Do you think the Shuttle Loop at Astroworld will be saved?

[pgathriller]

Do you think the shuttle loop at Astroworld will be saved. Tell us what you thnk will happen.

 

* The shuttle loop at Astroworld is being put up for auction until Sunday.

[WalrusMan]

Yeah It'll go somewhere. I pray that it won't be used for parts by Six Flags. Maybe PGA will buy it and put it in......Yeah right.

[Scaparri]

As much as I want it to be, I just don't see it happening (at least not in the U.S. I would love if some small park picked it up, but other than that, I can't imagine it actually getting saved. Its just too old of a ride with not a great deal of appeal compared to today's modern monsters.

[astroworldfan]

Hopefully...Probably not. Astroworld is auctioning it off tomorrow. There are lots of Shuttle loops that are out there

 

Here is the final list

 

http://www.khou.com/news/local/houstonmetro/stories/khou051227_ac_astroworld.1b5164a2.html

 

I am going Sunday for sure and trying to go tomorrow. I will you know what i find out.

[M_Force_4_ever]

I really hope someone does buy it, Shuttle Loops are such great rides and should be wasted

[M_Force_4_ever]

I really hope someone does buy it, Shuttle Loops are such great rides and shouldnt be wasted

[socalMAN123]

Well, I hope they'll save it. All I can do is hope.

---Brent 8)

[CoasterCrazy]

I think it will be saved.

 

There aren't many Shuttle Loops left!

[dougr]

Unless it costs more to fix it up to OHSA standards, duh, it will be bought by somebody. This is the carny industry we're talking about.

When a new state of the art coaster costs $21 million dollars, of course someone will buy a looper for half a million.

[PkiJake]

I think it will be saved later on. I don't think they will be able to auction off any of the coasters. I think they will sale it thourgh a used ride company, and it will be bought.

 

-Jake

[pgathriller]

CoasterCrazy Said-

 

There aren't many Shuttle Loops left!

 

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Point out the obvious!!!

[Mind Eraser]

XLR-8 went for $7,000

 

The Serpent kiddie coaster went for $5,000.

 

No details yet what happened with Greezed Lightnin' and Viper. Word has it that nothing at the auction went for over $8,000.

[pgathriller]

WOW!! XLR8 went for $8,000!!! I should of told my parents to buy it for me with my college money! Who needs college when you have a roller coaster!!

[coaster1]

Ride Results:

 

Not Sold (Reserve Not Met)

- Greezed Lightnin' ($8,000 bid)

- Mayan Mindbender ($9,000 bid)

- Viper ($8,000 bid)

- XLR8 ($7,000)

 

Sold

- Serpent (Track only, trains are SFOT property) -- $4,000

- Barnstormer -- $5,000

- Looping Starship -- $17,000

- Gunslinger -- $23,000

 

Not up Auction as of Saturday

- Steam Train (610 Limited)

- Dentzel Carousel

- Texas Cyclone (Scheduled for demo in 3-4 weeks)

 

Will have more soon hopefully

[WDWliker]

So let me get this straight,is greezed lightning doomeed or does it still have it chance of it being saved

 

WDW' 'Liker

[coaster1]

It wasn't sold cause the reserve price wasn't met. The high bidder had a chance to pay the reserve and get the ride, which didn't happen.

 

Therefore, most will be heading to a scrap heap unless they decide to salvage the ride and use it for parts since all the other parks in the chain have already turned down those. It could still be bought as well for the price that was set as the reserved, but if you won, the ride has to be off property by 2/15 (Feb. 15th).

[momo1tx]

We should have a bunch of people pool their money together and buy it!

[coaster1]

Well the reserve on Greezed Lightnin' was around $750,000 .. so that's quite a bit of money.

[momo1tx]

Wow... that's more than I thought. Curious, what was the reserve on the other coasters?

[coaster1]

Close to a million, no one knows for sure. The Carousel was $1.2 million reserve originally .. but that has since be purchased by a museum in California.