coasterfreak101

^Interesting that you would say that. Were either of these things necessary to say? Is this how adults act nowadays? Really? If you don't like the complaining, then ignore it. Done.

Everyone here is treating people who believe in show (as the Imagineers themselves have always been VERY keen on protecting) as blithering idiots, which is no better. Here's an alternative: we can all be blithering idiots without crapping all over each other. Maturity! Peace on Earth! Crazy, I know!

But he lives 13 minutes away! He definitely knows what's up.

Wow this thread is brutal. I was under the impression that people are allowed to have different opinions in life, not that there's one right way to look at something and believing otherwise gets you absolutely berated. Aren't you all adults? Did nobody teach you how to respect someone else's opinion as a kid? Seriously, actual children are better at talking to each other than this - grow up and move on.

Don't forget Canada's Wonderland, the exchange student. Everybody loves the exchange student.

Going off your own point, this is a piece of concept art for a project that's more than three years from being realized - do you all really think this is some final, definite plan for the area and not an artist's representation to get the general public excited about what's to come?

I don't think they're boxing it in, they're just adding sound walls along that entire side of the layout and then a tunnel or two. Think Gold Striker.

Count me out of this one.

It's an extremely expensive ride - IIRC, the original cost Disney something in the ballpark of $80 million to develop. I'm sure each clone costs much less than that now that all the R&D is done, but it's still an investment that 1) the Studios haven't earned, and probably won't until Disney is ready to massively renovate them and b) would've been crazy to add to Hong Kong's budget when they were already developing Mystic Manor and Grizzly.

Wow this thread sucks.

So did mine, until I read it a third or fourth time.

Seeing as you just gave me an example, I would definitely say that counts... That being said - like I said, I can't imagine it's that hard to update their wheel bogey design if Cedar Fair wants to pay them to do so.

Still something I wouldn't be surprised to see happen! I'm sure the new trains they developed for Steel Dragon (a Morgan) can be updated relatively easily to match Arrow's specs - and if the track gauge is the same, even better.

I was under the impression Steel Dragon only got new trains?

If you're this offended about what one person thinks about your cargo shorts then I'm not sure it's the people who think they're inherently lame that need to reevaluate... (Side note: nobody said you couldn't wear them - they're just ugly. Practical? Sure. Brutal? Absolutely.) This is fun. I love the off-season.

Guess it's about that time again, then: I like Green Lantern.

Wow, every part of this looks amazing. Between Grizzly Mountain, Mystic Manor, and all of this, I'd say HKDL is about to go from one of the worst of the Disney parks to one of the best!

Wow.

Amazing how this thing will be ready to go by the end of the year, yet I can almost guarantee SFA won't get theirs open until Memorial Day.

I can't find anything on it except for Screamscape reporting it as news late last night (note: this doesn't mean I'm taking it as news). Here ya go:

Then you haven't been paying attention! Everest, Grizzly Mountain, the new launched ride at Energylandia, the new hyper designs they've released...Vekoma has really stepped up their game!

And I'm fairly confident that, if the 2013 NTAG accident hadn't happened, Gerstlauer trains would still be in use today on Iron Horse makeovers. I don't think that's the case - I just don't think RMC was ready to produce four trains plus a completely original design (Outlaw Run) in 2013, so that work was done by an outside company. Topper track alone took four years to develop, and they didn't move to a bigger factory until a few years in - they definitely had their hands full.

Holy crap, that Vekoma looks insane.

Why doesn't anyone in SoCal understand this!?!? They have a fashion sense?