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Huss Breakdance 4.

More photos: http://www.parkz.com.au/update/2014/08/05/341-Sea_World_August_2014.html

It's happening! sources: https://twitter.com/Efteling/status/496223680717139968/photo/1 https://twitter.com/Eftelist/status/496693317728763904/photo/1 http://www.vijfzintuigen.nl/forum/136/24466/773330#msg_773330

The park announced a third (!) hotel opening July 2016. It will be themed to Lego City and will have 150 rooms with a total of 600 beds. There will also be a restaurant and an indoor water playground, which will be expanded into a waterpark in the future. Total cost: 30 million euro. The park already has 2 hotels, the Ritterburg (Knight's Castle) with 34 rooms which opened last year, and the Königsburg (King's Castle) with 68 rooms which opened this year. http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/guenzburg/Legocity-darf-hoch-hinaus-id30866397.html Lego City Königsburg Ritterburg

Luxo Jr. is the name of the baby lamp. The big lamp is Luxo Sr. The ball doesn't have a name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYfYtV_2ezs At the real Pixar Studios: In Paris: In Orlando:

A bit pointless when there's no layout known.

Looked up some videos... March 2014: no braking yet (skip video to 1:23) April 2014: heavy braking One of the most recent videos... July 23, 2014: brakes still in use (skip video to 1:25)

That's more like it.

I don't think it's Verbolten...

Looking at those stats, the height is wrong too. While the tower that encloses the ride might be 40m, the ride itself is much lower. I'll contact Duane to fix this.

Those stats are false. 1. Fluch von Novgorod doesn't have a "standing launch". There's a 4.5m drop before the launch, bringing you up to at least 25 kph, maybe more. 2. The top speed of the ride is 88 kph. Karacho not only has a drop before the launch, you take the drop at a speed of at least 30 kph, bringing you up to probably 50 kph heading into the actual launch.

It's been a while since this thread got bumped... - structure of the building has been finished for a while now - walls/cladding going up - outside, there's a Mack BlueFire, which is finished - inside, iirc a Mack Spinning Coaster, looks finished as well More photos: http://www.themeparx.com/img-worlds-of-adventure/ July 29, 2014 / themeparx.com July 29, 2014 / themeparx.com July 29, 2014 / themeparx.com July 29, 2014 / themeparx.com July 29, 2014 / themeparx.com July 29, 2014 / themeparx.com

Does anyone need some scrap metal? http://www.parkz.com.au/forums/topic/6607-rip-sea-viper-17072014/page-5 parkz.com.au parkz.com.au parkz.com.au

Quick translation of the article... Düren. Majestically the five rings rise into the sky - just like 25 years ago, when Rudolf Barth from Bonn first presented his "Olympia Looping" at Düren's Annakirmes, only a few months after its premiere at Munich's Oktoberfest. Since 1990 the Olympia Looping is the highlight of the Annakirmes. But it's possible that its 13th appearance will be its last. Today's price: 25 million euro. "I wouldn't make such an investment anymore, today." admits rollercoaster pioneer Rudolf Barth. Back then, he had to pay 13 million German Marks for the "naked ride" alone, other equipment not included. The crane used to assemble the ride cost a further 2.7 million. "Today, a ride like this, including trucks, would definitely cost around 25 million euro." says the 74-year-old. An investment you simply can't earn back anymore. It's not that the funfairs have becomes less popular because of the booming theme park business, on the contrary: "At the Oktoberfest we have more riders every year." says Barth. No, it's the operational and transport costs that have spun out of control. In the past, Rudolf Barth travelled with the Olympia Looping to six to eight funfairs every year, all the way from München to Hamburg. This year, he's only going to two: Düren and München. "Last year, when we went from the Oktoberbest to the Bremer Freimarkt, the transport alone cost us 80 000 euro." he says. No wonder: as the 900 ton ride needs 60 trucks. "After 16 days, we were left with only 20 000 euro. It's not worth it anymore". Barth continues to calculate: "Every winter, there's between 150 000 and 200 000 euro worth of repairs." And there's staff to be paid. In the past, when Barth moved the Olympia Looping from Düren to Straubing in just 5 days, he not only needed additional cranes, but also up to 30 people. The stress-free assembly the past days in Düren took only 6 to 8 people. That Barth managed to bring the Olympia Looping back to Düren, after its 12th visit in 2009, was anything but obvious. "The city's location helped us a lot." says the showman, who owns a big warehouse in Euskirchen, where the ride spends the winter. As a result, transport costs were reasonable. "That's why our ticket prices are also cheaper here than in München." says Barth. How long he will tour the fairs with the Olympia Looping, and if he will ever visit Düren again, is uncertain. "I could sell the ride tomorrow. There are plenty of offers from parks in the Far East." says the showman, who turns 75 years old in August. In the coming year, he wants to visit Düsseldorf's Rheinkirmes and the Volksfest in Herne-Crange, before the Oktoberfest. What comes next, is still written in the stars.

