Existing Roller Coaster Loch Ness Monster

[halfabee]

If Nessie were to leave for some reason, then the station and tunnel/loops land areas could be reuse candidates for a new ride system. Conceivably, the land on either or both sides of Killarney could be in play too, opening up possibilities for a larger layout, more tree removals, and blue gravel theming.

Yay!

 

[Brambo]

theres a difference between character and outright pain , which that jump coming out of the cave is definitely the latter. I honestly dont even know why it is there. The only reason i can imagine is the lift hills couldnt handle the trains approaching at too high of a speed so that jump is there to reduce momentum a bit before the train engages the train?

Solution: ride it in the back! The drops are soo much better and really I haven't felt much roughness at all, unlike what you feel at the first turnaround and the ejector hill going into the 2nd lift. Only positive about the front row is the positive (no pun intended) g forces in the loops.

 

[Zimmy]

All this talk of the demise of Nessie is horrible. This thread went this way once before someone actually suggested removing her loops and mounting they as some kind of statue... others have proposed having B&M replace it with the same layout.

These are all horrible ideas. She was extremely overbuilt and has been exceptionally well taken care of. There is no reason to think that she will disappear or fall apart.

short of Scott G coming back and pressing his will upon the whole area, I see no reason the park would WANT to shut her down.

Also as @Nicole has said this ride is frankly remarkable.

 

[Memles]

I don’t think there’s a real argument for removing Nessie unless costs become prohibitive, and there’s no sense we’re there yet. And it’s not like they’re landlocked in terms of expansion: if they continue trying to grow with major attractions in the next decade, they have enough space that replacing coasters seems neither necessary nor desirable.

I’ve really only been riding Nessie during these events due to a lack of other options—I’ll typically skip it unless I’m at the park with someone who hasn’t ridden it—but between the lower height requirement and the capacity, there’s really no argument against axing it from the lineup.

 

[Jonesta6]

It's a great transition coaster - more intense IMO than VB and maybe Invadr (thanks for reminding me of that stomach dropping effect of the first drop @Nicole), and the only coaster that I think belongs in Scotland.

 

[Thomas]

Every coaster was down at the same time yesterday except Nessie. Ol’ reliable.

 

[Zimmy]

they don't overbuild them like they used to.

 

[Pantheon]

I found this under the "incidents" section of Nessie's Wikipedia page:



All I can say is... how can mist from water be caustic? That claim doesn't make scientific sense to me!

 

[halfabee]

Well, now they know. Never put sunscreen named "Greek Fire" on your face.

 

[Pat]

This is disrespectful to Nessie

 

[Mushroom]

At least they knew well enough not to even put Tempesto as an option.

 

[Thomas]

Well yeah, it’s not a coaster.

 

[Zachary]

Imagine how Alpengeist feels.

 

[Applesauce]

Imagine how Alpengeist feels.

I imagine it doesn't like the cold shoulder.

 

[Thomas]

It's not used to being treated so frigidly.

 

[horsesboy]

I imagine that there are about to be some Vikings Pillaging in Festa.

 

[Zachary]

I meant to post this a couple weeks ago when Calvin initially messaged me about it, but I suck.

Anyway, Calvin, one of the two guys who recreated the Drachen Spire leaks for BGWFans in NoLimits last year, designed a LEGO recreation of Loch Ness Monster's lead car and it's absolutely GORGEOUS!



You can purchase the instructions and parts list from Calvin via his Etsy shop, BrickTrack, for $4 if you're interested in hunting down the parts and building it for yourself.

Loch Ness Monster LEGO MOC | Etsy

This listing features the INSTRUCTIONS/PARTS LIST ONLY, does NOT include physical LEGO bricks Your download includes: - Set instructions (PDF) - Tutorial for how to order parts through BrickLink (PDF) - Parts list in XML format for Bricklink (txt) - Cover art The pieces for this model cost around

www.etsy.com

 

[snowman6996]

its not the real Loch Ness unless it has an orange stripe, but that looks real nice.

 

[The Quist]

I would literally sell my soul to Satan for a full Lego version of Loch Ness, or any coaster from BGW really.

 

[matthewcsoup]

chocolate milk make the pain of another month without loch ness go away