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Ah, right. I forgot if you don't have 2,000 posts and a loyal weirdo following on here, you can't post in a thread without getting attacked! Use your brain dude. Both parks popped up on the HITP webpage, and now it is included in their season pass descriptions, which it has never been before.

SFGAm doesn't have HITP and our season pass page says the same thing: Right but Great Escape and Great America were the 2 parks that popped up on the HITP home page, and were then quickly removed; so it makes even more sense now that Great Escape and Great America are probably getting HITP now that it's listed on both their season passes. Edit: Ah, okay yeah poor wording by me in my original post. All the parks have it except La Ronde, Mexico, GE, and GAm, so La Ronde and Mexico were the parks I was referring to. But yeah, my point still stands that it makes sense now that GE and GAm will get it.

https://www.sixflags.com/greatescape/store/season-passes More HITP clues: All the season passes got updated to say "Includes park admission to Holiday in the Park," and I double checked the parks without HITP to see if it was just a generic season pass spiel, but the non-HITP parks don't mention it, so I'm guessing HITP 2.0 is happening

Took 2 back to back rides on Great NorEaster last night and man! The new track is great! Such an improvement over the old track and any other SLC at that. It's legitimately smooth besides one jerk after the inline twists. And the new magnetic brakes are very smooth and make for a comfortable finish. Very surprised but pleased with the results. Great White also gave me a great ride last night; easily the best I've gotten on it in years. Very smooth and fast.

Sorry, crappy wifi double post.

Cool, I had noticed the wood in that area looked a lot classier. If they replace the rest of the boardwalk to look just like that area, that'd be a huge visual improvement. A safety improvement too. Some of the board are loose or sticking up and a nice tripping hazard. I'll be down to the piers in a week, so I'll share my Great NorEaster thoughts after I ride. But then again, I also enjoyed it prior to the retracking so i might be a bit biased LOL

Here's a link to an interview with Jack Morey where he mentions they are planning at least 1 new coaster and a major waterpark expanison in the next 3 years. And he makes mention of the pier to pier woodie which is he says is all designed and ready to go should they ever go for it. Forgive my memory, but didn't the city give them a lot of trouble when they tried to get it approved years ago? http://www.phillymag.com/business/2017/05/25/moreys-wildwood-jack-morey/

^I've noticed the past few years that the weekend of July 4th is crowded but for some reason the 4th is usually pretty dead.

Sky Ride reopened today with some new signage showing how to correctly ride along with a new safety restraint that goes between the riders legs. Here's a link to the article http://poststar.com/news/local/the-great-escape-s-sky-ride-reopens/article_2a9da499-dd6c-5604-aad7-05b526773856.html

Do you guys mean coat hanger track by the fact that the connection to the supports is in the middle of the new track like that? Sorry, I'm not up on the coaster track lingo Not to shy away from Great Nor'Easter's construction but when I rode The Great White this summer, I thought the trains rode pretty bad over the new tracked sections. You could tell the old from the new and we still had a great ride (much better than in years past), but man those trains seem to rattle and vibrate more and more as the years go on.

Here's a Great Escape Fright Fest ode to former Great Escape Operations Manager and current Holiday World Director of Attractions Eric Rentz

Yeah the original color scheme was pretty terrible. Too bad it pretty much still exists on T3 LOL. I like the different shades of blue- it will definitely pop more but I think the track color will really make or break the ride. Would be cool to maybe even see some different colored track pieces to match the colors of the different support sections- but there's probably not many that would agree with me though I hope Baynum is ready to do some intense touch ups after the track is removed and the new track is installed. No way that shiny paint will make it through track installation in such tight quarters.

You're right, the shuffling is the biggest downside of the SLC trains. Although I am curious if Vekoma re-resigned the "new" trains since Morey's got them back in 2008.

Awesome pics! Maybe I'll post some pics I took in August later. Anywho, anyone know what's up with the lights on the Wave Swinger? Looks like the top hasn't been lit up since early on in the season.

We also tried Morey's new Starlux Mini Golf this summer and we thought it was awesome. The beach and ocean courses on the ground level had awesome themeing and props. All the water features were cool too. If was definitely one of the more challenging courses I've played on because the ball constantly rolled in the water but at the same time it was fun trying to keep it on the green. It was also enjoyable fishing the balls out with the nets LOL. We tried the Boardwalk course on the upper level too and it sort of sucked compared to the bottom level. It had cool props like a tram car and a model of the Great White, but it was pretty blah to us. It just seemed like it didn't have much thought put into it like the bottom did. But then again, there's only so much you can do on a raised platform like that, that isn't huge.

