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I'm sticking to my original guess. Six Flags is bringing back a historic ride with a modern twist. All their hints on twitter have had "#ACEOnline" plus the original Rockville Realty announcement mentioned "Division of ACE," and, "History in the making." ACE is dedicated to the preservation to classic or historically significant roller coasters. But Six Flags isn't- or should I say wasn't- known for taking great care of wood coasters nor are they known for restoring old rides. That ended until their relationship with RMC started, as the refurb of the Rattler is incredible. And so it's no surprise then that Six Flags has hinted, not subtly, about more work with RMC on this ACE historic project. Recall the numerous more recent clues about "wood", "steel", and MK Bozer's announcement of tending to a "snake problem" in Rockville after working on all the other RMC projects. Whether it's a new layout or not, I don't know, as they could be building a loose recreation of an old ride (like the "Airplane coaster) or, less likely I think, buying something used and retracking it with steel. Now that Six Flags is throwing around the 120' height, the Cycline from SFNE is a possibility. What's more, having a historic wood coaster fits the Rockville 50's-era theming. All the clues fit this, do they not? Sure, the park could be deliberately misleading everyone, but what's the point of guessing if one isn't going to at least follow the breadcrumbs presented?

So it IS the airplane coaster! The original was 92ft tall, the same height of the balloon. Plus, the most recent photo was taken with airplanes in the foreground. Seems like Motorama and Hustler will have to go along with reforming some walkways and moving the Rockville restrooms. That's a lot of work. I'd still love to see the coaster be built above Motorama rather than replacing it (think: Antique Cars at Knoebels, threading around the Phoenix's track) but I don't think that's possible with the Airplane's layout. The original Airplane looked like fun, and I hope it still is today despite GCI's more tightly fitting lap bars on individual seats.

Perhaps, but the location modeled in that video is out past the boardwalk area by Pandemonium, not in the Rockville/Motorama area.

First post here. I think the clues here are "thrilling challenge," "division of ACE," and, "history in the making." ACE is devoted to the preservation of historic, thrilling coasters. Those clues fit with one another. The question is: which historic thrill ride is SFFT going to preserve? The Cyclone from SFNE? That ride has a small enough footprint, I think, and it closed three days ago with no explanation as to what was happening to it. It is NOT on ACE's awards list, though: http://www.aceonline.org/CoasterAwards/?type=1 Edit: maybe they're relocating and refurbishing one of the rides in this list? Some are already within the Six Flags umbrella: http://www.aceonline.org/preservation/ Interestingly, one of the rides on that list used to be at Fiesta Texas: The Joker's Revenge, now known as Jester at SFNO, but I don't see how or why that'd return to SFFT. So I've no idea what coaster SFFT might relocate, but that's what I'd bet on. Hopefully the coaster goes over Motorama and doesn't replace it, as doing so would really enhance Motorama, especially if it's a woodie, though the constraints of buying an existing ride probably eliminate this possibility.