larrygator Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 First off, it's Williamsburg and Tampa Bay, not Europe and Africa. They've switched them back. And I'm sure they will switch the names again. Especially if the parks get sold. References to each name are fine until they keep the same name for a more than a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrykoala2112 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I was about to say they didn't change them to the city names, but they did. It says on the 2009 brochures. I would prefer when they would say the continent though, because then people won't ask questions which of them is which. I also been reading, and a flyer with a fly by on the river would make a great little memory of Big Bad Wolf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianCoasterGuy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Hmmm...I wonder if BGT could push B&M to make a launched hyper but that would never happen. BGW is probably going to do a Flyer. If they want a woodie (probably not) then they should make it go through some underground tunnels to cancel out some noise, and also make it a Plug N' Play, which makes even less noise, and make the lift a cable lift a la El Toro et la T-Express so even less noise is heard. If that dosent work, buy out KingsMill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnbMatt Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 put a B&M Sit-Down in the defunct-Drachen Fire area to make up for the failure that was Drachen Fire (havent ridden it, glad i didn't ). Despite everything that has been said over the years about Drachen Fire I still place that coaster in my top ten of all time. Perhaps I am looking at it through rose coloured glasses but it had a solid layout and it was ahead of anything else for it's time. I would give anything for one last spin around her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Stardust Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm hoping for pretty much anything but another monstrous B&M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrykoala2112 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I prey SFGAM will get another Intamin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarWars Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Another Hersheypark rumor from Screamscape: "Remember back when Fahrenheit was being installed and Herseheypark kept promoting it as their 11th coaster? Well if you take a look at their home page this week you’ll find this graphic, promoting the park’s “10 Coasters!”. Somehow I don’t think they would make an error like that so easily, so I can only assume that one of the park’s coasters may be on the way out. If I had to guess… I’d say that perhaps Roller Soaker’s time has come. Anyone know more?" http://screamscape.com/html/hersheypark.htm Click the link to see the image Screamscape was referring to. My first thought before reading the article was that Sidewinder or Sooperdooperlooper (the first coaster I ever rode) were being removed. I loved Roller Soaker when I rode it. I hope they don't remove it (or Sooperdooperlooper, for that matter). Or maybe, it's the Wild Mouse (another fun coaster). All of the coasters I mentioned (except Sooperdooperlooper) are right by the water park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I desperately want an Intamin in Florida, why are we so B&M orientated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 If Hershey removes a coaster, it'll be Wild Mouse. I don't think they are, though. I think they're just counting Lightning Racer as one ride. Whoever made the newest banner for the side probably just did that (or they're just dumb). But I highly doubt Hershey's getting rid of any coasters. Of course, CRR are nice and gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 ^^You never know. If the Blackstone/InBev deal goes through, maybe we'll see an Intamin in a Busch park down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 If Hershey removes a coaster, it'll be Wild Mouse. I don't think they are, though. I think they're just counting Lightning Racer as one ride. Whoever made the newest banner for the side probably just did that (or they're just dumb). But I highly doubt Hershey's getting rid of any coasters. Of course, CRR are nice and gone... That's not a valid explanation. Hersheypark has always counted Lightning Racer as one ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Looks like we may know in the next week if the Busch parks have new owners. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a8cifvkwJqZI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 ^^Oops. That's me being dumb. In that case, if they're going to take a coaster out it's going to be Wild Mouse. It's right in the middle of their beloved Boardwalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarWars Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Looking at an aerial photo of the park, I noticed something. A recent rumor from Screamscape said Hersheypark may expand into the previous Country Club area. Would they dare remove Comet to build a bridge over Spring Creek? Or, more likely, could it be Sooperdooperlooper considering some older steel roller coasters seem to be coming to their end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Isn't Roller Soaker closed this time of year? Maybe that's why they're only advertising that they have 10 coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarWars Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I guess it would. Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack44 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 It's been confirmed by Park President Mark Kane that Chang is NOT going to Great Adventure next year. Just wanted to set that straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteocrepaldi Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Some of my friends went to Mirabilandia this past weekend and found a group of French speaking people walking around the park. One of them had this piece of paper hanging out of his pocket. It looks like a roller coaster with a small vertical loop and a much bigger immelmann/ dive loop inversion. Any idea??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfoot12 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 It's been confirmed by Park President Mark Kane that Chang is NOT going to Great Adventure next year. Just wanted to set that straight. So what about 2011? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Starr Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 It's been confirmed by Park President Mark Kane that Chang is NOT going to Great Adventure next year. Just wanted to set that straight. So what about 2011? Yeah, Shapiro said that Chang will not be going to any park in 2010, only in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 It's been confirmed by Park President Mark Kane that Chang is NOT going to Great Adventure next year. Just wanted to set that straight. Well looks like it's down to SFGRAM,SFSTL & SFA as to who will play host to KK's former standup then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atem122 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Some of my friends went to Mirabilandia this past weekend and found a group of French speaking people walking around the park. One of them had this piece of paper hanging out of his pocket. It looks like a roller coaster with a small vertical loop and a much bigger immelmann/ dive loop inversion. If I had to take a guess at it, I'd say B&M invert. Of course Mirabilandia already has one of those so idk for where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreditCrazy Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Some of my friends went to Mirabilandia this past weekend and found a group of French speaking people walking around the park. One of them had this piece of paper hanging out of his pocket. It looks like a roller coaster with a small vertical loop and a much bigger immelmann/ dive loop inversion. First thing that came to my mind was Dive Machine. It could break a record by being the first one with a vertical loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtime&Gravity Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Legoland is looking to build a park in Illinois again, still by St. Louis, and a tax incentive bill for the park is being discussed in the state legislature. At $200 million, it should be a good park, and at least they have a realistic attendance goal for when it opens. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A European company is quietly talking with Illinois officials about tax incentives to build a $200 million Legoland amusement park in the Glen Carbon area, the Post-Dispatch has learned. The Legislature could decide next week on the fate of a controversial tax incentive bill that could make or break the deal. The amusement park would be part of the already proposed University Town Center, envisioned as a 900-acre mall. Glen Carbon Mayor Robert Jackstadt confirmed Thursday "that I have had meetings with representatives of Legoland regarding the UTC project." He declined to elaborate. Kelly Kraft, a spokeswoman for Gov. Pat Quinn, confirmed that when the governor was in Copenhagen this month with the U.S. delegation to the Olympic committee, "He ran into these people from Legoland, and they told him what they wanted to do." Legoland owners previously talked with officials in Columbia, Ill., about a site there, but it fell through in 2007 because of controversy over proposed tax incentives. A source close to the Glen Carbon talks, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing negotiations, said the facility would be built by the owners of Legoland amusement parks in Carlsbad, Calif., and three European locations. It would be a $200 million project that could draw 1 million people a year and create 150 full-time and 800 seasonal jobs, said the source, who noted, "They want a Midwest location." The UTC project, spearheaded by Bruce Holland, of Holland Construction, has stirred controversy in the Metro East and Springfield. The investors — who include John Costello, the son of U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill. — want the state to essentially forgive all sales taxes there so the revenue could pay off bonds to build it. A bill creating that unprecedented "STAR" (sales tax revenue) bond arrangement passed the Legislature earlier this year, but Quinn, citing an estimated $15 million annual loss in revenue to the state, issued an amendatory veto to cut the tax break in half. Holland has said the change could kill the plan. Lawmakers will decide next week whether to override the veto, or possibly reach some compromise. A STAR bonds opponent, state Sen. Kyle McCarter, R-Highland, said the Legoland angle doesn't sway his view. "I have a real hard time making corporate welfare a priority right now," he said. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Having a Legoland, SFSTl, Silver Dollar City and the St. Louis City Museum all within a few hours of each other will really make that a great and diverse region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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