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Puebla, Mexico Becomes First Site of Bussink R80XL Wheel NJAA SUPERSTORM SANDY UPDATE — PAGE 33 © TM Your Amusement Industry NEWS Leader! Vol. 17 • Issue 6.1 SEPTEMBER 2013 Puebla, Mexico becomes first site of Bussink R80XL Wheel Gains new Guinness Mexico’s Estrella de Puebla has 54, eight-passenger gondo- World Record as las with four being VIP cabins largest transportable and four being cocktail cabins. observation wheel Each glass-enclosed gondola is climate controlled and can eas- STORY: Pam Sherborne ily be adjusted to face inward or [email protected] outward, sitting back to back. PUEBLA, Mexico — Offi- The City of Puebla used the cials of the City of Puebla, Mex- wheel to anchor a major new ico are standing proud and tall, multi-million dollar redevel- the latter being the optimum opment of a city park that also word. included the addition of jog- That city now has the first ging/biking trails, green space, Ron Bussink designed R80XL public restrooms, art sculptures freedom in specifying the con- Above, the Star of Puebla transportable wheel and that and a waterplay fountion that figuration of the entire giant as seen by day and by night wheel was recently certified by features LED lights at night, put wheel without any influence of with the all white LED light Guinness World Records as the to music in a short show that ‘demanding’ customers. This show. At right, the wheel’s world’s tallest transportable ob- repeats throughout the night has resulted in a perfect config- designer Ronald Bussink, servation wheel. At 250 feet tall, hours. uration of wheels, which have left, showcases the wheel it sits on a steel base grid. Bussink has seen huge suc- exceeded the expectations of to Puebla’s Secretary of And, it has been lighting up cess with his R60 observation the majority of the customers. Transportation Bernardo wheels. The R80XL was just a the night sky over Puebla since The pre-manufacturing was ini- Huerta Couttolenc. Below natural progression. Nijpels it opened July 22 with a brilliant tiated by the fact that demands the R80XL gondolas as seen said no customization was done all white LED light show. needed to be met of the newly on the wheel and a view of Called the Estrella de to the wheel in Mexico. created market for standalone the inside. Puebla or Star of Puebla, the “We only sell the wheels tourist attractions in major AT/GARY SLADE huge observation wheel was that are pre-specified by the world cities.” shipped from Maurer Sohne in wheel designer and then built There are several major dif- Germany to its current location. and Mexico was no different,” ferences between the Estrella de Even though it was primar- Nijpels said. “Same with fu- Puebla and Bussink’s R60 trans- ily privately funded, the city ture ones. The next one is now portable wheels other than the plans to repay the cost through almost ready, but we haven’t most obvious of height. ticket sales. In the first week of sold it yet, simply because we Here are Nijpels’ words in August, however, ticket prices chose to do so. I have various describing these differences: hadn’t been determined. customers lined up that would “First and foremost, this is the According to Jeroen Nij- like to have it, but we don’t start first transportable wheel that pels, JNE & LC, Luxembourg, any discussions with them until operates on the basis of con- a consultant who works closely we have everything done and tinuous, slow movement. While with Ron Bussink, the Puebla a valued TUV approval, which the R60 and smaller ones have State Government had decided we expect for mid-September.” a fast rotation (up to 1.4 rpm), to hand out thousands of free By doing so, Bussink has and stop and go for loading and tickets, “which can be used in complete control of his designs. unloading, the R80XL moves allocated time slots during so- “From 2004, Bussink has slow (between two and four ro- called soft-opening test opera- chosen a pre-manufacturing tations per hour) and generally tions (even if the grand opening system, which means that doesn’t stop for loading and has already taken place). So, wheels were built without a unloading (except for wheel- until now, only free rides have confirmed order,” Nijpels said. chairs or other people that need been done.” “In this way, Bussink had total 4See WHEEL, page 4 SUBSCRIBE TO COMING NEXT ISSUE! Dated material. material. Dated AMUSEMENT TODAY RUSH! Winners NEWSPAPER POSTMASTER: PLEASE 20, 2013 August Tuesday, Mailed (817) 460-7220 and PERMIT # 2069 # PERMIT FT. WORTH TX WORTH FT. com PAID amusementtoday US POSTAGE US 2013 Rankings! PRSRT STD PRSRT 2 AMUSEMENT TODAY September 2013 NEWSTALK OPINIONS CARTOON LETTERS AT CONTACTS EDITORIAL: Gary Slade, [email protected] CARTOON: Bubba Flint Not the good neighbor? While editing this month’s issue, one story caught my attention over all the