DragonKhan Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 Honestly June wouldn't work. We would have to go in April or May, so it looks like no Black Mamba for us unless they get it open early. Oh well, at least we have some great TPR members nearby to fill us in! If anyone hears that it may open in April or May, let us know please! I'd say you have good chance in May. Heck, they might even finish it until April, but I just would not count on it!
s2pids2 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 ^ They will have an awefull lot of themeing to do, and I think it'll take them a while to get this sorted out. Additionally all of the coaster testing, clearance checks, safety checks, etc etc. I dont think It'll be open til June.
Shockwave Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 I feel better now that I'll be getting on the ride in August when it should be up and running for good!
s2pids2 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 I feel better now that I'll be getting on the ride in August when it should be up and running for good! Hey you live fairly close to me, only a 4 hour drive or so. We should plan a trip over there...or meet up at some UK parks sometime!! Would be fun, in an....'im not a perv,' ...sort of way.
DragonKhan Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 I'll be open by June most definately! Who says the theming has to be completed? Half the attractions in the park are not fully themed yet, but are already open. If it opens in April you probably won't see all of the theming, but don't count on the ride beeing closed...
s2pids2 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 ^i think with this ride they will need to watch the theming closely if they do open it early, to make sure the clearances are ok for the trains. lots of tunnels, ditches, and flybys. It's going to be great regardless, and I've never been to Phantasialand before.
Shockwave Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 They should have sorted all the clearance issues out in the initial planning stage. Does anyone know the length of the trains yet? I'd tentatively say 7 cars.
s2pids2 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 ^Yes but they always have to do a pull-through test to make sure. Just like they did on EE. we're only human, we make mistakes sometimes.
viking86 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 ^Yes but they always have to do a pull-through test to make sure. Just like they did on EE. we're only human, we make mistakes sometimes. From what I have heard, B&M usually doesnt do pull-through tests. Apparently they are very confident in themselves. I have never seen pictures of a pull-through test on a B&M, but I wouldnt be surprised to see it on Black Mamba because of the tight clearences.
gcifan Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 I noticed on the some of the supports in the pictures looked like they were already mounted to the pedistool and bolted down securley already. I noticed that it looks like they are putting a wooden frame around it to possibly put another pour of conecrete over the existing bolts. Am I possibly wrong about this, because that what it looks like. Does anyone have any idea as to why they would do this espcially if they need torque the bolts again down the road. A good example would be pcitures 6 and 7 there are other pictures furter down the page that show the wooden boxes around the peditsools, that have alraedy been poured. : http://freizeitparkweb.de/cgi-bin/dcf/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&forum=DCForumID1&om=2799&viewmode=all
s2pids2 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 ^ a final layer of concrete on top to secure all the gaps between the bolts and the concrete footers? Im no engineer, but I guess thats what they are doing. Can't wait to see this ride have some color and texture with the theming
s2pids2 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 Does anyone know the length of the trains yet? I'd tentatively say 7 cars. I'd say the standard 7 is a good guess.
redunzelizer Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 latest impressions from 9th/10th of Feb.: http://tinyurl.com/8rc62
Geoff Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 Welcome to Nemesis's successor!! I cannot wait to ride in September Do we know any stats re height, length & speed yet?
redunzelizer Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 Do we know any stats re height, length & speed yet? Well, at the moment we at least may safely assume that there are quite some of these...
Wishmaster Posted February 13, 2006 Posted February 13, 2006 Does anyone know the length of the trains yet? I'd tentatively say 7 cars. I'd say 7, judging from the pic on this page. http://www.onride.de/viewtopic.php?t=20750&start=160&-1 To bad the quality of the pic isn't that good. I'd love to see a few better pics of the trains.
SharkTums Posted February 13, 2006 Posted February 13, 2006 Come on!!! If it's already testing, surely they can have it open for early April!!!
DerekRx Posted February 13, 2006 Posted February 13, 2006 Sweet jumping Jehovah! Please tell me its soon September so I can ride it! Maybe I need to plan a recon trip there in April or May just to make sure the park is worthy of our presence in September, yeah, that's it!
DragonKhan Posted February 13, 2006 Posted February 13, 2006 In case you haven't realized... That is a fake (and a poor one to boost too)... There still needs to be a lot of theming put in before they start testing...
Chris Benvenuto Posted February 14, 2006 Posted February 14, 2006 In case you haven't realized... That is a fake (and a poor one to boost too)... There still needs to be a lot of theming put in before they start testing... In case of saying that, Some parks test before themeing is put in, I'm sure something like Journey to Atlantis went through testing first before themeing was put in at SWO. this is just my opinion. I could be wrong, but this seems more believe-able, then what you said.
DragonKhan Posted February 14, 2006 Posted February 14, 2006 There's still a a lot of crap in the canyons of the coaster. Testing right now is impossible... but it doesn' matter, since it's a fake 100%
Guy T. Koepp Posted February 14, 2006 Posted February 14, 2006 Something didn't feel right when I looked at that picture. As if my spider senses were tingling. I thought it might be photoshopped. It still looks cool. Guy "If it's ready to be photoshopped. It's ready to ride. Thats what I say." Koepp WOO HOO ! POST # 500 ! I'M A REAL COASTER ENTHUSIAST! YEE HAWW!8)
Hattuchili Posted February 14, 2006 Posted February 14, 2006 The picture with the train on the track is made with photoshop! The guy who made it said it at onride.de, that it is only a fake. Sorry, no testing at the moment! --Sören
s2pids2 Posted February 14, 2006 Posted February 14, 2006 ^I thought it was obvious that it had been photoshopped, especially since the train would be running into workers and construction machinery. Glad to see more of an interest with this topic now though!
Corkscrewed Posted February 15, 2006 Posted February 15, 2006 You'd think that after looking at these pics for a while, you'd get tired? Nope. This baby gets juicier and juicer. Seriously, and I repeat, coaster track shouldn't be able to bend like that.
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