dazza4783
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Looking good. Hopefully will get there next year to try it out.
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Looking good. Hopefully will get there next year to try it out.
Dave
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I know at the moment Paultons don’t need huge throughputs but this coaster is going to at best push 400-450 people per hour.
If Paultons is genuinely going to meet the expectations of the fans on this forum competing with Merlin then I’m surprised they haven’t gone with a coaster that can get to at least 600pph.
Certainly not an immediate problem due to their demographic and crowd numbers but still curious.
If Paultons is genuinely going to meet the expectations of the fans on this forum competing with Merlin then I’m surprised they haven’t gone with a coaster that can get to at least 600pph.
Certainly not an immediate problem due to their demographic and crowd numbers but still curious.
owenstreet7
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I'd certainly imagine Drakon being one of their most popular coasters however I'd also imagine it being quieter because Paultons Park is very under the radar unless it's for Peppa Pig World. I'd imagine this picking up 600-800pph from the looks of it.
With Mandrill Mayhem, this receives more manageable queues in comparison to Vampire which might be based on the thrill level of the coaster including the inversions. I thought it was operations and throughput which could be a factor too.
A higher capacity throughput monster might be the next coaster after the 2027 water ride.
Dave
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Based on NL recreations the ride time from dispatch to end is about 80 seconds, with no blocks (pretty sure as well that the lift hill won’t start on eurofighters until the block ahead is clear because of the pain of evacuating on the vertical). If they dispatch every 60 seconds that’s 480 people per hour, but if the above is accurate they won’t be able to dispatch every 60 seconds.
No way this ride can even theoretically get near 600pph.
Skyscraper
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There is no MCBR, and I think it was mentioned further up the thread that there will be up to three trains, with two used on quieter days.
My guess for blocks is station, pre-station and final brakes. There could be a block before the base of the lift but I think that's unlikely.
Edit: I'd also hope that there will be a separate unload station as well.
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TedShatner10
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Now Paultons had released the full official POV video on YT:
Amazing how close the online fan mock ups of this rides are to the real plans and model.
Amazing how close the online fan mock ups of this rides are to the real plans and model.
Poisson
TS Member
Vertika doesn't and this feels like a near clone. That also has 3 but runs 1.
Mi-Nigle
TS Member
It's looks so short that an MCBR wouldn’t really help much with throughput anyway. Roughly 25 seconds from top to brakes (not that the render looked particularly accurate with regards to speed mind you) doesn't give that much time for boarding as it is, even if there is a separate unload. If they do load faster than that, then there appears to be a block before the lift to make use of the remaining time.