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Paultons Park: General Discussion

Hid said:
Only 1 Coaster operates with 2 full sized train Storm Chaser
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Yes, @Matt N highlighted this 45 minutes before you felt the need to tell us again.
Matt N said:
Only Storm Chaser actually has the capability to run 2 full-size trains out of any of the coasters on park
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Hid said:
there are no coasters that run with 3 trains
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No one was claiming that there were any coasters at Paultons Park which run with three trains, I'm not sure of the relevancy of this statement?
Bowser said:
i do hope the new attractions (particularly Drakon) will have no cattle pen queues.
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I fear that you may be out of luck with this one. Paultons doesn't really have the real estate for the sort of windy queues you see at Alton Towers or Chessington World of Adventures. They almost managed to remove them in Ghostly Manor, but they feature in the indoor section. I don't believe that they feature for Farmyard Flyer. Otherwise, Paultons is very au fait with cattle pens.

I dread to think that it's possible that guests would have to endure the forgotten circle of hell that must be Storm Chaser's full queue extension in the height of summer.
TedShatner10 said:
Turns out they had to remove Magma because its volcano structure and concrete foundations would cause rain draining issues for the brand new Valgard site (and we saw Altons earlier this year having bizarre drainage problems in the wake of the new Toxicator instalment).
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Was this featured in a video with that very naughty boy, who's not the messiah, or have you come across this somewhere else?
 
GooseOnTheLoose said:
Was this featured in a video with that very naughty boy, who's not the messiah, or have you come across this somewhere else?
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Yeah, that was the official story peddled by that Paultons Park representative and overseer on Paultons' official YT feed (at the 03:03 mark):



The now cleared site from the defunct GoKart track area down the very edge of the park's grounds is a pretty dang big area (in how long it is), so the '27 instalment will be still impressive in some way (whatever it may be).
 
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AT86 said:
Is there any need to be commenting on someone’s appearance when it bears no resemblance to the topic at hand?
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I had no need but no real intent to be nasty or offensive about Lawrence Mancey's appearance (I always look forward to his presentations, I just recognise he's got a "big kid" side to him like me).
 
MrTowers said:
I would say they do try with storm chaser. I have often overheard the ride operators mention to each other the riders per hour figure and celebrate so there must be some in house competition going on. They were even leaving rows empty to try and not stack the trains when guests were either faffing or not ready in time. To add to that there is someone batching the trains and an operator either side to check the restraints simultaneously. Beyond storm chaser though I would say there is very little urgency elsewhere in the park and these operations will need to improve as guest numbers grow. Do we know how many trains Drakon will have, this will give them an opportunity to show how good their operations can be as there aren't too many rides at the moment where it makes a massive amount of difference.
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Take this as speculation, but...

I heard from an engineer that the original plan for Drakon was to have three trains, with two operating off-peak and one in maintenance. Then all three go when there are crowds.

Apparently, they're considering purchasing a fourth so that they can keep Drakon open for most of the year and always have a train in the workshop while being able to facilitate the busy crowds.
 
TedShatner10 said:
Yeah, that was the official story peddled by that Paultons Park representative and overseer on Paultons' official YT feed (at the 03:03 mark):
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He didn't say
"Turns out they had to remove Magma because its volcano structure and concrete foundations would cause rain draining issues for the brand new Valgard site"

I took it as he was talking about keeping the foundation structure after the ride was removed to use it for something else, (or just as general paving maybe) and the fact it is higher than the other land around it. It wasn't the ride causing drain issues, but with the ride gone it isn't possible to re-use the foundation.
 
Vild Swing is fast being assembled:

From: https://youtu.be/AJnwy2glvpY


And Drakon's first inversion has been partially installed.
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From: https://x.com/Themeuk/status/1984283848365179372/photo/1
 
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