In early September I made a business trip to Singapore, and as ever I set up a stopover on my way home in the interests of breaking up the flights.
Megan travelled to Paris on Friday morning and spent the day at the Louvre, while I spent fifteen hours and change working on trip reports from the slightly questionable comfort of an Emirates economy class seat.
Unfortunately the lift hill motor was out of service for the duration of our visit due to an electrical fault, and though park maintenance was actively working to solve the problem they were nowhere near a fix by the time of our departure at pm. We subsequently learned via the European Coaster Club that a crossed wire had been identified at pm, by which stage we were over one hundred miles away.
The miss was irritating, but far less than it might have been, as the park is just minutes away from an airport we fly through on a regular basis. Our first hit was Aerotrain , a custom Vekoma roller skater that formerly operated at the now defunct Funcenter in Portugal.
The ride didn't make a huge impression on me at the time, and eight years later it remains forgettable. The only forceful portion of the layout is a left turn at the base of the first drop; once that is complete the rest of the journey does very little. That being said, the ride looks very nice in its new home, and the relatively high supports allow visitors to walk under the track while the train is in motion, giving some interesting photo opportunities.
