New Grayling, MI themepark confirmed

[WickedCoaster]

I live in Traverse City, so for something like this to happen 1 hour away is pretty amazing. Here is the link from the local news site...its looking HUGE/AWESOME!

 

http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=117305

[Chris Benvenuto]

Dude....I go up to grayling every 3 summers, since I joined Boy Scouts. This is freakin sweet news!

 

I can't wait to hear more, WAY TO GO GRAYLING!!! I LIKE THEE!

[dandaman]

About a 4-hour drive? Sure, I'd go.

[Eric_Smith]

They are going to have this open year round in MICHIGAN......

[Airtime&Gravity]

Great news for Michigan to get a new park, but isn't 160 million a little cheap for what they have planned? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't GL bought for something like 130 million? It sounds like the developers have some good ideas, and when finished, this could be one of the Midwest's premier parks.

[WickedCoaster]

I don't think Michigans Adventure will be able to go on much longer after this is made...I mean a mix of Disney/Universal working together against a small themepark? I think we have a winner...

[coasterdude5]

^ How close will the two parks be?

[Swoosh]

Call me a skeptic, but I'll believe it when I see it on whether this park even gets built. Looks like another OZ or Papa's Park to me

[jamesdillaman]

^ How close will the two parks be?

 

About a 4-5 hour drive, depending on traffic.

 

I don't think there will be many GP going to one park over the other based on size. Grayling is a big tourist area, lots of skiing during the winter, and many lakes for watersports during the summer. It's right on 75, so lots of people from Detroit, Port Huron, Lansing can get there. It's a great area for a themepark. 2 hours to Mackinac Straights. I think this will be more of a resort park than a locals hangout, think Dollywood (A themepark at a tourists destination - Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg).

 

MI Adventure will still be there...

 

-James Dillaman

[cprocks22]

Yay for another park in Michigan! I can't hear any audio on the video, can anyone confirm there will be a coaster there?

[coasterdude5]

^ The reporter said there would be coasters, but you never can trust them that well, haha.

[RollerC]

IF this is being built like IOA, then you can expect 2 good coasters and THATS IT.

[CP_RULES]

Yay for another park in Michigan! I can't hear any audio on the video, can anyone confirm there will be a coaster there?

 

In the animated video they show a wooden coaster in the background if you look closely.