TimMc333

Oh I have not heard that… I rode it about a month after opening, so it was nice and fresh. But with the state of some coasters here in Australia, you have to worry how well a nice X-car would get looked after...

+1 Anything as smooth and fun as HRRR would be a welcome addition to an Australian park!

I agree! X-cars are amazing and smooth, just the sort of coaster that Australia needs. Abismo looks great, we can only hope that an extended model like it gets installed at Dreamworld.

"Hollywood (rip ride rockit) on the Gold Coast"! Oh wait - that's Movie World XD

Taken From http://resortsworldsentosablogs.blogspot.c...battlestar.html FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010 Preliminary findings on Battlestar Galactica Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Google Buzz Dear fans, a lot of you have been inquiring about the status of the Battlestar Galactica Ride (BSG). We have also indicated that if there were any news or updates about the ride that we would let you know. We thank all of you for your patience in waiting for news on the attraction. RWS has just gotten preliminary investigation results and here it is: [Press Release] Preliminary Findings on Battlestar Galactica Roller Coaster SINGAPORE – 20 August 2010 – Preliminary findings on Universal Studios Singapore's Battlestar Galactica (BSG) ride were presented to the Public Entertainments Licensing Unit (PELU) today, detailing investigative testing progress so far, as well as potential solutions to correct defects that were found on the ride during its daily safety-check run cycles on 25 March 2010. On 18 March 2010, Universal Studios Singapore opened in a standard industry ‘soft-open status’, which means that the rides, shows and other operational aspects of the park are subject to being modified and improved as needed, in order to accommodate actual guest operating conditions and improve the overall experience of the park's visitors. As standard procedure, all rides at Universal Studios Singapore undergo mandatory daily safety checks during the period when the park is closed to the public. On 25 March 2010, during its morning test cycle, BSG experienced a component failure of a ride seat post support that resulted in the detachment of a seat assembly. No one was on the ride and no one was injured. The ride was immediately shut down for investigative inspection and testing. The closing of the ride was also immediately reported to PELU. BSG has been closed to the public since 25 March 2010 and has undergone extensive inspection, testing and review by its manufacturer, Vekoma Rides – one of the world’s oldest and largest roller coaster manufacturers – as well as external third-party ride experts, Resorts World Sentosa engineers and Universal Parks & Resorts theme park ride experts. After months of cycling the ride with load-test and strain measurement equipment, Vekoma Rides has concluded that higher than anticipated stress and vibration levels caused fatigue cracks to develop in a welded component on the ride’s seat-post support. Vekoma Rides and Universal Studios Singapore have agreed that a new machined seat-post component will replace the original welded component (eliminating the weld entirely) and that additional strength-reinforcement parts will also be added. BSG consists of two individual roller coasters running on parallel 'cross-twisted' tracks with the 'Human' coaster designed as a seated ride car and the 'Cylon' coaster, a suspended ride car. While the fault was found only on the 'Human' coaster, extensive inspection and testing of the 'Cylon' coaster indicated that additional machined and strength-reinforcement parts will also be added for maximum safety. It is not uncommon for theme parks to conduct some re-engineering on new rides to address mechanical issues that may not have been completely anticipated by the original computer-generated designs for the ride. The re-opening of BSG will be a lengthy process that will begin only after a final engineering solution has been manufactured and installed. Such a solution will have to be validated by an extensive ride cycle testing and inspection, which commences in September, followed by a re-certification by the appropriate local agencies. Only then will Universal Studios Singapore be able to reopen BSG for the enjoyment of guests. Employee and guest safety is our top priority and will not be compromised. At this time, any dates as to when BSG will reopen would be purely speculative. Universal Studios Singapore is dedicated, along with the Vekoma Rides project team and the team of RWS, Universal Parks & Resorts and external experts assisting the Vekoma Rides project team, to seeing BSG through to a successful conclusion that has guest and employee safety as its highest priority. Universal Studios Singapore regrets the inconvenience to its guests that the lengthy BSG closure has caused and seeks their continued patience and understanding as this situation is resolved.

I was there a few weeks ago, it seemed to be going a lot higher than it used to last year... I would say it goes 3/4 of the way up, which is about what it's designed to do. It climbs to just before the brake section near the top.

Woah that's awesome! A zipline all the way into the wave pool? I've never heard of anything like this before. But that sounds really exciting Intamin, thanks for the info!

1. Superman Escape 2. The Claw 3. Surfrider 4. Jet Rescue 5. Scooby-Doo 6. Cyclone 7. Sea Viper/Corkscrew 8. Wild West Falls 9. Mach 5 10. Batwing Spaceshot

Ah yes, no 'ski' in there is there

Jetski Rescue? I agree the park needs another ride, but I'm very excited that they're putting penguins in! I was at the park last week, The thing that bugs me is that on a busy day they only have 1 Jetski Rescue train running. Being the only good ride in the park you'd think they would be running at full capacity with a lot of guests waiting... :/ But bring on the penguins and that splash-battle ride!

That's because it's FREEZING! Last week we did exactly what you did, went to WnW for the express purpose of riding Surfrider over and over and over. It was great. Still saw some guests braving the water slides, but the spa's were packed As for the Aqualoops, are all 4 going to be the same height, or is one of them a bit smaller? I had a feeling there was like a 'junior' one, or am I imagining things?

I just did some scouting around the web, Battlestar Gallactica is still closed. There's no official reopen date set, but it looks unlikely to reopen this year. ^^^ I'm with you Gazza, I was keen to head over there too. But now that there's no Battlestar Gallactica I might leave it another 12 months or so....

If you get 3 passes, you get the 4th one for free. Thats a family of 4 getting passes for $75 each. Nice!

I once went on a public holiday, BIG mistake! We did superman once and batwing once and that was the whole day!

^ Woah that is wide! Almost wide enough to run a few other slides through.

It looks like the word at the top says "bat man"... As for the other writing, I'm stumped. I'm sure someone here will know exactly what it's from.

That's the high school I went to a few years ago... hehe, I can't say it surprises me something like this would happen. But I wouldn't be suing over it!

Sorry, I misunderstood and thought you were talking about the shuttle coaster. I see what you mean now, taking the name of another water slide.

Some Americans would sue you if you look at them funny... Silly old codger....

Yeah, I said that all the way up there ^^^^^

Wow, same! On my very first Thrillseaker ride (I was 7), I wanted to get off when we were going up the hill! But I think I must have enjoyed it...

Oh ok, thanks for clearing that up! I want to ride Taipan someday.... Thrillseaker was my very first roller coaster all those years ago.... It would be nice to re-live it, even though I know it wouldn't be all that 'thrilling' now.

Taipan used to be the Thrillseaker at SW didn't it? Does it have spinning cars now?

Now that would pull the crowds!! Haha

Would it be appropriate to name the slides: 1. LOL 2. FTW 3. OMG 4. WTF ? Maybe it will draw in the younger visitors, and leave the older people scratching their heads!