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Paultons Park: General Discussion

Bowser said:
Not just me not into the single rail coasters then, the people of Walibi Holland have spoken... ;)
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Reviews of YOY have been mediocre at best. Other single rail coasters have proven much more popular - the standard model RMC is phenomenal and Mahuka is apparently also excellent. I'm far from convinced either a Raptor or a Hot Racer would be a sensible choice for Paultons though.
 
John said:
Reviews of YOY have been mediocre at best. Other single rail coasters have proven much more popular - the standard model RMC is phenomenal and Mahuka is apparently also excellent. I'm far from convinced either a Raptor or a Hot Racer would be a sensible choice for Paultons though.
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Standard Layout Raptors are really fun I have done Railblazer really snappy coaster.

Wonder Woman Fligbt of Courage ANZ Jersey Devil Coaster though fun are not quite as snappy but are longer rides
 
I feel a single rail coaster would be a poor choice for Paultons. Sure it would get lots of attention, but throughputs aren't really adequate meaning it's not a futureproofed attraction for if the park's guest numbers do increase over the coming years.

I'd hope they might go for something a little more traditional; the Intamin Family LSM coaster posted above would be ideal!
 
Rob said:
I feel a single rail coaster would be a poor choice for Paultons. Sure it would get lots of attention, but throughputs aren't really adequate meaning it's not a futureproofed attraction for if the park's guest numbers do increase over the coming years.

I'd hope they might go for something a little more traditional; the Intamin Family LSM coaster posted above would be ideal!
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Jersey Devil Coaster has pretty high capacity at a very busy park it rubs 3 trains and has a rolling station to keep line moving and your not allowed to bring bags into the queue

So wouldn't have bad capacity
 
The Intamin LSM family coaster looks pretty dull, I'm not sure it's the step up the park needs. At least a single rail would look the part and be more marketable
 
Quantum said:
The Intamin LSM family coaster looks pretty dull, I'm not sure it's the step up the park needs. At least a single rail would look the part and be more marketable
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Hmm... I believe this coaster model can look incredible and well themed along with a fantastic ride experience. It's basically Cheetah Hunt at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay although that was built a while ago.

I've heard Hiccup's Wing Gliders at Epic Universe might be the very first ride of that particular model and that looks stunning.

Rob said:
I feel a single rail coaster would be a poor choice for Paultons. Sure it would get lots of attention, but throughputs aren't really adequate meaning it's not a futureproofed attraction for if the park's guest numbers do increase over the coming years.

I'd hope they might go for something a little more traditional; the Intamin Family LSM coaster posted above would be ideal!
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I'd second that one, I think the single rails wouldn't work for the future as that coaster could be a repeat of what Peppa Pig World was 15 years beforehand. This is potentially the park's signature coaster and possibly equivalent to Nemesis at Alton Towers in terms of the draw (not necessarily the intensity)

Hid said:
Jersey Devil Coaster has pretty high capacity at a very busy park it rubs 3 trains and has a rolling station to keep line moving and your not allowed to bring bags into the queue

So wouldn't have bad capacity
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The rule surrounding no bags in the queue and lockers beforehand is an alien concept unless you're in the states.

With the bags being in the station along with it being predominantly a family park in the vein of Plopsaland or Chessington where there's children involved, capacity could be a lot lower as there could be a lot of variables for operations.
 
Davezilla said:
Something like Juvelen would be an ideal fit for them, or any UK park to be fair.
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To be honest, I was hoping Gold Rush at Drayton Manor was a Juvelen clone or something very similar 🤔

It'd be an ideal fit for Paultons at some point although it's clear that it is likely to have at least one inversion this time from what's been hinted on the teaser.

It could be that there is no inversion and the tease was a troll. As the teaser is very subtle and when asked about inversions, there were coy answers, I'm sure it'll have at least one.
 
Hid said:
Anything Intamin you know it will be great, would love a Multi Launch Coaster inline with Velocicoaster or Batman Gotham City Escape
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I think anything on the scale of VelociCoaster or GCE is unlikely given Paultons’ current status and target market.

Believe me, I’d be the most excited man in Britain if they did, but I think we’ll be seeing something smaller scale here given that Paultons is currently targeted at families. I do anticipate it being more thrilling than any of their current coaster stock, but I think something like VelociCoaster et al would be too much of a jump in thrill level for them at present.

