Schlitterbahn announces Dragon's Revenge

I heard they're removing the loops and the OTSR's from Dragon Blaster....

/PR comparison.... :)

The animation is certainly enough to make even a Michigandar wish to take a trip to Texas.

So...outside of indoor water parks, I know of no master blasters in the midwest. Is there an issue installing them outdoors in the elements?

^Well theres Black Anaconda at Noah's Ark, but thats not a Schlitterbahn Master Blaster (uses conveyor belts instead of water.) Im pretty sure it has to do with capacity issues, mainly the fact that the blasters are horrible for them. The only reason Black Anaconda was installed at Noah's Ark was because there is a series of sensors that allow the ride to have blocks and auto e stops in case of any danger. My guess is that the water flumes cant have that and then smoothly return to operations afterwards (ie no manual evac.)

Touchdown, there was a special on Schlitterbahn and there absolutely are blocks on the big Master Blaster (not sure about Dragon Blaster). They had an employee mention and demonstrate on a computer system that if someone were to get stuck in the upper half of the course that the people riding down below could continue through with their ride.

By the way, there's no such thing as a "Schlitterbahn" Master Blaster. The company that designed the prototype originally for Schlitterbahn was called NGBS (although Schlitterbahn was the testing ground) and I do believe the prototype was Dragon Blaster. They sold the rights last year to Whitewater West for North America.

When NGBS distributed the ride, they had a list of installations. One of those was in Ocean City, MD, so I can't imagine that weather would be an issue at all as O.C. certainly gets their fair share of nasty weather, snow, freezing rain, sleet etc.
*** This post was edited by Intamin Fan 4/14/2008 1:47:28 PM ***

NGBS=Schlitterbahn, they are both owned by the same person.

Master Blaster has two blocks, that means only two boats at a time, I believe Black Anaconda has at least 5 blocks, huge difference. And the fact remains, if Black Anaconda goes down, they do not have to manually evac everyone, they can just pull a switch once they verify everyone is in their rafts and restart the ride.

^The point I was trying to make was yes I knew employees of Schlitterbahn were in the design of the Master Blaster concept, it's just not called a Schlitterbahn Master Blaster. And like I said, it's in Whitewater West's hands now anyway.

Europa Park is the testing ground for many a Mack product, but if someone asked you who is making the Dark Knight mice for Six Flags you wouldn't answer Europa Park, now would you?

Black Annaconda was made by Whitewater West. I hear Pro Slide has a version where magnets are used for getting the rafts uphill. Neat.