Le Scoot
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From what I have heard from a former manager is, back in the 80's they had to replace the concrete leading to the Rhine and after failed attempts to get a concrete truck close enough to pour and said truck getting stuck, they decided to do away with the concrete. Apparently there was a joke about how they were going to theme a concrete truck because it was very stuck and took alot of time and equipment to remove it.
When Alpengeist was constructed there were 4 70 ton cranes down under the wooden bridge operating at the same time working on different aspects of the ride. There also was a 300 ton crane set up just outside the arch to Germany on that hill. There was a road built from the Loch Ness service road to the area in question, it was removed after the cranes were needed. The flume retention pond was reconstructed afterward.
I can see them spending the money to do that for a new coaster, but not to relace some concrete that turned out to be not needed.
Actually in this picture the end of the retention pool isn't in the picture. It is separate from the Rhine, you can see the blue dye that was added from time to time to liven up the color.
I have always wished that waterway was reconnected. Le Scoot is operated by it's own private well. It is located inside the fence on Alpie's unload side. It provides some unreal amount of gallons per hour which I cannot recall.
A point of interest on the Alpengeist portion of the roller coaster tour. Always found that entertaining.
B&M went to some effort to point out, in public notes on building Alpie, that they had to work around this well head. Reminds me of Arrow flexing about the truss they built to span LNM's brake run over the Colonial Pipeline easement.
Anyway, log flume.
The water on Le Scoot is probably the clearest water I've ever seen in a non waterpark attraction. I grew up going to Carrowinds and remember you could barely see the bottom of their Pompeii style ride the water was so dirty.
Look at the water rides at KD for cleanliness comparisons - I think BGW does an excellent job at filtering and treating their water rides water. That being said, not a fan of the stickiness I sometimes get after getting wet on one of those rides.
I didn't mean to imply it was dirty! I just wanted to know how it works.
Ugh they are shutting it down early every evening now.
I understand that the ride generally doesn’t draw a large crowd in the later hours due to the drop in temperature, but night rides on Le Scoot had this magical aura around them and they will be missed.
