It was. Rode it around 6pm and waited 5 mins for it, most gates had 4-6 people waiting.
The Loch Ness Monster
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Nessie is such an odd beast. It’s generally speaking, the most consistently short wait in the park along with Alpengeist in my experience. It’s weird because Nessie is one of 2.5 family coasters, right in the middle of 3 different paths, and easy to see. It also has slow ops, a middle of the road capacity, and is often running suboptimal numbers of trains.
1 train ops on Nessie are just absolute murder. Loch Ness desperately needs a third train again—if only so maintenance can be staggered more effectively to always ensure at least two trains are available.
I generally go to BGW as a single so I’ll give my own POV of why Nessie isn’t that bad:
When I got on any of the 4-wide coasters at BGW as a single, sometimes not even a group of 2 want to fill in on my row. So you end up with an entire row just holding one person. But on Nessie/VBolt - the trains are long enough that if I’m solo plenty of people are still riding the same train so it’s less open seats. Heck even on Griffin I tend to end up with empties on either side unless the ride op is being aggressive about filling trains.
When I got on any of the 4-wide coasters at BGW as a single, sometimes not even a group of 2 want to fill in on my row. So you end up with an entire row just holding one person. But on Nessie/VBolt - the trains are long enough that if I’m solo plenty of people are still riding the same train so it’s less open seats. Heck even on Griffin I tend to end up with empties on either side unless the ride op is being aggressive about filling trains.
Good news everyone!
I know where BGW can get another Nessie car to help get closer to 3 trains. Significantly discounted too! Only $1625 as of this posting.
I know where BGW can get another Nessie car to help get closer to 3 trains. Significantly discounted too! Only $1625 as of this posting.
Yes.
I don't know how much is finalized so I don't want to get too specific yet, but from what I have heard from multiple sources, money is slated to flow to Nessie very soon. There are also multiple other projects currently being pitched internally in a simular vein. Hopefully those find funding as well.
I love the track for Loch Ness but man oh man those shoulder harnesses are trying to kill me. It would be great if we could get the leg harnesses they use on Pantheon.
This is very encouraging. I got some gut reaction that I've had a thought about before that got negative feedback so I'll keep it to myself - but this is the best news one could see on a Monday.
Alright folks, I raided Zachary's files and discovered what's happening.
They are shutting down Loch Ness and turning it into an Oceaneering Entertainment Systems dark ride starting Lochwig trying to keep you in his castle.
In 15 years it will then become the home of Lochbite, a haunted house.
Let me know when it becomes Lochoaster.
My personal heresy is to remake it as a multi launch coaster that travels the length of the Rhine and even out to apollo with instead of interlocked incredibly tiny loops you could do interlocked massive corkscrews spanning from one side of the rhine to the other. What crazy views and sensations that would be. Can you do corkscrews as a flying coaster? Could still do a drive by through part of the cave...and maybe some of other nostalgia. But its a pipe dream.
Yeah... Don't think the original ride structure would exist anymore if they did this. Also, I'd imagine they'd have fun trying to get all the necessary permits for that.
Nessie received some TLC! She's still down at the moment but she should be back online soon I'd guess.
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God forbid you paint it. Not even just visually, but it's generally good to minimize exposure to wear and weathering before painting. Paint is more than visual, it helps protect the metal.