Theme Park World is the sequel to Theme Park (surprise) and is the latest game to be released by EA's Bullfrog. So naturally, in games like Theme Park World, the log flume is always the most daring and exciting ride in my park. Fast forward 18 years, and now I'm the first one in line for all the rollercoasters, complaining if they don't do enough loops, don't go fast enough.but I still hate that log flume. All the waiting and the excitement.and I hated it. The log-flume had just opened and we queued for hours to get on it. Yet that’s the form that Pipeline’s face-forward, stand-up positioning evokes.I remember going to Alton Towers when I was five. I am not your surfing columnist, but I know that most surfers don’t hang ten facing forward on a longboard these days. SeaWorld is promoting Pipeline as the world’s first surf coaster. Pipeline’s specs won’t overwhelm anyone - 110 feet tall with a top speed of 60 mph - but the novelty of its airtime experience should put this on many coaster fans’ to-do lists.
But the springing seats helped turn what would have been pops of airtime into literal jumps. If anything, the new restraint design was less comfortable for me than the one on Riddler’s Revenge, as Pipeline’s vest restraint pinched my shoulders. I got to ride Pipeline during its media preview last week. Can Pipeline create a new wave of popularity for this once common roller coaster design? Pipeline: The Surf Coaster is a next-generation stand-up coaster, with a unique bouncing seat design intended to address the discomfort that many, most often male, riders felt on the old stand-ups. SeaWorld and coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard are trying to bring back the stand-up, starting in Orlando. Here’s how Knott’s, Six Flags and SeaWorld can compete with Disney and Universal.Why Disney’s real community of tomorrow is Anaheim.Is this the first in a new wave of theme park failures?.
Disney-Florida battle says something about leaders on both sides.Why saying ‘no’ is important for Disneyland.When guests no longer want to ride something, parks are going to follow the market and make changes. Why? Ultimately it’s just easier - and more comfortable - to accommodate roller coaster riders of varying heights and builds in some form of a seated position. That was just one of several examples of parks abandoning stand-up train designs over the years. Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks.
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