jedimaster1227 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 The Sentosa Theme Park blog has received an official letter from Universal Studios Singapore about Battlestar Galactica's closure. http://sentosathemepark.blogspot.com/2010/03/statement-about-shut-down-of-battlestar.html Dear fans, During our daily pre-opening testing yesterday morning prior to opening to the public, we found a technical problem on one of the ride vehicles and we are investigating at the Battlestar Galactica attraction. In keeping with our commitment to employee and guest safety, the ride was immediately closed by Universal Studios Singapore and will not be operating until we determine the cause and solution. Experts from the ride's design, engineering and manufacturing company are assisting our own experienced ride and show team in the inspection and any necessary action to resolve the situation. No one was injured and all proper authorities were notified, which is a standard Universal Studios Singapore operating policy. Employee and guest safety is our number one priority at Universal Studios Singapore. Every ride or attraction meets or exceeds industry guidelines and undergoes construction inspections and approvals of Singapore regulatory agencies for theme park rides. Additionally, all rides goes through a daily series of detailed inspections and testing before the park opens to ensure that all of the ride’s safety systems are functioning properly. No ride will be operated at any time unless it has passed all daily inspections and tests. At this time, the ride may be closed for several days or longer to perform a complete analysis. We understand some guests may be disappointed; however, the safety of our employees and guests remains our top priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Rumor has it that a seat fell off the train??? Anyone heard more on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 ^Oh dear...that's REALLY crazy. Hopefully this gets fixed fast both for the future of the park, and the future of Vekoma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Rumor has it that a seat fell off the train??? Anyone heard more on this? It that's true... Wow! Just WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 As in, the seat cushion, or...the entire bottom portion of one of the seats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriestofSyrinx Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 ^ well both would be a cause for Alarm! I hope this is not true!!! But if it is, then may God help Vekoma... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ghost Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 OMG! That is damn scary. ^ I agree, thats a major issue, especially considering this is a prototype for Vekoma and the parks headliner. Anyone know whether it was Cylon or Human that this happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-RadG Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Cylon, the Invert side. Glad it happened during testing if the seat actually did fall off the train. That'd be... bad. For USS and Vekoma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8LAboy Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Well, take this for what it is worth, my buddy is in the Waterworld show over there (they hire foreign actors) and he said that yes, indeed, a seat FELL OFF the Cylon side somewhere during a test run. Again, grain of salt alert, while my buddy is a little bit more than the Dippin Dots guy, I can not attest for the accuracy of his information. This could be very bad for Vekoma. Lets hope it is not true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4rturo Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 They survived GIBs, hope they can surivive this one too.... God have mercy on vekoma... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ghost Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 ^^ For now thats all we have to go with, especially as it fits what was said before. Holy crap though, a seat falling off. I doubt we'll see more of these after this, that is a pretty much guaranteed fatality if it were not testing, and thank god it was just during testing. A seat falling off... I can literally not think of a worse thing happening besides a high speed collision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Vekoma's website is down. Coincidence? I just tried going there to see if I could find any decent pictures of the seats on their new 4 abreast coaster trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 That is really bad.I leave Singapore on the 27th of april, and I'm just hoping it will reopen before then. Hopefully they will get it sorted out quickly, but I would guess this have left a permanent scratch in Vekoma's safety record. Maybe USS should have gone with the Hulk clone as in the first concept art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I'd be curious to know if it was more than just the seat padding. The foam padding on most coasters is usually just glued down or velcroed. I remember working at SFMM when Goliath had a few seat pads fly off too (they were just velcroed on at the time), and that only kept the ride down for 10 minutes to pull off the train (they ended up replacing all the velcro w/ glue after that). So hopefully we're all just assuming the worst and there's not really a major problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 ^I hope you're correct, but it seems odd that the ride is still closed. If it was just a seat padding issue wouldn't the ride be back open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 ^That could also just be due to playing it safe and making SURE things are good. Does anyone know if the ride has at least done test cycles? That's probably more telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrofan Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Vekoma's website is down. Coincidence? I just tried going there to see if I could find any decent pictures of the seats on their new 4 abreast coaster trains. It's working fine for me. I really hope a seat didn't fall off, and if it did... I will never feel the same riding any Inverted coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olov Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Wouldn't be the first time that happens on an inverted... Thinking of the Cobra accident a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 tnp.sg/news First Cylons, now Mummies Another ride at Universal Studios Singapore shut down By Vinna Yip and Lim Wei Li March 27, 2010 Just one day after Universal Studios Singapore (USS) shut its main attraction, another ride was closed for "technical adjustments". For 45 minutes yesterday morning, the Revenge Of The Mummies ride, a high-speed indoor roller-coaster ride, was closed to the public. USS had shut down the Battlestar Galactica roller-coaster ride on Thursday indefinitely after a technical glitch was found during a pre-opening inspection. Shin Min Daily News reported that several visitors to the theme park had wanted to take the Battlestar Galactica ride yesterday morning, but were re-directed by park stewards to the Revenge Of The Mummies ride. But when they got there, the ride was also closed. It turned out that it had been closed at 10.40am. The visitors were told that the ride was temporarily out of service due to safety concerns. The park's main attraction remained closed yesterday. Some visitors voiced their concerns over the safety of the rides. A Singaporean marketing executive who gave her name only as Mrs Kang, 30, said: "I'd be quite scared to go on the roller-coaster rides. More checks should be done to make sure the whole place is safe." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spideyfreak Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 ^My question is: Was it actually closed due to safety issues? Or was it more of a technical adjustment they were making? Closures for adjustments in ride/show timing is expected during a soft opening, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 ^^Kind of annoying that a ride being closed for 45 minutes made the news! The media just doesn't understand. Every day a park has a ride closed for 45 minutes, not a big deal at all. BSG on the other hand...well, that seems to be a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger01 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Thats an interesting POV of mummy! Is it the same as all the other Universals??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 ^No. It's almost a clone of Florida (same track layout, mostly the same scenes), but has a different story and some changes to the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringfellow Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 The "bandwidth exceeded" problem for my pics is fixed, sorry for that guys. Sad to hear on the closure hitting Mummy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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