The first one is that a wheel broke on one of the train and stranded the riders... in the middle of one of the hearline roll! They were taken off the rides with a cherry picker and the car towed by cable to the station.
The second one is due to the braking system and excess speed of the ride! One train did not brake... totally and hitted the next car in the station, luckily, no one was hurt, as the passengers in both cars were seated with the harnesses locked.
I took those infos from french message boards, so, I'm not sure if any english articles or link could be found... I'll keep on looking!
In other notes regarding Bobbejaanland, Oki Doki (new style Vekoma rollerskater) has gotten great reviews with comfortable trains, that fit two adults to a car comfortably and even airtime!
Sledgehammer, the giant Frisbee, has been heralded as the best flat ride in Europe since its opening.
To be honest once they get all the problems sorted out with Typhoon they should speed up the lift on this as well. I went on it on Sunday and although the first drop and loop are great and very intense, the rest of the ride just lacks pace and reminds me of a Pinfari Looper to much what with it just keep going round in a rectangle.
^Hmm, it also LOOKS like a Pinfari Looper! The ugly "Typhoon"-Logo ontop of the loop will unlikely win a design competition either.
The layout never really appealed to me. How will they make the two inlines faster? The hill after the loop is extremely high and there is no big drop to gain more speed.
Vild Svinet looks much better, even if its shorter.
Despite the "carnival-esque" appearance, Typhoon is not a transportable ride. There is a mobile version which has about the same measurements but less track.
Soo... what's the story on this? It's been almost a week and there's been nothing to confirm that either of these events took place. Did they or did they not?
I have seen pictures of the car being pulled out of the third inversion by a cherry picker. This incicident DID happen. But I can not confirm that it was caused by a faulty wheel. Neither have I seen people being evacuated from the ride.
Nearly all information about those incidents have been discussed in foreign forums in languages I cannot properly translate (French, Flamic and Dutch). So much Info is lost and remains obscure. (Maybe Absimillard can come to the rescue?!)
The fact that it didn´t make it big in the media (remember: Belgium-coaster stuck upside down-brings back unpleasant memories-makes good news-exploit it!) and that the ride is up and running (at least) since last weekend makes me doubt that anything serious happened.
