Canadmos

I can only comment on the only one I've been on, Skyrider at Pcw, a Togo standup. I like it, it is smooth, has some good airtime and some nice g's in the loop and helix.

Looks nice! Glad to see Huss didn't put their huge restraints on it.

Its not American or Japanese, but Skyrider at Pcw is pretty smooth.

... It came in a can which sucked...

I do take that rumour lightly, for the exact reason you said, its just a bunch of kids speculating about what happened. I probably only noticed a small difference in the ride because I had known about the missing car before I rode it. I did also notice that it was one of the front cars that was missing, as the back car from each train was the front car (by looking at the numbers on the cars)...if that makes sense.

^^Yeh, its what alot of the users on www.thrillvelocity.com/forums were saying, that one of the cars was damaged. I know about the Pki incident where the train hit the truck or something, so I didn't get it confused with that as far as I remember. I'm not sure when it started running with only 5 car trains as I only went to Pcw during September last year, so someone else would have to answer that. I think the one less car (or half car...) did make a difference. It might not have been huge, but I did notice that there was less 'stalling' on the turn over the lift/station and that it flowed a bit better than in previous years.

found it... I really hope it doesn't go back to 6 car trains...

Yeah, I doubt it is a mistake. With the two supports on each side of the gap, it looks like it was clearly planned to be that way. But for what reason, who knows....

Track construction is done ; ^Whats with the two supports being so close together? More pics; http://laronde.com/en/virtuel/album.asp?album=7 Looks good! I can't wait until they can start testing it.

There were (I guess there still is..) rumours that one of the front cars on one of the trains was damaged somehow. I don't really know alot about it though, other than the back rows in the station being closed. Last fall there was also an old Vampire car from Chessington spotted in one of the work yards at Pcw. I will try to find the picture. [edit]I can't find the Vampire car picture, but here is Vortex running with a 5 car train;

Vortex@ Pcw. It will kick your ass from the start to finish, in a good way of course. It is also better than pki's version because of its better setting and because of its shorter trains as pkdcoaster said (was even better last summer with only 5 car trains ).

So, has anyone spotted ANY chrome on the ride/trains yet? lol....

I thought they talked more about Beech Bend than any of the others. El Toro definatly had the least airtime. It was a good show though. It would be interesting if they did a followup show showing how each coaster was recieved by the public and how each improved the park.

Wheres the pictures?

New pictures again... They are moving quite fast now and have started the twisting hill; More - http://laronde.com/en/virtuel/album.asp?album=7

Didn't the parks website say that it was going to reopen in Febuary 2006? [edit] Upon looking at the parks website it says the following two things; http://www.goldreefcity.co.za/theme_park/adventure_rides.asp So I guess it has been pushed back from what it was before...

These new pictures show that there is only one brake piece, that is a relief as even if the trim is used alot I doubt it would have much effect on the train. And even though the turnaround is quite simple, it looks like alot of fun!

Mine would have trees and no massive pads of concrete.

Thanks for the pictures! The ride looks awesome.

Damn, that trim sucks. Hopefully it is only a precaution...

Its looking really good so far. I'm glad to see that they have plenty of track there now, unlike before..

Chris

I had these two last night, both were pretty tasty.

It was a replica though. Still really nice!

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