Viking's Revenge closure

[Brad2912]

The GC theme parks have delegated authority to works within their gates which means council doesn't need to sign off on the plans, nor is there public consultation periods. They obviously still have guidelines with height/noise that may require council involvement/approvals. 

Its not out of the realms of feasibility that VTP could contact a few manufacturers to find one with an opening, purchase and we have a ride or 2 in 2017, especially if all we are talking about is flats to get the ride count up 

[MickeyD]

@Tim Dasco as I said, history has shown with the construction time line of many new rides at our Parks. I was not referring to waitlists and time taken ordering rides in etc.

As @Brad2912 mentioned a new flats can be bought off the shelf and installed quickly (as DW has done countless times historically).

Looking at the current Hypercoaster project at MW, months of it's installation have been spent on surveying, levelling and reconfiguring the existing landscape. If it wasn't for this need the whole project time frame could have been likely halved, as was the case of LW which was a stock standard Vekoma suspended coaster with the exception of the Horizontal loop - a first for the brand. In the case of Lethal, the levelling of the land was also far simpler. It was originally a gentle slope from the Studio Commissary down to the now Superman show building. You will all have no doubt seen the hill cut away between the Canteen and the first drop.

So customising the ride as well as the land to accommodate it can and does have a dramatic affect on the time line.  Eliminating these issues by ordering off the shelf as well as having available land ready to go (SW) and you can most definately install in a few short months. Not years.

 

 

Edited January 3, 2017 by MickeyD

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Just to draw a quick parallel to the current signage 'soon' was also a word used on the Sea World Wild billboards...

[Jamberoo Fan]

On 02/01/2017 at 10:16 PM, ClassifiedLlama said:

As I was on the monorail at seaworld, I noticed out the front in a storage area, there was the carriages for the flume. 3 of them seemed like they had just been polished and cleaned and the rest were being worked on. Could they just be re-doing the log ride with same theming but different track? Or they could just be shipping the ride off somewhere else.

I believe they have been there a while during it's initial maintenance period - probably before they made the decision to permanently close. The answer is definitely no to your 1st question while your 2nd question, the boats could be shipped to somewhere else but the rest of the ride is less likely due to the complexity of it's removal, repair costs, current reliability & age.

[joz]

I'd be more inclined to think that the boats are the weak link in the chain as it were.  Most of the ride has been updated/replaced in the past 40 years, the boats haven't.  There's only so many times you can patch them up before it's a bad idea to do any more, as it is the boats are way heavier than they used to be, which actually is the biggest cause of downtime for the ride; heavy boats not making it over the top break.  It also means the capacity of the boats has effectively been reduced from 4 adults to 2 or 3 adults as well as a kid or 2.

[themagician]

The photo on the Photo Centre has been removed, the queue railings have been removed, the boats have all been removed and the timber they had taken down on the final drop has been repaired 

[bladex]

why did they get rid of all the boats but they are repairing the actual ride? what the hell are they doing are they getting rid of it or not?

Edited January 30, 2017 by bladex

[westical]

It'll reopen as an exciting new attraction in 2019. 

[bladex]

well it's obviously still going to be a flume ride. my guess is they will change the boats and re-theme it.

[Brad2912]

24 minutes ago, bladex said:

well it's obviously still going to be a flume ride. my guess is they will change the boats and re-theme it.

Doesn't take 2 years to do that... the odds of it being a flume are 1,000,000:1 IMO 

[jake_hunt]

Maybe utilising the structure and supports, maybe even some mechanical components if it's not too costly for insurance? Still seems pretty silly to me that they would repair the timber behind the drop if it's going to be demolished anyway.

[Jamberoo Fan]

1 hour ago, bladex said:

why did they get rid of all the boats but they are repairing the actual ride? what the hell are they doing are they getting rid of it or not?

Getting rid of it but maybe given the 'broken timber scattered across a footpath under a ride' imagery was not something you would want to see while wandering around a theme park, SW might have considered the investment to replace the timber temporarily worthy so it does not give guests the wrong impression (poorly maintained or built rides) than the real likely reason (still safe when not operating but better financially to replace in the future than repair instantly) especially during a time of intense media scrutiny. If you forgot what it looked like, here's a reminder:

[themagician]

I'd say the repaired it becaue they got rid of the fencing and you can now walk past it

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

much as I hate to say it - i think @Jamberoo Fan is on the money on this one - repaired so that they can reopen the pathways to guests. they'll probably need to use every path they can whilst demolition work occurs.

[Theme Park Girl]

On 30/01/2017 at 1:51 PM, themagician said:

The photo on the Photo Centre has been removed 

Aww. So glad I got one last photo of it at Carnivale a couple of weeks ago....

Edited February 1, 2017 by Theme Park Girl

[Slick]

1 hour ago, Theme Park Girl said:

Aww. So glad I got one last photo of it at Carnivale a couple of weeks ago....

Subtle proof that someone at Sea World reads the Parkz updates.

[MaxxTheMonster]

Or that at least one person cares or at least pays attention enough where they work enough to point out inconsistencies...

[themagician]

@MaxxTheMonster hopefully someone points this out soon

[Theme Park Enthusiast]

The rumour out there is they won't be DEMOLISHing it , will be a refubishment with new boats, control system and new ride name. 

[-nick.white.1543]

Source?

[Brad2912]

3 hours ago, -nick.white.1543 said:

Source?

His Amazing Smart Senses

[Theme Park Enthusiast]

@Slick do U know what is happening with this?

[Jdude95]

@VillageRoadshowThemeParks do U even know what is happening with this?

[themagician]

SW may think they removed all references to the attraction, but they were wrong

And they have fenced off access to the old entrance for the 3D movie 

[TimmyG]

A little birdie told me that the reason for that installation is due to someone recently being caught checking out the Vikings revenge flume and castle… from areas they aren’t supposed to be..