Top Thrill Dragster Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 As soon as I drain my pool I'll be there to help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atem122 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I'm gonna need some volunteers to help reassemble my Model-T, but after that, I'm so down to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSiRockin Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 As soon as I drain my pool I'll be there to help! Hey, it's a carpool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65skylark Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) How you planning on getting all that wood to the trucks? You can't just carry it. You'd be exhuasted by the end of the day. Wheelbarrow.bmp Work smarter not harder Edited October 3, 2010 by 65skylark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeMan Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I've got the first drop already loaded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 I've got the first drop already loaded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 This pretty much sums up my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW_Shockwave Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I can appreciate people wanting to save a coaster that means a lot to them. I'll try to bring my professional transportation device and help out their cause! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallDuell Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 From frustration to flat out mocking? Unless I missed something, I don't think either of the "principles" of this "project" have stopped in asking for help or to tell off the doubters, have they? The piling on seems as silly as the way that this group has started their labor of love. Are there a lot of instances of a coaster, specifically wood, being deconstructed ... stored for some amount of time ... then rebuilt years later? I read up on the Kiddieland Little Dipper move, and I wondered how it would have gone if someone had haphazardly taken it down and crammed it in a warehouse for several years first (and, yes, I realize the Big Dipper is a bit different in terms of sheer size/layout etc). Anyway, would be interesting to hear directly from the people (who aren't hiding behind some loose affiliation or secret plans) in terms of what their gameplan is. Seems strange to be so secretive about any details (assuming, I guess, that they really do have a solid plan/experienced support etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Little Dipper was almost completely rebuilt with all new lumber. Not to mention Six Flags came in, took it down, and rebuild it. Not just some construction company with volunteers and CF dictating terms. I'm sorry but this is not going to end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajc47 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 ^No, it isn't. No one involved seems to know what they are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mochtroid Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 This thread is nothing but hilarious. I read the dateline and my first reaction was "What were they THINKING!?" This was a knee jerk reaction. You guys have good intentions but you're just doing nothing. The thing should have been torn down and the trains and some parts of the track donated to other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 The thing should have been torn down and the trains and some parts of the track donated to the scrap yard. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffejie Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I get a big kick about people slamming a project with out even knowing the details. I also find it funny that people say " they should have given the money to a real charity" !!! I have an idea!! All of you that buy tickets to parks and have season passes not get them next year and give all the money to charity? It is the same thing as " how can you think of roller coasters when there is so much bad stuff happening in the world?" There has to be a place to go to relax and forget about the bad things. For me it is at an amusement park. A lady and a gentleman have spent their own money to do something good. All you people want to do is tear them down. A while back there was this park in Sandusky Ohio that was on the brink of failure. There was a plan set forth to shut the park down and put housing on that property. A person stopped it and went on running the park on limited means for a few years and than it started to prosper. And now it is the Cedar point you all know and love. And now, you know the rest of the story. These people did a good thing and you would think that "enthusiasts" like the people on here would want to support people like this? However you want to stay back and hide behind your computers and bash people that want to take a chance and do something good. man the things we wouldn't have if people didn't take chances!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 ^ Except your argument fails in that the whole objective of this "project" is to rebuild Dipper. You have to know how to take I down in order to put it up. You have to find a place to put it up. You have to find someone that wants it put back up on their property, then maintain it, insure it, etc, etc. If it was a good idea one of the corporate park management companies would have jumped on this two years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterfan99 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 ^^How can we know the details when it seems the "founder" does not know them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davisal771 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightbeawannabe Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 ^^^^Oh look, someone took a chance: And look what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
let1gre Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 stuff So, you want us to humor you and give you a chance. It would be easier to humor you if we had any inkling that YOU had any inkling of what you were going to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeMan Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Assuming ffejie is talking about George Boeckling, there's a huge difference between an smart business man who knew how to promote the place versus someone who "has a fair idea of what's going on and provides advice and suggestions as and when his spare time permits." (Quoted from their website) Boeckling also razed the Racer in 1929, not rebuild it with unskilled labor and pickup trucks. Think about the task at hand for just a minute. How do you go about disassembling several hundred thousand board feet of lumber? You're certainly not going to do that with volunteers. Semi trucks ain't cheap. Neither are rental cranes, skilled carpenters, surveyors, etc. It's like so many people have been saying in this thread - show us how, not just that you're going to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccron10 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I get a big kick about people slamming a project with out even knowing the details. I also find it funny that people say " they should have given the money to a real charity" !!! I have an idea!! All of you that buy tickets to parks and have season passes not get them next year and give all the money to charity? It is the same thing as " how can you think of roller coasters when there is so much bad stuff happening in the world?" There has to be a place to go to relax and forget about the bad things. For me it is at an amusement park. A lady and a gentleman have spent their own money to do something good. All you people want to do is tear them down. A while back there was this park in Sandusky Ohio that was on the brink of failure. There was a plan set forth to shut the park down and put housing on that property. A person stopped it and went on running the park on limited means for a few years and than it started to prosper. And now it is the Cedar point you all know and love. And now, you know the rest of the story. These people did a good thing and you would think that "enthusiasts" like the people on here would want to support people like this? However you want to stay back and hide behind your computers and bash people that want to take a chance and do something good. man the things we wouldn't have if people didn't take chances!!! First of all, the lady and gentleman you're talking about have openingly said that they have never rode the coaster before and one of them lives in New Zealand. Second of all, the guy who planned on bringing Cedar Point back from the brink of failure pretty much told everyone in the news on how he was going to bring back the park. You aren't comparing apples to apples here. You are talking about renovating a park being compared with moving a roller coaster. Also, these "enthusiests" you're talking about aren't idiots and know the process on what would need to be done with moving a coaster. Simply put, every coaster doesn't need to be saved, only the ones that are widely known and have some historic value and being 6th oldest does not count. Heck! If Dorney Park wanted to bulldoze Thunderhawk tomorrow, I would be all for it. The ride is the roughest coaster I've ever been on and I believe that it's not really worth saving just because it is 2 years older than Big Dipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 (edited) I get a big kick about people slamming a project with out even knowing the details. This is bogus. It's not our fault the people involved have done such a horrible job of promoting the project. If they want us to take them seriously and possibly get donations, it's up to them to show us that they've got a good plan. Face it: Any schmuck can put up a website that looks like it was designed by a drunk 5-year-old. Hell, I'm sure there are drunk 5-year-olds with better webdev skills. Edited October 4, 2010 by ginzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I get a big kick about people slamming a project with out even knowing the details. Well, since the plans are all "sekret" and involve some sort of blood ritual to allow them to be revealed to the True Believers, and all we really have to go on is a website that Geocities would have been embarrassed to host in 1995, what do you realistically expect? And if you cannot see the difference between a businessman taking over a park with a realistic plan (and MONEY) and a plan that involves getting random enthusiasts to borrow mom's car and come out to use their hammers on a wooden structure that would require very careful planning, specialized equipment, and MONEY to do properly, then I'm not sure what else anyone can say. Personally, I find this to be the most amusing thing to go on in the theme park world since Hard Rock Scam, err Park was "operating". Keep the laughs coming, please! dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroworldfan1 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I think Six Flags New Orleans has a more likely chance of reopening over the Big Dipper being rescued and rebuilt correctly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 ^Hell, can these people buy and move Mega Zeph? At least that's a modern coaster with a more exciting layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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