Galactica's Future

GooseOnTheLoose said:

Spinball Whizzer regains a single rider queues, when are all of the other coasters getting single rider?

Mandrill Mayhem operates a virtual queue for a year, we need virtual queues everywhere!

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But just to show I am paying attention, more SRQ were established, and, in my opinion, virtual queues are a good thing that should be rolled out further. We found the mandrill virtual queue easy to use and saved getting stuck in that horrible cattle pen, and using the virtual queue at Liseberg was good - better when you have 3 people in your group.

Alix said:

virtual queue easy to use and saved getting stuck in that horrible cattle pen, and using the virtual queue at Liseberg was good

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I find it very limiting, and only works for people who get to the park early as by 12 all the slots are booked up because most people won't care about waiting 5 hours to get one ride in as they can do anything else, and it leads to many people not being able to ride it, and people comming early being able to ride it multiple times.

Not in my experience - slots are released during the day so you can book later if you miss the original drop.

Anyway, Galactica eh. I reckon it needs VR and blasters. What a ride that would be.

danlouislucy said:

Off the shelf that iirc was going to another UK park but they pulled out so Towers got it cheap(er)

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That was geek rumour and seems unlikely seen as its design (including supports) is adapted for getting around Corkscrew (hence the weird supports on the last bunny hop into the brakes).

Whether it was a prelim design Intamin had already created prior to Towers buying it or not is unclear, but regardless it needed adapting and at the time of purchase it was the OG. DR at Heide was a few years later which did clone Rita.

Dave said:

That was geek rumour and seems unlikely seen as its design (including supports) is adapted for getting around Corkscrew (hence the weird supports on the last bunny hop into the brakes).

Whether it was a prelim design Intamin had already created prior to Towers buying it or not is unclear, but regardless it needed adapting and at the time of purchase it was the OG. DR at Heide was a few years later which did clone Rita.

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Which bizarrely has a modified turn at the end but still has the Corkscrew avoiding support.

AltonLover123 said:

Exactly, Galactica does not need retracking, neither does Oblivion.

What Galactica does need would be new trains and upgrade of ride controls and such.

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To be clear - that's still a multi-million £ investment.

Dave said:

That was geek rumour and seems unlikely seen as its design (including supports) is adapted for getting around Corkscrew (hence the weird supports on the last bunny hop into the brakes).

Whether it was a prelim design Intamin had already created prior to Towers buying it or not is unclear, but regardless it needed adapting and at the time of purchase it was the OG. DR at Heide was a few years later which did clone Rita.

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It seems to have changed with time. The one I saw back in the day (on ATA, them's being the days) was that a park cancelled a project and that created capacity for Intamin to do something (cheaply) but it had to be designed and agreed very quickly.

They were already working with Tussauds on Stealth, and they saw an opportunity to re-use a lot of what they had planned for that.

The suns and moons aligned to ruin Ug Land forever.

WillPS said:

To be clear - that's still a multi-million £ investment.


It seems to have changed with time. The one I saw back in the day (on ATA, them's being the days) was that a park cancelled a project and that created capacity for Intamin to do something (cheaply) but it had to be designed and agreed very quickly.

They were already working with Tussauds on Stealth, and they saw an opportunity to re-use a lot of what they had planned for that.

The suns and moons aligned to ruin Ug Land forever.

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Ah yes Rita. A classic example of what happens when you try and cobble something in at the last minute. Oh what could have been for UG land and the area if some sensible, long term planning had gone into it. Alas, we have a launch and nowt else that completely bisects and overpowers what could be an amazing part of the park. Thirteen had to be forced into the corky footprint and is visually hobbled by the monstrosity that even has an awful name.

As for Galactica, it would be nice to see it kept, but a nice new big coaster interacting with it and using space in the car park beyond and a new area emerging with a few more flats. There is loads of space really!

danlouislucy said:

Off the shelf that iirc was going to another UK park but they pulled out so Towers got it cheap(er)

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I remember hearing it was Oakwood! The trees were cut and everything, but they ended up going with Speed, which only took up some of the land.

The park's owner Paddy apparently had blueprints for the ride in his office.

flyingguitar said:

I find it very limiting, and only works for people who get to the park early as by 12 all the slots are booked up because most people won't care about waiting 5 hours to get one ride in as they can do anything else, and it leads to many people not being able to ride it, and people comming early being able to ride it multiple times.

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That’s an issue when a ride operates exclusively as virtual queuing but not if you combine options as seen at the likes of Efteling and Europa.