Thats cool - Wonder if there will be other Easter eggs like that one around
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Thomas
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That's nice
Pete999films
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Hopefully they will learn from the hyperia issues that they need to get it right first time. Hope it will be ready for the summer.
Easier said than done with mechanical and electrical machines. Hyperia and it's issues are nothing new. It's normal and has been since long before my time.
Every new ride has its teething issues - The Wave is having a few of its own for example 
themeparkplanet
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Themeparksandy1981
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It maybe cause it’s not fully loaded but it does look slow.
Immelmanloop
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The water dummies seem to be getting flung about a fair bit, so quite forceful, and its only half loaded so I reckon it's going to be a decent little escapade. It will feel faster riding it backwards anyway.
Here come some photos queueline and theming going in and we caught it testing too!
I have a few clips of that to put together but I can say the clips do not do it justice. It looks so much better in person and from what I saw? I'm really excited. This is going to be a surprise favourite for some I think!
queueline and theming going in and we caught it testing too!I have a few clips of that to put together but I can say the clips do not do it justice. It looks so much better in person and from what I saw? I'm really excited. This is going to be a surprise favourite for some I think!
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That last photo is a piece of recycled theming that sat next to Shockwaves entrance, as seen below.
It is looking really good. I'll reserve full judgement until it opens. There appears that there is only one or two unique peice of theming so far though. I'm sure more will come.
Really looking forward to this actually.
It is looking really good. I'll reserve full judgement until it opens. There appears that there is only one or two unique peice of theming so far though. I'm sure more will come.
Really looking forward to this actually.
Love all the recycled bits
Here's a preview of the testing - I may put the full ones on Facebook later as some clips didn't fit properly to this;
Here's a preview of the testing - I may put the full ones on Facebook later as some clips didn't fit properly to this;
Trooper Looper
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I knew that looked familiar from somewhere!!
Looks like the entrance will be just to the left of it potentially
Work has been progressing quickly with changes overnight
They're really going for the testing which is good - wonder when they'll start the two train testing
Thomas
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This evening they were doing a different setting than that was happening when the park was open
Themeparksandy1981
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Victoria Lynn did say if you rode it in the morning then if you rode it again in the afternoon/evening it would be a different ride experience.
Kam
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It's funny because this piece of theming was itself a recycled Whale Oil boiler, which was played around with by Shockwave/Splash Canyon's designers, Golding leisure design, in the early 90s. The only boilers I could find which look remotely similar are located in Antarctica, pictured below.
They used old agricultural equipment and machinary to create a lot of the Shockwave and Splash Canyon theming, which they took apart and redesigned in to effects. If you remember, some of those effects included:
- A large cannister which was fitted on to the end of a crane, just after you left the shed part of the ride (which trickled out water, and was turned off and repositioned at some point in the mid 2000s). It is still on site surprisingly. I wonder if this could also be moved in to the coaster area
- and also a large pipe at the end fitted to a 'mining company' themed building that used to drop water on people. Which was also turned off years before Splash Canyon closed, and was removed in 2020.
The boiler has now been recycled twice, it seems...
At least it fits in with the new coasters theme!