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New construction pics from CGA's FB! https://www.facebook.com/cagreatamerica

lol, um no, Chris was in SNL when this was filmed, unless he found the fountain of youth at the time

I can put a million links to the permit page, the artists renderings, and draw a google map diagram, and they still would think it's the stadium. Oh the GP, you never cease to amuse me....

^Beat me to it! Wow I just mentioned land clearing, and wala, they're on to it!

You hit the nail on the head. We were responsible for pushing down the lap bar for them and ensuring it was locked in place. Also there were times where guests felt too tight, so to unlock the row, we had to obviously get out of the way and wait for the whole row of lap bars to slowly come all the way up, then re-secure them all over again. Also in the control booth, there were indicator lights that told us which row/restraints needed to be checked again for them to be green for the ride to dispatch, exactly like how Delirium is. We usually just had to to just push the harness a tad for it to register green. Then after all that is done, come dispatch time, the train had to slowly lay flat backwards. The worst ones were when the train suddenly went right back up again and all the lap bars opened up, that was a headache!

I guess it's easy to say add more crews, but realistically speaking when you're at limited staffing, there's only so much you can do, but that's a whole other topic . Trust me, my main goal when I worked there 10 years ago was to get those trains in and out in no time in a safe manner of course. How I miss the days when when were able to check restraints quickly but safely, and still dispatch the train before the next one hit the brake run. At least it was easier to do when I was at Grizzly (with their now extra extra seatbelt, not so sure).

Also remember Stealth was the first ever of its kind so it obviously suffered growing pains in the beginning. The maintenance issues coupled with the bad capacity make a bad combo. I remember one night when I helped out as closing supervisor (normally worked on Grizzly/Drop Zone at the time) we had to stay well over an 1 hour and a half after the park closed just to finish off the line, and bear in mind as I mentioned before the line for the ride closed an hour before the park even closed, and this happened a lot.

Having worked on Stealth several times back in 2001, it was a major nightmare. Constant downtimes, horrid capacities, slow loading times (Hauled ass when I was there though), not to mention the fact that they actually closed the line an hour before the park closed due to the long waits. BB on the other hand has proven to be a big success, boosting attendance, and alleviating the crowds especially during the hot summer days. As much as I loved Stealth as it was unique and one of a kind at the time, the park had to get rid of it as it was a constant headache. Regarding BB though, the only other place I could think they could've placed it would be kinda adjacent to Star Tower and the parking lot, aka where SFGAm's water park is, though if the damn Prudential Buildings weren't there, who knows...

Ah I didn't realize THEY were the ones responsible. Thankfully that issue is behind us this time around with their appeal withdrawn. If that coaster wasn't canceled in 2001 though, I wonder if the layout of CGA in regards to the removal of the train and the area behind Columbia Carousel wouldn't have happened.

Looking forward to seeing the bulldozers clearing land

I have no worries. If it opens Memorial Day weekend, awesome, if not, so what. We got the whole summer all the way till Holiday in the park/January 6, 2013 to ride it this season. Just glad NorCal is finally getting coasters!

2013 can't come sooner enough

Is it like Demon where you pull the seat belt from below and attach it to the restraint or in this case the lap bar? Being that the lap bars on each car are connected to each other, meaning when one moves the other does as well, sounds like a big pain when comes time to exit when the people in front of you have their seatbelts unbuckled and you are still connected to the lap bar and vice versa...

Was at the park yesterday, 4/19, and it was completely dead. Everything was a complete walk-on. I literally rode everything 10-15 times, though they are still enforcing the "ride twice, go back in line" rule on the major rides. While on Flight Deck towards around 5sh I saw a steady stream of cars coming in and parking by the area where a tent and several portables are and a helicopter flying above that stayed in one spot by the parking lot till literally after the park closed. I had a feeling it had to do with the Stadium, guess Gumball just confirmed it was indeed for the stadium groundbreaking ceremony. Also while on Star Tower looking down by the Pictorium and surrounding area, I couldn't help but smile knowing (minus anymore hiccups) how the skyline will be totally different come this time next year.

CGA's spring break schedule for 2012 started after Easter, April 11-15 & April 18-22.

^Told ya so! Things are looking up finally! Anyone heading to the park tomorrow for their last week of spring break? I'll be there!

What a bunch of PRUDES, sorry I couldn't resist!

Great idea you guys. As they say, the pen is mightier than the sword!

That's exactly what I was thinking, I had a feeling the stadium issue was the real culprit back then, and now with that out of the way, I have no doubt this will finally breeze on by.

Dear City of Santa Clara, Please put these Prudential idiots in their place and deny their appeal, so we will able to get our coaster built and scream FU at the top of our lungs right before the initial first drop, thanks Forever Grateful CGA Fan.

Woohoo, it's about damn time! 2013 can't come soon enough!

Looks blue to me too, plus Captain Lee, the park's spokesperson tweeted the photo on his account this morning, saying: "CaptainLeeMunro: Ooooh. Look what I saw at the park this morning... Must have come in overnight! #Superman http://twitgoo.com/5n84ky"

Never been so excited to see supports!

Build it and they will come.......

When I worked during the Paramount years, we were always trained to only allow guests to ride twice and that they must go back in line afterwards, but it was rarely enforced.