"Rage" Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter, Adventure Island

[martinbA donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

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This is crazyness, allbeit good, but still crazy, this park is completely aimed at kiddies (bar 2 flat rides). Apparantly it will replace their Log Flume, which is tiny. I doubt I will believe it until construction starts

And the Wristbands are currently £19 for this kiddies park, which is way too expensive, so god knows what they will go up to if they do get this ride.

-Martyn

[rollermonkeyMy That's A Big Drink!]

Just because it's an Eurofighter, that doesn't mean it can't have a 40 foot lift hill!

I think the park is trying to shift it's image and skew it's target market up.

[ShockwaveNon-German Tom]

The minimum height limit on the Gerstlauer Eurofighters is quite generous, at 1.25 metres (that's 49 inches), so it won't be exclusive to thrill seekers.

[jonathan hRandomness Rules]

http://www.rcdb.com/id3573.htm

http://www.joylandbooks.com/news.htm#New_

This is crazyness, allbeit good, but still crazy, this park is completely aimed at kiddies (bar 2 flat rides). Apparantly it will replace their Log Flume, which is tiny. I doubt I will believe it until construction starts

And the Wristbands are currently £19 for this kiddies park, which is way too expensive, so god knows what they will go up to if they do get this ride.

-Martyn

I think it's good. The park is well run and has a good selection of rides and just because it doesn't have large rides doesn't mean it's boring. I have had many good trips there. The coasters are all pretty fun and the rides are great to go on with mates.

If they get the Eurofighter it will seriously rock because it will bring more people to the park and then hopefully mean they will be able to get more big rides.

And £19 for a wristband is only that during the middle of summer and to be honest it is well worth it. You get unlimited rides on anything, except the go carts, all day and with AI you aren't restricted to staying in the park. You can wonder off down the peir, go to some arcades, get fish and chips, walk down by the sea, go on the beach and then return to go on the rides again.

[nemesis-stormDonkeys are my way of life!]

First of all, Adventure Island is not a kiddie park.
True it's not in the league of Thorpe Park etc, I would call it more a 'family' park.

I'm really pleased it hear this news.
The park requires a new coaster & I'm sure this will bring more visitors to the place.

Also Eurofighters have quite a low height requirement, I would say the same as a Maurer Söhne spinning coaster.

Also I would say Dragon's Claw is the parks most intense ride there currently

[martinbA donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

Ok, I suppose it not a kiddies park, but theres nothing there to justify £19 wristbands and IMO it still seems strange, a seaside amusment park getting a Euro-Fighter.

I've been down there with my girlfriend and we didn't have much fun, but my biggest shock was after paying £19 for wristbands, you have to pay extra for the Dodgems!

Ok, so when its £19 it is open till late, but theres nothing there to keep me staying till late, ok you can leave, walk into town etc, but theres not much to go back for, re-riding flats to me is boring. Hardly anything has a queue, apart from their Log Flume, which is why I was surprised at hearing they will be removing it, its like tradition for a park to have a Log Flume.

And bare in mind it cost the same price to get in here (Adventure Island)as it does Drayton Manor & Flamingo Land


The £19 wristbands start in April till October.

-Martyn

[Inferno Insane2 + 2 = donkey!]

Bit harsh saying it’s a kiddies park, I always had a laugh with groups I been with when I visited, plus its open in the winter which is a bonus for all the people who have trouble with close parks season and it's cheap.

As for Adventure Island getting a new coaster, nice to hear there getting something new and look forwards to ride sometimes next year

Toby " Oooo I can see mine foot in that Claw Photo" Rush

[martinbA donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

Toby " Oooo I can see mine foot in that Claw Photo" Rush

Quick question, why has the Claw had 2 of its arms removed?

-Martyn

[viking86Beware of the freeze-dried donkey!]

They werent removed. Thats a Move It 18, the smallest of the KMG MoveIt rides. The 'common' version is Move It 24, which has 6 arms, and then theres Move It 32 which is the largest one.

Here you can see pictures of MoveIt 18, one of the ugliest rides KMG has ever made in my opinion http://www.feteforaine.net/reportagesm/moveit/index.htm

Edit:
Nevermind about that! I didnt look at the picture properly and I assumed that it was a Move It 18, but I was clearly wrong!

[jonathan hRandomness Rules]

They were removed for offseason maintance. It is perfectly safe and happenes every offseason. And if you don't like the park, why visit? You can see from the website their ride selection isn't massive. Or why not just pay per ride instead of getting a wristband? And go after 6pm and get wristbands half price.