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Hi there! My home park, Astérix, has soft opened its new-for-2017 attraction, Pégase Express. It is a family coaster in the mould of Firechaser Express (Dollywood) with a Greek theming. We've got a fresh on-ride POV that I wanted to share: And some pictures in addiction showing the ride: Sources: Fans du Parc Astérix, AlpinaCoasters, EDB Attractions I haven't watched the POV yet - and won't until I get to ride this! It's an opportunity not to get spoiled for once

Your on-the-ground update for the week, Saturday the 3rd of June, 2017. Lit-up fence toppers! Preparatory work is underway on the pillars for the rest of the fence (section shown below is underneath Stengel Dive) - Not a great photo, but it was the most obvious of all of the pillars; and it's proof of progress on the fence Anyway, onto construction updates; work on the loop entry is progressing. and now for the two comparison shots; back to the dusk shots, next two weeks will be day-time (assuming I can still get to the park)

That would match up with the Hypercoaster Footbridge development permit they lodged a while back. Possibly just a maintenance/evac path? Possible it is/was to join the previously planned "lakeside precinct"?

Kingda Ka was built without a helicopter I believe.. Our 200ft-er should be fine without a helicopter.

As I drove past at 1.30pm today.

These containers have Mack crates in them, crane is moving more supports onto site. Couple smaller supports behind fence installed for lift hill

Further work on Movie World's Hypercoaster Blue skies are the backdrop for construction as Australia's largest roller coaster ever goes up at Warner Bros. Movie World. Click here to continue reading

What it looks like and what it does might be 2 different things. To me it looks like a bridge. Something they might use to get over the swamp to TopGolf from MW without having to walk around via the road.

I don't think updating the wall murals by painting a part of the hypercoaster and doomsday will cost much. Although they may not be able to decide which paint colour to pick up from Bunnings for the new track 😜

Won't the kids mostly be on the Nick Land rides though?

Not Tiger Island stage 2 related here but I saw this when I was at the park yesterday

Do people think that the hyper coaster will be used as the new lift hill walk in the Star Tours? For people who think its to tall Cedar Point let guests go up Valravns lift hill in their morning tours.

There's always SeaVip....oh, ok, well then, why not Vikin....ah, umm, there's always the Pirate.....shit. Ok, how about taking a nice trip on the Sky Wa...... ok never mind.

Would keep going i'm fairly sure. Lately i've been having the audio working approx 3/4 of the time on GL. Still wish they would get the audio going on Hot Wheels again though.

I'm certainly not on the fence anymore. I bought the original Wii when it came out because it was an interesting and new concept. I used it a bit because of the novelty. Then I stopped using it for months until I had the ability to soft mod it. After that it got a lot of use again. The Wii U, I bought a little while after launch. I think it was mainly because I wanted to play the new Mario kart and Bros games. A couple of other games popped up that me and my mate played through, but it has now sat dormant for several months. The Switch, I honestly forgot that existed until you made this post. This console and associated games hold extremely little interest for me and I can't say that I'd be bothered to pick one up at any point. I don't even have a desire to try one.

Thanks @ThemeTendo that's exactly what I was referring to. Can anyone confirm what it is?

Merci. Thanks @Coaster Hipster, I don't know why every park doesn't have a Gerstlauer family coaster. They offer enough thrills for most people and don't break the bank. I hope a park in Australia picks up one soon.

Valravn being built, which is over 200ft:

I've been given a lot of info that I've been told not to share, but this was too good to pass up so I had to leak this info to you. Hyper Coaster station theming and name revealed:

This is something I've been quite interested in - but never really have looked into it. Coasters obviously have some sort of software behind it to keep track of all the ride's systems, but what level of complexity is it? Do coasters run off small microcontrollers, or are the computer systems behind them a lot larger? Do manufacturers hire programmers to create the software for the coasters, or do they use external companies to do this? Are the software systems for different coasters very similar, or very different? What are the typical languages behind a coaster's software? How does the software for a coaster differ from say a flat ride or dark ride? You'd think the software would have to be pretty efficient to constantly keep track of everything the ride is doing and find any faults as they rise. Where else is software used heavily from within a theme park? But yeah, does anyone know anything about this? I'm currently studying software engineering, so I would love to know a bit more about this side of coasters.

The coaster already looks awesome in that first shot even without the loop

Most if not all (some early electronic controls used relay logic) run off Industrial PLCs(programmable logic controllers). Roller coasters have more more in common with your standard automated assembly line in a factory than anything else when it comes to control systems. Many manufacturers use Allen Bradley/Rockwell Automation as their preferred brand of gear. You'll find most coaster manufactures use a preferred sub contractor for their controls. For instance Intamin use Inautec. RMC often use Irvine Ondrey, S&S actually do their own. Disney also build all their own control systems for their rides regardless of who supplies them. They em are all programmed in simple but highly dependable Ladder Logic with each manufacturer of equipment, AB, Siemens, Mitsubishi, etc, having their own proprietary software to do so. Previously coasters would use multiple PLCs wired together for error checking and redundancy however recently most people have changed over to using a single Safety Rated PLC as these have become more economical and flexible. A dark ark ride will typically operate the same for vehicle control (basically anything that can kill you) and a seperate system will control the show elements. This may include more PLCs but also likely audio, video, lighting controllers as well which usually come out of the theatrical/entertainment industry.

$99 for a 90 min experience and a costume early in the morning not including entry. Good luck with that As an aside, how good is Road Runner 4D? As an added aside, I'd love to see a show which is just a foot race between the Flash and the Road Runner up Main Street. There's no way licensing would allow it, and it would be awful, but there's something about it that would just be the greatest thing ever.