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SDL Refurbishment

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Josh73

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I'm not really sure if this is the right section of the forums to put this in. Please move it if it isn't.

TPR said:
We learned an interesting thing during our maintenance shop tour at ECB. sdL is getting new trains for next year. They are being made by Gerstlauer. The head guy wouldn't say whether or not they would be lap bar only, he kinda smirked and avoided the question.
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So? SDL has been in need of renovation for a while. There hs also been some talk of changing the colour scheme back to the original white. There is also been talk about a new lift and magnetic brakes. I can't really see the magnetic barkes on SDL, but that is what they are saying...

With the new trains, there has been some rumors about OTSRs. That bites. That would just give it the complaints like Revolution at SFMM.

I like the new colour scheme idea. It blends in too much with Great Bear the area...
I hope that Hersheypark goes on with these ideas.

*In case there are some people out there who don't know, SDL means SooperDooperLooper.*

Your thoughts?

Info Source: TPR's East Coast Bash exclusive behind-the-scenes tour at Hersheypark.

And... 400th post!
 
The reason Revolution's OTSR's are so hideous is how high they sit, they sit higher than your typical OTSR, it seems, AND it also has a lapbar, so it is overkill.

It also would depend on the padding of the OTSR's really.
 
The best refurbishment they could do for it is to melt it down and make it into some garden ornaments or something.

I get the nostalgia, I get that it's a "first coaster", but, it's also crap and old and needs to go.
 
Disagree with Ben. Keep the nostalgia alive. It's like saying a classic car that has a few dents, dings, and bad paint is crap and needs to go.
 
Well, when they're running on the same amount of fuel as a Space Shuttle, break down all the time and smell like fart, then yeah, maybe it is time to trade that car in for a better one.
 
How about, rebuilding it? Because, there's a certain amount of NOSTALGIA involved. When you rebuild things correctly, they will last just as long as they have already. But I wouldn't expect someone who isn't car savvy to understand that.

Besides, it's probably less expensive to refurbish the ride, rather than spending a lot of money to have a company come in and carefully disassemble the ride, then just scrap a piece of history.
 
^I'm going to let Ben take that one. Can't wait. :P

(I disagree by the way. Nostalgia can **** off. If the car is so broken you have to replace every part, then it's not the same car any more is it... :roll: )
 
Xpress said:
How about, rebuilding it? Because, there's a certain amount of NOSTALGIA involved.
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Rebuilding for nostalgia is just... silly. Are you actually suggesting they rebuild the same ride for the sake of it, rather than actually build something new and different? You'd rather they wasted time, effort and money on that than say, something they could actually market? Nostalgia is blinding. Old doesn't mean quality. It's also only nostalgic to us (well, you), the general public couldn't give a shiney shi.te about it. Did any of the public actually care when Black Hole or Corkscrew were spited? No. No they didn't. Goodbye nostalgia.

When you rebuild things correctly, they will last just as long as they have already. But I wouldn't expect someone who isn't car savvy to understand that.
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Um, I understand cars you presumptuous prick. There is nothing to stop them rebuilding it as it is, but new, except for money, marketability and sense. People keep old cars running for the history of them, as something to historically admire. They don't keep them for the fact they're as fast, efficient or good as modern cars. In commercial aspects (motor racing), they don't race a 1980s car for nostalgia do they?

Besides, it's probably less expensive to refurbish the ride, rather than spending a lot of money to have a company come in and carefully disassemble the ride, then just scrap a piece of history.
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Who says they need to disassemble it carefully? Cut it down and melt it into steel. There's profit in that. Profit they could turn into a coaster. A new one. A decent one.

There's no point to SDL, and it does take up space. Even being refurbished I'd say its days are somewhat numbered.
 
I don't think the car metaphor is particularly applicable to this situation.

Old cars are stylish, they look awesome, and there's not enough of a quality gap to warrant them useless.

I'd liken this more to say.....televisions. Hardly anyone keeps any early generation televisions running. The gap in quality is too great for anyone to favor nostalgia over substance. Now this is an odd comparison, but it was my first thought. :lol:

SDL was my first looping coaster, and I don't give a ****. Scrap the bastard.
 
Is it fun? Yes. Does it take up much room? No. Can a descent coaster/flat ride replace it? No. So why scrap it?
 
Josh73 said:
Is it fun? Yes. Does it take up much room? No. Can a descent coaster/flat ride replace it? No. So why scrap it?
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This is likely the logic behind it. Besides, instead of spending who knows how much to try and incorporate a NEW ride into the existing space, it's just going to be a lot less expensive to re-paint and re-furbish the cars.
 
You could say they KINDA rebuilt Ravine Flyer II in the kind of image of the original.. but only kinda.
 
^Do they? I'll have to take your word for that. The one one visit I had to Hershey I'm pretty sure it was a walk on, and it wasn't a quiet day either.

**** nostalgia if the ride is actually crap, which SDL is. I'm all for maintaining a lot of the classic woodies, but that's because they're still excellent rides and can still hold their own against more modern coasters. The early steel loopers (SDL, Revolution, arrow/vekoma corkscrews etc.) can't; they're ****.

And that is the truth of the matter.
 
Same, we got straight on SDL despite the park being heaving. And it was on one train.

Seem the GP love it... Oh wait, they don't give a shiney shi.te.
 
I'm not really sure how the GP fels about it, but I can just imagine in my head how many people will be angry. I don't know why I imagine that though. Also, when I was at HP, it had a 25min queue. Storm Runner only had a 20min queue.
 
^But Storm Runner has that dual-loading station and gets the trains dispatched incredibly quickly. You can have a lot of people in the queue in front of you and still get on in a short amount of time.
 
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