robbalvey Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) Hey everybody! This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Tayto Park, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of the park as well as past updates, see TPR's Park Index Tayto Park. Tayto Park's Official Website Below are some links to past updates from the park, you may be interested in. Enjoy! --Robb _____________________________________________________ 2014 Tayto Park announces 2nd biggest European Wooden coaster (see below) 2016 August 19th, 2016 - Expansion plans announced: 2017 - Log Flume 2019 - Major Coaster 2018 November 29th, 2018 - An "iconic" steel coaster planned for 2021 _____________________________________________________ Original Post: If I had to place my bets I'd say GCI. What do you think? http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tayto-park-could-get-europes-2nd-biggest-roller-coaster-in-2015-29888060.html Tayto Park could get Europe's 2nd biggest roller coaster in 2015 BY FIONA DILLON – 04 January 2014 TAYTO Park is planning to install what will be the second biggest roller coaster in Europe. The amusement park is aiming to set up the ¿8.5m attraction in 2015 as a part of a programme including new rides, a new entrance and additional parking and facilities. Owner Ray Coyle told the Herald that the proposal for the extension would soon be submitted to the relevant planning authorities. PLANNING "A planning application is ready for lodgement at the end of the month with Meath County Council," he added. The roller coaster will be the second biggest in Europe in terms of speed and length. "It will be 1.4kms long, and 32 metres at its highest point," said Mr Coyle, "and it will be able to take 700 people an hour." There are two trains on the attraction and each of them has 12 seats. It also has a top speed of 105km an hour. The wooden ride, which will take up about 2.8 acres, has to be built specially in America to suit the site, Mr Coyle revealed. The only roller coaster that is bigger in dimensions is in Europa Park in Germany. The owner hopes the attraction -- and the other works -- will be big draw for potential visitors. A total of ¿25m is set to be invested over the next year-and-a half, with the new developments scheduled to be completed by April 2015. Mr Coyle said he was very pleased at how well the park in Ashbourne, Co Meath, had done since opening in 2010. He revealed that visitor numbers had grown exponentially year-on-year. In its first year of business, 224,000 people went through its gates. But by 2012, that figure had risen to 350,000. And last year, the numbers came just short of half a million, reaching 495,000, according to Mr Coyle. "I am absolutely thrilled -- we believe that we can keep growing," the owner said. "We are predicting a 12pc growth in visitor numbers this year, and the following year a 25pc growth in numbers because of the new roller coaster and new rides." The businessman also revealed that there were even more attractions set to go live within the next few months. Edited November 30, 2018 by jedimaster1227 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Sounds like GCI to me...I can always call up Jeff and ask for confirmation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Oh, and this might be one of my favorite comments ever posted to an article like this! Wild_BeastA wooden coaster?? Could they not get a modern one? Wooden ones are long out of date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djboss302 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Oh, and this might be one of my favorite comments ever posted to an article like this! Wild_BeastA wooden coaster?? Could they not get a modern one? Wooden ones are long out of date. That needs to go in the GP thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 GCI does seem the most likely candidate. Good for Ireland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggernel Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Are there any major parks in Ireland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 12 seat trains, that sounds interesting for a coaster that size, a lot like Timber Falls Avalanche or whatever it's called this week. Maybe it was a mistake and it was meant to be 12 plus 12 for 24 a train. My money's on GCI, but maybe S & S if it really is 12 person trains. Sounds like a nice little park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 12 seat trains, that sounds interesting for a coaster that size, a lot like Timber Falls Avalanche or whatever it's called this week. Maybe it was a mistake and it was meant to be 12 plus 12 for 24 a train. My money's on GCI, but maybe S & S if it really is 12 person trains. Sounds like a nice little park. Or maybe something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 32 meters seems a little bit high for twelve-seat trains. I'm betting on twelve car trains, with the coaster being built by Great Coasters or Gravity Group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 ^I think it's an error by the journalist probably. ^^Robb, what coaster is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 ^I think it's an error by the journalist probably. ^^Robb, what coaster is that? White Lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Yeah, the reported train size sounds baffling. I mean, the capacity might work for the park, but coasters that big don't usually have trains that small. Then again there are small coasters with big trains and big coasters with small trains. I don't know why this is so exciting to me; I guess because new wood coasters are always a good thing (unless they're Son of Beast). What are the chances of this working out? Here's hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 ^^Thanks Robb, that sounds like a prospect, didn't have the seating on rcdb for that one. Looks like a fun coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booink Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'd bet it's going to be GCI, but there's one section that makes me think it won't : The wooden ride, which will take up about 2.8 acres, has to be built specially in America to suit the site, Mr Coyle revealed. The fact that they specify the coaster is going to be built in America gives me the feeling it would be a pre-fab (I don't think GCI makes pre-fab... Usually they build them on site). That makes me believe it's going to be an RMC pre-fab. Maybe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ^Could be another error (or at least poorly explained). At least White Lightning and Hellcat show that there's precedent for 12-person trains on larger woodies. The White Lightning train looks so normal that I never noticed it was shorter, but the Hellcat train strikes me as a bit...odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) So the only bigger one in Europe is Wodan at Europa Park not Colossos at Heide Park? Edited January 5, 2014 by gerstlaueringvar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheel1231 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 it will be able to take 700 people an hour." Yikes. Not alot of people in Ireland, right? Otherwise, the lines for this could be pretty long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Mutts Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 So the only bigger one in Europe is Wodan at Europa Park not Colossus at Heide Park? Guess we found another error! It should be the third biggest! I say it will be a GCI or TGG, also, didn't TGG say they had a client in Europe that wanted a high five wooden coaster? This could be that coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 it will be able to take 700 people an hour." Yikes. Not alot of people in Ireland, right? Otherwise, the lines for this could be pretty long. Still higher capacity than all of SFMM's coasters combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'd bet it's going to be GCI, but there's one section that makes me think it won't :The wooden ride, which will take up about 2.8 acres, has to be built specially in America to suit the site, Mr Coyle revealed. The fact that they specify the coaster is going to be built in America gives me the feeling it would be a pre-fab (I don't think GCI makes pre-fab... Usually they build them on site). That makes me believe it's going to be an RMC pre-fab. Maybe ? Yeah, I interpreted that as the ride was going to be built by an American company, not that it was going to literally be built in America! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XII Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Great to hear. I don't think Ireland has any major coasters, so this sounds like a great start. Hope it all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'd bet it's going to be GCI, but there's one section that makes me think it won't :The wooden ride, which will take up about 2.8 acres, has to be built specially in America to suit the site, Mr Coyle revealed. The fact that they specify the coaster is going to be built in America gives me the feeling it would be a pre-fab (I don't think GCI makes pre-fab... Usually they build them on site). That makes me believe it's going to be an RMC pre-fab. Maybe ? Yeah, I interpreted that as the ride was going to be built by an American company, not that it was going to literally be built in America! lol Finger crossed the range of American companies will be in RMC, GCI, GG, S&S and possibly Premier and Chance. Please please please don't bring RCCA back to life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ^Premier or Chance? That's...imaginative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 ^Premier or Chance? That's...imaginative. I think they might be able to build some awesome woodies, especially Premier. Even though Premier makes awful wooden coaster trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AusCoasterFan Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 105km/h...? at 32m high...? Surely the first drop has to go some distance below ground to accumulate that sort of speed. Wodan Timbur coaster is 100km/h and is 8m taller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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