I'm not sure I see what you're referring to with construction? I just see a couple highly-themed brown fences that blend in with the atmosphere of the park...
Existing Transport Ride L'Aeronaut Skyride
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I was at KD tonight not BGW but I have been told it reopened for guests today.
Can also confirm. Saw it running with people yesterday.
I wish I could say the same for Tampa s skyride it's still hasn't been reopened
A friend is at the park. Really Strong storms rolled through he says there is a tree down on the sky rides and said it appears a cable is broken. He sent pictures that appear to show that.
I'm guessing it's the power or communication line (I'm guessing it's for one of those purposes) and not the actual main cable?
I can't from the picture and he is guest not an employee so he has no idea.
Snapped this just now from England station. Figured I'd share as if I was curious I'm sure someone else woudld be too. Night mode on camera was responsible for flares.
If I'm not mistaken it's an older Von Roll system, no clue how easy it is to get parts for/if the in-house team can quickly work on it.
I'd presume, based on reading Dale Brumfield's post on the defunct skyride at KD plus understanding the cams holding the haul line up probably have to be replaced over time, that the in-house team has some experience lowering and raising/securing the haul line. Of course, I'm also guessing they may not be able to quickly do anything during operating hours, and they probably also don't usually have to deal with whole components getting ripped from a support tower.
Crazy that it wasn't even a particularly big storm compared to the tropical storms and hurricanes that have come through the area that did this...
I'd presume, based on reading Dale Brumfield's post on the defunct skyride at KD plus understanding the cams holding the haul line up probably have to be replaced over time, that the in-house team has some experience lowering and raising/securing the haul line. Of course, I'm also guessing they may not be able to quickly do anything during operating hours, and they probably also don't usually have to deal with whole components getting ripped from a support tower.
Crazy that it wasn't even a particularly big storm compared to the tropical storms and hurricanes that have come through the area that did this...
It was actually really strong and there are other cells moving in still this evening.
You can see the haul rope is still under tension and properly threaded through the hold-down sheave and the bull wheel, which is a very good sign that it hasn’t snapped.
Doppelmayr took over Von Roll’s lift business and still provides parts and service for these lifts.
So If bgw can still get parts why hasn’t BGT opened theirs in almost two years now?
Maybe it's not the parts availability that's the problem?
There appears to have been some repair work done but the communication line is still down. The haul cable appears to be unharmed. In away it appears the tree hitting the sky ride nay have been lucky as it looks like other wise it might have hit Nessie's cave and possibly done damage to her.
