Dania Beach Hurricane Declares Bankruptcy

[XtremeCoasterLuvr]

This really is a tragedy. This is still one of my favorite Woodies in the country and I have more great memories of this ride when it first opened then I can remember. Endless rides in the front row being the only person on the train... MAN what a horrible loss...

[DBru]

And I guarantee you had more people gone out to ride the Hurricane, it probably would have been ranked a bit higher.

 

But isn't that the point of Mitch's Poll? To account for varying sample sizes?

[robbalvey]

And I guarantee you had more people gone out to ride the Hurricane, it probably would have been ranked a bit higher.

 

But isn't that the point of Mitch's Poll? To account for varying sample sizes?

I said "probably", yes it accounts for for varying sample sizes, but it also couldn't hurt if more people had ridden it. (or maybe it might have, who knows?) Same reason why he doesn't count certain rides with less than a certain number of riders, etc. Anyway, I don't feel like explaining it.... I just know that I'm not wrong, regardless of whatever it is you're trying to prove.

 

--Robb "I was just making a comment, didn't mean for someone else to break it apart scientifically." Alvey

Edited November 23, 2012 by robbalvey

[HowieP]

Shame! Hopefully the trains will be saved, at least.

[Meteornotes]

DBH > Anything in Ohio.

 

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[Chris Benvenuto]

What a drag. This was a good woodie that deserved alot more attention then it got. I remember going down to the Florida Keys for Spring Break 2008 and I spent a few hours at Boomers then. I rode the Hurricane a good 7 times due to there being next to no-one riding the ride the night I went with my dad. I think at one point there were six other people in the train with me, just riding it out in the back while I rode mostly in the middle and front.

 

Good ride, decent air, it will be missed. Just wish I could've ridden it again before it got shut down.

[Zem]

I remember seeing something about this on ACE's Facebook page awhile back. It's sad to see another woodie going away. Also, did anyone pick up in the article where it said the Hurricane was Florida's tallest wooden coaster but isn't Gwazi slightly taller? Sucks that this ride couldn't be saved.

[Hockeyman55]

Such a shame it has to suffer this fate but as a local you could see business was starting to slow downs after a few years of the newness wore off and the lines for the coaster were pretty much a ghost town. Was a great ride and was awesome having a coaster that close to home.

[larrygator]

It's a shame that so many locals didn't realize that $13 could give them an all day high, versus spending more money on a quick crack fix.

[Hockeyman55]

It's a shame that so many locals didn't realize that $13 could give them an all day high, versus spending more money on a quick crack fix.

 

I dont think 1/4 of the locals even realized the coaster existed or even cared it was there.

[BeemerBoy]

^ 1/4 is generous.

 

And given the clientele in the later years of its operation, trolling Sistrunk Blvd. for crack, or a Walmart shopping marathon may have seemed a better use of time anyway.

[Hockeyman55]

^ 1/4 is generous.

 

And given the clientele in the later years of its operation, trolling Sistrunk Blvd. for crack, or a Walmart shopping marathon may have seemed a better use of time anyway.

 

 

Lol yeah true.

[coasternut]

Sad update on the Dania Beach Hurricane status. The local paper - Sun Sentinel had an article in today's paper 3/24/13 on the abandoned woodie. It is scheduled for demolition on May 28 unless someone saves it. The corporation that owns it Dania Woody has been in bankruptcy for sometime. It's been closed since April 2011. This makes me sooooo sad

[robbalvey]

Sad news, indeed. Do we at least have someone in S Florida who can get photos of its demolition?

[Anything]

It's sad when this happens to any park.

[coasternut]

Here is the article from the Sun Sentinel paper.

 

db hurricane 20130324.pdf

[AndrewRnR]

^Most interesting takeaway from the article is that Playboy did a photo shoot on the ride. Who knew?

[coastered]

Sad news to read the best rollercoaster in Southern Florida being demolished.

[coasternut]

I drove by the Hurricane several times on my way to working at a hospital in Miami.

 

Status: Still standing, rotting, and nothing going on.

[StarTrekGeek]

When I was down in South Florida last weekend, we passed by it. Not much change! Very sad to see it rot!

[larrygator]

To save on demolition charges, the owners are probably just waiting for a strong hurricane/tropical storm to help them out.

[Stu K]

We to passed by 3rd November would have stooped for a go if it had been open. Great ride but probably not worth the $$'s to move it. There is i suppose a slim chance of something happening as its still standing (IE better than no chance if the bulldozers had come in).

 

Stu K

[DenDen]

www.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/fl-dania-live-roller-coaster-20140729,0,3939087.story

 

Full article at above link.

 

Dania roller coaster could be knocked down for giant retail plaza

At one time, it was known as the tallest wooden amusement park ride in Florida: the mighty Hurricane roller coaster.

 

Today, the Hurricane is little more than a 100-foot-tall timber statue sitting silently next to Interstate 95 in Dania Beach. Its thrills and chills screeched to a halt when it closed in 2011 in a sour economy. The coaster was supposed to be demolished or disassembled but never was.

 

Now the end may be coming.

 

The roller coaster sits among 100 acres that Bob Shapiro, president of Aventura-based Master Development, is assembling to build DaniaLive Marketplace. The 1.3 million-square-foot "open air" shopping center would combine big-box stores, restaurants, a hotel and apartments. Imagine something three times the size of the Village at Gulfsteam Park in Hallandale Beach.

 

Shapiro said he expects to complete land deals with eight owners after he gains a series of approvals from the city this fall. Under that scenario, the Hurricane would be taken down early next year, he said.

 

City officials are counting on the project to energize an industrial area surrounding Stirling and Bryan roads.

 

"The roller coaster is an eyesore, in my opinion," Mayor Walter Duke said. "It's not something you want sitting around in your city."

 

[booink]

"The roller coaster is an eyesore, in my opinion," Mayor Walter Duke said. "It's not something you want sitting around in your city."

Wow, this is insulting!

Man, I don't had much hope this ride would ever re-open, but as it wasn't getting demolished I though "maybe something good might happen...". Well, looks like every Coaster Works creation will be gone soon.

[MagnumFreak25]

If it was me I would leave it and reopen it in when the shopping center is built. If it's not it too bad of shape I think they could open it as an up-charge at the shopping center pretty quickly and cheaply.