Author Topic: Next Ride To Go? (Read 69551 times)

777theladyinthelake · « **Reply #325 on:** February 07, 2010, 11:53:23 PM »

"The Lady In The Lake" if it happens, might count as a darkride....

nitrorox1414 · « **Reply #326 on:** February 08, 2010, 05:21:07 PM »

Which it won't.

B-mac · « **Reply #327 on:** February 08, 2010, 05:33:55 PM »

Quote from: nitrorox1414 on February 08, 2010, 05:21:07 PM

Which it won't.

How will I put that to perspective for you? Hmmm, uh... try winning the lottery four times, get struck by lightning indoors twice and be hit by an asteroid in the middle of a meteor shower, all within a week.

GADVwow · « **Reply #328 on:** February 08, 2010, 07:55:24 PM »

Or Dick Kinzel will buy Six Flags as a part of the bankruptcy reorganization. Actually, that is more likely to happen than any witchdoctor named Claws being part of theming in the Six Flags Theme Park family in months where the temperature is typically 70 or more.

nitrorox1414 · « **Reply #329 on:** February 13, 2010, 10:48:53 AM »

^Who is Dick KInzel?

Mike13 · « **Reply #330 on:** February 13, 2010, 02:33:23 PM »

Quote from: nitrorox1414 on February 13, 2010, 10:48:53 AM

^Who is Dick KInzel?

CEO of Cedar Fair

GADVwow · « **Reply #331 on:** February 13, 2010, 05:42:21 PM »

...at the moment.

nitrorox1414 · « **Reply #332 on:** July 13, 2010, 10:19:38 AM »

I guess we were right eh?

dkny6363 · « **Reply #333 on:** July 13, 2010, 10:38:21 AM »

wow!what perfect usage of an "eh"

AV Matt · « **Reply #334 on:** July 13, 2010, 12:31:44 PM »

I thought it was 'ay in Canada speak?

dkny6363 · « **Reply #335 on:** July 13, 2010, 10:07:38 PM »

It's deffinatly eh, eh.

nitrorox1414 · « **Reply #336 on:** July 14, 2010, 09:15:15 PM »

Matt dont judge my canadian skills

AV Matt · « **Reply #337 on:** July 14, 2010, 10:40:57 PM »

Wasn't. When I read "eh", I always think of it as "ehhhhhh", not "ayyyyyy". What an epiphany!

GADVwow · « **Reply #338 on:** July 14, 2010, 10:43:29 PM »

The Canadians get an eh in understanding Canadian dialect, you see?

wow, of an area where sodas are called pop, fathers are called pop, and all women are called honey by many...yes, sir or ma'am, as the case may be

RollingToro95 · « **Reply #339 on:** July 20, 2010, 12:09:11 PM »

Over at GADV.com last season I said that Scream Machine was next to go, and I was tsk-tsked at by everyone. I was also tsk-tsked when I said that Houdini was opening again...

So tsk-tsk me if you'd like but my bet is that the next ride to go will be Skull Mountain... well either it will go or be rehabbed with a better storyline, new effects, etc.

Don't take this as me wishing it away, because I really like it, so I hope it just gets the affects it needs. I'm just saying that now that GASM is gone, Skull Mountain will have the shortest wait in the park. The Dark Knight is too young, but I could see it getting some major revamp in a few years as well, if the new CEO likes theming, which we'll figure out soon.

WadeJ · « **Reply #340 on:** July 20, 2010, 01:15:41 PM »

lol

Skull Mountain isn't going anywhere. It's cheap to maintain and very reliable. The parts are also easy to get. Yes, it will eventually be getting a major rehab but it isn't going anywhere. The rehab would be more around the physical structure - fixing leaks, paint, rotted sections, etc. And of course, the ride itself.

There are far bigger issues for the new CEO to figure out. Having a few rides besides big coasters is probably one of them. It would seem the theme is a far less important concern right now but we'll see.

DianaR · « **Reply #341 on:** July 20, 2010, 01:51:19 PM »

A dear friend had once forewarned me that I would no longer recognize Great Adventure within the next ten years. I think losing GASM, Freefall, moon flume and, Looping Starship, is the starting point to no longer recognizing the park as I did when I was a young kid. Only 7 survivors remaining, Rolling Thunder, Mine Train, Parachutes, Big Wheel, Congo Rapids, Skyride and Log Flume. I know change is supposed to be good but, I shutter at the thought of what's next!

DianaR · « **Reply #342 on:** July 20, 2010, 01:52:58 PM »

Oh and that dear friend was Steve U. He told me on our very last park visit together that major changes were coming. I don't know if he even knew it would start like this...

jglonek · « **Reply #343 on:** July 20, 2010, 02:01:54 PM »

IMO, the next Ride Rotation should be TDK to SFNE and Pandemonium to us

coastersue · « **Reply #344 on:** July 20, 2010, 03:15:07 PM »

Although it'll never happen since they draw good crowds, my personal preference would be for Superman or Kingda Ka. Actually, what I'd really like is for them to make use of the empty areas and not take anything else out.

One thing I'm getting real sick of hearing is people on the Facebook page saying to get rid of Rolling Thunder. Over my dead body!!!!

B-mac · « **Reply #345 on:** July 20, 2010, 04:40:13 PM »

Rolling Thunder is now in the top five most reliable rides in the park, it shouldn't be going anywhere.

RollingToro95 · « **Reply #346 on:** July 20, 2010, 05:21:57 PM »

Rolling Thunder will never leave! And even if there was even the slighest rumor of it leaving, everyone would unite against it. It's not possible to hate Rolling Thunder so much that you want it to completely leave...

Personally, I enjoy Rolling Thunder no matter how rough it is, but what I hope is that GCI does a full rehab of it and gives it Millenium Flyer trains. I don't mind MF trains since they're based off older trains, but I wouldn't want Timberliners because they take away from the old charm of the ride. I would just leave the buzz-bar trains, but they tear the track up since they're so heavy.

AV Matt · « **Reply #347 on:** July 20, 2010, 05:43:22 PM »

RT would be even more boring with shorter wheel-base cars (MF's/TL's). The lever action of the long wheel base is vital to the airtime on that ride. Unless there's something really messed up with the construction of that particular Cobb woodie, Rolling Thunder could run great with decent maintenance and lubrication (and magnetic brakes to allow it to be lubricated). Adventureland back home has a single track Cobb out&back very similar to RT in height, length and design and they have had no trouble keeping it running well for 32 years with 3-bench PTC cars. Surely GAdv has more budget to take care of their wood than Adventureland.

B-mac · « **Reply #348 on:** July 20, 2010, 06:53:25 PM »

Depends where their money's going...(insert cheap KK crack here).

GADVwow · « **Reply #349 on:** July 20, 2010, 08:14:19 PM »

Say what you will about Six Flags, but they took excellent care of Thunder Run at KK...Twisted Twins...not so much...in fact, those coasters closed years before the lease was rejected.

Al Weber and theming? Yeah, right.

Latest 20 Shouts

Current Weather

SIX Stock

Author Topic: Next Ride To Go? (Read 69551 times)