The Loch Ness Monster

[UbblyBubbly]

I will try that next time.

 

[MrLaptop]

Do nothing, the loops are smooth.

 

[Username]

Put your head forward.

I have vertigo and can't really ride much at BG but I try to ride at least one roller coaster with my boyfriend so that he doesn't have to ride everything alone. Last Friday he convinced me to go on Loch Ness with him and he gave me the same advice, holy shit the ride experience is different when you don't lean your head back. I have been going to BG for 20 years and somehow I just learned this.

Also, I found two quarters as I left the Loch Ness station. It was a great day.

 

[Thomas]

Nessie rewards her loyal subjects, she is a generous Queen.

 

[Jrbgwfan06]

I'm 99% positive the downtime late last weekend and early this weekend was because they replaced The lift motor. Other than that initial jolt, there was zero lag-time, and it just felt faster. Stark contrast from the rest of this season.

 

[Nicole]

Really? Must ride her soon! She has been struggling on the lift hill since last Fall.

 

[Zimmy]

Awah They gave her a present!

 

[Jrbgwfan06]

After riding it a second time, it is definitely performing better. Once the whole train is on the lift, you never have a "fall-back" moment again. It's still not like the second lift, but that one is set at a faster speed.

 

[MrLaptop]

Thank goodness. That scared me when I rode it, actually during a summer.

Does it sound different?

 

[Jonquil]

^ I doubt that changing the lift motor would make it would sound different. The sounds made by chain-lift coasters are almost always made by the anti-rollback mechanisms.

 

[MAZ]

If it is traveling up the hill faster, it should sound a little different. The clanking should be faster.

 

[Jonquil]

^ But I bet it still sounds like the Loch Ness Monster, that is, like a big, rattling bucket of bolts.

 

[Mushroom]

Yes, the sweet music of Nessie's lift is still there. It just doesn't feel like the lift is going to give out at any second anymore. Long live Nessie!

 

[Zimmy]

Nessie is not a "bucket of bolts"

 

[Jrbgwfan06]

^^^ pretty much what Joe said. Lift speed is still the same, you just don't fell like you're going to fall back down the lift hill when you're cresting the top.

 

[MrLaptop]

Actually the initial start was the worst for rollback-feeling. The crest actually felt fine to me.

 

[Jonquil]

Nessie is not a "bucket of bolts"

"sounds like" ≠ "is". I happen to like that "bucket of bolts" sound!

Anyway, the real winner in the "bucket of bolts" sound category is the late, lamented Big Bad Wolf.

 

[MrLaptop]

Nessie is music, wolf was...a beat, assuming coasterforce's pov was right.

 

[ArrowDev]

Hi All,

I'm not sure if this is posted anywhere else on the site yet, but it seems to be new. It is a audio recording I made a few weeks back when the Loch Ness Monster was being put back in service after a maintenance issue. While those of us on the Coaster Tours have heard the audio warning, others may not have. Once I saw the mechanic leave the maintenance bay with the paper release in his hand I figured it would be just a few minutes, so I was able to the audio...and first seat/first ride The link is below for the audio. I'm still looking for the BBW Queue Message, so if anyone knows of such a recording, please let me know. Tx!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9tmap5pa33q7gqc/Clear%20Loch%20Ness%20Track%20Audio.m4a?dl=0

 

[UbblyBubbly]

I have finally found a video showing the lit up Nessie in the cave!
http://youtu.be/8f5g9WgIgJg