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Floorless Trains for SheiKra

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Postby [jonrev] on February 1st, 2007, 6:51 pm
SheiKra's trains are being replaced with floorless trains similar to Griffon's. The "new" SheiKra will be introduced June 16. More info here:
http://www.buschgardens.com/BGT/ftp_pre ... spx?ID=142
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Postby forddude1416 on February 1st, 2007, 8:41 pm
yay on my birthday. who wants to drive me out there?
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Postby Sedir on February 1st, 2007, 8:44 pm
Nice idea taking out the bar in the front row. Hanging at the top of the first drop will probably be a lot better.
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Postby zjohn1988 on February 1st, 2007, 9:52 pm
Yep Sheikra will be closing in May for the rehab.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on February 2nd, 2007, 2:17 am
Time to call up the family in florida!
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Postby zjohn1988 on February 4th, 2007, 12:24 pm
guess who will be on it the day it opens :)
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Postby Cove26flags on February 4th, 2007, 2:09 pm
Does this mean that Bucsh Gardens will have to put in that special platform in the station?
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Postby [jonrev] on February 4th, 2007, 2:24 pm
From what i've heard, SkeiKra was supposed to be built as a floorless when it opened, but B&M wasn't done with the Floorless trains, so they built the station without the floorless stuff, but the space for it is already there. Now that Griffon is coming and the floorless trains are finished, they can now install the floorless stuff and trains on SheiKra.
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Postby Mr. SFGAm on February 4th, 2007, 7:23 pm
Sweet.
I love 'feet dangling' rides, and Shiekra was pretty cool before... should be alot better with floorless trains.
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Postby zjohn1988 on February 6th, 2007, 11:43 pm
Cove26flags wrote:Does this mean that Bucsh Gardens will have to put in that special platform in the station?


Yes. That pretty much explains most of the downtime. It doesn't take much time to put new trains on the track. Most of the time they should be working on new controls, the retractable floor, sensors, computer software, and bringing out the dummies for testing again. And then the stupid everyday storm takes effect too.
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