coasterdave Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 This is a park that has been SBNO for a long time. I grew up going there. It will be good to see it open again. Ghost Town Reopens in 2007 Ghost Town in Maggie Valley, NC will open in May of 2007. A group of investors say they will reopen Ghost Town next spring. The theme park in Maggie Valley has been closed for five years. The owners of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad and two other investors have bought it and plan to spend $4 million to renovate it. The popular attraction filled with amusement rides, entertainment, and western style gunfights on a 4000 foot mountain is one of the state's oldest family theme parks. The new owners say they plan to reopen the park in may 2007. Renovations will spruce up the frontier town on the mountain, rebulid the rides, including the chairlift and the famous incline railway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Great news; hopefully this will work out. I wonder if they will be able to reopen the coaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 If they reopen the coaster, I'm totally there next year on the Dollywood trip. Plus I can stop off and visit the Bat Cave. BONUS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Woo hoo, a Hopkins death machine within my grasp! Cha ching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Upsidedown Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Thats awesome. There has been some discussion around lately, glad to see its going to re open. I hope they get the coaster operating, its one of those credits I didnt think I would get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 For those of you who are not familiar with the park, there are a bunch of photos over on tommyandjames.net: http://www.tommyandjames.net/ghost.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugged One Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Hopefully they can get it up and running next year. That would fit in nicely with a trip down to Dollywood next year. That would be cool if they could get the Red Devil running again. That has to one of the scariest looking coasters out there. I have to ride it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Suh weet. This will seal the deal on a DW trip next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannonballer Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 GREAT! I hope they keep updating the park with future expansions and larger rides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgwfreak Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I wonder if Robb has those two credit.s He might be doing a trip to NC after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryH Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I'll be visiting this part in 2007 for sure. Who knows how long it will be open. Maybe I can visit Dollywood and SFOG too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgwfreak Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Sounds like the group that bought it might know what they are doing. So hopefully it will be around for a while. The park is only about 2 hours from me, so if they have a big grand opening I might have to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Upsidedown Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Here is another story about the park. http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/08_06/08_16_06/fr_ghost_town.html Go above to read the whole story but one quote of interest about the roller coaster. Alos of interest was the 7 million dollar asking price. Quote---- Plans are for the park to be reopened as an amusement park, featuring many of the original attractions and live-action shows that made the western-themed Ghost Town in the Sky a success for nearly 40 years. Harper, Woodburn and Hairston have invested earnest money to have all the park’s rides such as the Red Devil Rollercoaster inspected, have developed a plan to bring the rides up to safety standards before reopening. The park’s rides include some vintage, historical children’s rides of which there are few remaining in the world, said David Huskins, director of Smoky Mountain Host, a regional tourism advocacy association. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 YAY HOPKINS DEATH RIDE I almost got a Hopkins credit in Phoenix, but it was not to be. Love to get a ride on that antique chair swings. Come on, it's historical! It HAS to be a credit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike541x Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I remember this park. We visited it when we went down to N.C. I loved the Chairlift to but I havent ridden the Red Devil. Can't wait till it reopens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I hope this comes to full fruition. Very few parks have such a great locale as theirs. A great place to build a new (although it's a small park) ravine/terrain ride. Would love to see what Mike Boodley could do with it- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okinawaboy11 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Maybe they're add more coasters on that hill. It would be sweet. They could really use that terrain. A Coaster that dropped all the way to the base of the hill would be sweet. The lift would be last like Red Devil. Maybe like a B&M Hyper. That would be sweeeeet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgwfreak Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 ^^ The park is listed at around 100 acres. That's not tiny considering Carowinds is only like 130 acres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 100 acres isn't something to sneeze at- its quite a bit if you're creative and use every foot wisely. See what parks like Kennywood do to create a great ridespace and beautiful in-park scenery. (Sorry, despite how much I love Kennywood, the views of Pittsburgh aren't that great-) Some of the best challenge games I've made in RCT2 have been small parks- and this one doesn't seem all that small. THe location is challenging, but not impossible! But to miss out on all those great terrain locations for big rides would be a HUGE mistake- Can you imagine an alpine slide down the hill on one side? Or a Intamin HyperSpeedracer that goes all the way down to the parking Lot? Who'd need HydroLaunch coasters when you could achieve that without any effort whatsoever! (Granted, the cost would be OBSCENE, but to get an advertising icon like that might just be worth it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okinawaboy11 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 How many acres is SFGAm? They did a great job cramming everything in there. Even a Waterpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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