Liseberg Discussion Thread

I believe that 54m is the total height difference between the highest and the lowest point of the track. Not between the track and the terrain.

Thats such a great way to show off the train it fits in perfectly with its surroundings. I hope the whole ride has the same effect.

-Craig

Thanks for the kind words, will post more when possible!! Can't wait to see you all here next year.

I believe that 54m is the total height difference between the highest and the lowest point of the track. Not between the track and the terrain.

Yeah, that was confirmed today on the latest update on the official blog. There were also some explanation on how they do the footers etc. and of course some close up construction photos: Helix official blog: Construction update part 3

Also the guy over on the unofficial FB page posted a few more close ups on the sexy train, I will post more here when I get the chance to do the next update, (there were a load of Gothia Cup players in the way to get down a nerdy with the car

Link to that as well: Helix unnoficial FB page

Sorry for having neglected this topic for a while and not having done an update for a while, but I have been busy with nephews and various cats visiting, and when my brother pointed out the lack of updates the other night then I just had to make one. I do have to say that I really like these long bicycle rides, especially when you have a goal like Liseberg to visit.

I have visited Liseberg on various times during the year, but what I encountered this time was something that I have never experienced before. The park was crazy busy, lines were spilling out everywhere, it must have been the best day of the season for the park by far. This is the main reason why you should avoid visiting Liseberg in late June to early August, especially if you want to be sure to be able to ride everything multiple times. Usually queues can be fine during this period, but then again it could also be packed like it was this time.

Onto the images:

What I encountered inside the gates

This is the start to the queue to Flumeride!!

And Uppskjutet

Never, ever seen people waiting here ever, even the old ferris wheel had a 15 minute line, normally it's a question if you were to be all alone on the wheel or not..

Elbowing through the line to said ferris wheel to get an image on the Construction HQ

Progress here as well, what looked like a gravel road had been cleared and it seems like they are ready to clear the area for the second launch, I didn't bother to take images from behind Uppskjutet since that massive queue to the ride, will do that next time

Another angle

Not much to report at the pretzel pit

They have tightened the rock anchors and cut them to size, wonder how soon they will cover them in concrete

The massive pit have been filled with a digger

More clearing have been done at the end of the first launch

Footer leftovers

This area is nearly done

Other end of the first launch

Soon to be launch footers

Station waiting to be constructed still, they will most likely start right after the vacation time is over

Bad news for people bound in wheel chairs, kids in prams, or any other that use any type of cart. The main route to the upper level of the park have been shut by Helix

There is some serious construction going on at this location

From below, this area is also pretty much done

Several flower arrangements have been sacrificed for Helix

Completely walled of area

Pretzel area from the other direction

As said crazy busy

Some new construction markers are seen by the Lisebergbanan queue, but seeing the wait time I didn't bother with a closer look, that will have to wait until next time

More construction markers

Second launch area

No I didn't forget the front car, I mean how could I

Looks like they have put up some new signs since last time

Statistics...

... and layout, it was really funny to hear the GP's comments on them

The eyes, will be lovely to shoot some images at night with long shutter times

The pointy bit

The money shot

And with this I would thank you all for reading and bid you a good day until next time!!

Liseberg just posted some goodies on their facebook page:

The first pieces of launch track is nearing completion, which is great news, especially since they are planning to erect the ride between October and February.

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That's the track for the launch, right?

Looks like it anyway.

Edit: Never mind, I saw it now. I got a bit to excited to read beneath the photos

HELIX Update

So my wishes earlier in the thread about a new camera became true as I bought one for myself as a late birthday present, what to do with a new camera you might ask, well doing a Liseberg/Helix update is a great place to start. So yesterday I went to Liseberg for a few hours and had a really great time. A lot less crowds this time but still far from empty as you might experience on other times during the year, but the nice weather made that I didn't care about the people, it was just an awesome time to walk around in Liseberg.

First though, Liseberg posted a few more renderings of the station yesterday, but they also claimed that they had begun construction yesterday as well, but I didn't see any action going on in that area when I was there. It looks a lot like the matrix, which might be great, as long as it's not a static image and just part of the pre-show.

I really wonder if you have to choose between the Blue and the Red pill to get on the train itself?

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So onto my own images. Since I went earlier in the day this time means that you will all see a bit more action in the images, since they were working hard in several places, even though the park were opened for business as usual. A bit noisy at some places, but it's still nice to really see the progress..

