I wasn't saying it is because he left. It is well known that Giles had tensions with Intamin for years. I'm saying that's why for years, BGW never bothered with getting an Intamin. Of course it's not the ONLY reason, but it contributed.
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FYI - According to the Wiki, the last Intamin installation in the USA was Wave Breaker at SWSA in 2017. Prior to that was 2014 at Universal Florida and Skyrush in 2012.
RCDB shows them building 3 in the USA opening this year (one at Universal Studios) and 1 (BGW) in '20.
Bottom line - who cares? IF they are the builder/designer, then obviously Seas feels comfortable with the agreement. I don't care who builds the ride. I never heard of Zierer yet I enjoy Verbolten. And I don't care if Seas got a new line of credit, went to a payday loan place or won the lottery to pay for it. All I care is the park I love to frequent is continuing to be viable and a fun place to dump a lot of money.
Now about that balloon in Festhaus Park....
RCDB shows them building 3 in the USA opening this year (one at Universal Studios) and 1 (BGW) in '20.
Bottom line - who cares? IF they are the builder/designer, then obviously Seas feels comfortable with the agreement. I don't care who builds the ride. I never heard of Zierer yet I enjoy Verbolten. And I don't care if Seas got a new line of credit, went to a payday loan place or won the lottery to pay for it. All I care is the park I love to frequent is continuing to be viable and a fun place to dump a lot of money.
Now about that balloon in Festhaus Park....
Now that we are using Intamin, it's for the quiet replacement of Mach Tower with a better tower in the same spot.
I don't understand the need for a bridge over the train tracks. Why didn't they just use the already paved area that crosses the tracks next to the rapids. It's not like they don't have crossings elsewhere in the park.
I agree. The bridge seems like a lot cost for very little return. Using the existing at-grade crossing would pull people further back into Italy giving more exposure to an area that always seems dead.
You'd have to think this ride is the beginning of an Expansion. No way they go through all of the effort of building a bridge just for a coaster.
I agree. The area I circled bottom center is not earmarked (as far as I know). They may not need that long of a queue line so people could use the bridge to access whatever they could immediately put in that area.
I wouldn’t even call it that. The Chinese theme park market has been hogging their business.
That layout pictured is a bit off scale. The coaster will not be going over water at any point. The final straight and brake run should also be lining up with the access road pictured intersecting with the railroad.
I'm sure we'll get a more accurate version from @Zachary. The one I posted is from that Coaster YouTube video.
It's good to see Intamin back. They're my favorite manufacturer and the fact that they're coming to my homepark gets me hype.
My theory would be that they wanted to preserve the function of the service road that connects to Roman Rapids. I have a feeling they wanted to keep the service road separate from the access paths to the new area. Also, it makes much more sense from an operations standpoint to avoid an at-grade crossing.
I think if they were going to use the service road as an access point, it would have been smart to connect between Marco Polo's Marketplace and Da Vinci, as well as the new bridge. That would help circulate people through the area, creating a second entrance to Festa. I have never been a fan of walking from the Oktoberfest/Italy bridge to the back of Festa via the Festa Bridge.
Perhaps they will eventually build a bridge from FHP to the Festa Field, creating a path from the Festhaus to the Festa Station. This would almost eliminate the need for a Germany train station that was rumored several years back.
Plus it would be crazy during Halloween.... To have the que, quick que, exit of Circo Sinistro and a their new major attraction in the same area would be crazy. There would be people everywhere.
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