johnjniehaus Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 From news articles I've seen and BGW website it sounds like Loch Ness Monster is getting a full restoration/refurbishment. I can't wait to see what they do and I hope this is also a maintenance refurbishment as well to keep this coaster in prime condition for many more years. I've always thought that BGW takes good care of this ride and this has only reaffirmed my belief that they are looking to keep this coaster around for a long time. Such a great ride and is actually one of the smoother arrow loopers in operation. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 For me, this was already the smoothest non-suspended Arrow I've been on, so I can't imagine how it'll get better than that. Its a really fun and beautiful ride for as simple it is. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodVengeance Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 I saw on social media that yellow arrow track was spotted pretty close to Kings Island. It makes me wonder if Clermont Steel Fabricators is going to be responsible for producing the new track. I know they produced the new track for Bat last year after the derailment, so it wouldn't be the first Arrow to get new track from them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion-XL200 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 This was my 250th coaster, I'm excited to see it get some love! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbias1 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Built in 78. No "end of service life" for Loch Ness! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 14 hours ago, kirbias1 said: Built in 78. No "end of service life" for Loch Ness! Obviously I don't know anything official, but I have a very, very strong suspicion that the end of LNM's service life drawing near is exactly why any of this is happening in the first place. "Service life" is a fact of engineering, not fancy jargon some marketing person made up to get rid of Vortex and Big Bad Wolf. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnjniehaus Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 12 hours ago, TombRaiderFTW said: Obviously I don't know anything official, but I have a very, very strong suspicion that the end of LNM's service life drawing near is exactly why any of this is happening in the first place. "Service life" is a fact of engineering, not fancy jargon some marketing person made up to get rid of Vortex and Big Bad Wolf. I took the behind the scenes tour at BGW (which is really good btw) in 2022 and we got to tour the loch Ness maintenance area and I will say looking at all the work they do on the ride and how smoothly it runs for its age and design, you can tell that it's being well preserved. I know one of the maintenance guys told me that in 20 years he thought the track would be shot so hopefully whatever the restoration project entails is extending that lifespan further. Of course others have pointed out that metal coaster lifespan is an indefinite thing with tons of contributing factors one of which is how much maintenance and upkeep is done on the ride. I personally think that BGW is doing a really good job on this ride. If only they had cared for Big Bad Wolf in the same way... if I could time travel BBW is definitely in my top 5 wish I could have ridden coasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor.B03 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 From what I heard, BBW was removed before selling the park to make it appealing to the buyers since they wouldn't get the bad press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 On 9/6/2023 at 11:35 PM, WoodVengeance said: I saw on social media that yellow arrow track was spotted pretty close to Kings Island. It makes me wonder if Clermont Steel Fabricators is going to be responsible for producing the new track. I know they produced the new track for Bat last year after the derailment, so it wouldn't be the first Arrow to get new track from them. I believe the track is being produced by S&S out in Utah. The track was indeed spotted in Ohio but apparently the part about it being spotted near KI wasn't true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnjniehaus Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 We have a closing date of Oct 31 for Loch Ness Monster. The Website says it will be open for final rides Nov 4-5 for members only. The plan is to have it refurbished and operational again at some point in 2024. I'm curious as to how long the project will take and at what point next year it will reopen... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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