FeelTheFORCE Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Dominator - Cedar Point (I think it would be an excellent addition for CP's next coaster. It would finally get the riders and attention it deserves. If not Dominator, than another, new floorless. They are in need of another B&M) Thunderhawk - MIA Villain - Great America Beaver Land Mine Ride - Scrap/Sell Texas Twister (Top Spin) - Cedar Point or Sell Americana Ferris Wheel - King's Island Big Dipper - Scrap Double Loop - Scrap/Sell Time Warp - Scrap/Sell RWB- Scrap Head Spin - MIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 Beaver Land Mine Ride - Gilroy Gardens You do realize that Gilroy Gardnes already has a clone of this coaster in it's current collection, right? --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I don't really care what goes where as long as SOMEONE gets the Big Dipper! That ride is one of the main reasons I went there twice this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 ^^Tell me about it. It's so sad seeing coasters get taken down. This is like Astroworld demolition all over again. Hey, just be happy that it would seem more coasters from GL will be relocated than Astroworld's. IMO, any of those Astroworld coasters that haven't been put up yet are as good as gone. *Maybe* the SLC will have a chance to survive, but my bets are on Ultra Twister and Batman never seeing riders again. --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 I think these 3-4 topics on GL should be merged. Agreed! And Done! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Peck Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 The great thing about Geauga Lakes rides, is that many of them have been very well taken care of, even with the Six Flags maintenance, most of those rides ran pretty well. I hate the fact Im speaking in past tense about Geauga Lake. This is going to hit me really hard one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vffreak07 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Okay, first I'd like to officially say that I send my thoughts out to the people affected by this. I know how important amusement parks are in most of our lives on this site, and I haven't experienced a park closing that I love, but I do know that it would be completely devastating. If Valleyfair (My Home Park) closed down, I would seriously die. It's basically my home and it's my favorite place in the world. If all of the rides there we relocated and people started talking about "Ohh! We call dibs on this ride!" I would get so infuriated. So in other words, I wish I could say it'll all be alright, but it probably won't. Something you GL fans just have to realize is that CF made this decision because they obviously thought that this would be best for the park, and even though all of you may not agree, and no matter how many petitions you start, you can save coasters, but IMO, I do not think you can save the park. Really, though I would love to be proven wrong. Best of luck to all GL fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiFan Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Dorney could really use GL's Bumper Cars. Dorney's current bumper cars are basically bumper boats on land (single rider cars) and are horrible, have bad capacity and lots of downtime due to having to refill the cars with gasoline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 If Valleyfair (My Home Park) closed down, I would seriously die. Yeah, but what if you had Cedar Point an hour and a half to the west of you and Kennywood an hour an a half to the east? Yeah, it sucks that GL is closing, I guess, but really, when you have those two parks on either side, what does GL really have to offer? The only time I really was impressed with GL was the year Six Flags called it "Worlds of Adventure." The three-parks-in-one gimmick was really awesome! We had a great day going from the rides park, heading over to the animal part, and then cruising through the water park. If Six Flags had been able to make that format WORK, I really think Cedar Point would have had some serious competition. But it just seems like SF gave up on it way too quickly. Other than that, I never really was a fan of GL. It was a "half day park" at best. Big Dipper was "good" but it was far from my favorite "classic woodie." --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 For thise of you who think Cedar Point is getting Texas Twister, you are sadly mistaken. Everyone at the New Ride For Great America Next Year is posative that Texas Twister will rise at PGA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerC Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Obviously not. What makes you think that BLMR won't actually be relocated to the waterpark? No one said a waterpark just had to have water attractions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerC Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Okay, first I'd like to officially say that I send my thoughts out to the people affected by this. I know how important amusement parks are in most of our lives on this site, and I haven't experienced a park closing that I love, but I do know that it would be completely devastating. If Valleyfair (My Home Park) closed down, I would seriously die. It's basically my home and it's my favorite place in the world. If all of the rides there we relocated and people started talking about "Ohh! We call dibs on this ride!" I would get so infuriated. So in other words, I wish I could say it'll all be alright, but it probably won't. Something you GL fans just have to realize is that CF made this decision because they obviously thought that this would be best for the park, and even though all of you may not agree, and no matter how many petitions you start, you can save coasters, but IMO, I do not think you can save the park. Really, though I would love to be proven wrong. Best of luck to all GL fans. If Geauga Lake was in Florida or another hot southern state where it isn't sunny and 80 one day and 30 and snowing the other day...it would work. Honestly...by this time next year, we'll see most of Wildwater Kingdom sitting in Soak City's parking lot waiting to be assembled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 Honestly...by this time next year, we'll see most of Wildwater Kingdom sitting in Soak City's parking lot waiting to be assembled. It's been a long time since Soak City got a new slide. That multi-colored tube complex and the Tornado would go GREAT at Cedar Point! