I think I still have a copy of that. It had footage of Big Bad Wolf and Drachen Fire on it.
Project 2025/Caldera: Rapterra (Launched B&M Wing Coaster)
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I think I still have a copy of that. It had footage of Big Bad Wolf and Drachen Fire on it.
Better than me haha. I typically stick to "B&M," but if someone asks me to explain what it stands for I either say "two European guys who started the company" or completely butcher their names to something like "Ball-in-grr" and "Mally-bard." I am awful.I think that's the first time I've heard the proper pronunciation of Bolliger and Mabillard. I've heard it pronounced many times before as Ball-uh-grr and Mab-ee-yard, but it seems it's Bowl-yair and Mab-yair. I'll just keep sticking to B&M.
Rode this on Sunday for the first time. Front rides, inside and out both at the beginning and end of the day. Super fun coaster and the smoothness was not an issue for me. I grew up with Apollo's Chariot etc. - I did not find this to be problematic where I sat. Its a coaster that holds its speed well and looks great from the ground, excellent investment for the park! Night rides are phenomenal.
Something interesting happened this weekend when it was empty.
My train was just completing the course when the next train dispatched. The next train stopped right before the launch as ours was hitting the brake run. My train then advanced about halfway through the station and stopped for a few seconds, then they launched the next train from a dead stop. I thought the ride had broken down but I guess it was just a block check! I did not know there was a block between the launch and the station.
My train was just completing the course when the next train dispatched. The next train stopped right before the launch as ours was hitting the brake run. My train then advanced about halfway through the station and stopped for a few seconds, then they launched the next train from a dead stop. I thought the ride had broken down but I guess it was just a block check! I did not know there was a block between the launch and the station.
I believe Rapterra has a wonky programming thing where if it gets dispatched at a specific moment it does what you described. Doesn’t break the ride, just looks funky.
A short version of why that happens, there is a very small window where the train can be dispatched before the other comes back, so it stops on the launch for the next block to clear. It mostly happens on empty days with a quick moving crew who dispatch trains a bit too efficiently.
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