Nicky Borrill
Strata Poster
The screen grab I posted is my own
From that day… So I think we’ll leave that there, no more needs saying Emerald Park News/Discussion
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From that day… So I think we’ll leave that there, no more needs saying 
witchfinder
Giga Poster
^ I was one of those goons 
We spent the day at the park on Sunday and got 5 rides on Fianna Force. It was closed when we arrived though so we did the boomerang first. I've already done that layout at Farup Sommerland but having it intertwine with the STC and the castle theming definitely adds something and we even got a minor bit of floater on a later back row ride.
For the main event, we queued about 35 minutes for our first ride and got really lucky, ending up at the front of the line when the next train was due to be filled, so we split our group of 4 and took the front and back rows. That luck continued throughout the day as we all had at least one front row ride and multiple back rows
I rode the Tripsdrill STC just over a month ago and really enjoyed it, so was expecting good things from this, but this still blew me away. It was way more forceful than the earlier version and just seemed to get faster and wilder as the day went on. The interactions with the landscape and the boomerang station offer some great near-misses and our back row rides in the afternoon delivered some phenomenal ejector airtime on the two bunny hops towards the end. Yes, that's ejector airtime on a suspended coaster
We had so much fun on this ride and I think this may be my favourite of Vekoma's new-gen coasters so far. It's certianly up there with Fonix and Lech for me - not as intense but really re-rideable.
Theming-wise, the coasters and the area were a bit of a mixed bag. You can't fault the effort for trying to create some nice theming and landscaping but when you looked more closely it was a bit rough and ready, with little bits of unfinished work on the station building for Fianna Force and obviously the station and queue line for The Quest isn't finished yet. The indoor queue for the STC was nicely done though with the pre-show video on the wall being quite impressive, but I though a lot of the signage looked cheap, like it had been commisisoned from a local vinyl sign company.
Hopefully they will complete the job to a good level and once the landscaping beds in a bit it will look great, but when you see their other themed areas/rides they all look a little unfinished so I do have my doubts.
Overall though this is a great addition to the park and gives them another quality cred alongside Cu Chulainn that you'll want to ride multiple times. If they can add something like a family launch coaster over the next few years and brush up the theming across the park, that could make them a genuine contender in Europe, on a similar level to Plopsaland or Toverland.
Here's a few photos...
We spent the day at the park on Sunday and got 5 rides on Fianna Force. It was closed when we arrived though so we did the boomerang first. I've already done that layout at Farup Sommerland but having it intertwine with the STC and the castle theming definitely adds something and we even got a minor bit of floater on a later back row ride.
For the main event, we queued about 35 minutes for our first ride and got really lucky, ending up at the front of the line when the next train was due to be filled, so we split our group of 4 and took the front and back rows. That luck continued throughout the day as we all had at least one front row ride and multiple back rows
I rode the Tripsdrill STC just over a month ago and really enjoyed it, so was expecting good things from this, but this still blew me away. It was way more forceful than the earlier version and just seemed to get faster and wilder as the day went on. The interactions with the landscape and the boomerang station offer some great near-misses and our back row rides in the afternoon delivered some phenomenal ejector airtime on the two bunny hops towards the end. Yes, that's ejector airtime on a suspended coaster
We had so much fun on this ride and I think this may be my favourite of Vekoma's new-gen coasters so far. It's certianly up there with Fonix and Lech for me - not as intense but really re-rideable.
Theming-wise, the coasters and the area were a bit of a mixed bag. You can't fault the effort for trying to create some nice theming and landscaping but when you looked more closely it was a bit rough and ready, with little bits of unfinished work on the station building for Fianna Force and obviously the station and queue line for The Quest isn't finished yet. The indoor queue for the STC was nicely done though with the pre-show video on the wall being quite impressive, but I though a lot of the signage looked cheap, like it had been commisisoned from a local vinyl sign company.
Hopefully they will complete the job to a good level and once the landscaping beds in a bit it will look great, but when you see their other themed areas/rides they all look a little unfinished so I do have my doubts.
Overall though this is a great addition to the park and gives them another quality cred alongside Cu Chulainn that you'll want to ride multiple times. If they can add something like a family launch coaster over the next few years and brush up the theming across the park, that could make them a genuine contender in Europe, on a similar level to Plopsaland or Toverland.
Here's a few photos...
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icedmosquito
Roller Poster
If the bits of unfinished work on na fianna force station were the rocks when you enter the station after the break run, it was just scratch coat last month so it seems they’re making progress with this^ I was one of those goons
We spent the day at the park on Sunday and got 5 rides on Fianna Force. It was closed when we arrived though so we did the boomerang first. I've already done that layout at Farup Sommerland but having it intertwine with the STC and the castle theming definitely adds something and we even got a minor bit of floater on a later back row ride.
For the main event, we queued about 35 minutes for our first ride and got really lucky, ending up at the front of the line when the next train was due to be filled, so we split our group of 4 and took the front and back rows. That luck continued throughout the day as we all had at least one front row ride and multiple back rows
I rode the Tripsdrill STC just over a month ago and really enjoyed it, so was expecting good things from this, but this still blew me away. It was way more forceful than the earlier version and just seemed to get faster and wilder as the day went on. The interactions with the landscape and the boomerang station offer some great near-misses and our back row rides in the afternoon delivered some phenomenal ejector airtime on the two bunny hops towards the end. Yes, that's ejector airtime on a suspended coaster
We had so much fun on this ride and I think this may be my favourite of Vekoma's new-gen coasters so far. It's certianly up there with Fonix and Lech for me - not as intense but really re-rideable.
Theming-wise, the coasters and the area were a bit of a mixed bag. You can't fault the effort for trying to create some nice theming and landscaping but when you looked more closely it was a bit rough and ready, with little bits of unfinished work on the station building for Fianna Force and obviously the station and queue line for The Quest isn't finished yet. The indoor queue for the STC was nicely done though with the pre-show video on the wall being quite impressive, but I though a lot of the signage looked cheap, like it had been commisisoned from a local vinyl sign company.
Hopefully they will complete the job to a good level and once the landscaping beds in a bit it will look great, but when you see their other themed areas/rides they all look a little unfinished so I do have my doubts.
Overall though this is a great addition to the park and gives them another quality cred alongside Cu Chulainn that you'll want to ride multiple times. If they can add something like a family launch coaster over the next few years and brush up the theming across the park, that could make them a genuine contender in Europe, on a similar level to Plopsaland or Toverland.
Here's a few photos...
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witchfinder
Giga Poster
Didn't notice that. It was more a few things entering the station building from the queue, like unfinished bricks and bits of "webbing" (I don't really know what you call it) hanging from doorways. But there were plenty of small examples across the new area and the park at large where things hadn't quite been finished properly.