_koppen Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 Wasn't this S&S tower supposed to be the first one with the new ringed seats? I think the guy from S&S announced that at IAAPA 2 or maybe 3 years ago.
RyanTPM Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 ^ It was yeah, not sure why they just went with the existing version.
rcjp Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 ^^Oh I totally forgot that. Yeah, I also don't know why they changed their mind.
Joshuadrooney Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 Looks like a fairly well put together park. I really do love the paint scheme on that GIB, looks really cool. I have wanted to go to Russia for ages, but not for any Theme Parks, this just adds fuel to the mental fire.
witting Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 It does seem to be themed which is a huge bonus for the park. Let's hope new russian parks will also be themed.
Powersprint Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 The S&S tower does have ringed seats. This is a picture of another park, photoshopped in the right colours. Â S&S tower opened yesterday, Mack coaster didn't even launched 1 train because the ride isn't finished yet (so also Mack coaster is photoshopped). Â GIB is making progession and made several runs with and without test dummies. So also not open yet.
rcjp Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 ^Thanks. It's funny how a while ago today I was wondering if those rides were open or not.
BDG Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 The tower opened September 18. Found a decent video that gives you a good view of the ring-seating:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A0nappHhTY   The Mack mouse has been open for a while...    The only rides not yet open are the GIB (was scheduled to open Sep 30, but it will likely be early October) and the Mack LSM ("November"). Earlier this month the GIB was doing test-runs:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjFI4eaaT90   But what is this, a 4th coaster? It's called Drifter (Дрифтер) and it's... weird. It sort of resembles a Disk-O, but with a complete track... so not a shuttle. Also, it looks like the car doesn't fully spin, it only "drifts" (hence the name).  Anyone know who made this contraption?    Â
Noporian Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Drifter looks really strange... The restraints make it hard.
rcjp Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 What the ....? It looks like instead of drive tires it is propelled by saw blades As to the tower: doesn't it look like they could have put a lot more seats as they are quite far apart or is it a matter of weight? Also, that is some heavy trimming on the wild mouse. Hopefully it won't be like this forever but then some of the brakes looked like permanent magnetic ones, so...
gerstlaueringvar Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 The S&S tower doesn't look as fast as the standard combo towers, probably it's due to the height or the mode it's running. The ring is so big that they can easily fit in a few more seats. Â The wild mouse already passed the level of MCBR The Ride, it's E-Stop The Ride! Â I have to say I think the color scheme of the GIB is weird and I'm not a fan of that. A lot of people seem to like the color scheme a lot. Â That little coaster is so cute! I think they are putting magnetic fins on drive wheels to push the car. Anyone knows who the manufacturer is? It can't be Pax because they quit making roller coasters I'm guessing IE Park.
rcjp Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 ^I do like the GIB colours, actually, although I can understand why someone wouldn't.
Noporian Posted September 22, 2014 Posted September 22, 2014 The ride is IE park made, you can see from the restraint.
Jew Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 I wonder how this park is doing now that the Olympics are over? I've seen reports that Sochi is a ghost town now.
RCF Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 I wonder how this park is doing now that the Olympics are over? I've seen reports that Sochi is a ghost town now. This park never opened until after the Olympics, so expect this to be a Hard Rock Park scenario in the future, without the coaster and/or rides going anywhere.
rcjp Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 ^Now that would be pretty bad with coasters like a blue fire clone and a GIB.
powerup Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 The small coaster "Drifter" yes it is by I.E. Park (Italy). See rcdb It's driven by an eddy current system, called "LEM" which looks to be a completely new type of launch system The drive system is done by PREXCO (Italy), a company which also makes eddy current brakes see prexco website and their LEM website (though quite poor). Better the video: [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]
GwaziBSRider1 Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I rode the one in Abu Dhabi last week. It's a very bizarre ride, to say the least. It's a shame that it has the OTSRs; some of those "drifts" are fairly painful! That being said, it's one of those rides that just screams "TPR, come ride me!"
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