BDG Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) An existing caravan & camping site in Wales has plans to build an amusement park. Gateway Resort are gearing up to submit a planning application early next year that would see a 20 acre site developed just off the A484. [...] The plan is for 26 rides across the site, which will become the Gateway Resort from Easter. One of them will traverse the lake within the site and will be licensed as the only one of its kind in Britain. Vekoma Ride Manufacturing, one of the largest roller coaster builders in the world, have been lined up to design and install the ride. Mr Strelley says some of the planning applications will be for full permission and some for outline as the site is developed. The exact theme for the park is still being decided upon. [...] "There will be a large indoor barn full of rides and a 4D virtual reality simulator, of which there is only one other in the world, in Canada. The artwork only has coasters, all easily recognizable standard models by Vekoma and Gerstlauer. Vekoma Flying Dutchman (the newest model, of which Vekoma has yet to build one)Vekoma StingrayVekoma SLCVekoma Boomerang Gerstlauer Spinning Coaster 400Gerstlauer Junior Coaster 210Gerstlauer Family Coaster 200 source: Llanelli Star Edited January 1, 2016 by BDG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanTPM Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 ^I'd be very happy if this goes ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Vekoma Flying Dutchman (the newest model, of which Vekoma has yet to build one) For your convenience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geauga Dog Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Wouldn't it be pointless to have both the Flying Dutchman and Stingray in the same park? Both would offer the same sensations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 ^That's what I thought. Nonetheless, that set of coasters looks pretty good. Would love to see it get built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 ...One of them will traverse the lake within the site and will be licensed as the only one of its kind in Britain. From the artwork showing the map, it doesn't look like any of the coasters are "traversing the lake". But again, it is just an artist's vision of what the park would/could look like. And that is quite a first selection of coasters to open the park with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 This seems like an awful lot of coasters for a small caravan park in Wales?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 This seems like an awful lot of coasters for a small caravan park in Wales?! Interesting approach, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I'd be very interested to see how much of this plan actually comes to fruition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rill'o'beily Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I mean, coasters are usually more fun than flats, or at least more interesting, so its a good selling point. And about having the same sensations from stingray and flying dutchman, that's not really important to the gp. when the GP sees similiarities they would rather at first think that a el loco and stingray are the same, such as when they see something like falcons fury and then a space shot, it's the same ride, while for example oblivion at alton is more close to falcons fury than space shot in experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Another Vekoma Stingray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctneil Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Would love to see this go ahead but as of now it just seems like a bit of a dream. That's a LOT of coasters for what is just a small caravan site. On the other hand, it would be amazing to see another Vekoma Stingray open up. The first one is a great but weird ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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