Silverwood worried about "Deja Vu"

[onyxhotel08]

http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com/coaster-opening.php

Deja Vu will still be in some shape or form at Six Flags until at least the middle of May and they won't have everything needed to start construction fully until early June. You need to take everything down, send it to Idaho, place it in order of construction, etc. I presume construction will take at least 2 months and with tests and the unavoidable valley or two I say mid-August is as realistic as you can get.

[sfgam1]

kind of like for us when it opened in 2001.

[T.K.]

"It's not just you... It's DejaVu".

[w00dland]

If you look on the construction page they have already started assembling the supports for the cobra roll, and parts for the towers are already on site as well. It doesn't take long to ship something from Gurnee to Idaho when the truck is going one way. It seems like they got those supports up quick so the coaster might not take as long to assemble as we all think.

[Jerrykoala2112]

It shouldnt take that long to assemble because it is as massive as raging bull.

[cycamps]

^What?

I think it's possible that it opens mid-June, but I personally don't think it's going to happened. Look at when it opened originally for us. Same with TDK.

[rct2wizard360]

First off it dosent say anything about them being worried, they just don't want to screw themselves by advertising a false date.

Second, theres MANY steps involved to opening a coaster.
First theres the obvious one, building it. Which they seem to be very prompt about doing already, most of the parts seem to be on site already, as some of those pictures show pieces of towers, and both winches. After thats all done they have to test that thing like theres no tomorrow. Now this really depends on Idaho's regulations, or if they even have any, but that can take anywhere from a week, to a month maybe.

They are smaller park, and they seem to be very prompt about building this as soon as possible.
Hats off to Silverwood!

[[jonrev]]

First off it dosent say anything about them being worried, they just don't want to screw themselves by advertising a false date.

They're avoiding exactly what got Six Flags caught in a lawsuit in 2001. Good thinking by Silverwood.

[FParker185]

The towers take a surprisingly long time to build (and disassemble), lots of really small pieces, all that need to be lifted into place individually with a crane, and some of them are pretty complex lifts. If it goes together perfectly and they power it up and it works relatively well right off the bat, I can see a Mid July opening, though I don't know how likely that scenario is.

Also it opened in October at SFGAm

[tp41190]

Ahh yes...I was actually there that day. I think we waited about 4 or 5 hours to ride it, not including the time we had to wait for it to open.

I remember the first time I saw it run, I couldnt believe how fast the lifts were. I also couldnt believe that it would catch the second time and lower in the station. I was "wowed"

[Trailblazer Tony]

^At least you got to watch it first. The first time V2 was open with me in the park, i ran to it first thing and got dispatch without knowing it had a break on the second tower. Talk about a panic attack, scariest coaster experience to date (minus X-Scream)

I think Deja Vu will fit in perfectly at that park, they have just the amount of attention it needs and hopefully it will open much quicker than ours did the first year.

[Cove26flags]

Hope they can afford to keep this is a world class ride to have at this little of a park.

[Cove26flags]

I guess one thing that I'm wondering about is why would Silverwood buy this ride? Do they not know the ride's history? Especially since one of the reasons why Six Flags got rid of it was because of maintenance costs. I just don't really see a smaller lower-budgeted park like Silverwood being able to maintain it. Don't get me wrong this is a beautiful park but can you really see them keeping this ride up? I guess what I'm trying to say is if Six Flags can't keep it going what makes you think Silverwood will?

[rct2wizard360]

Think about it this way.

They probably bought that ride pretty damn cheap.
I don't get why you people think they had NO idea about the problems with this ride, if this was in the works since halfway through last season, it's pretty damn obvious.

It's a small park, and everything else runs pretty well, this can be their main focus for awhile, and they don't have 12+ other coasters to worry about, they have 4 others not including Aftershock, one of them being a childrens coaster.

Honestly, obviously some bigger parks can't handle these types of rides either. A lot of Silverwood's guests are pass holders, and that smaller crowd, can take the extended downtimes lightly, instead of 25,000 screaming guests at guest relations every night.

They can do this, just give them a chance.

[onyxhotel08]

I read on one of the Silverwood sites that installation alone will cost 3 million. That probably includes taking it down here in Gurnee since Six Flags must not be paying for that. It said Deja Vu was 1 million by itself, would have been more but reputation was bad and Silverwood is small, so 4 million for a ride with a horrible reputation. This will be fun to see how it goes for the park.

[cycamps]

Although it has a bad reputation, that's pretty cheap for the purchasing price. I would have guessed that the installation would have cost that much though...