A quick update on the Tree Top Racers rehab. Apparently the coaster will not reopen until they get all four cars converted to the new style. This involves keeping the existing body and putting it on a new bottom frame that will work with a new chain lift and anti-rollback system that has been installed aalong with a new wheel system for the cars.
(3/12/08) X isn’t the only Southern California coaster being rejuvenated with all new trains in 2008 it seems. Tree Top Racers at Adventure City are said to be getting a new train
design this year. While you can’t see much, I was sent a photo which I believe may be showing off one of the new trains under the tarp.
(10/22/07) Screamscape has heard a rumor going around town that Adventure City, the small local attraction park near Knott’s Berry Farm, may be staying after all. A few years ago it was announced that the owners were in the middle of a deal to sell the property holding the small park and the Hobby City store but if the latest rumors are true, the land developers apparently couldn’t get their financing in place and the deal has been dropped.
Here is the photo-