The fiberglass trough was not replaced. The steel beneath it was. The fiberglass was put back in.
Project 2026: "Things"
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Long live AC - the original B&M hyper and honestly one of the best terrain-oriented turnarounds I've experienced on any subsequent version of the model.
I don't see it going anywhere absent a catastrophic failure or metal fatigue on irreplaceable components.
I don't see it going anywhere absent a catastrophic failure or metal fatigue on irreplaceable components.
I dont see Alpengeist going anywhere. Aside from the cobra roll and entering the mid course it's smoothe as glass for how old it is. Even airtime thrills said it was smooth. Aslong as those 2 parts arn't damaging the ride in anyway. Apollo has a WAY more hard rattle to it overall. I could be biased too because it is my favourite ride in the park. Almost virginia
I agree. I absolutely love Alpengeist and I hope that they eventually give it "the Nessie treatment". Give it some new track and some more snowy theming and it'll be like a brand-new ride. Alpengeist's station is also my 3rd favorite in the park. 2nd being Nessie's new station theming, and 1st being DarKoaster.
I’d like to see Alpengeist given the hulk treatment with a cobra roll reprofiling to be a little softer.
Am I the only one who looks forward to that cobra roll lol I love how the trains of people are faily quiet until that part lol It gets everyone
I felt like things could also refers to a flat ride package, like new rides in the empty ride pads in both italy & german areas
Last I heard that is something BGW was considering. They desperately need more modern flats.
If we are talking flat ride packages, I really think Italy needs it more than Oktoberfest. Even the pathways in Italy are looking pretty bad IMO let alone the empty Cradle spot.
Maybe B&M working with BGW again is a sign of things to come. Apollo could use a track replacement and tighter crests on the first two airtime hills like on modern hypers (e.g. Mako, Candymonium).
B&M has worked with BGW since 1995. That never stopped.
Personally though, I love the newer hyper profiling from B&M but I definitely adore the long trains that float over the drawn out hills. It encompasses, I think, the feeling they were going for conceptually.
Personally though, I love the newer hyper profiling from B&M but I definitely adore the long trains that float over the drawn out hills. It encompasses, I think, the feeling they were going for conceptually.
I’d love to see in the “off years” adding and renovating theming in preexisting rides.
Pantheon needs it of course but I’d love to see alpengeist get some love. Maybe enclose the last bit before the brake run as a cave and the brake run could have a screen similar to LNM where we see the alpengeist, touch up the snow theming and one detail is like to see, a 90s era radio/ boombox playing this chestnut along with faux weather reports
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Apollos could trade the tents with a temple pretty easily I’d think, I’ve never seen the line terribly long in recent years personally but then again I don’t go on the busiest days. I’d like to see a revamp of verbolten with new lighting and effects. Maybe add some French colonial homes with a fire effect in the middle of the helixes of invadr or a Viking long ship broken in half as a near miss.
Maybe Busch will replace Mach tower with a star flyer or something and call it the maypole or something.
Definitely agree with what people have already said about the davincis replacement.
Pantheon needs it of course but I’d love to see alpengeist get some love. Maybe enclose the last bit before the brake run as a cave and the brake run could have a screen similar to LNM where we see the alpengeist, touch up the snow theming and one detail is like to see, a 90s era radio/ boombox playing this chestnut along with faux weather reports
Direct Link to Embedded Media Source
Apollos could trade the tents with a temple pretty easily I’d think, I’ve never seen the line terribly long in recent years personally but then again I don’t go on the busiest days. I’d like to see a revamp of verbolten with new lighting and effects. Maybe add some French colonial homes with a fire effect in the middle of the helixes of invadr or a Viking long ship broken in half as a near miss.
Maybe Busch will replace Mach tower with a star flyer or something and call it the maypole or something.
Definitely agree with what people have already said about the davincis replacement.
Hopefully we might get some new flat rides to fill in the spots left behind in Mach Tower and Da Vinci's Cradles' removal. Also 2026 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Oktoberfest section of the park, maybe some plans for that area next year? Crossing fingers for the return of "This Is Oktoberfest!".