Where in the World are Robb & Elissa??? 2014 Edition!

[Hayzerqb11]

Kolkata!

[ytterbiumanalyst]

I'm going to guess Bangalore, and that you're going to Wonderla next. I can't read any of the writing in the clues. But you're going by airplane, so it must be a fair distance from Mumbai. You've also said that you want to make India a TPR trip, so you probably are staying in India. So after Adlabs Imagica, Wonderla Bangalore is a logical spot to check out for future tours.

 

So there's my rationale. More of a guess than a deduction, really, but some thought went into it at least.

Edited February 16, 2014 by ytterbiumanalyst

[robbalvey]

^^ Please read the rules on page 1

Edited February 16, 2014 by robbalvey

[Hayzerqb11]

and Nicco?

[robbalvey]

^ Again. Please read the rules on page 1.

[technfxrick]

Kolkata Airport going to Nicco Park.

 

Baggage Claim looks similar

[robbalvey]

Kolkata Airport going to Nicco Park.

 

Baggage Claim looks similar

Yup! Congrats!

[Hayzerqb11]

Posting before looking let this be a lesson to the over-eager

[JeromyL]

Are you guys hunting for the Ark of the Covenant?

 

I think they're actually after the Tesseract.

 

 

ROFL

[robbalvey]

We have arrived at Nicco Park. Home to one of only two wooden roller coasters in India.

[Nrthwnd]

Salt Lake City?

 

Odd place to be 'registered.'

[robbalvey]

A few more photos from our morning walk through the park before it opens...

[Garet]

That roller-coaster really reminds me of Zipper-Dipper at Blackpool, is it a clone?

[Hotlanta]

Do you know if the park is part of a chain/franchise or is it completely independent, because that would make it even more impressive.

The park is part of the media conglomerate Reliance Mediaworks. They have movie theaters in India & US. They are also in movie production, post-production among a million other things outside the entertainment industry.

Turns out, that's actually not true. I had dinner with the park owner last night. He used to own "Adlabs", which is the media the conglomerate, but he sold off that part of the company and is now using the name under permission and has started the park.

 

The park is independently owned!

 

Thanks for the details Rob. Based on the name i thought Reliance was part of the ownership. Even more impressive that it's an independent operation.

[robbalvey]

That roller-coaster really reminds me of Zipper-Dipper at Blackpool, is it a clone?

The Zipper Dipper clone is at Essel World in Mumbai. This is a clone of the Southport Cyclone.

[larrygator]

^You know I'll want lots of pictures from both parks for the Park Index.

[robbalvey]

^You know I'll want lots of pictures from both parks for the Park Index.

I got you covered!

[KBrylczyk]

For some reason I love the paint job on that coaster. It seems so original.

 

That giant rock with the faces on it looks a bit death-defying, in a malaria sort of way...

[robbalvey]

Remember the Cyclone at Southport in the UK? We just rode it at Nicco Park in India!

[robbalvey]

Remembering the Southport Pleasureland Cyclone... in India at Nicco Park!

[Nrthwnd]

It looks so nice in this colour!

[Garet]

For a second I thought I'd mis-read about the original being demolished and thought maybe the original had been relocated and had to go to RCDB to check the dates, interesting that 2 parks in India have clones of rides from the parks owned by the Thompson family, are the parks with the clones owned by the same company? I'd really laugh if this was an exact clone to the point of keeping the wonky lift hill.

[cfc]

Does it has a crooked lift hill like the old Southport Cyclone?

Edited February 16, 2014 by cfc

[eddie200330]

So this latest park led me to peruse RCDB and I came across this ride. I am very intrigued by it for some reason. It goes along with the credit you all got that was "closed" and ready to fall apart....I find the ride vehicle to be somewhat sketchy!!!

 

http://rcdb.com/9510.htm

Credit RCDB

[robbalvey]

^ We mounted our camera to that and sent it around, but we didn't ride it. We didn't feel like getting wet and we aren't that big of credit whores. IMO, that's a splash down boat, not a roller coaster, regardless of what Duane might claim it is.