Plopsa Coo Ardennes wordt vernieuwd. Op de Dag van de Aarde maakt de Plopsa Group bekend dat de huidige karts,...

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Meanwhile, Efteling has also made green pledges on this day, including investing a hefty sum in converting their steam locomotives to electric-powered ones. The first of these converted trains will enter service this winter.

Stoomtrein Efteling wordt na 55 jaar elektrisch: locomotieven omgebouwd

De nostalgische Stoomtrein in de Efteling werkt over een tijdje niet meer op stoom, maar op elektriciteit. Om klimaatdoelen te halen wordt na ruim 55...

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Europa did something similar with the Panorama Bahn but tbf these were never steam/coal fires to begin with
Hope they do them justice

 

[davidm]

Not sure when this happened (nor where to post it, so here will do), but the fabulous coast2coaster site has added new filters to the map options, so you can (for example) just show wooden coasters if that's something that you'd like to do...



all filter options are selected "on" so you just de-select the things you don't want to see (the "old" filters let you exclude alpines/bobs pretty easily but not other coaster "types").


I'd asked the developer (via the site-feedback) for this functionality about 7 years ago, so this made me happy.

 

[Niles]

Here is the POV for the new Gerstlauer Bobsled going to Jaderpark.

Opening is still on for the 27th of this month.

I always like these Gurst Bobs, indoor bit is...... something, but the rest of the layout looks fun.

 

[VonRolland]

Here is the POV for the new Gerstlauer Bobsled going to Jaderpark.

Opening is still on for the 27th of this month.

I always like these Gurst Bobs, indoor bit is...... something, but the rest of the layout looks fun.

What a bloody good little coaster, quite like the unusual start tbf

 

[Boodangy]

^^ Oh wow, junior indoor swing launch with dark ride section! That's something new.

 

[roomraider]

Some of you may have noticed this clearly second hand ride pop up on the DB this week. The photos show some red track with running marks already present.

unknown - Fun World (Bangalore, Karnataka, India)

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Interestingly I believe this to be a ride that has long been thought dead. The old Vekoma Stingray Flying Coaster from Suzhou Ferris Wheel park in China.

It's been know for a little while that that ride is currently in India but until now it's been unclear where it is and in what state.

But a bunch of red track showing up all of a sudden lead me (and a couple of partners in crime) to do some investigation.



Cribbing this image from a recent video from the park shows some interesting and fairly unique cross ties. While the image below posted to the RCDB this week shows a flatter type of crosstie



As far as I know Stingray is the only ride that can claim to have both



The flat ones can be seen at the base of the inversion while the angled ones can be seen at the top.

While not 100 percent conclusive the crossties and the knowledge it's in India, well it's enough for me to say it is very likely Stingray.

Would be nice to see this unique ride get a new lease of life.

 

[cookie]

Some of you may have noticed this clearly second hand ride pop up on the DB this week. The photos show some red track with running marks already present.

unknown - Fun World (Bangalore, Karnataka, India)

Looking for statistics on the fastest, tallest or longest roller coasters? Find it all and much more with the interactive Roller Coaster Database.

rcdb.com

Interestingly I believe this to be a ride that has long been thought dead. The old Vekoma Stingray Flying Coaster from Suzhou Ferris Wheel park in China.

It's been know for a little while that that ride is currently in India but until now it's been unclear where it is and in what state.

But a bunch of red track showing up all of a sudden lead me (and a couple of partners in crime) to do some investigation.

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Cribbing this image from a recent video from the park shows some interesting and fairly unique cross ties. While the image below posted to the RCDB this week shows a flatter type of crosstie

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As far as I know Stingray is the only ride that can claim to have both

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The flat ones can be seen at the base of the inversion while the angled ones can be seen at the top.

While not 100 percent conclusive the crossties and the knowledge it's in India, well it's enough for me to say it is very likely Stingray.

Would be nice to see this unique ride get a new lease of life.

I legit thought it got scrapped. Would be wild to see it live again.

 

[rctneil]

That would be amazing to see Stingray running again. It's a fun but very very odd sensation on the inversions.

 

[roomraider]

India's really snapping up all the interesting second hand coasters at the moment. It appears that Lightning the B&M batman clone from Kuwait which closed in 2016 has turned up at the new Wonderla Park under construction in Chennai.

Excuse the fuzzy pictures but it turns out finding shots of an almost empty patch of land in the middle of nowhere India is a tough ask.

But those supports are a dead give away of a B&M invert and that fuzzy shot of the track helps too.

 

[emoo]

Set collectors rejoice!

 

[cookie]

Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters at Tokyo Disneyland will close permanently in October to make way for a Wreck-It Ralph-themed makeover of the attraction. The new ride is set to open sometime in 2026.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1783798470605680867

 

[cookie]

Great Adventure (and the wider Six Flags chain) seems to be running into budget cutbacks and now multiple rides may be running at reduced hours or be closed entirely for the rest of the season, including bizarrely enough Zumanjaro (which was running as late as last week).

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786439324185047547

Justice League had a sign up yesterday that said the ride would be running at reduced hours, but still open daily:

Meanwhile, Zumanjaro has had its signage removed

Source for the latter image:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/comments/1cjdt4t

 

[Smithy]

In news that will absolutely devastate the UK enthusiast community, the floodplain that is Billing Aquadrome has finally been taken out of administration by some new owners and their first move has been to remove the long-standing funfair.

It's not gone down well.

 

[cookie]

Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster's reopening has been delayed to at least early July (was supposed to re-open this month) due to delays in shipping the new trains.

Jeffrey Siebert on Instagram: "#SFFT2024 Construction Updates: -This is the last weekend for access to the DC Universe construction area. The construction fences move after this weekend to begin monorail foundation work -The Fiesta Texas Railroad w

318 likes, 3 comments - siebertjeffrey on May 8, 2024: "#SFFT2024 Construction Updates: -This is the last weekend for access to the DC Universe construction area. The construction fences move ...".

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[cookie]

Plopsaland De Panne is cancelling their Halloween fright nights event this year due to a change in direction within the Plopsa Group following the recent management shake-up. The park has removed their late night openings in October from the calendar as a result. The group’s lead director says a different event is planned for the park instead. Holiday Park, however, will continue with their Halloween event as planned.

Plopsaland De Panne stopt dit jaar met Halloween Scare Nights

In Plopsaland De Panne staan dit jaar geen Halloween Scare Nights op de planning. Het Vlaamse attractiepark stopt met de griezelige...

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