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How many times the same ride in a day ?
Gav- replied to mingsai's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Probably my 12 rides on Troy, Nemesis Inferno six times and Goliath about 10 times in one day. -
When Vekoma says "mega coaster," they aren't referring to a hyper-style coaster. "Mega" is the term that Vekoma gives to any of their major looping coasters, as you can see on their official site. Thanks for pointing that out, it makes some more sense. Although it would be cool to see an actual hyper coaster, since they are now working together with Morgan Chance, maybe they're designing a new type together, who knows.
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It isn't up to Vekoma to replace the trains, it's all about the parks. They can just order new trains for their rides.
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Do keep in mind that Vekoma already is larger then those companies, they have been building many many rides over the past years, but they remained a little in the shadows because the rides were not as extreme as the Intamins and Beemers, but that doesn't mean it isn't a valuable addition to the park. All those junior and mine trains Vekoma built recently still kept them at the top IMO.
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Very nice TR, looks like a fun park!
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^Yeah, I found that a bit strange too. However, they look like the ones Intamin has on their rockets, and the really don't bother you that much but do give an extra sense of safety, and thats what the new Vekoma is all about, making rides more enjoyeable for everyone. So maybe its just to create a more safer feeling for all ages riding it.
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I hate Pegasus at the Efteling, people often refer to it as ''Pegasucks''
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Nemesis Inferno. Troy's gotta pretty nice one too.
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List the parks you have visited in 2008
Gav- replied to Groteslurf's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
-Toverland -Walibi World -Thorpe park twice It sucks pretty much. -
http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/showmag.php?mid=gfsrf#/page22/ In this article you can see some of the future plans of Vekoma, with their rides' trains, also they appear to have a completely new design for a mega coaster.
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The Official "TPR Europe Trip 2008" Thread!
Gav- replied to robbalvey's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
Glad you enjoyed Drievliet. I always have an awesome time over there too! Too bad I couln't come and meet, but great to see you folks had a good time there! -
JZ's Ongoing Kings Island Update Thread!
Gav- replied to PKI Jizzman's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Aquatrax. -
That dodonpa pic with mount Fuji is beautiful man, good stuff! Very nice TR so far, I liked reading it.
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The Official "TPR Europe Trip 2008" Thread!
Gav- replied to robbalvey's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
It isn't difficult mistaking it with some telephone pole. I hate that thing, lol. Nice updates Robb, looking forward to seeing more. -
Awesome PTR man! I enjoyed reading 'em.
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Maximum RPM pics and more at Hard Rock Park
Gav- replied to sccoasterfan's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^^ hmm, great idea actually! -
Best And Worst Coaster In California
Gav- replied to pgathriller's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Best steel: Stealth (Thorpe park) Worst steel: Vertigo (Walibi Belgium) Best wood: Troy (Toverland) Worst wood: Pegasus (Efteling) -
[3d] Building PTC Trains
Gav- replied to coasterchi's topic in Roller Coaster Games, Models, and Other Randomness
Awesome Rene, what a detailing! -
Horrible Park Operations
Gav- replied to pgathriller's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Well, Walibi belgium was pretty crap last year. There were just too many people in the park and the ops were incredibly slow. The 2nd Loup Garou train was standing on the blocks longer than it was on the track. They were just so slow in the stations. -
SeaWorld San Diego (SWSD) Discussion Thread
Gav- replied to CoasterJunkie's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Always good news to hear, this park looks like it needs a big ride. So hopefully we will see some construction in the coming years. -
Toverland has started Building technical hall
Gav- replied to Rafcoaster's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Can the subtitle be changed then, because it's still a little confusing. -
Gavin DeGraw - In love with a girl
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SeaWorld Orlando (SWO) Discussion Thread
Gav- replied to disneygurlz2s's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
This is going to be one amazing piece of theming, and that combined with an awesome coaster. Sea World is definately doing a great job putting this thing there! -
Thorpe Park Discussion Thread
Gav- replied to Rooey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Weird stuff. Luckely I did all the rides when I was there a couple of weeks ago but this would be crap for thorpes summer season.