haux Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Those supports were added when it was at Geauga Lake. I guess having 100 feet of unsupported track isn't a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Nicky Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Those supports are on most Impulse Coasters now. rcdb.com the extra yellow supports. rcdb.com themeparkreview.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knottslover77 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 It looks great! Better then I expected. --Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand 0f Time Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Man, I completely forgot all about Voodoo. So much has happened to it already. Looked nearly complete. Geeze, I've been slacking on my viewing, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanks4me05 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 ^I wouldn't say you would be slacking on your viewing. The ride has less than 800 feet of track. I expected it to take only about a month or two for the ride to be completely constructed in terms of track. Sure it's about 180 feet tall, but there's not much track. It is a shuttle coaster, yaknow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsPlusNotes Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Now that Voodoo has been completed I ran out to snap some photos. The ride looks really great! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Now that Voodoo has been completed I ran out to snap some photos. The ride looks really great! Mike Looks good. BTW,how do you add pics to your blog? I created a new themepark blog on blogspot recently & tried uploading a pic into a post I was working on last night regarding rebel yell running forward this year but the image I selected from RCDB wouldn't load,I just got a red "X" in the corner of the create new post screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Freak Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Those supports were added when it was at Geauga Lake. I guess having 100 feet of unsupported track isn't a great idea. Intamin probably found out they Fatigue cracks were forming with all the stressing and moving metal... But thats just a guess.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 New pictures! I wonder if Dorney will use the wheel covers on this, like Six Flags did. I, personally liked how they looked. Here is a picture (courtesy of coastergallery.com): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 So has anyone heard anything about the progress on this? The last I heard is the park is having some problems with PP&L and the electric. They are still working on the trains and testing has not begun. At this point I'm not sure if it will be open for opening day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterEricHP Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Voodoo looks like the perfect new attraction for Dorney Park! I'm extremely happy they saved this ride! The last time I was at Geauga Lake and rode it, it sounded and felt AWFUL. Definately needed to get the refurb! All Dorney Park really needs now is a nice new wooden coaster (even though Thunderhawk was awesome last year I when I was there) to round out it's collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I didn't have a good experience when I went to Dorney. The park was mostly coasters (this was back when I was afraid to ride coasters), and people kept trying to jump us in line. Maybe I should go back there sometime and give Dorney a chance to redeem itself... However, VooDoo is looking great! This is another coaster I missed when I went to Geauga Lake! Grrr! ^^^ Those wheel covers are kinda sexy... in a non-sexual way, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Egh, I really don't like those wheel covers. Just look....bleh. I prefer wheels and contraptions showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastn07 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Voodoo looks like the perfect new attraction for Dorney Park! I'm extremely happy they saved this ride! The last time I was at Geauga Lake and rode it, it sounded and felt AWFUL. Definately needed to get the refurb! I'm not exactly sure what you mean by the ride sounding awful...If you're talking about the screech that the ride made on the back spike, that sound has always been there since I can remember. Other than that, I can't think of any out of the ordinary sounds SV making the last time I rode it. I had the chance to ride SV in its last season of operation before it closed down and I can remember the ride was running pretty good. If it wasn't for the accident the ride had that caused the ride to have a major closure, I don't think the ride would have received any attention other than a new paint job when it got moved. However, the accident did cause a lot of damage and from what I know from the accident, a number of the LIM fins and motors were damaged, so CF had no choice to repair the ride. Hell, they were too cheap to do so at GL and that's why it never opened after the accident, but I'm sure they had no willingness to do so since they knew the park was closing down ayways. I'm sure the coaster is going to be a nice attraction to the park, but I'm not a big fan of the traditional Intamin impulses. I'd much rather ride Vertical Velocity (SFDK) over a standard impulse anyday lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Now that Voodoo has been completed I ran out to snap some photos. The ride looks really great! Mike Wait...that's VooDoo?! Didn't this have sicknasty awesome dark brown and red and purple evil-looking colors at one time? -J "Well, I haven't been keeping up on this thread.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim S. Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 So has anyone heard anything about the progress on this? The last I heard is the park is having some problems with PP&L and the electric. They are still working on the trains and testing has not begun. At this point I'm not sure if it will be open for opening day. I thought the power line was supposed to have been put in last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I didn't say that it wasn't put in. I just said that they are having problems with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsPlusNotes Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Dorney Park opened today for the season. Here are some pictures of voodoo. There are more photos of Voodoo and the park but these are the cool ones. Too bad the ride isn't opening for two weeks! Mike And the launch track. The station area. The trains. The cool looking sign for the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_e219 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Why wasn't the Laser operating? I can't wait to go there this August, and also, when is the best time to go to the park in August? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Awesome! I can't wait to finally ride this great impulse again! I'll be going in the first week of June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayjay719 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Awesome pics! I can't wait to go next month. I love Dorney and I hope VooDoo is as awesome as it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwerling Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 That is one good looking coaster. Looks way better than it did at Geauga Lake. I like the entrance to the que with the candles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Interesting how the 1st 2 cars are the new style chassis' and the rest of the train is the old (original) chassis with the bolted on seats. I wonder why that is. what is the reason the opening was delayed? hasn't finished testing? JEFF photo by newsplusnotes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsPlusNotes Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 The first part of the train is new because of damage caused when the ride had a whoopsies at Geauga Lake and never opened again. As for why it's not open ... I've heard everything from problems with the electrical hook ups, problems with Intamin's people, to something being wrong with the stoppers at either end of the track. What the truth is, I'm not sure. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Interesting, I never knew SV had an accident. Thanks for the info. JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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