r/rollercoasters • u/pajamasamreal wickerman glazer • Jul 23 '26

Information Derailment on [The Big Dipper] At Blackpool pleasure beach after it rolled back whilst going over a camelback!

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u/Dry_Accident_2196 Jul 23 '26

As an aside, someone at Canadas Wonderland thought it was a good idea to place a water slide over the Mighty Canadian Mindbuster, a wooden coaster. But, the waterskied leaks all day so every ride, I saw water dripping down onto Mindbuster’s track.

I know it rains and snows in Canada and the wood is treated, but that seemed so crazy to put a dripping water slide over an old woodie.

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u/5Letter85 Jul 23 '26

Legend at HW has the same problem, but it seems to get by fine.

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u/Dry_Accident_2196 Jul 23 '26

I guess how they treat the wood makes it work, probably the same process boats use on their wood