Aah that makes more sense.
In fairness, I’d say that ride looks like a very well themed coaster based on the video, so Looping may simply have chosen to spend more on the theming than the ride in that particular case.
If you watch the construction videos that Theme Park Worldwide put out, they seem to suggest the concepts and theming was done in house. I assume the physical building work was local contractors.
It's A Small World at Disneyland Paris has evacuation docks that the boats have to be manually pushed to, as seen in action in this video;I always thought it closed because H&S found parts of the scenery in such a condition that it posed a risk of collapse, potentially onto guest. Timber in years of damp conditions does not bode well. I could be wrong and the reason you give might be correct. But there is a few reasons that make me question it.
You see the ride did have docking areas incase it broke down, as can be seen in the photo below. These were next to all the major fire exits in the ride. The platforms were submerged an inch or so under the waterline. But in an emergency, they would work non the less. The boats would need manually positioning there, but that is no different than ride such as Duel breaking down, with cars not being on the exit directly.
Interesting for sure. Maybe the fact they were submerged was a factor in their decision.
Wow they really have took that down quick. I hope that means there is something going in it's place for next year but what it might be I have no idea.
Not necessarily true though. The park might have wanted it down before the christmas event or perhaps so they could prepare the area for whatever they might put there, even if it is temporary, so it's not just an empty slab of land.
