Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster Overhaul

[Jokes_on_you]

8 hours ago, Speedy said:

I honestly think that scooby could reopen in September or October for 2 reasons.

1. September is when scooby doo first premiered, so I think it could be the perfect timeframe to reopen if they have everything done by then (assuming everything is going to plan)

2. October is literally Halloween time, it'd also be a pretty good time to reopen then too because well scooby is related to spooky things.

 

plus, I think that since they are repainting the castle walls means that they are probably prepping something up soon because it kind of seems odd to repaint it right now. maybe an announcement is coming?

 
1. The film and ride opened out in June 2002, MW did a post about it for the anniversary. 
 

2. It’s already been announced for late 2025, so more likely December. 

[jjuttup]

3 hours ago, Jokes_on_you said:

film and ride opened out in June 2002

I think they mean Scooby Doo Where Are You. Which aired September 13 1969.

 

Side note, it's 50th anniversary fell on a Friday.

[LoZza]

12 hours ago, Jokes_on_you said:

 
1. The film and ride opened out in June 2002, MW did a post about it for the anniversary. 
 

2. It’s already been announced for late 2025, so more likely December. 

Is it possible they could get it ready for Fright Nights instead?

[Baconjack]

Id expect it to be online start-middle December as schools end for the year, Boxing Day at the very latest.

The testing and commissioning process will take a while given the extent of the alterations but they’ve had three years to plan for this. Running at full capacity from Boxing Day is a non negotiable

Edited yesterday at 06:49 AM by Baconjack

[Smol bean]

It’d be pretty dumb to open the ride right as the peak period starts with all the kinks the ride will have initially from the new trains and braking systems. Hope it opens around October-November to give the ride time to be running as good as it can come Boxing Day.

[Levithian]

They are running a hundred laps (or more) a day in testing before anyone even sets foot inside a car. 

It's pretty much the most intensive run time a ride ever experiences because you don't have the cycling down time experienced by guests getting off/on. You are punishing the ride with the shortest dispatches for hours on end, for days on end, it's like a giant torture test. THEN you switch to live testing with guests in it. 

The problems usually happen when the test period is cut short because you're either behind schedule trying to make up time or operations put pressure on you to get it open as soon as possible. It's not an issue of safety so it's ok to physically open, but nothing looks worse for maintenance teams when a ride breaks down, sometimes hours after it was reopened. 

Sadly, often people making decisions much higher up don't seem to place must stock in the public image your park projects to members of the public. So rather than drill it until you're sure the major kinks and bugs are worked out, it's often experiencing situations that make everyone look like amateurs and leave members of the public questioning if it's actually safe and do their maintenance teams know what they are doing.