Ragin Cajun Question

[BobJones]

Does anyone know why Ragin Cajun is set up on small pieces of lumber rather than cementing the support structures into the ground? Is this so the park can easily move the ride to other parks or replace it with something new more easily?

[Timmy179]

Its a ride that was designed that way. Most Reverchon wild mice are transportable so...

Its not a matter of cheapness. as disneys is also set up like this.

[FParker185]

Like Timmy179 said, all Reverchon Mice are clones and they are all portable, and portable rides need the wood for leveling purposes. Also it prevents the ride from sliding around (even on a perfectly level concrete pad the ride has a tendancy to slide around from the force of the trains, the wood distributes/focuses the weight in such a way where the remains alittle more stationary.

[sfgamer]

Oh really? Because I would have said it would be cheaper.

[coasterzak]

Yeah look at any Wild Mouse or Schwarzkopf, it doesn't matter if the park has the portable version or the permanent version, it's going to be on blocks.

[FParker185]

Well, Mack makes some Park model mice that use actual regular supports and footers, the ones at Canada's Wonderland, PKD and Europa Park are of that type(any of them that start out with the large drop insted of the Zig Zags). Most Schwarzkopf's designed for parks also use regular footers(like Whizzer), ones bought off the German Fair Circuit (like Lazer at Dorney) do sit on wood blocks. Cost does have something to do with it also, if SFGAm really wanted they could have paid to have the design changed on Ragin Cajun, though in the end you'd pay to change the design, pay for the extra concrete you'd need for actual footers and in the end you'd have a identical product and all improvements would be purely cosmetic, and looks alone just isnt worth alot of extra money.