I don't post much here, but I follow along with Morey's have been there about 20 times in my life so I'm excited to follow GNE's transformation. Obviously I don't know insider specifics about the project but If I had to guess, I'd bet they might keep the brake run, station, and lift hill. Can't wait to see progress pics! Those pictures posted before in this thread of the support power washing disappeared from Baynum Painting's Facebook and the Morey's Connoisseurs page too. I wonder if Morey's doesn't want those pictures up, but like you said, you can stand 3 feet from it on the beach

Might I ask, does Huss still make Rainbow rides? No they don't. Great Escape's Rainbow has been gone for 7 or 8 years now. It turned into a maintenance nightmare toward the end of it's life. It's not even an option to convert a Ranger to a Rainbow. Great Escape did that back in 1986/1987.

BIG NEWS: Morey's confirms $4million retrack of The Great Nor'Easter for 2017. Article is below however highlights include replacing 90% of the track with new track with "bendable technology" (still Vekoma), new name, and new colors. The park will run a naming competition. http://m.shorenewstoday.com/wildwood/morey-s-nor-easter-coaster-getting-makeover-for/article_1aa03ed6-cc54-11e5-a07e-1b719a37abb3.html?mode=jqm

Whoops! Sorry here's the link http://wildwoodvideoarchive.com/new-at-moreys-piers-for-2016/ 1. Morey’s Piers motel, The Starlux, will be adding a brand new, top of the line, mini golf course. Future plans calls for The Starlux to expand and add 60 more rooms! My personal opinion is that this is great! Finally a new motel (at-least something like it) will be built here in the Wildwoods. Here you can see a video of construction workers ripping up the concrete on the first day of construction. 2. Morey’s Piers decided to part ways with the Sky Coaster on Surfside Pier. Do not worry about losing this attraction as Adventure Pier houses it’s sister ride. We will touch base on this below and at the end of the article. 3. Kanga Bounce is coming back this year. This ride will be located right where the Sky Coaster used to be. Let’s be honest, this was a fun ride and a kid favorite. Pictured here is a photo Morey’s Pier’s posted of the Kanga Bounce being painted. Kanga Bounce Paint Moreys Piers 4. Formula One Raceway, the Go Karts on Surfside Pier, have been removed. Do not worry though, they have been moved down to Adventure Pier’s Grand Prix Go Kart track. Rumor has it that a new Go Kart track will also be built, but it’s just a rumor. In the drone video, you can see where the steps of the Formula One Raceway used to be. They are now covered up in new wood. 5. The Great White Roller Coaster is getting re-tracked. For those who don’t know what I talking about, it means that the old track is being ripped up and a new one put down so that you, the rider, has a smoother ride. In the drone video, you can see the workers working on the track. 6. The Tornado on Adventure Pier has been removed. As far as keeping the ride, I don’t think too many people will be missing it. 7. The Maze is getting moved into the Tornado’s spot right in between the Screamin’ Swing and Sky Coaster. My guess it’s to make room for a new Go Kart track. These next things have been reported by The Press of Atlantic City 8. Expansion of the seating section at Joe’s Fish Company at Surfside Pier 9. Expanding Raging Waters Water Park. 10. Replacing the track on the Great Nor’easter roller coaster costing Morey’s Piers $4 million.

Adding on to what Boldikus said, here's an article that details the 2016 plans! Aside from the Great White re-tracking (Thanks Morey's!), Kang-a-Bounce will be back for now in Sky Coaster's spot, the Go-Karts have been removed from Surfside and they report they will be relocated to Adventure Pier to join the existing Go-Karts (Bigger, better track?). They also mention the maze will be re-located to Tornado's spot on Adventure. Back to Great White, I'm happy to see it get some new wood. Certainly not the roughest coaster in the world, but it definitely has gotten rougher over the past few years.

According to this article, Morey's has some interesting 2016 plans which inclue expanding one of their eateries, expanding and adding mini golf to one of their hotels, water park expansion, and replacing $4 million worth of track on The Great Nor'Easter. Give it a look! http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/12/wildwoods_morey_family_already_planning_for_summer.html