Welcome to Liseberg. As you can see on the main display, this Monday were the last of the "sing-along" shows on the main stage, which is one of the reasons why the Mondays have been so packed

The Liseberg Gardens have been overrun with Helix construction

A big fence straight through the main entrance to this section of the park which force you to go straight through the hedge surrounding this place to go to the gardens themselves

The workers have created their own water feature, since they have completely destroyed some of the other ones in this area

Looking over/beside the fences you can see why they have shut this section off, the main staircase have been completely removed to build a couple of footers

Looking up towards the first launch

Another big hole on the other side of the main route up the mountain

Walking up the mountain on a small path through the gardens, the Liseberg wheel made an appearance among the treetops

As you can see, no construction have started as they claimed

Even this area will have some footers through it, since this is the location of the brake-runs

They recently put in some new sticks here due to people pulling up the other ones, but the new one gets the same treatment unfortunately

Footer work have begun for the first launch, which is really nice to see

Another launch footer, there were a lot of footer action in this area getting ready for concrete

Another digger, digging away

Scraping clear the rock to start drilling/blasting

Main path is still shut, will stay that way for a couple weeks at least, so prams etc. will be forced to take the escalators to the top

It seems like they have started to back fill this area to make it look nice again

This was new, this guy were really throwing around a lot of crushed rock into the big hole they blasted here a few weeks ago, felt a bit dangerous, since that flimsy fence wouldn't stop any of the boulders he was chucking around

Nothing to report at the main Pretzel area

But they have started to make progress where helix will dive under Lisebergbanan, there is a new digger going at it from the other side

This is also new, there used to be some bushes here, but they are now gone

There were some action in the Construction HQ

As I said last time, they have cleared the area for the second launch, before that it was a large gravel surface

It's a good thing to take these images early on, before the attractions at the top opens, since the operators on Uppskjutet gives you weird looks when you climb their staircase to get a good look over the fence

The queue for Lisebergbanan was pretty long this time, but since I had plenty I decided to have a look and go for that matter

Lots of clearing here, I'm pretty sure that this area is the next one that they will tackle in the footer phase of construction

Here you can see the little digger that will dig from the other side of the Lisebergbanan lift

The other big one, dormant during operating hours, wouldn't want to destroy Lisebergbanan with people on it

Footers leading to the Pretzel loop

Footers leading up to the previous image

So that covers all the ground works for this ride, so now it's time for some train action again

Green sexy wheels

In reality you can just see the individual diodes behind the plastic bars, but here you don't, the eyes look really slick

Pleasure is born here. This is unusual.

It's something.

Please nuderstand this difference.

I feel more refreshed than anyone.

I'll challenge to the limits.

Hmm, maybe I should stop quoting my shirt, and think of something more constructive to write.

If you imagine that the whole train will be on the right of this image and this is the last row, then they will have a slightly taller height limit, since they will be adjusted to fit passengers with a larger frame, no wonder why the last row on Blue Fire felt so much better through it's in-line twist, more space to move around

In other park news, rabbits have taken over as operators..

They also have exit-passes to the rides, oh how nice that would have been, maybe I should make one for myself

I had a look at the new coaster

Seems like they have busted a headlight and the roof is missing!!

Wonder what have happened?

Wonder how much this view will change over the coming months when Helix really starts to grow

Since I have left out Balder on so many of the updates, then here are some for you to enjoy

Here is one with Kanonen as well

I haven't ridden Balder since the SFoT accident, so I can't say if they have started to staple you or if they are as lenient with the lap bars as before, will see if I have the time for it on my next visit and have a look, the hair-time seems to be as good as ever though

Another overview of the park from a nearby hill

So this concludes this update, thank you for reading, until next time!!

This project is quite the undertaking. Can't wait to see the finished product!

^Same. Liseberg is a great park, and Helix should be an excellent addition.

Pleasure is born here. This is unusual.

It's something.

Please nuderstand this difference.

I feel more refreshed than anyone.

I'll challenge to the limits.

This Project is the most I've eve been excited for something I'm probably not going to be riding anytime soon. Thanks for passing up a ride on Balder for the pictures, I know how tempting that must be.

Thanks for the comments!!

^^^ It's less than 2 months left before we will see steel going up for the ride, which means that they have lots of things to do before than, I can't say for sure but I doubt that they have completed much more than 10% of the total number of footers (about 280) so far. Now it's starts to make sense why they announced this project almost a year ago.

