Heads up for anyone venturing over to BGT. SheiKra is unexpectedly closed after some undisclosed damage related to Tropical Storm Eta earlier this month. No indication on when it is reopening.
Attraction SheiKra
- Thread starter Mushroom
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It's going to be down for the forseeable future as they cannot diagnose what the issue is with the ride. They just received a part over the weekend from Busch Gardens Williamsburg which did not solve the problem.
I was there Saturday and it was still being worked on. Glad to here it is up and running again, and I'll catch a ride on it when I am back in Tampa in 2 weeks.
Nice to hear she's back up and running again! I saw a rumor a few weeks ago on Instagram that the park would have to get new trains to solve the issue... and man, am I glad that didn't come to fruition. Vest restraints on the OG dive machine... *shudder*
Oh, so on top of repaints, we’re getting retrackings? Nice. Once Again you said take it with a grain of salt but still.
I'm not sure what other ride that could go to, but at least it doesn't appear to be extensive.
I mean, it’s red B&M track in BGT’s parking lot so I would imagine it’s almost certainly SheiKra
It’s to retrack the bottom of the turn into the splash down, it’s really badly damaged
There’s one problem… the track isn’t sloping the correct way for that. Looks like it could be a part of one of the drops?
That piece with the support connector looks to be the top of the pullout from the splash down.
It's this. As a regular there is a massive rust spot in the pullout that even has holes in the rails at this point. It's pretty wild
Heads up for anyone heading to BGT Thanksgiving week that SheiKra is currently closed, with no ETA on reopening.