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World's tallest water ride
Pilgrims Plunge coming to Indiana
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Santa Claus, opportunity to break the world record and to use an
Indiana, aims to put itself on the map next season open-air elevator in the design, we couldn't resist!
with the opening of the world's tallest water ride – This is a classic family ride with a modern twist."
135ft high. Pilgrims Plunge, a super-sized shoot-the- In addition, Holiday World will introduce the
chutes from Intamin, will use an elevator system to HoliWatch programme for 2009, a wristband-style
swiftly lift boats to the top. radio frequency identification (RFID) service from
The boats will pause briefly and then rapidly SYMX Guest Technologies, offered free to park
descend a record 131ft at a 45-degree angle, guests. The waterproof devices will serve as locators
creating a wall of water splashing 45ft high. Pilgrims for families or groups who become separated during
Plunge's maximum speed will be over 50 miles an their visit.
hour. Five 10-passenger boats provide an hourly *See CGI video of the new ride on Holiday
capacity of 960 guests. World’s website.
"We've dreamed about adding a shoot-the-chute
ride for years," says Will Koch, president of Holiday RIGHT: A rendering of the new ride.
World & Splashin' Safari. "When we saw the INSET: The elevator lift
Sean has the solution!
“We are extremely busy at the moment,” says Sean Brian of Amusement Technical Services. The UK firm
Golden Horse
continues to refurbish and install a number of used rides at parks and attractions around the world.
Now operational at Wicksteed Park in England is a log flume, originally built by WGH Transportation for
plans park chain
the Rotunda park in Folkestone, Kent. Following an “as new” refurbishment, the ride now appears at
Wicksteed as Rocky River Falls. ATS completed a 50% remanufacture of the troughs while also extensively
Leading Chinese ride manufacturer Golden
refurbishing the six boats. Other work included brand new theming elements including a water curtain and
Horse Amusement has revealed that
water bomb effects.
financing is in place develop a nationwide
“Wicksteed has got an attraction at the fraction of the cost of a new ride,” notes Brian, “and we are more
chain of parks.
than happy with the results.”
Still at the planning stage, the company
Other ATS projects of late have included a
has yet to decide on a name for the new
enterprise or announce any potential
package of refurbished rides for a new park in
locations, but according to spokesman David
Pakistan, a package of refurbished children’s
Jia, “the parks will be small and family-
rides for an operator in Cape Town, South
focused, combining a mix of hi-tech
Africa, plus some refurbishment work a little
attractions and dark rides etc.”
close to home on a Pirate Ship at Knowsley
Golden Horse, which already operates a
Safari Park near Liverpool.
children’s park in Guangzhou, has also
ATS also continues to manufacture a number
announced that it will be one of the suppliers at
of smaller attractions of its ow, including the the new Snoopy-branded park planned in
Rodeo Trail and Jungle Safari children’s rides. Shunde City, also part of Guangdong Province.
Subjected to delay, the project is now though to
LEFT: Rocky River Falls at Wicksteed
open some time in 2009.
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