PortAventura Discussion Thread

[egiptologo]

Yes, Dragon Khan will be repainted...

[Dragon Khan]

Thank you for the confirmation. It was high time they took care of this gem which was slowly turning to a brownish shade. A fresh brighter red track will make Khan stand out especially with "Shambhala" above / behind it. Now I hope vertical construction (especially the lift / drop) starts soon. I'm very excited at Levi's pictures but will probably be even more with this one since I've booked my stay on property with the kids for August

[_koppen]

Thank god, it would have been insane to build this new monster and have it interact with Khan without painting it so they both look brad new.

[DKR]

Jivo, from Bloggercoaster shares these photos:

 

 

 

More here:

http://www.bloggercoaster.com/2011/11/primeras-piezas-coaster-2012-en.html

 

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EDIT: Okay, forget this (well no, don't do it) because there's new photos around!

[Trevor]

Nice colours! Very unique Hyper!

[A.J.]

I wish more parks would build rides with two-tone tracks. This particular one looks very cool.

[Slem]

Hmm, I'm kind of sceptical to this two-toned track stuff. Won't there be to many colours with Dragon Khans lightblue and red combined with this? Teal-ish, white and some unkown support colour? I don't like to say it but I think it will look pretty messy and almost tacky when built.

[thrillrideseeker]

Oh wow!! I love the colors!! I agree, really wish more parks would go with two-tone paint schemes.

~Matt

[_koppen]

Also sceptical to this, I really don't think the track will be two-tone.

[coasterfreak101]

^...But the track is right there in the pictures and it has differently-colored rails and spine.

[Schotcher]

Maybe it's to blend in with fake mountains?

[megalyte]

^...But the track is right there in the pictures and it has differently-colored rails and spine.

 

I'm not saying that you're wrong or anything, but that track doesn't look like anything B&M uses for it's "normal" track. The track looks like transfer track or part of the station track.

 

Then again, I could be wrong on all this. It would be cool to see a two-tone hyper coaster though.

[coasterfreak101]

^It isn't normal track, it's brake track. But I imagine that it's safe to assume that the normal track will be the same colors. The only difference is that the spine will be closer to the rails.

[_koppen]

Maybe it's to blend in with fake mountains?

 

That's what I'm thinking, and man do I hope I'm right this time!

Still, if I'm wrong, there are other coasters out there who look far worse than this.

[DarkStitch626]

Personally, I find the track combo to be quite beautiful and reminds me of Alpengeist!

[DiSab]

I've always liked the two-toned tracks that Mantis and Raptor have, so it's nice to see another park venturing into this territory. And I agree, I wish more parks would do this for their coasters.

[DKR]

Well, I also thought that the colours only are these because of the part of the track, but today, I could take these photos:

 

 

 

And, this one I think it's from the Station, I'm not 100% sure.

Edited November 26, 2011 by DKR

[Bryce232]

FINALLY!

 

I have always loved two-toned B&M track, especially when the colors compliment each other as well as coasters like Nitro, Mantis, and Goliath do. I'm glad B&M is getting back to that with Shambhala, this looks great!

[furius_boy_PAC]

Amazing video from PACtv (pa-community.com)

 

[_koppen]

The colors are kinda growing on me. Unless the supports turns out to be pink or something similar this may look pretty nice.

[Dragon Khan]

Comums seem to be anodized metallic grey, from some of the pictures on the site and the video linked above. I woud have expected the hyper and Khan to share the same supports' colour, just the track differing them. But I still think the white part may really look great in the sunny sky of Costa Dorada. It will probably shine a lot and make contrast in the very blue sky, and (ok, far fetched) symbolize the eternal snows of the Himalaya ?

[brossa]

the bright colours leave Dragon Khan visible, great decision!

[guete69]

On PortAventura's fansite, they just said that next weekend, they will be re-painting Dragon Khan and on the last days of December it'll begin the construction of the lift.

AAAAANNDD, in 2014 it'll be a third roller coaster mixed with those. They will be the first three roller coasters taller than 45 meters together in the world.

[zack_90]

AAAAANNDD, in 2014 it'll be a third roller coaster mixed with those. They will be the first three roller coasters taller than 45 meters together in the world.

 

That of 2014 is a rumor, not contrastadom or anything ...

 

Do not believe this rumor ...

[egiptologo]

AAAAANNDD, in 2014 it'll be a third roller coaster mixed with those. They will be the first three roller coasters taller than 45 meters together in the world.

 

This is only a rumor from an unknown source. Don't believe it.