others. On page 8, AT staffer Jeffrey Seifert completed a nice book review on one of Arcadia’s Publishing’s newest book releases: Images of America Frontier Village. The book is about a Wild West theme park, built in Slade 1961 on 33-acres of land in San Jose, California. The park was successful from the beginning thanks to it’s pure Western theme — gun fight shows, train robberies and limited selection of themed rides. The book’s author even tells how the park rebounded in 1977, just one year after Marriott had opened it’s sparkling new Great Amer- ica park in nearby Santa Claria. A $10 million expansion plan was announced by then owner Rio Grande Railroad, owners of Arrow Development, who had built the park’s antique car ride, train ride and mine-themed dark ride. Everything was pointed in the direction of many more years of success. That was until the neigbors complained, and the city made demands. The park was there first. It was urban growth that placed the new housing developments in the park’s back- EDITORIAL: Scott Rutherford, [email protected] yard where neighbors could hear the pops the gun caps would make during the gunfight shows and the train Weighing safety whistle everytime the beautiful Arrow-built train chugged The recent accident on G hill. Six Flags purchased the park shortly along the tracks. Neighbors began to complain. The city, the New Texas Giant (NTG) thereafter, significantly re-profiling and tam- knowing the expansion would only bring more traffic to at Six Flags Over Texas was ing Colossus. the area, would not allow the expansion to go though devastating; not only to the Though the NTG investigation is still unless the park contributed $1.8 million in traffic improve- victim’s family but also to the pending, initial comparisons illustrate that ments. park, which is in the business both victims’ bodily dimensions along with Rio Grande, seeing the park was now no longer a good of entertaining guests safely. simple physics could have played a role in investment, and watching the land prices continue to rise, Rutherford Accidents occur every day. their deaths. So, who is at fault? The parks elected to close the park. One “Last Round-Up” was given Whether they involve auto- for trying to accommodate as many guests as in 1980, with the park averging 30,000 guests each day in mobiles, slippery sidewalks or grocery store possible by not wanting to offend someone the final season. The park closed its successful run forever aisles, these often-unavoidable happenings because of their weight? There are already on September 28, 1980. are a fact of modern society. Stuff happens. minimum height requirements on most The park’s closing was not a result of sagging atten- But nothing is more sensationalized by rides. It only makes sense that maximum dance, or bad management, or a run down property. It was the media than high-profile accidents such weight limits (as well as body shapes that do the result of those who settled the land second, not liking as those that include commercial airliners or, not conform to conventional standards) be their neighbor who was their first. in this case, a roller coaster. Because of the addressed. Alienating guests is a small price How ironic is it that today, it’s the office complex extreme rarity of such occurrences, these to pay to saving lives. neighbors adjacent to California’s Great America making accidents attract far more attention. Knoebels is already ahead of the game as the noise complaints, even though the park had staked it The NTG incident bears striking similari- it moves into final testing of its Flying Turns ties to one that occurred in 1978 on Colossus, bobsled. A scale will be used to weigh riders claim on ground, long before any high rise office building a then-new wooden coaster at California’s before boarding so as to properly balance ever rose over the park property. Magic Mountain. A rider with similar physical the trains. Will there be a maximum weight? —Gary Slade dimensions to the NTG victim was ejected as It will be interesting to see what transpires. the train negotiated a high-speed negative- Gary Slade is founder and publisher of Amusement Today AMUSEMENT TODAY STAFF Gary Slade, Founder Dean Lamanna Sammy Piccola Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Editorial Accounting / Circulation [email protected] [email protected] (817) 460-7220 [email protected] Deliveries Member of: Stacey Childress / Childress Media Pam Sherborne 2012 E. Randol Mill Rd., Suite 203 IAAPA, AIMS International, PAPA, Web & Graphic Design Editorial Sue Nichols Arlington, Texas 76011 NEAAPA, NJAA, OABA, WWA, TTIA, [email protected] [email protected] Advertising NAARSO and IISF (615) 662-0252 Subscription rates are: 1 year (14 issues) $75 in the USA; $100 elsewhere; 2 years (28 issues) $140/$180; John Robinson / W.H.R.
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