boldikus Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Haha! While it's writing itself at this point, this thing is turning into a novel. Couple days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 In retrospect I really wish we took a picture with the Ashland, Va town drunk / welcome wagon. It would make for a much better report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Oh and sorry for the double post but let me do what I never do and speculate a little bit and stir the pot. As of Saturday there is no visible work going on at all around Hurler. None. No visible track work, nothing. The supports have a ton of orange markers on them just like Mean Streak and from Windseeker you could see them all over the layout. I think there's a lot of reason to be excited about the future of Hurler... maybe not next year, but I'd keep a close eye on that ride. Just saying... I didn't take pictures because they're already out in the open but here are a few, and they look just like the ones on Mean Streak. They're everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Oh and sorry for the double post but let me do what I never do and speculate a little bit and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrush Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Haha! While it's writing itself at this point, this thing is turning into a novel. Couple days... where is it at tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Bruh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Bruh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrush Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Who is Nina Kleppe? I don't understand why I keep seeing this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 She used to like absolutely everything on the TPR Facebook page so now they have a smilie for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 She still exists. Search FB and she pops right up. With all her coaster milestone photos and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I love that one of the top results for her is the TPR smily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Theme Parks. Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Oh god here we go again: Picture taken by KD Golden Years. Is Hurler becoming an RMC, being replaced entirely, SBNO for a while or is this a trick or fake? I'm really curious to see where this goes. Let's just hope that the following announcement regarding this doesn't end with a petition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImNotOneOfYou Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 This thread was peaceful for a whole week then you post this. I'm declaring you responsible for imminent arguments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerManic Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 This thread was peaceful for a whole week then you post this. I'm declaring you responsible for imminent arguments. *grabs popcorn* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simaticable Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Let's be honest, there's never a dull moment on this site as there's always a thread that has wild speculation every other page *cough Darien Lake cough* and any peace given to a thread is just temporary and can and will be ruined at any time because people honestly just want to watch the world burn and let us not have nice things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainUnknown Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 This thread was peaceful for a whole week then you post this. I'm declaring you responsible for imminent arguments. *grabs popcorn* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_s Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I had a wacky idea for Hurler: turn it into another Volcano or similar fake geology, put some holes in it and run a nice coaster through and around it (not launch out of it or load in it). The flatness of the KD property is a weakness as far as how it looks and some possibilities for coasters (good for walking though). I was agitating for them to fix Hurler ever since the trim brake (before which I had no real complaints, but every year expected it to reach unridable even to me) but a lot of that had to do with the idea that something relatively cheap could be done to make it a lot better. I still believe it's just as valid and good yet different a wood coaster style as their others. I just now see they don't need 3 different variations on classic PTC-train'd classic woodies. If reopened, it needs to look different, ride more different. I could see keeping the layout, attacking the roughness with RMC and new trains to the point it could be called "neutering" the ride to turn it into the family coaster they most recently billed it as. As far as major changes, it doesn't *seem* like a good candidate but one thing I can think of is replacing the first curve with something like overbanked 90 degree turn(s) and an inversion or wave turn (simply replacing it with an elevated overbank style turn would call for a smaller curve radius and not match up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Is Hurler becoming an RMC I'm prepared to be wrong but I'm starting to get more excited than I probably should because these look just like Mean Streak's markers and once again... they've done no visible work on Hurler. None. The thought of adding even a small RMC to that already amazing lineup is tremendously exciting, so while it's far from a certainty I find myself getting more excited about this than I probably should. It's all in my own head though, so if I turn out to be wrong I won't be one of the people blaming the park for hyping it up too much. The hype train exists entirely in my own head for this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenecd Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) Is Hurler becoming an RMC I'm prepared to be wrong but I'm starting to get more excited than I probably should because these look just like Mean Streak's markers and once again... they've done no visible work on Hurler. None. The thought of adding even a small RMC to that already amazing lineup is tremendously exciting, so while it's far from a certainty I find myself getting more excited about this than I probably should. It's all in my own head though, so if I turn out to be wrong I won't be one of the people blaming the park for hyping it up too much. The hype train exists entirely in my own head for this thing. Hurler RMC is coming IMO. They did the announcement with the phrase "'There's Really More Coming", which was as subtle as their "Richard Michael Crosby" with Mean Streak. They might be trying to get a big jump on Mean Streak b/c of winter weather in Ohio and they can start Hurler later on b/c VA winter is nothing. Alternatively, since Hurler is SBNO they could finish up Mean Streak for 2017, than work on Hurler during the operating year. Finish Hurler RMC in fall 2017, open it 2018. IMO, Cedar Fair might go through a stretch of a bunch of RMC conversions like Six Flags did. Edited October 15, 2016 by eugenecd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 ^ As with Cedar Point's addition I'm on the 2018 bandwagon, but if I'm wrong that theory is plausible, plus it's a smaller ride. And if it's a 2018 ride they probably just closed Hurler because there's no reason to pay to run and staff a ride that's tremendously unpopular, draws no gate and generates absolutely zero in park spending. They made money by having Hurler closed this year. I don't know that it had to be closed but it was a smart decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) 2018 confirmed for whatever is happening to Hurler. Edited October 15, 2016 by thrillseeker4552 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImNotOneOfYou Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 2018 confirmed for whatever is happening to Hurler. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Maybe it will rest in peace until 2018, then violently demolished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Even though I originally wanted them to burn Hurler at the stake, an RMC conversion is just as good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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