Skysthelimit Posted October 30, 2024 Share Posted October 30, 2024 Given the legacy CF leadership team seems to have the upper hand at SF now, I could see Green Lantern potentially getting converted to a floorless and moved to SFDL. I don’t think it’s incredibly likely and I don’t know the dimensions off the top of my head without going to google maps to see if it would fit. But, I could see them placing this at about a 45 degree angle in place of the go-carts, between Viper and Skyscreamer. The lift hill could easily go over the campground, which is oversized to begin with. They really need a higher capacity ride to rebuild their somewhat tainted reputation from surrounding areas the past 2 decades. I was a rides supervisor/manager from 2009-2012 so I’ve always had a tendency to discuss “what-ifs” to turn the park around, and as this thread seems to continually illustrate, the improvements come in small, gradual doses. On a separate and personal note, the removal of Grizz, Giant Wheel and Thunder Rapids was inevitable but quite a blow to the lineup, especially with the 1-train ops since my departure years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovethesink Posted October 30, 2024 Share Posted October 30, 2024 Purely from the fit perspective, there are a number of parks in the new chain that would benefit from a relatively largescale floorless being moved in. I don't know about the future of Green Lantern though if it is removed. The ride is almost 30 and it has already been relocated. This puts it around the point where we have seen B&Ms need serious track work, if not straight up an entirely new track. Green Lantern has over 4,000 feet of track, so this would be a sizable investment for a Michigan's Adventure-Darien Lake level park despite it being a relocation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skysthelimit Posted October 30, 2024 Share Posted October 30, 2024 ^ I agree 100% and given the portfolio of parks, even if it did fit and the track was in decent enough shape, I don’t think this would be the park of choice. Dare to dream I also have intentionally moved to areas around better parks so I don’t care that much tbh at this stage, but do wish the park my best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
716coaster420 Posted October 30, 2024 Share Posted October 30, 2024 Back to ME for a second (sorry I'm all over the place lol)...1 or both of the trains are either on the way or have been delivered. Nice to see them taking care of this early 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeykaise Posted October 30, 2024 Share Posted October 30, 2024 We'd love to have Green Lantern back home in Louisville... T3 is being removed and there's all that empty space in the backyard so to speak.... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk610 Posted November 11, 2024 Share Posted November 11, 2024 I bet Green Lantern would fit on the plot of land where Grizzly Run sits. I would love to see it at SFDL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAmericanKnight Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 10/30/2024 at 1:17 PM, 716coaster420 said: Back to ME for a second (sorry I'm all over the place lol)...1 or both of the trains are either on the way or have been delivered. Nice to see them taking care of this early Is there no evidence of track reprofiling as part of the refurbishment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAmericanKnight Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Also, is there more titan track being added to Predator this year as well? I'm not sure what their current goal is with Predator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk610 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 My guess is no new Titan Track for Predator this year, but I am expecting another train for both Motocoaster and ROS. I am not sure what track reprofiling is but I expect ME to run better just with the new vest style train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppel Looping Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 On 10/30/2024 at 1:17 PM, 716coaster420 said: Back to ME for a second (sorry I'm all over the place lol)...1 or both of the trains are either on the way or have been delivered. Nice to see them taking care of this early Hey i have a sweater from my aunt sadie that should have arrived. Can you check the tracking for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk610 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I forgot to say that Screamsçape is reporting the SFA is getting new trains for their Intamin hyper. Could they ship their current trains to SFDL or could SF have ordered new trains for us too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGuy06 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 When SFOG got new trains for Ninja/Blue Hawk they smoothed out some of the transitions by welding not replacing any track. I imagine if SFDL does anything to ME it will be that as well. Quote I forgot to say that Screamsçape is reporting the SFA is getting new trains for their Intamin hyper. Could they ship their current trains to SFDL or could SF have ordered new trains for us too? Isn't the current ROS train only like 9 years old? I doubt they would send SFA's to SFDL as they're probably at the end of their life span, but maybe they can part enough enough decent parts to go back to two train ops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skysthelimit Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 ^ Yeah I believe the new ROS train’s inaugural season was 2016 and that both the original red and blue trains retired after the 2015 season. When I worked at the park from 09-11, I recall that stress fractures found during NDT were often the reason why one train wasn’t ready to go at the start of the season. I’m sharing that because I think you are spot on that the SFA trains are at the end of their service life. Also, Darien Lake’s have the Dragster style T-bar and not the ankle shackles, so it’s not like they’d keep an original SFA train and ship Darien’s down as a second train. They’re different models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
716coaster420 Posted yesterday at 06:45 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:45 PM On 1/8/2025 at 1:38 PM, Doppel Looping said: Hey i have a sweater from my aunt sadie that should have arrived. Can you check the tracking for me? I've located it. She said stop being a smartass and she will actually send it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeykaise Posted yesterday at 06:48 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:48 PM 2 minutes ago, 716coaster420 said: I've located it. She said stop being a smartass and she will actually send it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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