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From the blog:
You’ve been waiting since September for the return of one of the world’s most popular thrill rides. Now, if you know where to look, you can see The Incredible Hulk Coaster at Universal’s Islands of Adventure starting to take shape. The first pieces of track went in just days ago and more will soon be visible around the park.
Read more and see the photos from the Official Universal Orlando blog.
From some of the photos I've seen, it would appear that many of the footers have been replaced. That said, I don't imagine they would move. You let parts of the ride itself bend and flex, but if the footers moved over time, they would cease to support the load in the intended way.
I don't imagine they've changed much of the ride itself, other than the trains. It really does seem to be a true service life issue with the original ride.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
Yeah, me too, I just meant that they would be the iterative version.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
Jason submitted this to news, but since it doesn't really tell us anything new, I figured I'll just append it here:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/theme-park-ranger...story.html
The one interesting thing is that the photo they have appears to be the mid-course... only it has no braking on it. If that's the case, it probably makes sense, because I don't believe the ride ever ran efficiently enough to make use of that block.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
Jeff said:
The one interesting thing is that the photo they have appears to be the mid-course... only it has no braking on it. If that's the case, it probably makes sense, because I don't believe the ride ever ran efficiently enough to make use of that block.
Geez, couldn't they have made it a speed hill?
Vater said:
So is Hulk the first steel coaster to ever get a complete retracking?
No, it's not. They replaced the Zierer Tivoli at Plopsaland a few years ago.
I develop Superior Solitaire when not riding coasters.
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