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The only thing I feel is bothersome about this announcement is that it's being advertised as a coaster when it's obviously not. I actually like this addition because the park needs more flats and it helps fill a vacancy in that area of the park. The Golden Kingdom has been just Kingda Ka since it's inception in 2005 (minus Balin's Jungleland), and this plus Zumanjaro helps round out that section of the park. If Ryan is correct about a reconnection to Plaza del Carnival then that's just icing on the cake. Of course I'd want the moon for the park - who wouldn't want a crazy big coaster addition and reopening of Old Country? But if a modest addition in 2015 is needed in order to allocate the necessary amount of funds to do a big addition RIGHT in the near future, then so be it.

There are just so many things wrong with this rendering:

Zumanjaro is open. At the park now.

Screamscape Says it is all but confirmed that we will be getting a Super Loop and it will be called Looping Dragon. Hey, it's a new flat ride, something the park needs. That's how I look at it.

Fury325 seems like it'll be a fun ride, but THIS was my big takeaway from the news. Yay, renovations!!

This background looks like what would happen if the Matrix had sex with a bumblebee.

I see a new word filter coming along!!!

Batman is turned around in that picture next to the Superman doll. Batman will run backwards.

New clue!

It was definitely running both sides earlier in the season, but on all of my recent visits, it's only been one side.

^ Exactly. Unless Kingda Ka's trains suddenly spontaneously combust, it's not getting new ones.

Yea I was at the park in the evening. Place was packed. 537 was insane all day, too, took me an hour to drive what should normally take me ten minutes.

As much as I'd like Old Country to be reopened, I think they're going to continue to focus on the GK / PDC area. Once I saw how long Zumanjaro's queue was, I always felt that it was designed specifically to be shortened, allowing them to extend a path to better incorporate new rides.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A Welp, there goes that rumor.

Yea, I was planning on checking that out, too. Haven't heard anything else about it but the couple posts on here, so I'm betting dollars to donuts that there's nothing, but who knows. I'll give an update tonight.

^ Haha, yep, it definitely does. I'm thinking about going tonight after work, I'll take a picture of it if I do.

I personally LOVE this new addition. Something great for families with a great, unique twist. I can't wait to see how immersive the whole experience is! I also don't get the hate on the name, either, I like it! Can't wait to try it next year! If there's any drawback, it's that I feel that Maurer's cars don't spin as well as ones on Gerstlauer models since the weight is contained to the center of the car rather than the outside. It diminishes the potential spins on an off-balanced car.

^^ I was just going to say, this game looks to target anyone who turned the launch speed on their 50ft S&S tower in RCT to 100mph and giggled at the result. For example, me. This looks like the first roller coaster-related video game that I'd purchase in a long time.

SFGAdv has plenty of areas already existing within the park (Old Country, for example) that need to be rehabbed before they even think about expanding any further. Besides, the park is already so expensive as it is. I think that any rumors about future part expansion like this evolve strictly out of wishful thinking.

SFGAdv - 2015-2020: Procrastinate from writing a plan because I'm too busy reading and being entertained by this thread. 2021: Order a pepperoni pizza.

2002 is the last year for the park to have no new rides / attractions put in, but that year they did their "Summer of Festivals" where each week was a new theme with different exhibits in the center of the park (we had just come off of the War on Lines, SFHH being built, and Nitro in consecutive years, so I think a mild year was due). EDIT: Here the info from 2002, outlining the Festival and some new shows:

It refers to the fact that the park has had three other fun houses that operated throughout its history: Funhouse, Laughland, and Funland.

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I haven't done it this year since I moved closer to work, but last year, when I was 5 minutes from the park, I would go after work for a couple hours, usually from 7:30 to closing. I RARELY had a night where I couldn't get on every main coaster at least once, usually squeezing in re-rides or a flat ride here or there or there as well. Summer weeknights are some of the best times to visit the park.

This is exactly what I see whenever I'm visiting the park. There rarely seemed to ever be a point where there's no train in the station ready for the loading process, so it seems they've managed to minimize whatever impact to capacity these restrictions have created.