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  1. 5 hours ago, thepoint4life23 said:

    I am planning on going sooner. Earl May or when ever they open. hopefully the new ride is ready by then. Going to make a few day trip. Go when the Cubs are in town so i can check out wriggle field. Do the Aquarium and Kids museum with the family get Pizza and hots dogs. 

    SFGAm is so far north, it's actually slightly closer to the Brewers stadium than to Wrigley

     

  2. 1 minute ago, abovethesink said:

    I've read your posts. There isn't much of anything in them that I see as completely unreasonable. There are definitely reasons to be concerned here. Like I said, the track record for consumers with large mergers like this is not great. Competition breeds better results. The only other reason I am not as doom and gloom about this other than what I said above is that I don't think the chains competed much anyway, only in a couple markets overall, so in that sense this might not be as impactful as most comparable mergers. But I could be wrong, for sure. 

    Competition makes better results up to a point; definitely in new industries. However, there gets to be a point where all the innovations have happened, and then competition becomes solely about cutting costs. (Removing features that they think won't get noticed -paying employee less than competitors...) The Autopiam had an article about the feature removing bit: https://www.theautopian.com/why-you-maybe-shouldnt-buy-a-first-model-year-car-or-a-final-model-year-car/

  3. 53 minutes ago, Hilltopper39 said:

    Ya know with as many classic attractions that have been removed or renovated over the past couple of years it's pretty cool to see a park just completely upgrade and re-build an older classic ride. 

    As far as the ride itself it sound like it's..... just going to be a newer better version of the old ride? I know RMC is involved but it seems like it'll be a pretty similar experience to the original ride just with better/newer/upgraded/refreshed show scenes etc. etc. I think I saw a $30 million dollar investment listed somewhere which is a lot of money, but also considering it's an entirely new coaster and a new dark ride inside of a new building $30 million maybe isn't that much money?

    Should interesting to see the finished product with this one but pretty cool to see a park invest in keeping a classic historical attraction alive.

    It looks like it'll be in Fireman's Landing, across the park from the original.  So more of a reboot than a re-build. 

    Some of that $30 million could be for whatever they put in the old location.  Which if I remember right, is right next to the area that's been fenced off the last couple years, so it could be pretty big.

  4. ^^ I was there in June, and at that time, that's what all the seating was like. It was at least 3 of the same 4 food stations as in these photos, so I guess they've had a long soft-open - nothing indicated it was new or still in previews. The tables are bolted to the floor, and with the high exposed ceilings and hard floors, the noise really reverberates. The food was better than we'd been expecting.

  5. A few updates

     

    A Avatar Airbender (NU)

    B Batman (SFGAm)

    C Cyclops (Mt. O - in the back row when it was dangerous)

    D Demon (ridden both)

    E Expedition Everest

    F Flight Deck (CGA)

    G Giant Dipper (Belmont Park San DIego)

    H Hellcat (Hades 360 by default among extant)

    I Invertigo (CGA) only other I is Iron Wolf, so none are extant with an I.

    J

    K

    L Lightning Rod (Dollywood)

    M Mystery Mine (Dollywood)

    N Ninja by default (SFMM) New Revolution was just Revolution when I rode it

    O Orient Express by default

    P Python (SFA back when it was Wild World - this is on my “rode in debut season outside home park” list too)

    Q

    R Rock’n’Roller Coaster

    S Shockwave (SFGAm) I was young and it was my first >200 footer. (Sooperdooperlooper extant)

    T Twister (OGEG) I don’t remember Mr. as part of the name. (Tennessee Tornado extant)

    U

    V Viper (SFGAm)

    W Wild Eagle (Dollywood) beating out a couple other Wilds

    X

    Y

    Z Zippin Pippin

    A Avatar Airbender (NU)

    B Batman (SFGAm)

    C Cyclops (Mt. O - in the back row when it was dangerous)

    D Demon (ridden both)

    E Expedition Everest

    F Flight Deck (CGA)

    G Goliath (SFGAm)

    H Hellcat

    I Invertigo (CGA)

    J Joker (SFGAm) by default.

    K

    L Lightning Rod (Dollywood)

    M Mystery Mine (Dollywood)

    N Ninja by default (SFMM) New Revolution was just Revolution when I rode it

    O Orient Express by default

    P Python (SFA back when it was Wild World - this is on my “rode in debut season outside home park” list too)

    Q

    R Raging Bull

    S Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

    T Twister (OGEG) I don’t remember Mr. as part of the name. (Tennessee Tornado otherwise)

    U

    V Vertical Velocity (SFGAm)

    W Wild Eagle (Dollywood) beating out a couple other Wilds

    X X-Flight by default

    Y

    Z Zippin Pippin

  6. A Avatar Airbender (NU)

    B Batman (SFGAm)

    C Cyclops (Mt. O - in the back row when it was dangerous)

    D Demon (ridden both)

    E Expedition Everest

    F Flight Deck (CGA)

    G Giant Dipper (Belmont Park San DIego)

    H Hellcat (Hades 360 by default among extant)

    I Invertigo (CGA) only other I is Iron Wolf, so none are extant with an I.

    J

    K

    L Lightning Rod (Dollywood)

    M Mystery Mine (Dollywood)

    N Ninja by default (SFMM) New Revolution was just Revolution when I rode it

    O Orient Express by default

    P Python (SFA back when it was Wild World - this is on my “rode in debut season outside home park” list too)

    Q

    R Rock’n’Roller Coaster

    S Shockwave (SFGAm) I was young and it was my first >200 footer. (Sooperdooperlooper extant)

    T Twister (OGEG) I don’t remember Mr. as part of the name. (Tennessee Tornado extant)

    U

    V Viper (SFGAm)

    W Wild Eagle (Dollywood) beating out a couple other Wilds

    X

    Y

    Z Zippin Pippin

  7. I've always wondered about those slides that look like they're made out of drainage tubing. Wouldn't that be like a slow and painful experience to go down with those ripples or is there something added inside that smooths it out? Or do you go down using a mat?

     

    Also, if they added a loop on the end of it with water, it would look just like that old ghetto looping slide at Action Park!

     

    The inside isn't ribbed (for your pleasure ), so it's actually fairly smooth; just slightly washboarded. The places I've gone on them had carpet remnants for mats.

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