John Knotts

What's the average cost of an Intamin, Moser or S&S drop tower. 5-6 million I'm guessing. I smell another multi-ride installation next year.

What a crazy ass year (2012) so far. Let's see: - First B&M Giga coaster, and it's going to Canada to share space with Behemoth. -Hershey Park finally gets their Intamin hyper, all 3,600ft of it. -SFA gets a new coaster, a 20 year old stand up. -SFMM removes Deja Vu, 4 months after making a big deal out of having 18 coasters. -SFNE receives Deja Vu, to sit right next to their Vekoma boomerang coaster. It seems as if, at least here in the US, parks are indeed preparing for the end of the world next year!

I think SFMM may surprise us again next year as they did this year by throwing in a Zac spin along with backwards Superman. A drop tower, along with a compact coaster and a kiddie ride of some sort. I like the idea of multiple mid-range additions.

Actually, it makes a very bizarre kind of sense. lol They can guarantee that at least one of them will be open.

I think it is a good, fun family ride. It used to be GREAT, until they killed the airtime hills at the end.

^ oh please. Green Lantern is awesome, but its pretty much a flat ride with trains. If were dreaming here, I'd love a slightly larger, longer mega-lite type design in the back area. I would never leave that corner.

X2/Green Lantern?

I'm pretty sure it's a VERY recent final decision considering a PR person from SFNE just recently decided to make the addition public. I'm sorry, but Deja Vu is as good as gone from SFMM as Iron Wolf is from SFGam. And based on what I heard from another source close to the park, this will be a VERY good thing for both parks!

Yeah, cause after removing 2 of them from their parks, now they want to buy an even larger one? Just 2 weeks ago no one believed Iron Wolf was leaving SFGam, and here we go again. I just hope we get a closing date So I can ride it one last time.

I love how enthusiasts brains work. Everything needs to somehow "make sense", when we know darn well its hardly ever the case where Six Flags is concerned. And for the record, boomerangs and Deja Vu while similar, offer a completely different thrill level. It also gives SFNE the option to now remove it now that they'll have giant version.

Yeah I think we need to stop thinking like enthusiasts when it comes to SFI or Cedar Fair. Both companies are making decisions that benefit them as a company during a rebuilding and shaky economy phase. Who cares if SFNE already had a boomerang. The GP will see a big, scary looking ride and line up to ride it. The end.

I'm about 99% sure SFMM will have 18 coasters by next summer. My guess is a used one from another park, and a drop tower. One used ride, one new one, just like this year.

Seems like more things will be coming out of SFMM this fall than going in!

then there isnt one. The only single rider thing i get is after your on the stairs sometimes they will call for single people to balance the car. But since they wernt running balanced it wasnt an issue and therefore didnt get me special treatment. Um...that's what a single riders line is, at least at SFMM. You wait by the exit stairs until a single rider is needed. Obviously the wait varies depending on what is needed, just like Deja Vu's. However my friends and I got several rides on GL in less than an hour.

Technically, there is! But no one is going to tell you that.

^ Single rider line resulted in 5 minutes waits for me. lol

I also rode GL yesterday and had some awesome rides on it. The midcourse was slowing the train down but not stopping it completely. Also, the crews were kicking butt yesterday.

Also keep in mind that not every aspect of the park needs to be finished before opening. They can stagger the openings of certain rides to keep interest. I REALLY hope this happens. Las Vegas without a waterpark is like a TPR trip without an Intamin!

No homo, but I think I may love you.

Right, but we're talking just a few months after telling the world they have the most coasters.

Assuming this rumor is true, I wonder if the loss of Deja Vu will alter the park's plans for 2012, or if they are basically being forced to give up the "coaster capitol" title just a few months after declaring it.

Screamscape is saying the ride rotation program is probably going to return with Iron Wolf likely going to SFA and rumors of Deja Vu going to SFNE. SFMM is getting rid of their DV? I thought the only reason they kept it was for the count. That was never the reason. SFMM kept it around because their ride actually worked.

Holy hell...what is up with 2012? This is like 2000 all over again!

^ And why would they? Especially after just opening their lowest capacity coaster ever. The park's next coaster should be a people eater IMO.

I hope not. I know Deja Vu is a polarizing coaster, but I like it...a lot. It's probably the most hair raising ride in the park, my first ride on it scared the crap out of me! But I hear there is going to be a whole re-theming of that area, so I do wonder if Deja will make the cut.