Mäch Tower Lawsuit?

[Ben]

oh....

 

[Hoopla]

If they do sue Moser, I don't know who will win. Busch Gardens forced them to make it at the park so it wasn't tested to make sure it works well, but Moser usually makes rides for fairs, not amusement parks. Both sides have good statements but we'll see.

 

[pandorazboxx]

I mean, they probably signed a contract where Moser agreed to all of this, and the cost of building it in Williamsburg was probably factored in.

 

[Party Rocker]

Contracts, so full of helpful information and every scenario it seems.

 

[netdvn]

Just throwing this out there, but Moser has built for parks before (although they mostly build kiddie drop towers). Mach isn't really the first large tower Moser has built outside of fairs, it's the first to have the vibrating seats and (I think) the rotating car. Moser has built other park models (one of them has a fantastic lighting package too) before.

 

[Zachary]

This was, by far, their most famous project thus far though.

 

[Shane]

I think its the first to use their "enclosed cabling system." I don't know for sure, but I don't think any other tower rides, drop tower or tower swings, have used an enclosed cabling system. If you look at towers like Intamin Drop Towers or Windseeker the lift cables are exposed to the weather which I think has a lot to do with the amount of grease on the ground on and around "Drop Tower," its also starting to show on Windseeker some. You'll notice no grease stains on the ground around Mach Tower. I could be totally off the mark here, but I think thats b/c Mach's cables are in that steel channel; that and Busch probably would power wash any grease on the ground.

 

[Ben]

Bump, if this Overhaul still does not fix the problems, are we in for a lawsuit?

 

[Zachary]

I've heard whispers of a settlement.

 

[Ben]

That makes sense, considering 85 percent of lawsuits filed don't go to court.

 

[b.mac]

I think Moser knows themselves how much of a landmark project Mach Tower was for them, and getting sued by SWP&E wouldn't look good on a resume when you only have 2 drop towers built.

I still think Moser is in a much better footing than Mondial, though.

 

[I305Evan]

Yeah the WindSeekers are still fully operational. Cedar Fair just hasn't let them reopen until they diagnose the issue. While Moser has issue after issue.