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What about Drachen Fire?
That's a great one! Loved that coaster but in the end it was a failure too.
This may sound easy/obvious/dumb - but if the Rocket Rod things didn't work and the PeopleMover track is still there, why didn't they just put the PeopleMover back?
I have thought the very same thing for years. Would love to know the answer.
Because it isn't ADA compliant.
In a different article I've read it said that the rocket rods destroyed parts of the track of the people mover(in addition to not being ADA compliant). Seeing the empty track at DisneyLand is so sad while you wait for the monorail in the original park.
there was a double roller coaster of a 2kms track that never functioned. it costed around 6.000.000 u$s and its still there, just disturbing the park. It was named ''Vertigorama''
I remember MANY years ago when Charlie Dinn and Curtis Summers told Kings Island a loop in a woodie was dangerous.They also told Fiesta Texas(standing at the edge of the quarry) That the rattler would hurt people and they would not build it.So these parks turned to RCCA because they said it could be done. There is a reason RCCA is gone. Kuddos to the builder of current rides for building safe ones.
The info on the People mover in Disney World isn't accurate. I was at Disney last summer. It was working and running just fine. It has always been a favorite of ours. A way to relax for a few mins and see the other attraction in the area.
You realize that Disneyland and Disney World are two different parks on separate coasts, right?
They are referring to the People Mover in DisneyLand, which has been gone for many years. My husband were some of the few that got to ride on Rocket Rods before it shut down completely. We were even on it once when it broke down and they had to escort us back to the ride beginning. We kept hoping it would be up and running again later, but alas, it was not meant to be.
No I think it is right the people mover ride has been closed for a while now cause we were there in march of last year and it was closed down
It was being refurbished and is running even as I type this.
They were talking about DisneyLAND in Anaheim, CA, that attraction(sorry, I used to work there from 2001-2005, you can take the cast member out of Disney but you can't take the Disney out of the cast member) was permanently closed before I even started there. The only attractions that underwent a major overhaul were Space Mountain and Star Tours, the former being gutted out and being completely redone while the latter had new locations and 3D
Jaws was an active ride at Universal in 1994. I know because my high school band went there that year and I rode that ride. I think your facts are a little off...and it was spectacular then!
It opened and closed in 1990, then re-opened in 1993 (as noted in the ad in the article).
http://gawker.com/npr-pulled-a-brilliant-april-fools-prank-on-people-who-1557745710
How can you call Jaws a failure when it has been a park staple forever! I have risen it many times over the years and never had a single problem. It is well made a definitely realistic enough to give my family and me a real fright!
I always loved jaws too! I was so sad to hear when they closed it down. I wish they would bring it back :(
I loved Jaws. We were at universal when it opened and thru the years the ride would go down. People would leave the que and it only pushed us up. We sat and waited and of course it would go up again. Very upset that they closed it just like I was very upset when they closed back to the future
same here loved both rides.
Did you read the article? It opened for a bit, then shut down for three years to be re-built entirely from scratch. Every scene was changed, and the physical ride itself was completely removed and built brand new.
Jaws is gone as of January 2012. The new Diagon Alley area is opening right now in its spot. I went there specifically that December to ride it one last time & buy some merchandise. I get pretty sentimental about this stuff! :(
Go to Universal Studios in Hollywood, they have a Jaws ride there.
They do not have a Jaws ride at Universal Hollywood, however Jaws features as part of the backlot studio trolley tour.
Universal Studios Japan, went there in Jan 2015. Saw the Attavk on Titan exhibition too.
I think what they're saying is the ORIGINAL "Jaws" ride failed big time and they had to pull it and reboot it to the cost of an ADDITIONAL $40 million dollars. THAT reboot was the ride you enjoyed.
Jaws in your opinion and experiences may have been a success. But sadly, it had many troubles leading up to its opening, from its many technical/structural issues that were encountered upon opening. Everything the author of this article discussed was much more than valid. Jaws did goes through a lot in its past, but later after many repairs became better.
Um it had to be completely redone and closed right after it opened, for three years.
thats why I said after many repairs. I knew that!!!
I remember when Déjà Vu opened at Six Flags over Georgia. It broke down with riders stuck on the first lift tower and was closed the rest of the day.