Eurofighter for Adventure World, Perth

[_koppen]

Great pictures!

[lukey20]

I am trying to win a chance to be the first to ride this new $12 Million Abyss Coaster at Adventure World Perth, By clicking the link below you get to see a cool new video of the ride and help my chances of winning!

abyss-the-ride.com.au/the-quest/523ba237482768.46840663

I appreciate if you take the time to click would mean a lot to me!

[deano]

^ there, I clicked your link, only cause your more patient than me for entering this competition, I found it to be pretty painful myself. Good luck.

[_koppen]

Trains has arrived, and they look rather good.

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[gerstlaueringvar]

Look nice, but kinda like Fluch von Novgorod's train I think…

[azza29]

^^They put faces on the water dummies!

[deano]

I went to Adventure World today to purchase my season pass, they only just opened up for the season last week.

 

Abyss is coming along nicely and it was nice to see it from a different perspective.

 

Part 1

Park signage has been updated

Kahuna Falls was last years new addition, impressive

View across the pool

New park map

View of Abyss from the waterslide hill

Wow, love it

Entrance archway in place

2 of the 3 vehicles still wrapped up

Photos from the chairlift coming in the next post

Love this pic

Adventure World CEO Mark Shaw (white hardhat) giving some advice on the entrance theming

He's even lending a hand...

This is where the smaller bits of theming are being stored

Themed bins!!!

Abyss entrance sign looks ready to be installed on the archway

Edited October 1, 2013 by deano

[deano]

Part 2

 

Thanks for reading.

View of the park from the top of the hill

...where I caught the chairlift of death for a better look at Abyss

A few years ago, Freefall replaced Turbo Mountain, the old Jet Star coaster that has been Adventure World since '91

New angles!.....

There are still heaps of hooded figures to be put in place

Cant wait to ride this airtime hill

Just as I passed on the chairlift, they rolled out this vehicle, no sign of testing yet though

[Coaster Cow]

Knowing how awesome the final dive loop on Karacho at Tripsdrill is, I can only hope that this one lives up to it.

[coasterfreak101]

So it's definitely a modified Saw - should be good, I loved Saw when I rode it over the weekend!

[australianalex]

I'm getting stupidly excited over this, especially considering Perth is over 2000 miles from where I live and I probably won't end up visiting until mid next year at the earliest. Oh well.

Trains look great. Can't help but think they'd look a whole lot better with lapbars though - but we can't have it all!

[Jackdude101]

Fun fact: Perth, Australia is the most isolated major city in the world (there are big cities in Indonesia that are closer to it than the other big cities in Australia). This very well could mean that Abyss will be the most isolated large roller coaster in the world when it opens.

[simon8899]

^Hope they stockpile enough spare parts

 

Quite different from when the Huss Ranger broke down at Hansa-Park around 10am - Huss on site at 2pm - ride operational again around 4pm...

[jedimaster1227]

Looks like a fun little Eurofighter! Great to see parks even as remote as Adventure World getting major additions like this!

[Moose]

Looks like a great new coaster. Hopefully it doesn't get the train rattle that seems to be common on eurofighters.

[deano]

Just heard Abyss is testing, will swing by tomorrow and try to film it in action.

[simon8899]

^^this normally only starts after about 3-4 years - so the first years should be fine.

[JAMMYD778]

Test run video of the ride below. I have to say, that airtime hill looks very strong and also seems to provide a very close headchopper with the catwalk of the MCBR. However, the twisted drop off of the MCBR does look like a very sharp transition. I hope it doesn't ride badly with the OTSR's.

 

[rctneil]

It actually looks like a really nice coaster and i'm glad Perth now has a good substantial coaster to call their own. Looking forward to hearing the first rider reports.

[cfc]

Nice to see it testing.

[_koppen]

The pacing looks perfect!

 

Unlike some other companies out there, Gerstlauer actually knows how to produce ejector airtime!

[johnnyknottsville]

Wow that makes me think of didn't someone just recently post a topic about being able to see airtime in a pic or just by looking at a hill? Well after watching this video and seeing the train take that hill you can not only see the airtime I felt it through my computer screen

[australianalex]

Sheezus it sure takes that airtime hill fast, even more so than Saw which already delivers some pretty strong airtime. I never thought I'd say this but I hope the MCBR comes on a little stronger than the test video, because the transitions of the elements following it will probably be brutal.

[deano]

After almost a week of visiting Adventure World in the hope of seeing it testing, I managed to time it right today.

 

Watching it do test runs, the main things that stood out for me were...

 

1. It's so quiet, it's almost silent. I've ridden new coasters before (no Eurofighters yet) and have never heard such little noise from a ride.

2. Airtime hill looks more intense in person, wow!

3. I could barely hear or see the MCBR engage, let's hope they leave it like this when it opens.

 

Another minor thing I noticed is that the hooded figures look to be installed in a way they ever so slightly rock and sway in the wind, don't know if it's just because the theming and landscaping isn't finished yet but it kinda looks even more creepy with them moving about.

 

The end of the month cannot come quick enough.

 

http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=Abyss_1_mzug

 

 

Abyss from across the pool

Abyss behind Kahuna Falls

Entrance sign still not installed

[deano]

Article from today's West Australian.

 

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/19395857/edge-of-abyss-for-thrill-of-a-ride/

 

 

German service technician Martin Daxle makes the final checks on Adventureworld's new roller coaster. Picture: Mogens Johansen/The West Australian

A ride on the Abyss will challenge the bravest of thrillseekers.

Adventure World gave the roller-coaster a test run this week ahead of its official opening on November 1.

 

The cart was surrounded by darkness as it began to wind up and down and around corners.

 

 

Riders spent much of the journey upside down, with countless twists and turns around the track.

 

Anticipation built on the 30m climb to the roller-coaster's peak as the vertical incline left riders feeling as though they would fall out of their seats.

 

The inverted track on the drop that followed set the exhilarating pace for the rest of the ride, which sent the coaster on a series of bends and loops.

 

For Gerstlauer service technician Martin Daxle, the experience made all his hard work worth it. "I have worked on roller-coasters for the past 26 years and I love my job," he said.

 

Mr Daxle and his team have worked on the Abyss seven days a week for seven weeks.

 

Adventure World chief executive Mark Shaw was one of the first to ride the Abyss.

 

He felt scared but not of the ride itself. "My only fear was whether it was going to live up to expectations, and it did," he said.

 

Mr Shaw said once the finishing touches were completed, the track would be encased in complete blackness for the first part of the ride, adding to the thrill.