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 ^ I was at CP for 4 days, but I didn't care to visit the waterpark because its so neglected. It wasn't exactly "water weather" at the time, but a few cool slides could have made all the difference. It turns out the there's a carbon copy of just about everything there at Dorney's Wildwater Kingdom, plus a lot of other kick-ass slides. I had a great time at that waterpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingScooter Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Beaver Land Mine Ride - Gilroy Gardens You do realize that Gilroy Gardnes already has a clone of this coaster in it's current collection, right? --Robb But imagine, the worlds first dueling kid-coaster! Dueling Beavers! new for 2008! i give WildWater kingdom about 2 seasons before it meets mr. Wrecking ball, but then again, look how long the other waterpark has been sitting/rottingon GL's property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I think WK on it's own will do just fine. I think that CP will buldoze Soak City, and send all of the waterpark goers to Geauga Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darien Laker Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I really do think Kings Dominion would be the perfect park to send Dominator to. The capacity is really high, and it seems like the park could use a ride like that. Also, it's not launched. They haven't put in a traditional lift hill coaster in a while. It's also long compared to the park's other coasters, and it'll be one of the taller coasters in the park as well. I agree with people who have said Michigan's Adventure would be good for both Thunderhawk and Head Spin. I don't know how likely that will be, but i imagine they'll get one of the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I'd love for KD to get Dominator. My brother-in-law's hometown is Newport News, and he wants to take me to Busch & Dominion in a few summers. Also, if an SLC is good enough for Blackpool, then its good enough for Michigan's Advenure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMontu Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 With marketing, you can do anything. There are people among the GP who say that Infusion is better than Nemesis, and Cedar Fair could do the same thing with Thunderhawk. Give it a glossy new paint job, bring in some celebrities, add some simple water effects and you have a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 With marketing, you can do anything. There are people among the GP who say that Infusion is better than Nemesis, and Cedar Fair could do the same thing with Thunderhawk. Give it a glossy new paint job, bring in some celebrities, add some simple water effects and you have a winner. Also the newness to BPB is also a factor I think. Most teenagers especially have this view that since a ride is over 10 years old it sucks, just cause they have ridden it so much JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingScooter Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 As fas as Thunderhawk's concerned, I hope when they relocate it, they do a good job refurbing it. The first two years weren't so bad on that ride, but the last 4-5 have been horrible. (thought my ears were going to bleed.) Good luck to it wherever it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Maybe we'll see some new SLC restrains on the ride after it re-openes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtime&Gravity Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 ^Maybe, but I doubt it due to building codes/safety concerns. Now that the ride side is gone, I doubt the water side has that much time left. In fact, I wonder why CF didn't close the whole park down. I'd love to see Cedar Point rebuild soak city as it was really bad when I went in 2004. For comparison, SFKK's "old" water park looked about just as fun(I went when it was closed last year), and now the "new" water park looks really cool. If Cedar Point did the same with Soak City, then I might have a reason to go back to that slab of concrete. Soak City needs more slides, and Wild Water Kingdom has plenty. Airtime-If Soak City built a Deluge type ride then even better-&Gravity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 ^ There's only limited space at CP. I think Soak City needs to be torn town, and be park of a major themepark expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I really hope that Dominator goes to KD. They desperately need a B&M. those ideas about it going to CP are ridiculous IMO because they just got a major coaster this year. For Thunderhawk, MIA would be good. In fact, any park would be good for it. I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned KBF or KGA for relocation options for any coasters yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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