Small News From The Theme Park Industry

[davidm]

Woman falls out of a wacky worm!

Woman in second row at the start of the clip (whose restraint does not look down at all), is not there at the end of the clip. You don't see her come out but its clearly at the bottom of the "big drop" towards the end of the regular worm-circuit.

Not good anyway - was in Brazil.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7402050170516786437

There's an article with more info if you can make your self click on a Daily Heil link ; _https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rock-survives-brazil-roller-coaster-fall.html

 

[ECG]

Woman falls out of a wacky worm!

Woman in second row at the start of the clip (whose restraint does not look down at all), is not there at the end of the clip. You don't see her come out but its clearly at the bottom of the "big drop" towards the end of the regular worm-circuit.

Not good anyway - was in Brazil.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7402050170516786437

There's an article with more info if you can make your self click on a Daily Heil link ; _https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rock-survives-brazil-roller-coaster-fall.html

Looks like she was filming the children in the front row with her phone, so likely their mother. Hopefully she wasn't badly injured and the incident wasn't too traumatic for the kids. Should be quite the POV, if she posts it online.

 

[The_bullgod]

And a followup image of the damage.

View attachment 33443

How is this possible?
When the train is the cause of this, what could be wrong with that train?

 

[ECG]

How is this possible?
When the train is the cause of this, what could be wrong with that train?

The wooden bars supporting the rails broke due to a "fault", according to park bosses. When those wooden supporting bars broke causing the rails to sag, the front and possibly other parts of the train would likely have dug into the wooden slats resulting in the holes pictured.

 

[Marsden10002]

And a followup image of the damage.

View attachment 33443

Bugger. I'm down in Sept and was hoping to ride it - I doubt that's going to happen!

 

[Hixee]

The wooden bars supporting the rails broke due to a "fault", according to park bosses. When those wooden supporting bars broke causing the rails to sag, the front and possibly other parts of the train would likely have dug into the wooden slats resulting in the holes pictured.

Did the train manage to complete the circuit? That must have been quite the ride!

 

[EthC]

https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/2-men-stabbed-chessington-world-29793837


There has been a stabbing at Chessington. Wishing those injured a speedy recovery!

 

[ECG]

Did the train manage to complete the circuit? That must have been quite the ride!

Nope. The riders were evaced. Still quite the ride I imagine.

 

[Will]

https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/2-men-stabbed-chessington-world-29793837

The media reporting of this has been awful. Looks like it was the car park, but certainly not inside the actual park (which, I agree, unless it was Thorpe would have been alarming)

Nevertheless, the security at the Southern parks will get a bit more gung ho for a bit.

 

[oriolat2]

As of yesterday, PortAventura have included Hurakan Condor to their Express One skip-the-line system.

On a side note, Dragon Khan has been operating with just one train lately. Supposedly the other two need to be repaired, but I am assuming the park won't invest in them if they are going to redo Khan.

 

[ECG]

The iconic Coney Island Cyclone was e-stopped on the lift hill Thursday due to a mechanical issue. Riders were evac'd without incident, but the coaster remains closed until repairs and inspections are completed. The park’s technical team told the city Department of Buildings, which gave Luna Park two violations for failing to maintain the ride and for failing to notify the agency about the incident, that operators found a crack on the chain sprocket in the ride's motor room.

Exclusive video of rescue raises questions after Cyclone roller coaster at Luna Park halts mid-ride

The Department of Buildings says an inspector will visit the park today to investigate the incident.

connecticut.news12.com

 

[cookie]

A police raid occured at Hamburg Dom Wednesday morning. The operators of the Huss Breakdance Dom Dancer have been charged with embezzling over 1.4 million euros in pandemic subsidies between 2021 and 2022. The funds were supposed to go to repairs to the ride which supposedly never occured, and now the ride as well other assets such as watches and a Mercedes that belonged to one of the showmen have been seized.

Hamburger Dom: Razzia wegen Corona-Subventionsbetrug

Großer Ansturm auf dem Hamburger Dom. Allerdings nicht von Kundschaft, sondern von der Polizei. Zwei Schaustellern wird Subventionsbetrug vorgeworfen. Es geht um 1,4 Mio. Euro.

m.bild.de

 

[spicy]

Passengers trapped mid-air after ride malfunctions

The ride, which can hit 30 km per hour, jammed around 30m off the ground.

metro.co.uk

Strange looking rollercoaster.

 

[davidm]

^ could be worse, you could be stuck at the top of a Sky Screamer in a rainstorm;

(SFMexico, only stuck for 10 mins tho')

 

[jpw251]

Woman falls out of a wacky worm!

Woman in second row at the start of the clip (whose restraint does not look down at all), is not there at the end of the clip. You don't see her come out but its clearly at the bottom of the "big drop" towards the end of the regular worm-circuit.

Not good anyway - was in Brazil.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7402050170516786437

There's an article with more info if you can make your self click on a Daily Heil link ; _https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rock-survives-brazil-roller-coaster-fall.html

Didn't have that on my theme park incident bingo card.

 

[jpw251]

Passengers trapped mid-air after ride malfunctions

The ride, which can hit 30 km per hour, jammed around 30m off the ground.

metro.co.uk

Strange looking rollercoaster.

Ever since the Dreamworld accident Australian news has been all over these little stoppages portraying them to be some kind of major incident. It's getting old over here.

 

[Ollie]

Talks between Universal and Port Aventura have stalled as Universal are reportedly not interested in paying the price Port Aventura are asking for to purchase the resort.

Un parc temàtic de Mario Bros a Port Aventura? Les opcions es refreden

Es refreda la possibilitat d'incorporar un parc temàtic dedicat a Mario Bros a Port Aventura. Això, després que aquest matí El Economista hagi publicat que Universal

www.rac1.cat

 

[Matt N]

I’ve honestly wondered whether PortAventura may simply be a backup plan for if the British park proposal falls through.

In my view, it would seem a bit odd for Universal to have more than one major resort in Europe, particularly as many Brits go to Spain.

 

[spicy]

Talks between Universal and Port Aventura have stalled as Universal are reportedly not interested in paying the price Port Aventura are asking for to purchase the resort.

Un parc temàtic de Mario Bros a Port Aventura? Les opcions es refreden

Es refreda la possibilitat d'incorporar un parc temàtic dedicat a Mario Bros a Port Aventura. Això, després que aquest matí El Economista hagi publicat que Universal

www.rac1.cat

As much as I wanted them to buy PA this should be a blessing for the potential UK park as the Port Aventura purchase may have been their other option. Now that has fallen through the UK park will be their only European project.

 

[Ollie]

There's been a gun scare at Magic Kingdom today with a stampede of people running away on main street.
Police have confirmed there was no shooter. Theory seems to be people heard a popping sound which may have been a balloon and people started running and yelling "shooter" which caused a massive panic.