http://www.vekoma.com/index.php/family-coasters/single-car-launch-coaster

Supertall crane ready for action. http://www.coasterfriends.de/forum/4927-2015-neuheit-der-schwur-des-kaernan-hypercoaster-gerstlauer-hansa-park-57.html#post153436 http://www.hapa-forum.de/index.php/Thread/2741-Neu-2015-Der-Schwur-des-K%C3%A4rnan-Hypercoaster/?postID=60297#post60297 http://www.coasterfriends.de/forum/4927-2015-neuheit-der-schwur-des-kaernan-hypercoaster-gerstlauer-hansa-park-57.html#post153538

An English article... (Village Roadshow is the company behind Australia's Warner Bros. and Sea World parks.) http://www.screendaily.com/news/plans-for-fox-theme-park-korea/5075259.article?blocktitle=Latest-Asia-Pacific-news&contentID=406

And when did they add trims to this drop?

Second Drop and Dejiki are reporting that the scaffolding around Battlestar has come down... It looks like parts of the track have been modified. For example, compare this particular "segment connector" and the cross-ties right near it. Notice how they're much closer together now (big photo), than before (inset).

Official opening is July 24. Some photos of the soft-opening a few days ago: iconic studio entrance actual park entrance (inspired by the movie Cabiria) Main Street: Kids Area: show building: Darkmare Intamin Dropcoaster Ennio's Creek: Altair Intamin 10-looper Aquila IV submarine walkthrough / show Aktium Mack SuperSplash Erawan Intamin Freefall (with multiple seating/standing choices) Dante Ferretti Photos by CineCitta World and theParks.it And a video tour of the park:

According to Coastersandmore, this will be a suspended coaster by Zamperla, themed to Puss in Boots. The ride will feature a spiral lifthill, "wild drops" and "fast directional changes". http://www.coastersandmore.de/rides/achterbahnneuheiten2014/achterbahnneuheiten2014.shtml

Photo by iwerks at parkz.com.au

They hope to start building "next year". Also, they won't show a model or animation until they have finalized all the building permits:

Europa-Park has finally announced its water park. general facts: - in development for 3 years now, but the idea has been around for 10 years - at 30 ha (74 acres), it will be the biggest in Europe, and one of the biggest in the world - inspired by international parks such as "Siam Park" (Tenerife) and "Great Wolf Lodge" (Wisconsin), but also local parks like "Titisee" and "Erding" - polls have shown the guests want slides, not wellness - there will be a lazy river, slides of every kind and lots of them, water playground, waterfalls, surf simulator - no olympic pool - between 400,000 and 600,000 visitors a year - construction will take 18 to 24 months - cost of "triple digit" millions euro, no state subsidies indoor area: - divided in themed areas - no tropical theme - will be open year-round - will have a restaurant - up to 5,000 guests a day outdoor area: - wave pool, beach area, slides, gardens - open from June to September - up to 3,000 guests other facts: - the park will be built on the other side of town, a bus line will connect the current park and the hotels - guests currently stay an average of 1.2 nights, the park hopes to raise this to 1.8 nights - a 6th hotel is in planning stages, will be built right after the waterpark source: http://www.badische-zeitung.de/europa-park-gibt-erste-details-zu-wasserpark-bei-rust-bekannt & http://www.badische-zeitung.de/live-ticker-der-europa-park-stellt-wasserpark-plaene-vor

Plopsaqua testing... ... and slides going up: