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Let Battle
(re)commence! Singapore coasters back in action
The world's tallest duelling coaster, Battlestar Galactica at Universal Studio Singapore, reopend on February 21 after almost a year out of action. Themed after the hit TV show of the same name, Battlestar Galactica features two intertwined 1km-long rollercoasters by Vekoma that zoom, loop, turn and narrowly avoid collision. Cylon is a suspended coaster, while Human features trains of four-abreast seats that travel on top of the track at up to 90km per hour. The “Human” coaster was closed
last March, just weeks after the park launched, when a major component failure was discovered during testing. After months of re-engineering and thousands of test cycles, Battlestar Galactica is ready to take riders once again. Work continues, meanwhile, on the ride system to Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, which has also suffered significant delays since Universal Studios opened last spring.
The park is part of the Resort World Sentosa development off the Singapore mainland, which also includes a casino and several themed hotels.
www.rwsentosa.com
New Cyclone operator for Coney Island
Carol Hill Albert, whose family has operated New York's Coney Island Cyclone since 1976, is out and Central Amusement International (CAI), the Zamperla-backed company that owns the new Luna Park across the street, has been named as the new operator one of the iconic wooden coaster.
Chosen by the City of New York to run the ride for this year, CAI will invest hundreds of thousands of dollars to renovate it, something it hopes to recoup from its income at Luna Park. “We don’t know how much it’s going to cost,” CAI president Valerio Ferrari told local TV station NY1. “We know the ride requires some repair, but once we will do tests, we will figure it out.” The New York City Parks Department will consider other bids for a long-term
operator, but is giving CAI control so that the coaster can open on time for the start of the 2011 season. The City wants an operator who would upgrade the 83-year-old coaster into a year-long attraction.
The louder you scream the more you score!
New from Sally Corp, Scream in the Dark is a nostalgic nod to the classic Laff in the Dark attractions, but with an emphasis on animatronics, special effects and an advanced target/shooting system: the louder riders scream, the more they score!
The interactive dark ride promises a journey into a world of crazy clowns, ghastly grave robbers, terrorising trolls, mystical mirrors and much more.
“Some themes just never lose their appeal,” notes Sally’s John Wood. “Just look at the
continuing success of Halloween haunted houses and events. We are in process of going to contract for the first Scream in the Dark, and have several other clients interested in this ride. Like most of our dark rides, this is a highly flexible design that can be reconfigured to fit existing buildings.”
New trains for Gwazi
In 1999, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay unleashed Gwazi, a mammoth double wooden rollercoaster featuring 1.25 million feet of lumber. The ride has now reopened at The Florida park fitted with new Millennium Flyer trains by Great Coasters International, the coaster’s original manufacturer.
Noted for their spacious, cushioned seats and design resembling wooden coaster trains from the early 1900s, the new trains feastue open sides that provide unobstructed views of Gwazi’s two twisted tracks.
12 Georgia’s Urban Jungle
Urban Jungle
Entertainment.is a new family entertainment centre (FEC) in Peachtree City, Georgia, USA. As well as rock climbing, video games and a large laser maze, the FEC also includes a large laser tag arena by Creative Works. The 4,600 square foot arena is themed like a futuristic industrialised world. Creative Works also supplied the
‘Lazer Frenzy’ laser maze, which involves both mental and physical
agility as players weave around several laser beams as quickly and accurately as possible to obtain a high score.
MARCH 2011
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