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Small News From The Theme Park Industry
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roomraider
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A new if uninspiring concept was shown off at CAAPA by Jinma
Think Half-Pipe meets Wing Coaster with a twist.
Think Half-Pipe meets Wing Coaster with a twist.
roomraider
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Sorry double post. Just uploaded this too.
Jinma have opened one of their new model Boomerangs at Star World (Previously Nanhu Amusement Park famous for having the joing Arrow/Vekoma looping coaster)
The ride is called Quantum Trek and marks the completion of the parks refurbishment.
By all accounts these new model boomerangs ride somewhat better than even the original Vekoma models.
Jinma have opened one of their new model Boomerangs at Star World (Previously Nanhu Amusement Park famous for having the joing Arrow/Vekoma looping coaster)
The ride is called Quantum Trek and marks the completion of the parks refurbishment.
By all accounts these new model boomerangs ride somewhat better than even the original Vekoma models.
roomraider
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Yes it is sped up for the lift.
It's the 3rd of this model to open. Hoping to see some more so some more Western enthusiasts can get to ride them.
Munchy Road Hippopotamus
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Good, they make sick. Look pretty, especially at night, but very sicky and a bit boring
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Energylandia is introducing their own paid skip-the-line pass for 2025. Dubbed Energy Pass, for the price of 199 Polish Zloty (~$50) visitors will be able to skip the line at 12 attractions, including Zadra, Hyperion, Abyssus, Choco Chip Creek, etc. Children under 140cm are eligible for a discounted pass (79 zloty, or ~$20) which grant them access to the seven of the twelve attractions they are able to ride. The Energy Pass will be available to purchase online or in any of the park’s gift shops.
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FAST PASS - ENERGYLANDIA - Rodzinny Park Rozrywki w Zatorze
To use the FAST PASS entrance, you must carry a printed FAST PASS, which can be purchased at https://ticket.energylandia.pl/en/products/electronic/2-527. FAST PASS is also available for purchase at any of the park’s stores. The STANDARD FAST PASS allows you to enjoy any of the following...
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Nicky Borrill
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It used to be free for one on each attraction.Energylandia is introducing their own paid skip-the-line pass for 2025. Dubbed Energy Pass, for the price of 199 Polish Zloty (~$50) visitors will be able to skip the line at 12 attractions, including Zadra, Hyperion, Abyssus, Choco Chip Creek, etc. Children under 140cm are eligible for a discounted pass (79 zloty, or ~$20) which grant them access to the seven of the twelve attractions they are able to ride. The Energy Pass will be available to purchase online or in any of the park’s gift shops.
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FAST PASS - ENERGYLANDIA - Rodzinny Park Rozrywki w Zatorze
To use the FAST PASS entrance, you must carry a printed FAST PASS, which can be purchased at https://ticket.energylandia.pl/en/products/electronic/2-527. FAST PASS is also available for purchase at any of the park’s stores. The STANDARD FAST PASS allows you to enjoy any of the following...
The problem with this is that, unless they redesign their fast track queues completely, it doesn't skip the queues at all... It just gets you through to the batching area on Zadra and Hyperion, and pretty much always the back of the queue. It does remove a lot of walking though, I guess, on Hyperion at least. (Not so much on Zadra, you still have all the stairs and that first walk along the back of Smokzy Grod to negotiate, but a little less walking still.)
Having said that, I did always use up the free ones on previous visits, for the shorter walks. I should be back there in April at a guess, so I'll still give it a try... For £20 it might still be worth it just for the shorter walks on marathon sessions,
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The first piece of new track for Magic Kingdom’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is now being hoisted in. The coaster is set to reopen in early 2026 after a full refurbshment and retracking.
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FIRST LOOK: First New Track Piece Installed for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Track Replacement Project
Walt Disney World has installed the first new piece of roller coaster track during the lengthy Big Thunder Mountain Railroad refurbishment
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Rob Coasters
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Genuinely the funniest possible outcome - imagine the conversations happening in there. Imagineers using the shell of their failed multi-million dollar project as a place to come up with new projects. The tensions must be sky-highThe Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, the former immersive Walt Disney World hotel experience, will become Disney Imagineers' office space. Source
Matt N
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According to LPW from TowersStreet Talk, Drenched at Oakwood is currently in the process of being demolished: https://towersstreet.com/talk/threads/oakwood-discussion.1375/page-49#post-499481
While it has been closed for the better part of 2 years, this is quite a big loss for Oakwood. Given the lack of recent developments at the park, I don’t have an awful lot of faith that its replacement (if there even is one) will be nearly as noteworthy… although with that being said, there were rumours of the park having purchased T3 from Kentucky Kingdom, so who knows?
While it has been closed for the better part of 2 years, this is quite a big loss for Oakwood. Given the lack of recent developments at the park, I don’t have an awful lot of faith that its replacement (if there even is one) will be nearly as noteworthy… although with that being said, there were rumours of the park having purchased T3 from Kentucky Kingdom, so who knows?
The_bullgod
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With these rumours you'd better pray the park won't have bought that piece of crap
Marsden10002
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Oakwood won't survive long. I visited in 2023 when Megaphobia opened at it was awesome but poorly ran.
2024 Bounce had an incident, which meant the only major rides were Megaphobia and speed (my neck can't deal with the compression in the bottom of the dips)
Sad times but hopefully someone will buy them out
owenstreet7
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Here's hoping that someone like Looping Group picks them up.
Oakwood of the late 90s and early 00s seemed to follow the uniqueness of Drayton Manor.
