CoasterDave
Roller Poster
Visited the park today, all of the track in on the ride, now we just wait for the finishing touches, id say it will be ready in a month more or less
Track Appears at Fun Spot Kissimmee for RMC Retrack of Mine Blower
- Thread starter TPoseOnTantrum
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TPoseOnTantrum
Giga Poster
It be testing, reopening might not be that far away after all. They've certainly made quick work on this thing;
Marsden10002
Roller Poster
Grand Reopening is 23rd June.
Looking forward to the reviews
Looking forward to the reviews
Ah, so is it not open as of today? Or is it just gonna be kinda like a “soft opening” until they do an official reopening on the 23rd?
Marsden10002
Roller Poster
Apparently so but a few mixed reports on Facebook saying it closed early due to a braking issue.
Have to wait till someone local visits
Marsden10002
Roller Poster
Scrap that there's a few reviews on YouTube which say the full lot needed doing. There's now a notable difference between the re track and existing 
Lori Marie Loud
Giga Poster
It opened on Monday and apparently closed again Tuesday because it was so rough:
CoasterDave
Roller Poster
It was closed at the start of the day, but reopened later in the day, and it is still open
HQCrazyCat
Roller Poster
That Reddit post is misleading - it temporarily closed on Tuesday and reopened later the same day. It's unlikely it closed "since it was so rough".
Some of the transitions are definitely rough though - embarrassingly so for a just-refurbished ride.
Some of the transitions are definitely rough though - embarrassingly so for a just-refurbished ride.
Marsden10002
Roller Poster
It's odd how bad it sounds. Wonder if it's now putting extra stress on the trains due to the dodgy profiling between the 2 track
cookie
Giga Poster
That doesn't even look safe. There's like a dozen-inch gap between the wooden boards and the steel track. And the way the boards barely hang onto the plate underneath in that third image, good lord.Great! Now let's fix these amateur ass, hack-job transition joints:
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CoasterDave
Roller Poster
That is what they are doing right now:Great! Now let's fix these amateur ass, hack-job transition joints:
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and a slow-mo video for further enjoyment:
How does an engineer sign off on this?????? How do you let this operate in this state with public riders?? Mind blowing stuff here.
TPoseOnTantrum
Giga Poster
So, round two, Fun Spot's John Arie Jr. has stated that they'll eventually commission a full steel retract of Mine Blower when they have the cash on hand to do so;
https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/s/qYMDocBf8L
To my understanding RMC's work on the ride hasn't exactly solved its problems, but there's not a whole lot of other options for the coaster.
https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/s/qYMDocBf8L
To my understanding RMC's work on the ride hasn't exactly solved its problems, but there's not a whole lot of other options for the coaster.
LightningColossus46
Mega Poster
TBH, the layout feels very RMC to begin with, so all steel wouldn't be too much of a stretch in my mind. Making something like Ghostrider, or thunderhead all steel wouldn't work, but something with overbanks and inversions seems socially acceptable to me.