Small News From The Theme Park Industry
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Even in their fancy video it looks turd.
CanobieFan
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Eh, the floorlessness seems more interesting than the bikes. Would have probably made Bolt more fun, being high off the water and feeling more open than the bike felt.
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A massive fire broke out at Karl’s Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal on Tuesday morning. The fire started inside a workshop and eventually led to a slide, a sales stand, and a barnyard shed all being destroyed by the flames (the animals inside the shed were fortunately rescued). Nine people had to be treated at a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation. It took all day to put out the flames, but since the main shop building and most of the other attractions were spared, the park still opened on Wednesday.
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Duits pretpark getroffen door grote brand: eigenaar wil snel weer open
Het Duitse pretpark Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal, gelegen in de buurt van Berlijn, is dinsdagochtend opgeschrikt door een grote brand. Het vuur brak...
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Here's an overview of the damage after the fire was put out. Sounds like everything within that area will have to be demolished.A massive fire broke out at Karl’s Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal on Tuesday morning. The fire started inside a workshop and eventually led to a slide, a sales stand, and a barnyard shed all being destroyed by the flames (the animals inside the shed were fortunately rescued). Nine people had to be treated at a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation. It took all day to put out the flames, but since the main shop building and most of the other attractions were spared, the park still opened on Wednesday.
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Duits pretpark getroffen door grote brand: eigenaar wil snel weer open
Het Duitse pretpark Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal, gelegen in de buurt van Berlijn, is dinsdagochtend opgeschrikt door een grote brand. Het vuur brak...
Lofty
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What a shame, it truly is devastating when something like this happens at your venue. So happy to hear that nobody, and no animal, was seriously injured during the fire.
That being said, the silver lining to the cloud is that this park will go above and beyond to redevelop that area into something beautiful and spectacular.
That being said, the silver lining to the cloud is that this park will go above and beyond to redevelop that area into something beautiful and spectacular.
Niles
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Santa's Village in New Hampshire will close their 1988 Zierer Tivoli and replace it with a new Vekoma, "Midnight Flyer" not to much info but its said to be faster, higher than their old coaster, and "will glide through a verity of twists and turns."
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TPoseOnTantrum
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The fact that an American park like Santa's Village is already on the docket for new-gen Vekoma just goes to show what a powerhouse of a company they are and how quickly they've managed to become entrenched in the North American market. Discounting the Disney bubble, since Dragonflier in 2019 (what I regard as the kickoff) we've seen two brand new coasters open in the US and no less than six set to open through to 2024 in America alone (plus at least four in Mexico). The US is not a market than can sustain itself with RMC/S&S/Premier/Zamperla and the occasional B&M anymore, of course a company like Vekoma would reenter so quickly.
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On the subject of Great Adventure, ElToroRyan posted an update video on El Toro. Apparently as of today no operational permit's been granted yet, but the repairs appear to be complete and the rumor is it *could* re-open as soon as this week, provided the state approves it in time.
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Since nobody got hurt, I guess it's okay to make lighthearted posts:
Congrats to Red Force for being the tallest operating coaster in the world.
Indy
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Trying to figure out if this is an innocent oversight or a hot take on what is or isn't the tallest coaster.
roomraider
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I like to think that as Barcelona is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles that Red Force is the tallest "operating" coaster for the part of the day and superman for the other part. 
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The B train has begun testing and the Kia advertisement that used to don it appears to have been removed. There’s been a lot of enhancements done to the structure around the areas that allegedly caused the pothole last year as well.
As far as I'm aware, the cars aren't launched that far up the track anymore. The structure may be taller, but the path traversed by the coaster cars isn't.Trying to figure out if this is an innocent oversight or a hot take on what is or isn't the tallest coaster.
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