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Wicker Man - General Discussion - Part Two

BarryZola said:
Let's just hope they don't slow it down on purpose like they did with the Mine Train.
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How did they slow Runaway Mine Train down, out of interest?

I imagine that slowing Wicker Man down would be a bit harder than slowing down Runaway Mine Train, though, as that is a powered coaster and has a degree of controllability in terms of its speed.
 
Also explain why Nemesis is absolutely flying as it got hard compounds as they were clearly fearing it stalling
 
If I remember rightly didn’t Wicker Man have some over speeding issues in its early life. Much akin to Nemesis Reborn if so.
 
DiogoJ42 said:
They can swap the wheels for softer or harder compounds to tweak the speed.
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Aren't millennium flyer trains like most woodie trains. . . They have metal wheels. . ?

Hence the particular noise they make and the clatter across track joints. .
 
The Wicker Man was absolutely flying through on the Wednesday of opening week. My friends, who’ve never been on it before, mentioned how surprised they were when we got off.
 
Went to the park for the first time this year and was on Wickerman twice throughout the day. The last ride of the day and I have to say it is absolutely FLYING. It's the fastest I have known it to be. Loads of air time in the seat. Every year it's getting better and better and is easily one of the best coasters in the park. They also had the flames going on the shoulder too.
 
Manchester1894 said:
I was gutted when the log flume went but it was a fantastic decision to put WM in there. (I'd have rather had a bigger version in place of the rapids and have kept the flumes but hey ho.).
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Wickerman is a great replacement for a good but ageing flume. It gets better with each ride, although I do wish the queue fences were slightly lower so you could see the ride better. But for obvious reasons they can’t be.

Great ride. But agreed a replacement flume is needed. Leave the rapids along though. When fully operational they are a great ride.
I’d like to see a further addition in the area though.
 
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