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ATA › Gallery › Features › Access All Areas › Sonic Spinball
Please note that all of the photographs shown were taken with the park's permission. You should not attempt to enter these areas yourself without prior consent.
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 In a warehouse behind Towers Street/Mutiny Bay, some Sonic Spinball cars have been stripped down for their winter maintenance checks.
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 Looking closer at one of the 'naked' cars.
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 This rig, built by the park themselves, allows engineers to easily access the underside of the cars.
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 Another look at the underside of a Sonic Spinball car.
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 A closeup on part of the restraint locking mechanism.
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 A closeup of the wheel assembly.
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 Another look at the floor of a Sonic Spinball car.
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 If the car isn't 'on an angle', these two arrows line up.
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 The serial plate identifying the Maurer Söhne car.
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 Outside the warehouse, the cover for car 3 is sat on the ground.
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 The car covers are all lined up.
 
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