Danrarbc

What did SFOT do when they got a newer Harley Quinn ride?

The Giga Discovery model seems to need 200ftx75ft of clearance. That's too big for Excalibur's plot of land even without factoring in a queue. Tidal Wave's location would still work but something larger would work there too. The Joker's plot of land just requires that you lose one of the ways to drive from the access road in to the park.

The app has a slightly different description. It mentions a themed queue. Edit: Wonder where it is going? If they put it where the current Joker is the Axis Arcade could contain a funhouse queue - no need for a new building. And the 75ft width just happens to fit between the building and Batman's high turnaround.

I'm happy with that. 172ft would be the Giga model too. Not just a Giant.

I sincerely doubt it would be RMC Boss. But Hersheypark closed Wildcat at the very end of July and that was a pretty extensive mod. If Boss receives a less, creative, RMC'ing there's certainly time to get that done. But I still doubt that - there's no way they wouldn't tease something like that.

Considering at least some of the management is shared with Great America it's not a shocker that there's a disconnect.

I don't think they'd tease an opening date announcement if it wasn't for the current year - it'd otherwise be opening day 2024. But I could be wrong too it's of course a bit odd to open it with something like 15-20 operating days remaining (presuming the season ends when Fright Fest ends).

Track is complete on Rookie Racer. https://www.instagram.com/p/CwHuYYXsrUG/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Yeah I'd recommend editing down to 20 minutes or less. Not because everyone else publishes vlogs that length and more because there's a reason that tends to be the going length of a vlog. The more intensive the time investment required to consume a video the fewer people will be willing to invest the time.

Rookie Racer has gone vertical.

No I'd definitely prefer narration from someone that knows what a barrier to control mud and water runoff is instead of calling them snakes. But hey there's another update. https://youtu.be/hU6iEsluSv8

Apparently memberships have returned. Well. One membership. The $140 diamond pass is no longer the cheapest way to get all-parks access now. This is basically a Platinum pass sold as a membership with all parks access and VIP entrance privileges added on.

The fun part is that carousel will end up being down for 6 years, and people are fed up with SFStL taking 2.5 years.

Oh crap is Six Flags St. Louis also restoring this carousel for the Smithsonian?

I know there are some people that count flume credits the same as most count coasters. There are even flat ride credit counters.

I don't see any work on footers at all. Kinda disappointing. Looks like a huge amount of the materials are on site though including what I'd assume will be used for the station. Also these wood bridges for Log Flume to maintain ADA on the second side seem new.

Hope to get to the park this weekend. I'll be sure to update what I can if I get the chance. Anyone catch the Cinco de Mayo event that was added?

Should start seeing relatively rapid progress on this then - wish I'd been there this weekend to look for footing work. Vertical construction on these small coasters go really fast. Canada's Wonderland didn't take much more than a couple weeks from start to final track piece. Yikes what a way to put it. But now that you mention it that describes my daughter - born after Pandemonium (same year as Evil Knievel) and gets her permit this year. It's even been a decade since ANY track has been on site for construction. Not sure how many PTC carousels get renovated by Chance though since PTC just offers the service themselves direct.

Look at it on the bright side. At least we aren't Six Flags America. Losing two entire themed areas - 10 rides, including a rollercoaster.

I've found all of the seat belts always seem short at the start of the season. Not sure if they just have to stretch out from usage or if we're all a bit bigger from winter (ever notice the coldest holidays all have eating food at their cores?).

There is one thing the park could have done to get this done faster while still doing it the 'right' way - send everything to PTC for a refurb by them. I'm not sure why they didn't go that route but what they decided on was a full true refurb done in-house and with a small team - and that leads to a couple of years of downtime. Even a PTC rehab would have it down at least a year.

And no one will ever convince me that there wouldn't have also been complaining if it was a 2-month replacement with plastic horses and generic art decals on the boards. We beg and plead for good work to be done - for things to be done the right way. And then it happens and it's not worth it.

From what they've said there are generally just two people working the project. A carpenter and a painter. How many weeds would these two have pulled?

Your reaction to the carousel has become the meme at this point. They aren't simply refinishing it - some of the horses literally needed parts of them rebuilt.