The Loch Ness Monster
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Man I can't wait to go in the new underwater tunnel on Nessie only those with the strongest lungs will survive
In the case of MrBradferd vs Busch Gardens, I present exhibit A your honor, as proof of premeditated idiocy.
Keep your damn hands in the train before you screw things up for everyone.
Keep your damn hands in the train before you screw things up for everyone.
How are you gonna miss the timing? You just stick your hand out the train as you go through the loop lol
Please don't. The train is already pretty cramped as is. Modifications can happen if someone decides to be dumb and hurt themselves. It happens.
Those trains and restraints are already slightly different due to envelope restrictions in the loops. One of the main goals of ride testing on LNM is to try and get arms out and reach the other track. As long as it can’t be done, the ride passes. Unless you get one of those people who can dislocate their arm at will, it is physically impossible to reach your arm out of the side of the train.
TheCoasterNerd
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Yellow track rings are back in stock. Haven’t seen them for a few months, but I saw them on the shelf at the train station today. Employee said they just got a new shipment
I will consider purchasing one when I'm a millionaire. I still think $600 for a metal ring is insane. The cashier at Tweedside Gifts said they didn't understand why it was so expensive and would definitely put a hole in the ole' bank account.
(I understand that LNM has some significant appreciation/records, ex. ACE Landmark/only coaster with interlocking loops, but $600 is honestly crazy.)
(I understand that LNM has some significant appreciation/records, ex. ACE Landmark/only coaster with interlocking loops, but $600 is honestly crazy.)
Am I the only one that really doesn't like the new lifthill audio? They play it so ungodly loud so that you can hear it on the ride that half the park can also hear it. Outside of New France, Festa, and Oktoberfest, the whole rest of the park has to hear "Oh look! A new team" and the rest of the garbage he says 24/7
Its ungodly loud. I really wonder the thought process on it.
The thought process is that you literally cannot hear it on-ride otherwise. It's a pick your poison situation for BGW unfortunately. Either they detheme the lift (bad!), they try to quiet the lift (some people would object for sure and it requires engineering), or you play it as loud as it is now (probably the best option?).
I'd personally prefer they try to quiet the anti-rollbacks because theming > iconic clacks if you ask me, but reasonable people can disagree.
I'd personally prefer they try to quiet the anti-rollbacks because theming > iconic clacks if you ask me, but reasonable people can disagree.
^^-- I really like the burst of feedback when the audio starts up, like it's the ungodly loud PA it is.
TheCoasterNerd
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If you ever park in England it's so obvious. You can't even see the coaster, but you can hear it clear as day. I say the best bet, unfortunately, would be either remove the audio, or build new trains with onboard speakers so it doesn't have to be so damn loud
But of course this is BGW we're talking about, that'll never happen
But of course this is BGW we're talking about, that'll never happen
Has anyone ever been to a museum where an exhibit has a speaker mounted overhead, and the speakers isolate the sound so you can only hear it if you’re directly under the speakers? Apparently they’re called “directional speakers” or “parametric speakers” and they keep the sound waves in a narrow beam, so the sound is only heard in the exact spot it’s intended for.
I assume those things are pricey (and it probably took a budgetary miracle just to get regular speakers mounted on the lift), but in an ideal world I think it would be cool if a bunch of those were mounted above the train on the lift hill. That way, the sound would be clear as day for the riders but all but inaudible for everyone else. I have no idea if there’s some physical limitation that would prevent these things from being used outside, although I assume there’s almost certainly a financial one.
Sadly, I do agree that the lift narration, while awesome on the ride, is incredibly distracting (and a bit irritating) throughout the rest of Heatherdowns, Killarney, and even beyond. If they don’t do something to isolate the sound more, I worry this is one of those effects that’ll get turned off within a few years.
I assume those things are pricey (and it probably took a budgetary miracle just to get regular speakers mounted on the lift), but in an ideal world I think it would be cool if a bunch of those were mounted above the train on the lift hill. That way, the sound would be clear as day for the riders but all but inaudible for everyone else. I have no idea if there’s some physical limitation that would prevent these things from being used outside, although I assume there’s almost certainly a financial one.
Sadly, I do agree that the lift narration, while awesome on the ride, is incredibly distracting (and a bit irritating) throughout the rest of Heatherdowns, Killarney, and even beyond. If they don’t do something to isolate the sound more, I worry this is one of those effects that’ll get turned off within a few years.
I saw this video from 1997 and think it's sooo cool! Does tandem interlocking ever happen anymore on LNM?
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Per a cousin who is a sound engineer, they do work outdoors however sound degradation happens quickly with interfering sounds (lift hill clacks), wind, and even sometimes humidity. Additionally they are more effective with a stationary listener. It was mentioned that if you were moving listening it would fade in and out heavily.
Financially they aren’t much more expensive than standard speakers, it would be more in the number of them you would possible need.
I shared what you were saying with him and he said the best they could do is build some type of tent or wood structure over it and angle the speakers down from it there. Then you protect it from any sound interference and help contain the sound, but then the lift chain noises would get amplified.