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East Coast Mariner
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Europa did something similar with the Panorama Bahn but tbf these were never steam/coal fires to begin withPlopsa 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,...
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...
Hope they do them justice
davidm
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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.
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.
VonRolland
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What a bloody good little coaster, quite like the unusual start tbf
roomraider
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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.
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.
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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.
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I legit thought it got scrapped. Would be wild to see it live again.
roomraider
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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.
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.
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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).
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:
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:
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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.
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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.
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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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MaxxForceFan
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Six Flags Great America will be the next Six Flags to get solar power.
Comments by Selim Bassoul on the Q1 2024 Earnings Call:
"Before opening the call for your questions, I want to highlight an initiative that we are particularly proud of. This summer, we expect to complete our third major solar installation at Six Flags Magic Mountain which is expected to save over $100 million over the next 30 years and it will provide a convenient shaded parking option for our guests. That is another convenience for our guests.
Combined with our solar installation at Six Flags Great Adventures and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, we will be the largest producer of car port solar power in North America. Also, we have finalized plans to launch our fourth solar installation project at Six Flags Great America. These initiatives are a win-win for everyone we serve. They serve our guests by improving our parking lots, they serve our communities by using renewable energy to power our parks and they serve our shareholders by reducing our operating costs."
https://seekingalpha.com/article/46...poration-six-q1-2024-earnings-call-transcript
Comments by Selim Bassoul on the Q1 2024 Earnings Call:
"Before opening the call for your questions, I want to highlight an initiative that we are particularly proud of. This summer, we expect to complete our third major solar installation at Six Flags Magic Mountain which is expected to save over $100 million over the next 30 years and it will provide a convenient shaded parking option for our guests. That is another convenience for our guests.
Combined with our solar installation at Six Flags Great Adventures and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, we will be the largest producer of car port solar power in North America. Also, we have finalized plans to launch our fourth solar installation project at Six Flags Great America. These initiatives are a win-win for everyone we serve. They serve our guests by improving our parking lots, they serve our communities by using renewable energy to power our parks and they serve our shareholders by reducing our operating costs."
https://seekingalpha.com/article/46...poration-six-q1-2024-earnings-call-transcript