Paultons Park: General Discussion

[DistortAMG]

There's probably a few reasons why they chose this:

The wanted a coaster to interact with Cobra, and I should imagine bits of Cobra will need to be disassembled and put back together again. They probably want Gerst to oversee/consult on this, and it makes sense to have them also design and manufacture the new coaster.

I'm not sure about that point. Gerst are the manufacturers, they dont put the ride together. As is the same with any coaster.

It will be assembled by a competent UK contractor. It will be just as easy for said contractor, to take parts of the ride down and put it back together, exactly how they assembled it in the first place, I would have thought. It is plausible what you say to be fair, I find it unlikely however.

I think they went with a Eurofighter because it is one of a few models that can give a good thrill layout, with a relatively tight budget. Basically they are relatively cheap when compared to comparable layouts from other models and manufacturers. Quite a bit of bang for your buck so to speak and bang for your head too.

The ride will be a success no doubt. It might not be popular within enthusiast circles, but they are popular with the public. A lot have been built worldwide for a reason.

 

[MattBTP]

I'm not sure about that point. Gerst are the manufacturers, they dont put the ride together. As is the same with any coaster.

It will be assembled by a competent UK contractor. It will be just as easy for said contractor, to take parts of the ride down and put it back together, exactly how they assembled it in the first place, I would have thought. It is plausible what you say to be fair, I find it unlikely however.

I think they went with a Eurofighter because it is one of a few models that can give a good thrill layout, with a relatively tight budget. Basically they are relatively cheap when compared to comparable layouts from other models and manufacturers. Quite a bit of bang for your buck so to speak and bang for your head too.

The ride will be a success no doubt. It might not be popular within enthusiast circles, but they are popular with the public. A lot have been built worldwide for a reason.

Usually the ride vendor will supply a project management team for install, testing and commissioning. I know we had guys from Gerst on site when SAW was installed, and used RCS to build the actual ride on site.

 

[Benzin]

It will be assembled by a competent UK contractor.

This is where Merlin went wrong with their Gerstlauers.

 

[Excalibur]

heading to Paultons first week in July. How does it cope with school visits and wait times?

 

[Bowser]

heading to Paultons first week in July. How does it cope with school visits and wait times?

I’ve personally never seen a queue longer than 25 mins at Paultons on a peak summer holiday visit and even then it’s primarily the Peppa Pig rides that are busiest.