The Loch Ness Monster
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I'm what the park refers to as a guest of "exceptional size" (gotta love the p.c. lingo) and the seating for Nessie doesn't bother me or cause me to have any back issues. I actually find very comfortably in the seat. The only issue I ever have when riding Nessie is a always smack the ride side of my face on the restraint after going through the second loop. I think this one issue may be partly due to the cartilage piercing I have on both ears because after riding Nessie I'm left with some ear pain. Luckily it's not too painful that I'm going to stop riding Nessie. She's my favorite coaster and her seating is much more forgiving to the other coasters in the park.
There is an article somewhere that I read about that specific spot in the ride that you're banging your head. It stated that after the second loop, the last piece of track installed was actually fabricated with a bend in the wrong direction. They fixed this at the park as best they could and what we were left with is a jolt just before entering the station. I wish I could remember where I read this. It was interesting. Also, I think they did a pretty good job fixing it under the circumstances.WasabiDragon said:
I actually think it's something they tell you during the coaster tour.
I've believe I first read about that track detail on this site, years ago.
It came from this post, which a certain someone commented on. http://m.buschgardensvablog.com/loch-ness-monster-finally-sighted
Looks like Nessie has taken a vacation from the lake.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/a-mysterious-creature-was-filmed-in-the-thames-%e2%80%94-here-are-the-most-common-theories-about-its-identity/ar-BBrqMo8?li=BBnbfcL
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/a-mysterious-creature-was-filmed-in-the-thames-%e2%80%94-here-are-the-most-common-theories-about-its-identity/ar-BBrqMo8?li=BBnbfcL
She really needed a vacation. Fresh air can do wonders... Or in this case fresh water.
CNN reports, "Fake Nessie Found in Loch Ness," which makes sense, since we know where the real LNM is.
Nessie seems to be running well at present... middle seat is really smooth, and that nasty oscillating bounce in the back seats while exiting the loops seems to have calmed down just a bit. Didn't ride the front seat, since it always crunches me in the jaw at the top of the first drop pullout.
Looking closely at the track from the Rhine floating bridge, the number of layers of yellow paint stacked atop each other is something to behold. The steel has that old-timey surface look resulting from nearly 40 years of occasional repainting. Old urban steel infrastructure gets the same "lumpy" look over the decades.
Looking closely at the track from the Rhine floating bridge, the number of layers of yellow paint stacked atop each other is something to behold. The steel has that old-timey surface look resulting from nearly 40 years of occasional repainting. Old urban steel infrastructure gets the same "lumpy" look over the decades.
Matthew said:
Then again, we don't know how much the park prioritizes those loops alone. We do know that the park paints certain segments over the off season on all rides. Aside from easily accessible pieces, and parts less than 30 feet high, their process seems quite random to me.
I imagine my observations may be the product of uneven results from the sandblasting or prep.
Come to think of it, painted steel bridges showing the same crater effect are probably also occasionally sandblasted and repainted. Makes sense. Where the previous paint layers are particularly difficult to remove, or where the old surface has to be worked to mitigate rust, you get this kind of thing happening (just a sample image from an accessible area):
That said, she still looks really good in most spots, and magnificent from afar.
Come to think of it, painted steel bridges showing the same crater effect are probably also occasionally sandblasted and repainted. Makes sense. Where the previous paint layers are particularly difficult to remove, or where the old surface has to be worked to mitigate rust, you get this kind of thing happening (just a sample image from an accessible area):
That said, she still looks really good in most spots, and magnificent from afar.
blasting also takes off layers of rust and rot. It will always end up uneven. Further, who knows how thorough and aggressive they were. Do we know for a fact they went down to bare metal? Do we even know that they blasted all the metal and the track?
Also, there is no such thing as a bad ride on Nessie.
Also, there is no such thing as a bad ride on Nessie.
After the repaint on PMPD in '10 Nessie looked flawless. It was a really smooth ride as well. no cratering to speak of with the paint. there were some drops of paint all over and I think Zach and I concluded that the tunnel had not been done. Hope that info helps. Zach might have the pictures still, I'm horrible with keeping old stuff.
That's a close up from PMPD of 2010. Note how there isn't any layering to the paint.
(I stole this from Chris's BGWFans article covering that day.)