Wagon127 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Over the last 20 years, the park has added 2 coasters. 1 in 2008, and another in 2018. So i would say we will get another coaster in 2028, and it'll be about the same size as motocoaster and tantrum. I have no proof of this, but you asked what the odds were. So thats my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haymaker Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Maybe they buy the Silver Comet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjr19 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Maybe they buy the Silver Comet.... Just heard about the news, very sad. Makes me wonder if SFDL could see a jump in attendance and revenue, since it is now the Buffalo area’s only theme park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 RIP Fantasy Island! (1962-2019) Haven't been to Fantasy Island in years, but the Silver Comet was the best ride out of all of the rides at Fantasy Island. Their loss in terms of attendance would be Darien Lake's gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haymaker Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 RIP Fantasy Island! (1962-2019) Haven't been to Fantasy Island in years, but the Silver Comet was the best ride out of all of the rides at Fantasy Island. Their loss in terms of attendance would be Darien Lake's gain. 100 people a day maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I doubt that Six Flags or Darien Lake would want to buy any of Fantasy Island's rides or would they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 RIP Fantasy Island! (1962-2019) Haven't been to Fantasy Island in years, but the Silver Comet was the best ride out of all of the rides at Fantasy Island. Their loss in terms of attendance would be Darien Lake's gain. 100 people a day maybe? So basically they'd double DL's attendance then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymouscactus Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 What someone on the Darien Lake thread would actually be thinking to be a legitimate business proposal: "They should buy the starflyer. Kind of do what Hershey did with the 3 drop towers maybe they will get 3 different sized starflyers around the park. Sky screamer 1 (mini), sky screamer 2 (Basic), sky screamer 3 (XXL)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk610 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 It would be very sad if Fantasy Island were to close. I could see some parks trying to buy the rides but even if SF were to buy the rides, they would be distributed through the chain. My guess is that they individually go on an auction website. It would be easy to keep Silver Comet local but the cost to tear down and rebuild is almost the same to build new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjr19 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I worked there back in 2018....crazy to think that my final of many rides in Silver Comet was a quick one during my lunch break that year. So sad and so sudden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymouscactus Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Honestly... what rides would Six Flags possibly buy from Fantasy Island? The crazy mouse is in awful condition, most rides are portable models that would look awful at any Six Flags parks (yes even for Six Flags standards) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 DL fans don't care, they just want something new so we can have a 50 page discussion about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellynn4 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 DL fans don't care, they just want something new so we can have a 50 page discussion about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haymaker Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 RIP Fantasy Island! (1962-2019) Haven't been to Fantasy Island in years, but the Silver Comet was the best ride out of all of the rides at Fantasy Island. Their loss in terms of attendance would be Darien Lake's gain. 100 people a day maybe? So basically they'd double DL's attendance then. Clearly you havent been to DL. Its no Disney or CP, but its not a ghost town either. Fantasy Island was a ghost town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymouscactus Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I guess their Halloween haunt didn't work out so well... but at least their haunted houses have a double purpose and they have something to haul everything to the scrap yard with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam826 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 RIP Fantasy Island! (1962-2019) Haven't been to Fantasy Island in years, but the Silver Comet was the best ride out of all of the rides at Fantasy Island. Their loss in terms of attendance would be Darien Lake's gain. 100 people a day maybe? So basically they'd double DL's attendance then. Clearly you havent been to DL. Its no Disney or CP, but its not a ghost town either. Fantasy Island was a ghost town. Clearly you haven’t been to MarineLand. Though attendance wasn’t the highest it could’ve been, it was never a ghost town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haymaker Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 RIP Fantasy Island! (1962-2019) Haven't been to Fantasy Island in years, but the Silver Comet was the best ride out of all of the rides at Fantasy Island. Their loss in terms of attendance would be Darien Lake's gain. 100 people a day maybe? So basically they'd double DL's attendance then. Clearly you havent been to DL. Its no Disney or CP, but its not a ghost town either. Fantasy Island was a ghost town. Clearly you haven’t been to MarineLand. Though attendance wasn’t the highest it could’ve been, it was never a ghost town. Havent been, but have seen TR's here where its like your own personal park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) Marineland could also do 100,000 guests in a day and probably feel empty. I have no clue what their attendance actually is but it's hard to gauge because it's basically the size of f*cking Yellowstone. Edited February 19, 2020 by coasterbill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjr19 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 You’d be surprised, when I worked there in 2018, attendance was actually quite high on weekends. I honestly think it may lead to a more crowded SFDL this season...but i’m sure they still will refuse to run 2 trains on coasters On another note, while I worked there, I observed all the changes made by Apex. They modernized almost every aspect of operation, which is great. The main issue was that it seemed that they wanted to over-commercialize the place, and strip it of many of its core values, like free parking and low prices. The family-run atmosphere was gone, and things behind the scenes were really running into the ground. Maintenance was a joke, and it almost seemed as if management really didn’t keep a close eye on all the issues happening around the park. The visiting public sure noticed and I often heard complaints. I’m honestly not surprised in the slightest about this news. It was destined to happen with the way Apex wanted to run the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 With Fantasy Island gone, Darien Lake pretty much has only one other park to compete with in the US, Seabrezee in Rochester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 With Fantasy Island gone, Darien Lake pretty much has only one other park to compete with in the US, Seabrezee in Rochester. You mean only one other park in Western NY to compete with? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWALL004 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 So what rides at Fantasy Island DL would be smart to purchase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk610 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 So what rides at Fantasy Island DL would be smart to purchase? You do know DL is owned by six flags right? I would say other than a few waterslides, there are probably 5 rides at Fantasy Island that meet SF standards. Most of the rides at FI were the portable models and not the permanent versions a chain like SF wants. Silver Comet could end up elsewhere, but it is almost as costly to move that as it would be to build new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnlloyd Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 So what rides at Fantasy Island DL would be smart to purchase? You do know DL is owned by six flags right? I would say other than a few waterslides, there are probably 5 rides at Fantasy Island that meet SF standards. Most of the rides at FI were the portable models and not the permanent versions a chain like SF wants. Silver Comet could end up elsewhere, but it is almost as costly to move that as it would be to build new. The only rides I could see Six Flags purchasing from Fantasy Island (if they were interested in doing so) are the Rock n Roll, Mega Disk'o, and the Giant Wheel as they were all park model versions (or could be made permanent in the case of Rock n Roll). The Tilt-A-Whirl may be a good contender too as they do have a couple at some of their parks. It'll be interesting to see who purchases the rides from Fantasy Island. Although quite unlikely, I do hope that the Silver Comet does find a new home as I found it to be a very enjoyable coaster when I had visited twice in 2017! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldHag Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Hey anonymouscactus, since we aren't going to have to worry about spoiling anything now, what WAS in the box of that incredibly well-themed haunt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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