Angry_Gumball Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 You know, I completely forgot about "potatoes." About that, when riding Demon (for those who weren't there with us), some of the safety spiels mentioned about removing potatoes (instead of removing glasses/sunglasses). Later in the day over at FD, I was joking around and mentioned about putting our potatoes in the bins when one of the ride attendants mentioned "It made its way over there now too?" It was apparently some tactic to see if people were paying attention, but quite funny if you ask me...felt very TPR-like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I hope I'm not the only one just as excited about the football stadium construction in the background of the parking lot photos as I am about the coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibbler Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 as to your behind the scenes, Stay away from my black staircase!!! i've named it Artie,we've had some good times together. the 29th needs to hurry up so that we can actually talk to guests about that large wood structure being built, as I currently tell guests we are building a time machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I hope I'm not the only one just as excited about the football stadium construction in the background of the parking lot photos as I am about the coaster. You're not. I'll be looking forward to beIng able to watch an NFL game in a stadium that isn't ready to crumble to the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacoaster09 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Can't wait for the annoucement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I hope I'm not the only one just as excited about the football stadium construction in the background of the parking lot photos as I am about the coaster. You're not! Nice pictures of the construction of the coaster. Looking forward to watching this progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double0Kevin Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I hope I'm not the only one just as excited about the football stadium construction in the background of the parking lot photos as I am about the coaster. You're not. I'll be looking forward to beIng able to watch an NFL game in a stadium that isn't ready to crumble to the ground. Wait, Candlestick didn't already crumble to the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallDuell Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 So is this new coaster basically in Whizzer's old footprint? From what I can tell it is, along with the Hometown Fun Machine area...right? I'm a lot more familiar with this park's Gurnee sibling, so the lack of railroad/Whizzer throws off my bearings a bit. With the renaissance that the Whizzer has had in Chicago, I do wonder how "the" decision maker in California feels about axing their ride back in the day? Was there similar outrage when they announced the CA version's removal, btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyteowl Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Great pictures! Haven't been up to CGA in a long time, I guess this will give me a reason to go . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklingscribe Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 So is this new coaster basically in Whizzer's old footprint? From what I can tell it is, along with the Hometown Fun Machine area...right? I'm a lot more familiar with this park's Gurnee sibling, so the lack of railroad/Whizzer throws off my bearings a bit. With the renaissance that the Whizzer has had in Chicago, I do wonder how "the" decision maker in California feels about axing their ride back in the day? Was there similar outrage when they announced the CA version's removal, btw? Just going from the Whizzer's Wikipedia page, CGA's Whizzer had quite a few mechanical problems from the outset and then a kid died on it in 1980. My guess is that the ride had some ill will going towards it and probably was not too popular with he public, so when the ride was removed in 1988 there was no one there to stand up for it. I grew up in the bay area but was only 5 when the ride was removed and not yet tall enough to ride. I was wondering if Whitewater Falls (opened in 1990) uses some of the space Whizzer occupied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUSHIE Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Wasn't it more or less located exactly where the Whizzer at SFGA still is? If so, then it was where Whitewater Falls, Xtreme Sky Flier, and whatever that white tent is... is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The49er Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Who cares? We get to ride Super Speed Cool-Cool Coaster Bear Man Potato Dumping Waffle: The Ride next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Mechanical problems, a few accidents and a death, lead to its removal. WW sits just past where the final helix of Whizzer was (in one of the construction pics you can see the final helix footers before they got removed and the area dug up). I loved that ride, it was one of the very first roller coasters I ever rode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Now that I've had some time to look through my photos a little more, and when I saw the 'drumstick' slab I realized I can now play "Connect the Dots" with some of the metal brackets that are now in place, clearly showing some possible paths the coaster will be taking. I decided to draw out the possible paths based on the footers and brackets on the slabs, as well as the trenches over by the construction barrier. Without the paths After playing "Connect the Dots" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Those who are familiar with the project - has the ride's potential layout changed much from the rendering back from a long while ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robman Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Those who are familiar with the project - has the ride's potential layout changed much from the rendering back from a long while ago? From what we have seen so far, the turn around that's being built right now looks completely different from the concept. I'm ok with that too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Those who are familiar with the project - has the ride's potential layout changed much from the rendering back from a long while ago? The overall layout looks to be pretty similar from back in the day...the Prudential Turn is still the Prudential Turn however it has taken on a more twisted shape as opposed to what originally looked like a fan curve. I'm sure there will still be a lot of variables and elements that may have changed but the overall course so far still appears to be more or less the same idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 The middle finger turn is a little different. If this turns out to be anything like Apocalypse it will be totally awesome! This ride is insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kast Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Long time reader of this board, but finally decided to join when I saw that CGA is finally getting a new woodie! I have been going here since the early 80's, and stopped going when Survivor opened. I finally grew tired of them removing my favorite rides (Tidal Wave, Whizzer), and the removal of the rock work around the 2nd loop of the Demon was also a bummer. Anyways.... I have VERY high hopes for this ride, and it will get me back to CGA for the first time in many years! Thanks to those that took the pics. I don't recall a huge uprising with the Whizzer's removal at all. I think for many people around my age, the Whizzer was their first 'real' coaster, as it was a stepping stone up to Turn Of The Century/Demon and the Tidal Wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boweryboy Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I grew up in San Jose and remember when CGA was Marriott's and they still had my first roller coaster ride ever - Willard's Whizzer. By the '90s it was just a light rail ride away but I would never go - even with a season pass ( I would make just enough visits to get a return on my investment) and by the time I moved away in '97 there was no draw for me at all. Even now when I visit friends and family we'll make the 90 minute drive up to SFDK instead of the 10 minute light rail ride to CGA. However, this will definitely get me to come back to CGA after 15 years. It's pretty exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boweryboy Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I have VERY high hopes for this ride, and it will get me back to CGA for the first time in many years! Thanks to those that took the pics. I don't recall a huge uprising with the Whizzer's removal at all. I think for many people around my age, the Whizzer was their first 'real' coaster, as it was a stepping stone up to Turn Of The Century/Demon and the Tidal Wave. It's like we were writing the same thing at the same time - see my post below yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 When was the last time you saw something like this? Strange isn't it? ... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 We are 1 week away from seeing the announcement. I'm really excited as I will be there at the park for the announcement. Exciting stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 ^Love that avatar! I'm really excited too and I still can't believe this is actually happening! We pretty much already know the announcement, it just hasn't been made official yet. Once that happens.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomman295 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Just to clarify, will this said "announcement" tell the name and maybe the stats of the ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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