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Galaxyland | Unknown | Vekoma Mindbender replacement | 202?

My Thoughts:
Weird to see them getting rid of Six Flags St. Louis
Why are they selling Oceans of Fun when Worlds of Fun is included with it
Why are they selling the Great Escape Hotel but Not Great Escape?

Like, wtf is taking so long? I was just there two weeks ago, and the tracks are rotting outside in the winter. Get it together, WEM. I grew up at this park when it was Fantasyland (AMAZING ride collection), and this place has just gone to sh*t.

ricklap77 said:
Thanks for the info. It makes sense. In the end all good things must come to an end. Mindbender was such a good, powerful, elegant coaster. It's sad to see it go. But despite it's sad beginnings with the fatal accident in 1986, it managed to thrill many people for all those years and we all have to be thankful for that.
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It was literally amazing. I worked there as a ride-Op in my teens, and spent every day of my summer riding this beast. So sad it had to go. It was freaking crazy backwards! LOL
 
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CoasterEv said:
Like, wtf is taking so long? I was just there two weeks ago, and the tracks are rotting outside in the winter. Get it together, WEM. I grew up at this park when it was Fantasyland (AMAZING ride collection), and this place has just gone to sh*t.
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Well see in July of last year I was in attendance for the grand opening of another new Vekoma here in Canada and while speaking with the park team, Galaxyland’s project cropped up. All I got out of that was that they were hunkered up in Edmonton and prepared to be there for an extended amount of time. As in, coaster maybe not opening in 2026 amount of time. So yeah this was planned.

This is not a very large layout and it’s definitely paling in comparison to its predecessor, plus the overall design is going to split a lot of opinions. The reason it is taking so long is because it’s being constructed in an extremely tight indoor space where maneuvering room is scarce, equipment is hard to get in/out, and nothing about the building is being modified. It’s been a difficult and expensive construction project almost unlike anything Vekoma has yet done, and replacing an indoor coaster of Mindbender’s scale is unprecedented. Even when that was built they had the luxury of outdoors construction before boxing it in.

The first big task was demolition, this current phase has been groundwork which even on normal outdoors coaster project takes the longest. I think they’re close to wrapping that up and then assembly will begin, which will pose its own challenges. For Europeans you will be familiar with Phantasialsnd’s logistics in piecing together F.L.Y., no doubt Vekoma’s been presented with a simpler but very similar dilemma here.
 
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Wasn't rly sure if this was the right thread to put this but it's related to the park's development so I guess? Anyway they're closing Havoc, their relatively new Moser Space Trainer thrill ride after this summer judging by the fact that it's appeared for sale on rides4u.

Used ride listings do often use images from other examples of the ride model (often if the ride is disassembled already before being put on sale) but this one specifies it as located in Canada and made in 2018. The listing also says "ready September 2026" which is why I'm assuming it's closing by the time summer's over.
 
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Galaxyland 2027 Vekoma LSM Launch Coaster | Combo Thrill & Family Coaster | NoLimits 2 Precreation

Galaxyland (West Edmonton Mall, Alberta, Canada) is debuting a Vekoma Launch coaster in (presumably) 2027 - rumored to be one coaster with two different thri...
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da f*ck is that, that'll certainly be one of a kind.
Also does that mean its 2 creds now too
 
Boodangy said:
Unless the different programs on Gold Rush at Drayton and Jungle Rush (both Rush, huh?) at Dreamworld don't count as separate credits then nope.
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Goldrush doesn't as you ride over the entire layout on both cycles, not looked to Rush. But this Vekoma of true doesn't use the full layout on the family setting therefore definitely 2 creds
 
Hmmmm... it's a very novel idea but I'm not sure how it will fare in execution.

* Will the ride have one train with vest restraints? Will both versions have the same height requirement? 48"?

* A lot of kids are nervous to get on coasters for the first time. From my experiences with my niece and nephew, I'm not sure "I promise we won't go all the way around this time" will work.

I'm curious how Duane at RCDB is going to categorizing this one!
 
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VonRolland said:
Goldrush doesn't as you ride over the entire layout on both cycles, not looked to Rush. But this Vekoma of true doesn't use the full layout on the family setting therefore definitely 2 creds
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How so? It's still the same ride. Rollbacks don't count as new creds either and it's practically just that but regularly.
 
bratcurry said:
How so? It's still the same ride. Rollbacks don't count as new creds either and it's practically just that but regularly.
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Never said rollbacks make new creds however not going round the full circuit on one cycle is a different ride experience to actually completing the cycle on the other.
At the end of the day there is no right or wrong answer just someones opinion
 
Leon_K said:
As long as it's still one piece of hardware, then it's just one coaster/cred that you can have different experiences on.

I do really like this design though, smart concept for a coaster in a small plot of land.
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Different experience = Different cred
 
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