The 'flat ride' future

[bluesonichd]

maybe 1 or 5 of these installed in FV now Ripsaw has gone

 

[BreakdanceLover1234]

How about a HUSS Booster? Its the Messed up love child of a Shake and Breakdance!

 

[BarryZola]

Get some bumper cars/dodgems. Sorted

 

[Europa Matt]

Sadly by the start of the next decade, I think the only flat left will be marauders.

Can't see Blade lasting much longer with its sibling now gone (plus being old) and Enterprise lasting much longer either.

Merlin seem to on,y focus on coasters, random things and to a lesser extent dark rides really.

 

[djtruefitt]

It seems odd that Merlin haven't invested in more flat rides:
- They are cheap to buy
- Cheap to run
- Only require one or two staff members
- Take up very little space
- And help to spread people around the park and soak up queues.

Instead Merlin spend a fortune on big rides or things such as sub terra which are expensive to run and require far too many staff to operate.

 

[Benzin]

Flat rides don't always have that USP though do they?

Even getting everything in the Zamperla catalogue would be an improvement for Towers' lineup...

 

[Skyscraper]

Flat rides don't always have that USP though do they?

Even getting everything in the Zamperla catalogue would be an improvement for Towers' lineup...

what do you mean by "USP"?

 

[DiogoJ42]

I think it stands for "Undeniably Sexy Penguin".

 

[Skyscraper]

^i hope not!

 

[Dar]

- And help to spread people around the park and soak up queues.

That doesn't sell fastrack though

what do you mean by "USP"?

Unique Selling Point, like The Smiler's 14 loops or Oblivion's vertical-ish drop

 

[Skyscraper]

^Thanks! that's a good point, actually!

 

[Leah]

Can't flats have gimmicks though?

 

[delta79]

Can't flats have gimmicks though?

submission's gimmick was free castration for all males that used it

 

[reecechallon]

I think this is required.... http://www.hussrides.com/en/classic-rides/top-spin-suspended

 

[bluesonichd]

So relaplacing Ripsaw with Ripsaw 2 , Ripsaws Revenge, Ripsaw the Awakening. Or some other nonsence adjective

 

[Leah]

So relaplacing Ripsaw with Ripsaw 2 , Ripsaws Revenge, Ripsaw the Awakening. Or some other noncence adjective

Ripsaw... what lies beneath really wouldn't suprise me tbh

 

[Stuntman707]

Ripsaw, now with spray paint, scaffolding and vines.

 

[phildenholm]

Get some bumper cars/dodgems. Sorted

to be fair when i went to thorpe park i went on theirs 6 times in a row

 

[micksalt]

Alton needs something like Quantum at Thorpe Park. That looks unassuming but is an absolute beast!

 

[jon81uk]

Get some bumper cars/dodgems. Sorted

They are an easy way to please a lot of people. But remember no head-on collisions!