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It feels like it. other parks are having problems too. The new Expedition Odyssey at SeaWorld supposedly already had the air conditioning break a few weeks after opening. Wild Oasis had another delay with no new opening date announced. Iron Gwazi is running 1 train for now with the other 2 trains having maintenance done. Hours were cut again this week for both Busch Gardens and Adventure Island. Over in Adventure Island they didn't have enough tubes for the lazy river so they took the single tubes from Aruba Tuba and Calypso Coaster and moved them to the river (lazy river tubes are green, slide tubes are blue). That left about 10 double tubes in use for both slides. It's frustrating to see knowing how their parks used to be run. Now the parks feel like they are run like a bad Six Flags park but not at Six Flags prices. -
I didn't get an ask NOT to say anything, so I will share. I spoke with Jeffrey Siebert multiple times during Roller Coaster Rodeo this weekend, and at one point I was teasing him how I hope the new coaster at SFOT is named "El Toro" , as it's in the Spain section of the park. Name it that just to watch enthusiasts heads' explode. he laughed and told me that in all seriousness, they *were* planning on using a name from elsewhere, but he insisted (and won that battle) for a unique name. --> so the new dive coaster will have a unique name in the chain. (similar to the way they went with Chubacabra for the Goliath rename at SFFT). I followed up asking if it's themed to bull fighting as it's in the Spain area, and they aren't planning on changing that. and the response was "you'll just have to wait and see" but yeah.. unique name for this new coaster. -
fantastic weekend at RCR, and I'll get a trip report up in the near future. Rattler mentioned Jeffrey's tease about 2027 - and I'm assuming that means really nothing will be added in 2026 (unless they put in a new ride onto the Kid Flash pad, once it gets demolished - as of right now, the ride entrance is totally walled off, which is a shame as the whole rest of the ride IS visible thru the chain link around the rest of the ride. So gotta wonder if they will eventually just wall it all off). but expecting something big to be announced for the 35th anniversary in 2027. Perhaps that wood "out and back" on the boardwalk, that would fit perfectly in that area (and that side of the park could use another coaster). I asked that in private to someone and got a raised eyebrow. . . so who knows that that means 😛 in other news, tho Jeffrey was at the park during Fri/Sat for Rodeo (he had to go to Houston on Sun, and Jeff F. from SFOT (who used to be at SFFT) came down to represent). . . the new park GM, Robert, really ran RCR, and it was so smooth. He was out and about, and I interacted with him several times - got a pic with him, so I'll post that in my report. So while the individual parks might not have Park Presidents any longer? they will have General Managers dealing with the day to day stuff.
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By jedimaster1227 · Posted
^Give it time. It’ll close unexpectedly again… -
Top Thrill 2 is now open again. There's some good news. -
By thepoint4life23 · Posted
You should just pay to Charity to get your ride in. I wouldn't think crowds would be that much busser due to it. Maybe that Friday when the ride is open. ITs almost the week of the 4th and its just crowed at that point on till Middle/End of August. -
By thepoint4life23 · Posted
Looks like TT2 might of added some stress to your trip but seems that it will be opening today. -
Things did not go too well apparently for Everland's 'newest attraction'. The ride was originally for over 130cm guests as long as you were under 90kg. But after only 3 days opening, apparently due to collision injuries at the bottom with the speed of guests it now has a very restrictive 130-160cm height limit and under 60kg weight limit. Changed to: Edit: Tried to find videos on youtube and first result was this short where the person got diagnosed with concussion after riding: -
By Sportsdude360 · Posted
That's because the coaster and the supports are as big AF! -
Maybe, but it sounds like you're still going. Probably not alone.
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By prozach626 · Posted
Great Chase may get relocated. SFSTL could benefit from this but, it may cost more to bother with it than building a new one. Ragin Cajun may be in a similar boat. The question is if it's cost effective to save them. Consider the cost of transporting them, land clearing, pouring new footers, and building new stations. Both of them are just short of carnival rides. Likewise, Superman would be a gigantic project to move and you'd have to find a pretty flat large piece of land for it. I wouldn't be surprised if none of them get moved. The only real possibility would be SFSTL getting getting a used SLC. -
By prozach626 · Posted
We've really seen some good coaster additions lately, all the way from the families to the thrill riders. -
By prozach626 · Posted
Holy crap. Those footers are going to be deep AF. -
By prozach626 · Posted
I never thought about lighter crowds as a potential consequence. -
Visited Gyeongju World on Saturday. We had been in the city to visit the historical sites and stay at a pool villa. We went to Gyeongju World in the middle of a three-day weekend, and although the crowd didn't look too bad, lines were very long so mostly just took pictures. Opening crowds didn't look too bad but by the time we were in the park. Draken, Valkyrie, and the new RMC Raptor lines were already spilling out of their areas. Most of the new rides are all located in the same area so all the crowds surged to the right so we went to the left and grabbed a few smaller or older rides. The place still looks as well kept asmy visit when Draken first opened. Time Rider, the new Intamin hotness sadly didn't open in May, but it's opening will be late June. Early bird tickets will be on sale soon but when the Raptor had that sale they sold out in 30 seconds. It was already 33C when we visited so I'll wait for the new hotness and literal hotness to disappear before I head out to try it. Heading into Draken Valley to check out where all the new rides are. Valkyrie is a new family shuttle coaster. It starts with a backwards climb, two forward loops and then a backwards loop. With one train only and 3 laps the line was 80 minutes but the children wanted to ride it. I think even on quieter days line can still be long due to capacity but thankfully like many new rides.... ... Gyeongju World have benches installed in all their new ride lines. A great addition I wish more parks had. This was Wizard's Race to replace the old double helix power coaster. I don't know how Zamperla did it but somehow they made this new replacement rough in 6 months and a slam into the brakes that made me think it was the same as the 30 year old one it replaced. The park like all Korean parks sells fold out stools for people. Some people made sure to get their money's worth even when benches were available. Draken line was spilling out but out of all 5 coasters is the only one that can really people eat and keep the crowds moving. I didn't ride this time, I've done plenty in the past and was with a family group. Was tempted to ride Klake but line was also a minimum wait of 90 minutes. Some photos of the new RMC Raptor, Skoll & Hati. Really torn on missing this credit and my first ever RMC but the line never dropped below at least 120 minutes and it didn't feel fair to leave all the family behind. I also figured I'll be back late fall/early winter or sometime soon since I really want to try out a Coaster Wheel and the coaster will hopefully be around for a long time to get that ride in.
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