westipher97 Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 "You are so wrong." "Hehe, WOF posts make me laugh when people get their facts wrong, good to put them straight D-Ho" I am 100% right and I have backup on here to prove it. Once again, I worked at that ride for four years so I know the area pretty good.
jarmor Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 Regardless of who is right or wrong the ride still isn't there lol lol... Jarvis "now im right!" Morant
Wes Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 The land Orient Express is built on is highly unstable quicksand-like land, so it's impossible to build anything new on it. Cedar Fair has tried, they had a seven inversion Hydra-esque floorless built, but the quicksand swallowed it up.
Swoosh Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 According to WHO(M) is the Orient lot unstable? Not according to Worlds of Fun.
Wes Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 Do you think WOF would publicly say anything about it? Hell no. This is coming from inside sources in the industry. The entire park has sunk a half an inch in the past 3-4 years, some areas even more so.
Swoosh Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 Oh really, that is not what I have heard from "inside sources" (as you say) at the park. PM me as I am curious who your "inside sources" are.
bigjohnson51 Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Well dang I hope Worlds of Fun doesn't sink lol.
pete4winds Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 ^ ^ Actually, what Wes ISN'T telling you is that it's a particular kind of synthetic quicksand, specifically engineered by Cedar Fair. They used the same quicksand under Magnum, and that's why IT is sinking as well.
snuggles Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Does this mean boomerang will be swallowed up?
pete4winds Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 ^ Dear lord I hope so In any case, *MY* inside sources just gave me this little tidbit today about the synthetic quicksand: Seems a few years back Cedar Fair staged a little corporate/industrial espionage and sent agents out to all the Paramount parks to spread this synthetic quicksand. Fast forward a few years to where Paramount is taking losses, ostensibly due to rising costs (so they say?)...who swoops in and buys the properties at a deep discount? Cedar Fair. Why is Cedar Fair the only company to do so? Not because they're the only company financially able to, but because, being the engineers behind the synthetic quicksand, they are the only ones who have a countering agent to stabilize the land. Conspiracy theories rule!!!
snuggles Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Son of beasts loop was sinking, thats why they removed it. Cedar fair also accidentally put their quicksand at BPPB, and thats why the big one had to be reprofiled.
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