[2026] Bluey Coaster in CBeebies Land

[flyingguitar]

I dont understand this train design at all? Its almost like it’s being designed by someone who does not go to theme parks.

Sitting at the front of the train and being the driver is the most fun for kids (and adults), so why take that away. Why not have Bluey and Gran at the back if you must have them in the ride car?

Why reduce capacity by two for what is already going to be a low capacity ride?

I get that you always have a slightly blocked view from people in front, but this is just, I don’t get it.

are you new to themeparks?

this isn't uncommon to have the lead car a big theming element

having a lead car be theming, etc is very common and depending on the configuration of the ride, it probably will be a trailered design where apart from the first car (this one with the theming) the rest only have 2 sets of wheels and are attached to the car in front by a ball joint similar to a trailer, this means the first car usually has to be larger which would look odd without anything up front and difficult to fit some seats in the spot (it also can have an impact on the forces of the rides, as the front car is a solid car it can affect how it takes corners, often they will have only rotation axis (in roll), this can be seen on wickerman which shares the same design, but they can have seats such as the smiler or nemesis).

given the design of this ride, the train will probably be quite long meaning only a few people would actually be impacted, and the theming has been designed to come alongside the ride over being in front of the riders meaning it probably wouldn't have much impact on the visibility of the theming, thrill rides you would want to see forward more, or rides such as DK at universal but this isn't too critical.

 

[Dave]

Zierer family coaster trains are ugly as sin so I’m just impressed they made this one look actually decent.

 

[IanB]

I am not saying that it does not look impressive, and that the front carriage should not have any themeing, it does look good, they have done a good job, and its going to be fun for kids to go on and as others have said, Kids are going to love it no matter what.

The point I am trying to make is that I belive the guest experience should come first and I am not sure that is the case here. Maybe, as others have said, the team who has designed it thinks this element improves the experience for the guest, I dont see it that way.

The people I care most about agree with me, it was quite funny when I was showing Daisy it, she was like, it looks great, but I wish I could drive it and then asked if it had any inversions (She did her first inverting coaster in December, and I have tried to teach her the names of the elements correctly, so she calls them inversions instead of loops).

Maybe the angle of the photo makes it look worse than it is, but for young children sat on the front row, they are not going to be able to see anything out the front or get that sense of speed from the air blowing in your face. We both agree it would be more fun, if you could sit at the front, see where you were going, and pretend to be driving. Why bother with a rollercoaster if your not going to let people expereince what makes a rollercoaster great?

This requires a little bit more engineering, and cost (But for a company that is second only to Disney, this should not be an issue), but why not be more creative, think outside the box and have Bluey and Gran holding on the back, and an animatronic lifts them up, so it looks like they are flying when they go down the first drop. The kids get to come away having this magical memory of driving Bluey and Gran around, and everyone watching has something impressive to watch with them hanging on at the back.

Maybe I am just getting to the old and grumpy stage of life.