August 11, 200719 yr i was just wondering how long has tomb raider been down why is it down and how much longer will it be down all i know is it has been down since at least sunday(8-5-07)
August 11, 200719 yr On 8-1 and 8-2 it was down, and if you ride The Beast you can see that behind TRTR there is some theming of TRTR tooken out.
August 11, 200719 yr Author On 8-1 and 8-2 it was down, and if you ride The Beast you can see that behind TRTR there is some theming of TRTR tooken out. so are they re-themeing the ride or what?
August 11, 200719 yr As has been said, the theming is removable so maintenance can easily be performed. It is much easier to get heavy equipment in and out of the building without the theming in the way...and the theming is far less likely to be damaged if it is not present while maintenance is being performed.
August 13, 200719 yr On 8-1 and 8-2 it was down, and if you ride The Beast you can see that behind TRTR there is some theming of TRTR tooken out. IT is either they took out the themeing for repairs or the themeing was tken out because Tomb raider is copyrighted by paramount and now that Cedar Fair owns the ride they do not have the rights to the theming
August 13, 200719 yr Cedar Fair has the rights to continue with the Tomb Raider theming for now. . . You right i forgot they have like a 5 year deal with paramount or something
August 13, 200719 yr Nope...each movie themed ride is separately licensed. Nick has three more years left on its license. And apparently Cedar Fair has decided not to use the Paramount Parks moniker after this year, even though they had the right to do for nine more years...apparently there is some savings to be had by not doing so, and perhaps marketing wisdom as well.
August 13, 200719 yr They need to just tear it out, it was fun the first few times, but with all the potential a top spin has, it's just quite lackluster in my opinion.
August 15, 200719 yr ^what? I'm very confused. Also, I'll tell you exactly what's wrong with TRTR. It's not fun. Any other brain busters?
September 16, 200718 yr Author But I heard flume rides that tall these days are illegal. where did you pull that from???
September 16, 200718 yr TR:TR just needs to be torn down and replaced by another flat ride that fits better with the themeing of that area, if anyone is familiar with Riptipe at Knotts Berry Farm its a top spin but more intense and has a water element
September 16, 200718 yr Dorney Park has a ride that LOOKS like that. Too bad that given the way they run it, it is about the most mediocre Top Spin I have ever ridden.
September 16, 200718 yr Really? Because riptide was the best I've ever ridden, and Ive ridden quite a few in my day.
October 2, 200718 yr Most likely TRTR won't open back up til' 08'. If it even does open back up... By the way i just whatched a video on youtube about TRTR and it was pretty neat. Search for Kings Island, and it'll say Tomb Raider. It's also on Travel Channel.
October 2, 200718 yr Tomb Raider has a lot of electronics and images and all that Crap, which makes it vunarable to failure. Tomb Raider is a nitemare to maintain, and it would make the perfect station for a drop coaster...
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