NewsPlusNotes Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Phantom could have been cool ... I'm thinking dark purple, black, maybe some blues ... but I've got to ask - Stiletto? What's with that!? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 That would have been weird! A green and black invert most likely! Yea, especially with Borg near by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterlvr_nc Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 ^ Borg came much later and probably would not have had the Green & Black paint job if top gun had it, i could be be rong tho, point in case being Magnum XL-200 and TTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Patchman Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Those names are so weird, but they are awesome and better than flght deck lol Nuclear Acccelator! HAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blink Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I actully really like Kamikazi. That would of been an awesome name! I know that Cedar Fair can be much more creative than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montezooma Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 This thread got me thinking. In 1999 I was the creative director over Paramount's Carowinds and the Top Gun project. I knew I had somewhere in my endless files a list of names that the Marketing department and the design team put together before the TOP GUN name was decided on. I don't know how we could've overlooked such a great name like FLIGHT DECK Anyways here is the list.... Whoa, although I'm not sure if you're allowed to answer, wasn't Top Gun at Carowinds originally going to be themed after the 1998 Godzilla remake that tanked at the box office? Yes there was a design intent program that would have allowed the ride to be themed after the Godzilla movie. Corporate was really pushing for it but the park never really bought into it. I always felt that Carowinds knew all along that the ride was going to be named Top Gun, but they kind of went thru the motions to satisfy the movie studio. After the movie was a box office bomb, Top Gun was a shoe in....Here is another interesting fact, Invertigo at PGA (CGA) was supposed to be themed after the movie "the Hunt For Red Oktober with a naval submarine theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyChrist Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Flight Deck sounds like a themed queue line, not a ride. I can understand not wanting to pay the licensing fees, but at least come up with a more inspired name Just about ANYTHING is better than Flight Deck. Except Dog Fart Coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoasterCritic Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I'm really going to miss the Top Gun soundtrack on an endless loop in the Jet Coaster station. It really added to the experience and took my back to my childhood. Was 'Mighty Wings' an under rated song or what!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP_RULES Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Uh oh, here we go with the Afterburn dilemma again. This time there's even a logo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferfish Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 ^I'm actually happy about that. It preserves Top Gun's dignity. Also the new logo is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montezooma Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 LOVE IT!!!!!!! Two thumbs up to Carowinds! You are still my favorite theme park in the world!!!! Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffy Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 This logo looks great. Just hope the other Top Guns get a nice logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpxtreme Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Yeah. Since the other parks are sticking with Flight Deck, hopefully they get kiss ass signs than can offset the crapiness of the name. But then again, it's Cedar Fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XII Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 ^No logo could possibly make up for a name as sh*tty as Flight Deck. Carowinds is Afterburn, All the others are still Top Gun. I will never accept a name this terrible, just like I refuse to call Drop Zone Drop Tower. Anyways, cool logo Carowinds. Hopefully, the Afterburn Merchandise will all be sold out and all the Flight Deck merchandiese still on the shelves collecting dust. That way Cedar Fair will FINALLY realize how horrible a name Flight Deck is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 "The Top Gun coasters at Carrowinds and CGA will now be know as Twisty-Turny-Flippy-Thingys"...that name is just as good as Flight Deck. Yeah, really terrible name choice. I guess it could have been much worse which also could have somehow been better than this. Briefly on the CGA website it was first listed as flight deck (so worthless I wont even bother to capitalize it anymore), then it was changed to Afterburn...much better. Aparently it was a "mistake" on their part and now its back to fd. Too bad, they were so close. Did anyone notice if that had also happened on the Carrowinds site? Somebody is trying to tell them how bad fd really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterlvr_nc Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I'm Glad they changed the name to Afterburn, much better than Flight Deck IMO. Hopefully the others will follow suit soon, FD is a disgrace to all the Top Guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 ^Sorry maybe I wasnt clear. First it was flight deck. Then it was briefly changed to Afterburn. Once CF realized they made a mistake they changed it back to flight deck, unfortunately. By the way, why did they name the one at Carowinds Top Gun: the jet coaster and not just Top Gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the sound Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Top Gun> Flight Deck Better then Flight-hawk, or Deck-hawk, or Top Gun-hawk, or Paramount Movie themed ride-hawk.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozart67 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Flight Deck. It could be worse, though. they could have called it "The Mighty Dangly" or something less dignified. I always thought Willard's Whizzer at Marriott's was a bad name when I was a kid..and when I grew up (figuratively speaking) one of the more Freudian names for a ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montezooma Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I always thought Willard's Whizzer at Marriott's was a bad name when I was a kid..and when I grew up (figuratively speaking) one of the more Freudian names for a ride. You do know why it was called Willard's Whizzer don't you??? It was named after the founder of the Marriott Corporation, J.Willard Marriott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 They better keep it! Im going to die if it goes back to Flight Deck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterlvr_nc Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 ^ same! It would just make CF look even worse if they changed it back, this just shows that they are having some issues right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinacaniac Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Sounds to me like this is a done deal (Carowinds Top Gun being called Afterburn). I like the logo they made for it, may have to replace the Top Gun t-shirt I bought at Carowinds last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmerleeberry Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 In the beginning, Carowinds came out with a kick coaster. They called it TOP GUN and everybody !!! Then Cedar Fair came along and changed the name to FLIGHT DECK and everybody or or . Cedar Point, seeing the error of their ways, rename it AFTERBURNER and everybody was again!!! "Hey, I loved the name Flight Deck." "So you admit that you like anything that's lame? "Aww. . . kiss my !!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpxtreme Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Looks like Drop Tower just made its way over to Carowinds. www.carowinds.com/attractions/category.cfm?ac_id=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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