PortAventura: General Discussion

[siralgenon]

I do find it mad that they've been going to all this trouble replacing the track for years when the main problem is the trains.

 

[DiogoJ42]

I do find it mad that they've been going to all this trouble replacing the track for years when the main problem is the trains.

The sunk cost fallacy is a strange thing.

 

[IDB]

They got the paint brush out on Dragon Khan as well.

 

[Poisson]

That's a good move. Sort of a shame that I didn't get to experience it in all its true awfulness though!

No. No it isn't. It was utterly awful.

 

[jmc]

I find it interesting that they are undertaking a full repaint of Dragon Khan. Would imply they believe its got a fair bit of life left in it yet. Given its age and how dreadfully it has begun to ride I genuinely thought something would be on the cards for it quite imminently.

 

[Rob F]

I find it interesting that they are undertaking a full repaint of Dragon Khan. Would imply they believe its got a fair bit of life left in it yet. Given its age and how dreadfully it has begun to ride I genuinely thought something would be on the cards for it quite imminently.

I have ridden dragon khan in around 2018, It was one of our favourite coasters at the park, honestly better than shambala…. Which was a terrible experience vs how silver star can run on a good day

 

[venny]

I’m sure someone will correct me, but Dragon Khan must be one of the oldest B&Ms to have such a long operating season without having ever been retracked. It’s surely time to do something after 30 years.

 

[Matt N]

I’m sure someone will correct me, but Dragon Khan must be one of the oldest B&Ms to have such a long operating season without having ever been retracked. It’s surely time to do something after 30 years.

Kumba at Busch Gardens operates year round and is 2 years older, so if that one hasn’t croaked yet, then I think Khan is safe for now.

Of the B&Ms we’ve seen removed or retracked, I honestly don’t think age alone was the key factor, or at very least, I don’t think age was the sole factor. Hulk had the launch, Nemesis had the pit and the weird supports, Dragon Challenge was disliked by JK Rowling and didn’t really fit within Universal’s hugely bankable IP land, and Green Lantern was generally not very well received at all and commonly thought of as a bit of a strange investment at Six Flags Great Adventure.