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Postby briphotoguy on July 23rd, 2024, 8:52 am
I will be the only one sad if we get a dive coaster next year.... :lol: I do not find them entertaining and rather boring. Hopefully that rumor is squashed. #pleasenodive
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Postby GreatAmericanfox on July 23rd, 2024, 10:59 am
I'm all for it tbh, it adds to the immersion, lol
Old Great America was better, however I hope just a bit of that charm comes back
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Postby coasterfanatic on July 23rd, 2024, 11:13 am
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Looks like there’s no plans to reopen the drop slides


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Postby GreatAmericanfox on July 23rd, 2024, 11:38 am
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Looks like there’s no plans to reopen the drop slides


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"... as we make way for new thrills"

Wait, new ride!?
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Postby coasterfanatic on July 23rd, 2024, 11:39 am
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coasterfanatic wrote:Image
Looks like there’s no plans to reopen the drop slides


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"... as we make way for new thrills"

Wait, new ride!?
I doubt it’s for 2025 plus Wipeout is still open on the same slide complex.


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Postby GreatAmericanfox on July 23rd, 2024, 11:42 am
coasterfanatic wrote:I doubt it’s for 2025 plus Wipeout is still open on the same slide complex.


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Ah gotcha, I'm not that knowledgeable on Hurricane Harbor
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Postby Goku1910 on July 23rd, 2024, 11:49 am
I can care less what they do with Hurricane Harbor. I haven't gone since they made it a separate gate.

It's way more of a pain in the ass to go to both parks in a single day so I just don't bother.
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Postby GreatAmericanfox on July 23rd, 2024, 12:01 pm
Goku1910 wrote:I can care less what they do with Hurricane Harbor. I haven't gone since they made it a separate gate.

It's way more of a pain in the ass to go to both parks in a single day so I just don't bother.


If there were no limits in this world, i'd move Hurricane Harbor somewhere else and use that land for something like a coaster or themed land.
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Postby JackGlass on July 23rd, 2024, 7:33 pm
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coasterfanatic wrote:Image
Looks like there’s no plans to reopen the drop slides


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"... as we make way for new thrills"

Wait, new ride!?


Here's one for you GreatAmericanFox! It probably won't happen. But I would love to see a family Gravity group coaster like Bobcat at Great Escape replace these water slides lol
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on July 23rd, 2024, 10:36 pm
DejaVu2001 wrote:Yes. It is definitely running faster. For whatever reason, the 3rd hill trim is not hitting nearly as hard this year. A good way to tell if Bull is running fast is if the final trim before the figure 8 comes on. If the ride is running normal speed, those brakes don't hit. Usually they only hit on exceptionally hot days, but this year, I've never not seen/heard it trim there.



I've noticed that trim into the figure 8 turn on , every time I've ridden it this year (19 total rides)!
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Postby Blue_Toad_Coasters on July 23rd, 2024, 11:12 pm
JackGlass wrote:
GreatAmericanfox wrote:"... as we make way for new thrills"

Wait, new ride!?


Here's one for you GreatAmericanFox! It probably won't happen. But I would love to see a family Gravity group coaster like Bobcat at Great Escape replace these water slides lol


Agreed. Now that we’ve got Hurricane Harbor Rockford, you can tear down the whole water park for all I care. The only slides that are actually good to me there are Tsunami Surge and Tornado. (Anybody else find it lazy that both of those are re-used names? Not even Tsunami Surge, which is record-breaking and not a clone? By clone, I mean another slide that can be found in a Six Flags legacy park, unlike MASSIV at Schlitterbahn.)

GreatAmericanfox wrote:If there were no limits in this world, I’d move Hurricane Harbor somewhere else and use that land for something like a coaster or themed land.


Another statement I agree with. It sucks that those Entertainment Village plans didn’t come to fruition. If they did, the water park would have been placed on the other side of the I-94 and the dry park would have lots of room to expand.
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Postby briphotoguy on July 24th, 2024, 2:04 pm
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OMG.... It's going to happen! They are going to finish Maxx Force!!!! CONFIRMED.
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Postby UnclePennybags on July 24th, 2024, 10:23 pm
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Looks like there’s no plans to reopen the drop slides


This strikes me as funny. In 1999, Great America's go-karts were originally placed in the Dive Bomber / Mega Wedgie / Wipeout plot of land. They were later moved to the Bugs Bunny National Park area in 2012, where they currently reside. If the park won't get rid of the go-karts, then maybe ...

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Postby UnclePennybags on July 24th, 2024, 10:46 pm
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This is good. Now I can get drunk at the park.
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Postby coasterfanatic on July 25th, 2024, 1:39 pm
New teaser by old HH next to Demon.

Screamscape reports it could be a clone of Dr. Diabolical


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Postby Muck Finnesota on July 25th, 2024, 2:35 pm
Dr. Diabolical or Wonder Woman/Jersey Devil clones seem like good bets.

I'm just hoping they don't touch Demon. Or if they do, it's nothing more than new trains and a refurb.
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Postby coasterfanatic on July 25th, 2024, 3:39 pm
The new teaser video has the letters S R H S S capitalized which I believe is going to spell out the name of Rakshasa in the end.


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Postby coasterfanatic on July 26th, 2024, 9:00 pm
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Saw in this in the Demon queue.


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Postby Blue_Toad_Coasters on July 26th, 2024, 9:35 pm
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This is the thing that has finally convinced me that this is more than something for Fright Fest. What is the point to go this big if it is for Fright Fest. Could it be that the sign has info for construction workers that the park does not want park guests to see so they slapped some cheap “this is a mysterious sign” nonsense on top of it to cover the info? Some nonsense that could be removed on and off easily? Really makes you think.
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Postby coasterfanatic on July 26th, 2024, 9:38 pm
Blue_Toad_Coasters wrote:
coasterfanatic wrote:Image


Saw in this in the Demon queue.


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This is the thing that has finally convinced me that this is more than something for Fright Fest. What is the point to go this big if it is for Fright Fest. Could it be that the sign has info for construction workers that the park does not want park guests to see so they slapped some cheap “this is a mysterious sign” nonsense on top of it to cover the info? Some nonsense that could be removed on and off easily? Really makes you think.
It’s for 2025. The clues point to 2025. And clearly are for the new trademark “Wrath of Rakshaha”. They also don’t typically tease Fright Fest.


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Postby GreatAmericanfox on July 26th, 2024, 10:45 pm
What the * are they doing? :cry:
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Postby Tidal_Waver on August 6th, 2024, 3:00 pm
Happy this didn’t turn out worse:

“An electrical strip cord had shorted out and caused a burning odor in the administrative building, Pellitteri said.”

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Postby Goku1910 on August 6th, 2024, 4:37 pm
You left out the part where they said no active fire was found.

They got lucky.
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Postby Tidal_Waver on August 6th, 2024, 6:41 pm
Goku1910 wrote:You left out the part where they said no active fire was found.

They got lucky.


The short caused a “burning odor.” That’s it.

Apologies for not including more.
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Postby coasterfanatic on August 6th, 2024, 11:51 pm
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The photo isn’t mine. Saw it on a Facebook group. But they have bulldozed Bucky entirely now. That was pretty quickly and all but confirms the 2025 ride will use Bucky space!


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