I do also wonder whether Paultons is the type of park that would throw caution to the wind and do something massive and risky like that. As high quality as their recent investments have been, they’ve also mostly been quite conservative in nature. They haven’t yet built a major coaster that isn’t a clone or stock layout, for example, and nothing they’ve yet done has majorly reinvented the wheel or grabbed headlines outside of the UK.

I do wonder if the hype machine regarding Paultons 2026 is getting a bit carried away at times. I’m sure that whatever they produce will be of very high quality and a great investment, but I’m not sure if I see them going as wild as some of the more elaborate predictions I’ve heard. I do feel it could potentially continue along Paultons’ current thread of “high quality but conservative”, and I would not be all that surprised to see another clone (although I also wouldn’t be that surprised to see the park’s first custom coaster, and that would be a real win for them!).
 
Matt N said:
I think anything on the scale of VelociCoaster or GCE is unlikely given Paultons’ current status and target market.

Believe me, I’d be the most excited man in Britain if they did, but I think we’ll be seeing something smaller scale here given that Paultons is currently targeted at families. I do anticipate it being more thrilling than any of their current coaster stock, but I think something like VelociCoaster et al would be too much of a jump in thrill level for them at present.

I do also wonder whether Paultons is the type of park that would throw caution to the wind and do something massive and risky like that. As high quality as their recent investments have been, they’ve also mostly been quite conservative in nature. They haven’t yet built a major coaster that isn’t a clone or stock layout, for example, and nothing they’ve yet done has majorly reinvented the wheel or grabbed headlines outside of the UK.

I do wonder if the hype machine regarding Paultons 2026 is getting a bit carried away at times. I’m sure that whatever they produce will be of very high quality and a great investment, but I’m not sure if I see them going as wild as some of the more elaborate predictions I’ve heard. I do feel it could potentially continue along Paultons’ current thread of “high quality but conservative”, and I would not be all that surprised to see another clone (although I also wouldn’t be that surprised to see the park’s first custom coaster, and that would be a real win for them!).
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It's a market yet untapped for Paultons to target the thrill market why not give it a try opens you up to more guests to come.

Also Velociraptor was originally designed for the park its a Vekoma Boomerang Rebound model so they can do orignal stuff
 
Hid said:
It's a market yet untapped for Paultons to target the thrill market why not give it a try opens you up to more guests to come.
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I don’t disagree, but I think going from 0 to 100 in the thrill space with one investment would be quite a jarring transition, and not the kind I see Paultons Park doing.

For example, VelociCoaster, while brilliant, would be very out of step with the present Paultons lineup and would stick out like a sore thumb, what with the park having no other attractions even close to it in intensity.

Whereas something like Mahuka or Juvelen, for example, might be a bit less out of step and more of a logical step up from Paultons’ current lineup.

Paultons seems like the type of park that does the “softly, softly” style of gradual transition and dipping their toes into a market slowly rather than taking a full on dive bomb into a new market, so I’d be extremely surprised if they came out with some all-guns-blazing uber-extreme thrill coaster in 2026.
 
Matt N said:
For example, VelociCoaster, while brilliant, would be very out of step with the present Paultons lineup and would stick out like a sore thumb, what with the park having no other attractions even close to it in intensity.

Whereas something like Mahuka or Juvelen, for example, might be a bit less out of step and more of a logical step up from Paultons’ current lineup.

Paultons seems like the type of park that does the “softly, softly” style of gradual transition and dipping their toes into a market slowly rather than taking a full on dive bomb into a new market, so I’d be extremely surprised if they came out with some all-guns-blazing uber-extreme thrill coaster in 2026.
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I'd be inclined to think that with more modern thrill coasters, these are more accessible to families than ever. There are more thrill coasters with a 1.2m height requirement than ever now.

I'd say that the boundary between something like Cheetah Hunt that's very much a starter thrill coaster to let's say Toutatis which is a more extreme coaster is becoming more blurred.

I do think this will be more of a starter thrill coaster than an extreme one however it would fit in well either way.
 
At the moment the footers appear to be ones where the support is cemented into the footer, rather than where a flange with bolts is fixed into the footer and the support then bolted onto that.

As far as I know only Gerst and Maurer use that footer method unless intamin are doing something new (again).
 
Dave said:
At the moment the footers appear to be ones where the support is cemented into the footer, rather than where a flange with bolts is fixed into the footer and the support then bolted onto that.

As far as I know only Gerst and Maurer use that footer method unless intamin are doing something new (again).
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Interesting! Possibly something similar to Mecalodon? That would be a good fit!
 
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