jarmor Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 I wonder how much this coaster will change the dynamics of the park. It's not too often a small park, let alone an FEC, gets a coaster of this magnitude. I can only think of kentucky kingdom and dorney park and we see what happen with those parks. The only difference I see is this is already park of a small family own chain. I am very anxious to see this park in 5 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsupercity Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 40 minutes ago, jarmor said: I wonder how much this coaster will change the dynamics of the park. It's not too often a small park, let alone an FEC, gets a coaster of this magnitude. I can only think of kentucky kingdom and dorney park and we see what happen with those parks. The only difference I see is this is already park of a small family own chain. I am very anxious to see this park in 5 years or so. I have not been to this fun spot but looking at the pictures it sure looks like it has been shoehorned in. How much space does this park have to expand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 TONS. it sits on a lot of unused land. . and if they wanted to (not that I would EVER want them to), they could pull out a massive Miniature Golf Course and make even more space. here's some pics of the park from when I was last there (in 2018) after FunSpot had recently taken the property over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, bert425 said: That's one way to run a Paratrooper....LOL. I'm curious how they operate/load it. Is it... "Okay, we'll load/unload one car, then move it a tiny bit, load another, repeat until full, then run it up to speed, then reverse the process," resulting in a whole lot of boredom, or... "Let's load/unload one car, give it a few good spins, then load another one," resulting in a super-long ride time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 if I'm recalling .. it was load/unload 2 cars at a time, until fully loaded. . then cycled around. it was quite fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 What's the story of why those buildings have a western look to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, jarmor said: What's the story of why those buildings have a western look to them? Remnants of the prior park's life. Before FunSpot took it over, that place was called Dixie Land Park/Fun Junction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 FYI - the Paratrooper used to be built and actually run that way .... already up and tilted. We had one of those during our earlier PNE Fairs, and the load/unload was just that. One at a time, then run a full cycle. Same as a ferris wheel is run, really. Then, somebody finally figured out how to load/unload it un-tilted. Just like an Enterprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfan1988 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 ^That's the way the one at Silverwood is! I don't think it even has a mechanism to lower itself, I think it's permanently fixed in the upright position. It unloads with a little platform that slides back and forth that acts as a step to get on an off...yes, it is a slow moving line...like a lot of lines at Silverwood unfortunately... (Ironically, this photo is from somewhere on TPR and it happened to show up first in a Google Search. Great job photo credit holder!) Ok! Lets get this thread back on track! How about that new coaster name? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJLehto Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 News like this causes me stress, because I now need to find a way (with limited PTO I am saving for a big trip) to get myself down to Atlanta to do this! This looks like a spectacular ride! I used to never take trips JUST for parks but think its time I break that rule and fly to Atlanta for this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 26 minutes ago, JJLehto said: News like this causes me stress, because I now need to find a way (with limited PTO I am saving for a big trip) to get myself down to Atlanta to do this! This looks like a spectacular ride! I used to never take trips JUST for parks but think its time I break that rule and fly to Atlanta for this! come to Atlanta for SFOG, and the *amazing* Atlanta Aquarium. . . plus several very good museums. but side trip to ride the new coaster for a couple of hours is probably worth it while there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJLehto Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 It is a good Aquarium, I rather like Atlanta. I do think I'll pull the trigger on it. Can't turn down something like this on the east cost/such an easy weekend trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xVicesAndVirtues Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 ^Atlanta also has a really good food scene! One thing I might have missed or maybe they didn't mention is their planned timeline for construction and what time of year they're planning to open the new coaster. I'd love to plan a spring trip but that may be a little optimistic. I'm definitely not trying to be in Georgia in summer/after like late May because it gets deathly hot and humid up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 25 minutes ago, xVicesAndVirtues said: ^Atlanta also has a really good food scene! 2nd. Vortex all the way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJLehto Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 It does, I like Atlanta deff excited to plan this and for more than just this dope ass RMC. Yeah I too am curious what time frame we may get. I too would prefer early season but that does seem optimistic? I only do parks early/late esp in the south so we shall see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDodd Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 4 hours ago, JJLehto said: Yeah I too am curious what time frame we may get. Elsewhere it was posted that management still expects to open the ride in May. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfan1988 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Santa still hasn't reached the coaster desert yet...so while I wait... here's the official ArieForce One POV for everyone else! (Animation quality their's, not mine ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 looks much longer than I was expecting it to be. . .so that's nice to see. so it starts outside the park, along the freeway, then comes in over the Miniature golf, jumps the arcade building and continues on. looks really pretty good. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xVicesAndVirtues Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 I hope they cut those trees back before I ride it. Lol, this honestly looks like an awesome ride but the animation quality is hilarious. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJLehto Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 On 11/28/2021 at 11:40 PM, TEDodd said: Elsewhere it was posted that management still expects to open the ride in May. Interesting. This would be great news, I am trying to front load my trips as much as possible this upcoming year so I would be quite happy if it was May! I too was impressed with the length of the ride, and overall layout. Looks to be on their stronger offerings imo. lol yeah that animation is pretty jank, funny it came from the park bc I know I saw a guesstimate POV (I assume from amusementinsider they always create those things) a while ago that was far better XD But yeah this may be one of the best rides in such a small park out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu K Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 hi guys May would be great as just rescheduled my 2020 road trip for the 3rd time lol. Atlanta is now the hub airport for fun spot and Six flags. has any work started on this yet? Stu K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 5 hours ago, Stu K said: hi guys May would be great as just rescheduled my 2020 road trip for the 3rd time lol. Atlanta is now the hub airport for fun spot and Six flags. has any work started on this yet? Stu K just so you're aware, if you haven't been. . the Airport isn't really close to either. . it's at least a 45-1 hour drive (if light traffic) to SFOG from the airport. . (tho it's only ~20-30 minutes to Fun Spot as you're not going thru Metro Atlanta to get there). tho if you take the Marta to Peachtree Plaza (a $2.50 ride), you can grab an uber from there for only ~$20 (I leave from that area during Dragon*con to go to SFOG every year). . LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Weird, I've taken Ubers from Atlanta airport to SFOG a few times now and its never taken more than 20 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 52 minutes ago, boldikus said: Weird, I've taken Ubers from Atlanta airport to SFOG a few times now and its never taken more than 20 minutes. you've gotten SUPER lucky then. never taken less than 20 minutes from Peachtree Plaza Hyatt. . and that's a 25-30 minute drive from the Airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 ^ LOL. . or perhaps, I've gotten super UNLUCKY on my trips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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