Stealth

FAKE! As said above the girl is lying there perfectly with no blood at first then it cuts to a new shot from a different angle and now theres blood. Clearly fake blood applied in between the shots. It's not the kind of thing you would use to advertise your park either is it, "Come to our park we have regular shootings."

Hurakan Condor and Furius Baco!

Woooooooooooop, I will be in that park, in about 3 days i think!!! Where will you guys be in 3 days?

^ Have you got any pics of the water bombs working? Well if it was Media day today we should see some good videos soon! Also this would probably be the day that they would film an official POV so shouldn't be too long till we see that appear on the website! They did say they planned to film one this week or soonish.

Should be soon, they said they would release a PointCast showcasing the ride in the next week or so. Don't know if anyone will get an unofficial POV before then though. How strict are they about taking cameras on rides?

Yup it's open now, and here is the proof:

Thanks for the links! You are going at pretty much exactly the same time as me, except I am hitting some parks in Madrid first then coming down to Salou on the 6th. The ride had better be open by then, it should be, it's supposed to be opening in June.

Those nets don't look great but they serve a purpose and if we are lucky we may see some sort of themeing added to them soon, fingers crossed.

If you look at a picture of the station the track is almost level with the station platform this shows that there will be no rising floor and the seats will just hang above the station platform. It also suggests that the gaps in the barrels will line up with the platform and so people will just walk across these gaps to get to the seats on the far side.

Wow that last pic is interesting, shows how much work they still have left to do! The park said the ride would be open in May which is only 6 days away! I think it's highly likely we will not see this ride open untill at least June.

Well an animatronic would have been good, but unfortunately no, they are just stationary dummies that get lit up as you stop in the brake run. Here is a pic, its not amazingly clear though.

Well they didn't just add lights, but not too much else really. *SPOILER* Don't read if you want it to be a suprise! - They filmed a new low-budget video which should play on the queline TVs but it seems they are always turned off! This film explains the history of the X research centre and helps to give the ride a bit more of a point. - They added new red and blue lights all along the que line as you can see in the pic. They also added some red blue and green lights that light flash on and off as you go up the lift hill. - They have recorded a new audio set for the ride including audio clips which are played in the que and also some for when the train is stopped in the brakes throughout the ride. - On one of the brake runs they have added some dummies which light up just as you stop in the brake run. - Lastly, they have moved the control booth to the other side so the ride op can see both the load and unload platforms. The improvements were all made by the ride team themselves and on a low budget they have done a pretty good job but the ride still isn't amazing or anything special at all really.

They have so much left to do! I agree it doesn't look like it will be opening on time. Hopefully should be open for the 1st week of July when I go though!! It wouldn't be as bad for me if it's closed though as I am going to two other parks I have never been to, will be very dissapointing though. I mean it's half way through the season it's gotta be finished by then!

^ Yeh it does seem they still have so much to do! As long as it is open for when I go at the beginning of July I don't really mind that much. Does anyone know if they have done a pullthrough yet?

Could still be launched, could be a launched Vekoma like Rock 'n' Roller Coaster!

Are you saying it has had a new PLC? It wouldn't be so bad I suppose, you get another go out of it. I don't know whether they would completely remove the trim brake on the drop. In that translation you posted it says something about regulating the speed of the train throughout the ride according to the weight. Now if this really happens then a problem with that would explain why the train valleyed. Therefore it may have nothing to do wit the train and may be due to something simple such as a problem with sensors.

Ha ha! They had problems with the old trains restraints not opening and now they have problems with the new trains restraints not opening. I reckon they will have it open by June for when you go and therefore hopefully it will be open when I go aswell. We will just have to wait and see though I suppose, you never know what other problems these new trains could bring up.

I totally agree, or they could have even stuck with the old trains maybe? What was the reason for them changing the trains in the first place? I thought the old trains seemed fine and these new trains just seem to be bringing problems. The old trains may have needed to go and I am probably unaware of the facts as to why they got these new trains but I just hope they can sort these issues out fairly soon. I'm going to Port Aventura in July and I love this ride, it would be a real shame if it was closed.

I got quite bored, and had a look for your name in the credits of COD2 but I couldn't see you anywhere in there.

I was at the park today and managed to get some pictures of the work they are doing to Dragon Falls and it seems to confirm everything that has been said. I also managed to get some pictures of the work they are doing on Ramesis Revenge. An overview of the work being carried out on the Dragon Falls support. A close up of the work being carried out on the suport just before the second drop. An overview of the work being carried out on RR. The old restraints, maybe they will be getting some new more comfortable ones.

I see what your saying. Another thing we don't know is the exact extent of the damage and how many support foundations are actually affected. It may only be one or two and so it wouldn't cost that much to repair them, if as you say there has been no further serious damage to the ride. I suppose we will just have to wait and see what they do with the ride, I just personally can't see Chessington without Dragon Falls. It would be so sad to see them knock this ride down.

I thought as much. I'm sure it wouldn't be cheaper to build something else in its place, although it may be hassle to dismantle the ride and fix the problem it would still be more expensive to completely knock it down and build something new. I hope they don't decide to build something in its place, this ride is a classic.

Wow sounds serious. If the support foundations are cracking up, how easy would it be to sort this out?? Yup RR has had a whole new PLC installed, so we will see all new programmes this year and they should be a lot better than the one prgramme that they were using last year!

What do people think would be more worthwhile: Upgrading to Roxio Videowave 8 or buying Pinnacle? Both would cost me about the same remember. Thanks Stealth

All I can say is that "completed canyon structure" doesn't look that canyony to me. Also, I really hope they add some theming to the side covering on the launch tunnel, because at the moment the tunnel looks just ... like a big metal hut type thing ... and generally doesn't fit in.