NewsPlusNotes: Gale Force at Playland's Castaway Cove Receiving Full Track Replacement

Friday, November 17, 2017

Gale Force at Playland's Castaway Cove Receiving Full Track Replacement

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The Gale Force roller coaster, located at Playland's Castaway Cove in Ocean City, NJ, just opened this past May but is already having its track removed. Seen above in a photo from a news story, the ride's blue track is being removed from the support structure in order to be replaced with all new track for the 2018 season.

The coaster did not operate up to desired standards, it seems, dating back to its original opening year of 2016. Gale Force missed that season due to a segment of track having to be manufactured over after not aligning properly with the rest of the layout. The ride did open and operate safely this past summer, but according to park officials didn't provide the smooth ride they expected.

Gale Force was designed by S&S Worldwide, who is paying for all of the ride's track to be replaced this off-season, before the park opens again for Easter in 2018. The slight alignment issues caused the ride additional downtime along with the bumpiness. The park expects to have the replacement track fully installed during January of 2018.

Hopefully this will allow Playland's Castaway Cove to operate the ride more regularly next year, and it's great to see S&S stepping up to replace the track at no cost to the park.

Gale Force features multiple launches that get the individual cars moving at 64 miles per hour, with a maximum height of 125 feet and 1,269 feet of track.

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