2011 - B&M Coaster - Rumor - (9/10/10) Heide Park hints a bit more about their new Dive Machine coming next year, which will apparently have a Pirate theme to it. According to one source, the trains will be narrower and likely seat only 6 across. The trains will be either 3 or 4 rows long, depending on who you ask. Going along with the Pirate theme, I’m told that the big first drop may fall into the middle of a shipwreck and offer up some great themeing all around.
(9/7/10) According to an older posting at Tips-n-Pics, Heide Park confirmed that the new coaster would be a B&M Dive Machine, with the themeing coming from John Wardely. It’s also been mentioned here that the new coaster will actually feature a vertical dive of just 40 meters (131 feet) along with an Immelman and splash-down effect. Based on the regular sized track on site along with this bit of information, I’m betting we may be seeing B&M’s first Junior Dive Machine. I wonder if they’ll come up with a smaller version of Dive Machine trains for it or just use regular Floorless trains. More as we find out.
(9/3/10) According to a reader who claims to be somewhat of a B&M track expert, the B&M track on site at Heide Park does not appear to be standard Dive Machine track to them. Looking it over again, I’ve got to agree… that track should not be for a Dive Machine at all. So I’ve got to wonder, just what are they working on?
Yay for B&M's first Junior Dive Machine! I was hoping it would be bigger... but IMO anything Dive Machine-related is exciting to me.
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