To be honest, the way I've heard it has been running lately, is it almost better to put this one to rest and rebuild a new one of the park does in fact re-open?
--Robb "Hopefully the Gerstlaur trains are beyond repair too!" Alvey
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That could provide some interesting rides though! LOL
There are a few different methods they could probably use to repair the ride if there really was a need to (like if the structure was Historically Significant). Without knowing what exactly is damaged, I would say they might be able to repair it by shoring everything up with temporary structures, bringing in new fill to stabilize the earth on the site, and then reinforcing the footers and replacing all the damaged wood, but I'm sure the damage is so extensive that it will be easier and cheaper to just tear the whole thing down, regrade the site and rebuild the ride from scratch.
Are all Gerstlaur cars that bad. When we did Villain at Geauga Lake this year.
I was well disappointed with it, I love all the CCI wooden coasters I have been on but that one has to be the worst coaster I have here been on. It was just so rough and painful.
Nick
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by robbalvey » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:03 pm
Damn that sucks. It doesn't shock me, though.
To be honest, the way I've heard it has been running lately, is it almost better to put this one to rest and rebuild a new one of the park does in fact re-open?
--Robb "Hopefully the Gerstlaur trains are beyond repair too!" Alvey
To be honest, the way I've heard it has been running lately, is it almost better to put this one to rest and rebuild a new one of the park does in fact re-open?
--Robb "Hopefully the Gerstlaur trains are beyond repair too!" Alvey
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by SharkTums » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:04 pm
I can only imagine with as swampy as that land already was how much the ride must have shifted off of footers, and footers being unstable = no ride!
It will be interesting to see what we hear next from SFNO.
It will be interesting to see what we hear next from SFNO.
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by calcajun » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:15 pm
Let me say that the day after the park closed 04 track work started and continued up till opening 05.
The ride was really smooth. I swear it was. It was decent till mid season then started to decline quickly from there. So yeah, the report you got was true but it started out really great.
I even got the first ride when testing was comming to end before the weights were taken off the trains. really strange ride. I was in front row and it felt so slow but I was still feeling float air and it was
:shock: Glass smooth :shock: I swear! very interesting experience.
The ride was really smooth. I swear it was. It was decent till mid season then started to decline quickly from there. So yeah, the report you got was true but it started out really great.
I even got the first ride when testing was comming to end before the weights were taken off the trains. really strange ride. I was in front row and it felt so slow but I was still feeling float air and it was
:shock: Glass smooth :shock: I swear! very interesting experience.
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by Scaparri » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:20 pm
Wow, that's really disappointing. I can understand Mega Zeph being ruined in New Orleans, but I would like to think it wouldn't be that difficult to be refurbished and relocated to another park with more stable ground. Of course, what do I know.
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by Meteornotes » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:32 pm
That's a damn shame. Back when we were there in 2001, it delivered some kickass rides, though I guess it did not age well. Ah well...
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by Real » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:36 pm
SharkTums wrote:I can only imagine with as swampy as that land already was how much the ride must have shifted off of footers, and footers being unstable = no ride!
It will be interesting to see what we hear next from SFNO.
That could provide some interesting rides though! LOL
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by JP » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:58 am
Wouldn't they be able to fix a problem with the foundation and soil? Unless the ride structure has already moved/shifted...
There are a few different methods they could probably use to repair the ride if there really was a need to (like if the structure was Historically Significant). Without knowing what exactly is damaged, I would say they might be able to repair it by shoring everything up with temporary structures, bringing in new fill to stabilize the earth on the site, and then reinforcing the footers and replacing all the damaged wood, but I'm sure the damage is so extensive that it will be easier and cheaper to just tear the whole thing down, regrade the site and rebuild the ride from scratch.
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by Cllins » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:38 am
robbalvey wrote:Robb "Hopefully the Gerstlaur trains are beyond repair too!" Alvey
Are all Gerstlaur cars that bad. When we did Villain at Geauga Lake this year.
I was well disappointed with it, I love all the CCI wooden coasters I have been on but that one has to be the worst coaster I have here been on. It was just so rough and painful.
Nick
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