Busch Gardens Williamsburg Project 2023: DarKoaster (Multi-Lap Intamin Straddle Coaster)

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bkroz said:
These are the images I had in mind that made me think the building was just entirely cleared.

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Certainly no ride track left, right?
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Seems to be remnants of the old vehicle footprint markups that may denote the walking space like @ControlsEE said.

Side note, I would love to know what happened to those old vehicles. I can't imagine they just tossed tech as valuable as those.
 
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Unless they moved them, which is totally possible, they were sitting in a line near the giant overhead loading door behind some scenery or a scrim as viewed when going through that for for HoS mazes.
 
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I know at some point they were removed from Williamsburg altogether, just don't know where they actually took them. I want to think they wouldn't just throw them out at the dump and perhaps are in a warehouse somewhere.
 
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I know that Universal’s Spider-Man and Transformers rides use similar systems, maybe sent them there for extra parts?
I know at some point they were removed from Williamsburg altogether, just don't know where they actually took them. I want to think they wouldn't just throw them out at the dump and perhaps are in a warehouse somewhere.
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Coasternerd said:
I know that Universal’s Spider-Man and Transformers rides use similar systems, maybe sent them there for extra parts?
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I think back in the DarKastle threads it was pointed out that Oceaneering built these cars with custom airbag-based suspensions unlike the mechanical systems used on the Universal rides, so it doesn't sound like there's much that can actually be reused between ride systems.
 
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There are still some fundamental parts that are exactly the same between the air bag and the hydraulic equivalent, but combined with there being differences and the upgrades from early 2000s tech to now I'd be surprised if that was the route that these took.

That being said I guess it is possible they got sent to Orlando for Oceaneering to dissect. Just figured something like that would've made enough of a hubbub for some people to have noticed and mentioned.
 
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Alright it's 2023. When do we get to do our snowmobile adventure hopefully with Dad jokes? Crossing my fingers for a Mardi Gras opening personally but wouldn't be shocked if they hold it for March. Then again BGW just kinda..........does things sometimes.
 
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Last I heard a couple days ago, trains are not on site but will be in the next few weeks. First thing they're going to do with them is take the pilot car and rear car and do the pull through envelope testing. That should be happening here in the next few weeks.
 
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