Rastuso Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Its about to begin. We all got secret packages from Schlitterbahn. Can't wait to open them. More updates to come. RO Edited January 30, 2011 by Rastuso
Rastuso Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 We got a free ticket, free first ride, shower radio, and info onSchlittercon and the Coaster Con addon day that is only 10 bucks!
Rastuso Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 Just saw a video of a FULL TRAIN on Giant. It'll be on FB soon. It flew through the overbanks! Still some thumping, but it didn't sound as loud. Special effects are to be added. She said there is still a lot of work to be done Also, NO MORE LOCKER policy. Bins are back. No human riders yet. No opening date.
Rastuso Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 We got a free coffe cup and special TX Giant silly bands. BUT, by far the biggest news... In and Out Burger is coming to Austin and Dallas!!!!!!
Rastuso Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 Landrys rep: Nothing new to Kemah now. Bullet to reopen next weekend. Hinted at "wet" ride incorporating the old Babins restaurant. Said there ducks would be in a row in 2012 for the Galveston pier. Said many times there would be a big rides focus.
Rastuso Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 Were having lunch IN the torrent river!. Of course, no water means no rides. At least the hot tub has some.
SharkTums Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 I would love for you guys all to be having lunch in there and they decide to turn it on! What would the ACErs do!?! They don't want to abandon the food, but they don't like to get wet either!??! It would be an amazing spectacle to watch! Thanks for the updates! Kind of bummed they still don't have an opening date for Giant though.
samisthabomb Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 In and Out Burger? Full train on Texas Giant? I'm about to have a happiness overload!
Rastuso Posted January 30, 2011 Author Posted January 30, 2011 Here are some pics from the festivities. I was a bit bummed that there was no riding, since ERT was mentioned in the info. But, it was still a good time, and Schlitterbahn always pulls out ALL the stops. Everyone got a free ticket to a Bahn park with first rides on the biggest slide there. THis is going to be a Schlitterbahn year, I have a feeling. Schlittercon on Memorial Day Weekend for $25, the Coaster Con add-on day for $10, and then a visit with our free pass to the Galveston park in the Summer. It's going be a great year, eh Gilbert! RO The main area. Speakers from Six Flags, Kemah, Landrys, and Schlitterbahn came. Lunch was in the torrent river. Very cool. Schotzy was there of course. Not an every day photo op. We got a tour of the whole facility. They were hush on the new "family attraction" going into the never-was shark encounter pool. THe prize table. My son got a piece of Tremors. Surprisingly, two flags that flew over Legend went unclaimed until the end, when we took them. They are plain flags, but still... I really had hoped these had been open for the celebrity hot tub party. BUt, we did get free fried spiral potatoes!!
texcoaster Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 The stereotype of ACE being eaters was poked fun at several times, mostly by the ACErs present. Jeffrey Siebert (who is one of the coolest speaker/presenters in the industry) kicked it off by welcoming "American Catering Enthusiasts" and said that "food would be available at all times in the back of the room". There were even buckets of snacks on each table for the "between buffet" times. Several of the presentations included videos or slide shows about upcoming events and nearly every one mentioned something like "Breakfast! Lunch! Dinner!" and we'd all cheer loudly. Schlitterbahn has several new projects in the works, including a new park and at least two parks in the planning stages. The new family attraction at the Galveston park will have a shipwreck theme and will incorporate additional shade and seating, which have been requested by guests. Landry's sent the new GM of the Kemah Boardwalk and Jay (formerly at the Boardwalk) from the Downtown Aquarium. Jay says that the Aquarium is looking to expand and he's got a Gravity Group "Splinter" coaster in mind, but it's a longshot if it happens. The Boardwalk could put in more rides where Babin's Seafood (which had a fire recently) is, and he said, "We're thinking wet." A log flume would be perfect for that park! He also said that Galveston's Pleasure Pier would be "all about the rides." (sorry if I'm repeating some things that have already been said). I asked him if they were looking into new track technologies to make the Bullet less temperamental and he said that they are watching the TxGiant project very closely. Speaking of the TxGiant, it seems that the official name is "New Texas Giant" and the logo with the horns that was posted awhile back is legit. We got a preview of the full-train video and while the latter part of the course seemed really sluggish (a full train of wheels with really cold grease would naturally be slow), it had no problems completing the course at all. The video was spliced together from three separate cameras (no POV yet, dammit) and has one gasp-incuding shot of the train hitting that first overbank in a nice closeup. Chills. During the Q&A, I mentioned that the videos show the train cruising through the MCBR without any heavy braking at all and asked if that was just the setting for the empty-train test runs, or if that would be the norm. She said that the plan is to run it like that normally, without heavy braking on the midcourse block. The upcoming CoasterCon was discussed and all 13 of the coasters at SFOT will have ERT and the Giant and Titan are scheduled to have ERT nearly every morning and evening. In addition, there will be a separate ACE day of ERT on the New TxGiant that is separate from CoasterCon. Titan turns 10 yrs old this year as well and they're asking for ideas on how to celebrate it in a unique way. The afternoon was filled with a tour of Schlitterbahn Galveston, a ridiculously difficult coaster-themed game show (I missed getting into the finals by ONE POINT), raffle drawings, an auction, door prizes, and exclusive hot tub time with an open bar. More food there, too, with hot wings and spiral potatoes on a stick. Even without rides, it was a good day and well worth the $15 ticket (all the proceeds are being donated to the Roller Coaster Museum and Archives). Hell, I think I ate $15 worth of bacon!
robbalvey Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 The stereotype of ACE being eaters was poked fun at several times It's funny because it's true!
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