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This. End of discussion now.

That site is not a site we allow links to.

It's still good to see SOME progress. Hope it all goes well.

Stage 28 at USH was rumored to be the home of the ghost of Lon Cheney. Now that its been bulldozed, I wonder if he'll show up in the park?

Again, I understand you are very bias since you work for the park...but playing Devil's Advocate again... Perhaps the reason that everything that has been released is top notch because they want to put their best foot forward in promoting the ride? Kind of like a movie trailer...show the best.... People have every right to be skeptical of Six Flags until proven otherwise. This may very be a new era, but until it opens... You never saw any comments about Universal because they have a proven track record...including success with the very ride system Transformers is based on. I should also add that I have no doubt things will look good at first. But again, given Six Flags record and knowing quite well the maintenance involved in this ride system...I really question whether Six Flags will make the investment to ensure they have all the proper parts in stock, manpower available, etc. to keep the ride in top form. It's not cheap.

I would be absolutely terrified on those walkways. No thanks!

To be fair, things on paper and things as built change all the time. Six Flags going to trusted vendors in Oceaneering & Sally is a positive sign, but we have yet to see if Six Flags can deliver on the "planned" quality. Another huge question mark will be if Six Flags can handle the maintenance on the ride. Those vehicles are sure to be expensive to maintain. Not to mention the projectors, media servers, etc.that go with the ride. Sally already has numerous trackless dark rides (Challenge of Tutankhamen is REALLY good) with a ride system from ETF that seemed to have the same footprint as a traditional dark ride from what I remember.

^I'm already upset about that!!!!

Was hoping for more new ride announcements. Nothing major from any of the big manufacturers. KMG announced a larger inversion and smaller StarFlyer. They also are working on a new top spin style ride, but no word of that from IAAPA.

That would be my biggest concern too. But I am sure they thought of that...or so we hope!

Coming down the home stretch now...If the playoffs started today, there would be a re-match of Alabama/MSU. Kind of lame! P.S.: BEAT THE BRUINS!!!

One key part missing from your edited poster: the ride will be 100,000x better than it had been for the last 30 years since it was modified and neutered...

^Mine too! I'm overdue for a visit...your pictures are tempting me to visit for HHN. Now to win the lottery...

Hmm...maybe next year instead of trying to do HHN Florida and HHN Hollywood the same day I should up the ante and go for Japan! Great TR.

Maybe they will be serving Starbucks coffee along with Knott's own pastries? Anything could happen. Starbucks won't allow that if it is a full starbucks.

This is awesome! Good for Zamperla to design this just for GKTW.

The important thing is the station is elevated, so the floorless mechanisms could fit underneath. I have no doubt they could do the conversion if they wanted to.

I do beleive it's for this: http://www.chancerides.com/rides/freestyle.html That's exactly what it is for. An updated Wipeout. Chance is also selling their full catalog again (they sold a Zipper at IAAPA), so an updated Chaos might happen... So they also have an updated Zipper too? Same ride, just minor technical improvements.

I was told by a CM who actually operates all marathons on both coasts, that there is only 4 a year for each resort. I said I didn't believe it... LOL. But there's apparently only 4 per year at each resort. It's because all the events take up the whole weekend and have multiple races. So I guess it's technically true to say there are only 4 events per resort.

I do beleive it's for this: http://www.chancerides.com/rides/freestyle.html That's exactly what it is for. An updated Wipeout. Chance is also selling their full catalog again (they sold a Zipper at IAAPA), so an updated Chaos might happen...

The chance Freestyle is essentially a modern wipeout. That's what those seats are from.

I hope there is some cool "death machines" (as I jokingly like to refer flat rides as) announced at IAAPA this year!

Did they mention animatronics at the announcement?

^Safety first!

I'm going to go out on limb by saying that I don't think they are trying to be interesting by adding a Starbucks...It's going to make them a fortune.