^^ Absolutely agree

^ Well, I always choose Lisebergbanan over Balder any day, there is not many rides that I prefer to Lisebergbanan as a matter of fact. It's a great rides that offer so many things on it's winding course, and next year it will be even better with all the close encounters with Helix, and if you can get some nice views of the Helix construction then it's a bonus. Balder is on my to do list though, will see how the crowds are next time and how much time I have in the park for the next update

In the coming years Lisebergbanan is planned to get a large upgrade, which would include a complete electronics update (the old relay based system is unreliable at best and is really hard to troubleshoot when it goes wrong) and hopefully replace the brake system to a more modern magnetic based system, which in the end might mean that we could end up seeing new trains as well as other tweaks to the track to accommodate these changes (new lift, MSBR's, etc.). So it will stay in the park for many years to come.

The Nashigama Spa Land Reference was hilarious!

What a great park with an excellent collection of GREAT coasters. HELIX will no doubt be an exceptional addition to that lineup. Wish that parks in the states would do the same but it seems everything has to break a record.

Love the update. Looking forward to more construction pics.

Love the trains (well..the lead car that is)!

I am so looking forward to visiting Liseberg again!

The park looks more amazing with their very impressive lineup. I'd love to see how the coaster turns out once it's complete.

Also, you got me at the Spa Land reference!

Thanks for the update. That's a ton of work they've been doing! Can't wait to see the finished product!

Thanks all!

Went tot he park this Monday and this time I had a go on Balder, and I'm glad to report that it was business as usual with he safety checks, so no stapling or anything like that since the Texas Giant accident, just a check of the belt then a slight tug on the restraint to see that it's locked. Which is all good news.

Also starting next week then the park will just be opened during the weekends until the season finale, so expect plenty of progress during the weeks compared to now when the workers have to consider the park guests.

Will be going to the park tomorrow as well, so expect some images if I spot something good (I have some since this Monday as well so it's likely that there will be some images posted at least this weekend).

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And it says right here: liseberg.se/sv/hem/Nojesparken/Attraktioner/Lisebergbanan/ that lisebergsbanan will be closed between the 22nd and 29th of august because of the construction going on with Helix. So I guess we'll see some more 'radical' progress during the next few weeks!

^ Well not exactly, only that it's shut on the 22:nd and 29:th, giving the construction crew 4 days full days near Lisebergbanan for the coming 2 weeks, instead of the 3 when the park is shut during those weeks, after that then they will get 4 and later 5 full days/week to work hard on the construction of the footers, until the park closes after the first weekend in October.

So they have about 6-7 weeks to finish all the footers until it's time to start erecting the steel in early October.

By the way it's now only 250 days until opening of this new coaster

I also promised some images from the past week, so here is a small selection from my visits:

Hi again, here is a new update

This one will focus more on the news that have happened since the last update

There is a big hole next to the upper escalator

To the left of the image above

Big piles of rock laying around the first launch/corkscrew area

Still nothing to report from the station area, according to official announcements then then should have started by now

It seems like they have concentrated on getting the Station Construction HQ area ready though, it's in the usual location where they shoot the big fireworks on the final day, wonder if there will be one this year, seeing that these sheds are there

Second launch area preparations, loads of rock is going to be removed, since the Launch track will start out lower than what the Flume Ride is

Just to the right of this image is the super tight spot where helix will dive between Lisebergbanan and Flue Ride with 10 centimetres to spare on each side

The big hole where the digger were chucking rocks around have found it's use, it will most likely be where all the power and control systems for Helix will be located

So they have put in some asphalt on this spot where there were gravel last time, the steel plate is a bit intriguing, but if I remember correctly then there have been a stick on this location which marks where a footer will be, so there is most likely a hole underneath it

They have completed the corners on the first set of footers, this area is now done

The first launch footers are progressing smoothly, and they are more or less done, just the final touches on the larger ones

The end of the first launch are soon getting ready to receive footers

Lisebergbanan queue area construction, this area may be one of the reasons why Lisebergbanan will be shut the on the 22:nd and 29:th

Much to do until the beginning of October

Next update will most likely happen next weekend, they have had loads of time since these images were taken (most of them are nearly a week old). So it will be interesting to have a look then and see some real progress. So until next time!!

Looking forward to see pictures of the steel going up! Seems like it is taking fore ever for them to complete the footers but then the probably wouldn't do the steel until the park closes anyway.

^And i give them credit with all the footer work. Blasting through hell to put some concrete in.

Can't wait for the steel of Projekt Helix to come out, about what time will construction be complete?

^Helix will probably be done in February 2014 from what I've heard And it will probably begin testing in February too the construction will begin in October