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Postby onyxhotel08 on April 4th, 2010, 12:42 am
I do not see any reason why Gurnee would oppose Chang. They seem to be on good terms with Six Flags.
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Postby BrianPlencner on April 4th, 2010, 9:10 am
I don't see a reason either why the Village of Gurnee would say "No" to the request either. Prior to 1976, Gurnee was a small farm community. There are a few older members on here that may remember what Gurnee looked like back in the late 70's. West of I-94 on Grand Ave to US Route 45 was all farmland. No Gurnee Mills, no Joe's Crab Shack, Cracker Barrel, Outback, etc. None of that was there. It was open land as far as you could see.

Great America was, and continues to be a big income generator for the village. For the village to say "No" would be like cutting off the hand that feeds them. I know that a lot of the money the village has in its budget each year comes from the income generated by the park.

I really just wanted to point this out as it is something that could happen. While we all want a big new coaster, it is up to the ZBA and the Village of Gurnee to decide if the park gets a new coaster or not.


As always, if I find out any information on this from the village, I'll pass it on to the group in this thread.

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Postby onyxhotel08 on April 4th, 2010, 12:13 pm
A new ride = increased park attendance (on average) Increased park attendance = increased tourism to the city of Gurnee
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Postby frightfestkid on April 4th, 2010, 2:07 pm
And the major part they look at, Increased tourrism= increase in money flow

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Postby onyxhotel08 on April 4th, 2010, 9:12 pm
I wonder, on average, how bad the noise level is if u live around the park?
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Postby Goku1910 on April 4th, 2010, 9:23 pm
On a not-so busy day I can hear Raging Bull going around from Sprocket Rockets.....Use that as a comparison.
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Postby david on April 4th, 2010, 11:10 pm
And you can hear v2 almost everywhere throughout the park. At the guest drop off I heard V2's LIMs screeching.
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Postby monsterfan99 on April 4th, 2010, 11:51 pm
While not a ride, you can hear the Fright Fest pumpkin AA they use at the front of the park over at McDonalds.
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Postby FParker185 on April 5th, 2010, 6:16 pm
The residents around the park never complain about the noise of the rides per sey however the sound of people screaming is what gets them really ticked off. Especially with V2.
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Postby Jcoaster95 on April 5th, 2010, 6:53 pm
^That has the recorded screaming during the launch :lol:
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Postby david on April 5th, 2010, 7:18 pm
That's recorded!?!? I always thought that was the LIMs! haahhaah!
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Postby FParker185 on April 5th, 2010, 7:33 pm
That is in fact Harmonics related to the LIM's.
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Postby [jonrev] on April 5th, 2010, 8:04 pm
monsterfan99 wrote:While not a ride, you can hear the Fright Fest pumpkin AA they use at the front of the park over at McDonalds.

The Pumpkin can be heard from the McDonalds closest to the park, and the Nostalgia McDonalds in front of Gurnee Mills as well.
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Postby onyxhotel08 on April 5th, 2010, 10:21 pm
That is loud. Will be fun to see if Chang's possible placement in front will have any impact on noise level.
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Postby Jcoaster95 on April 5th, 2010, 10:30 pm
^SHUT UP, WE WANT THEM TO APPROVE IT!!! :lol:
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Postby Cole on April 6th, 2010, 12:40 pm
I dont see how chang would be that loud, even if it is at the front.
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Postby forddude1416 on April 6th, 2010, 12:43 pm
Wouldn't it be about as loud as say superman or iron wolf? It's just another B&M chain lift coaster.
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Postby Cole on April 6th, 2010, 12:48 pm
Yes, so I dont think it will affect much.
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Postby david on April 6th, 2010, 3:08 pm
Anyways, towards that side of the park, there are only businesses. If Viper, and Bull were passed, i don't see how this can't be.
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Postby BP317 on April 6th, 2010, 3:17 pm
Anyways, towards that side of the park, there are only businesses.

That worked out well for the other Great America :)
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Postby onyxhotel08 on April 6th, 2010, 9:45 pm
Isn't Chang a lot shorter than Bull? Kind of like a smaller cousin from the B&M family.
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Postby monsterfan99 on April 7th, 2010, 12:52 am
^2nd largest stand-up. It's more a mid-sized B&M when you compare all of their rides.
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Postby Cole on April 7th, 2010, 6:26 am
Kinda just what we need.

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Postby onyxhotel08 on April 7th, 2010, 10:38 pm
As much as I know we are not the only park in need of a ride like Chang, of all the major parks in the chain (and the ones that bring in the most people each year), we have definitely been shafted the most when it comes to big ride additions since 2003/2004. HH is not considered a ride per se and has since been put in many parks in the chain. I really think as much as we say it isn't so the majority of the people I talk to say they visit Cedar Point more than Six Flags even though it is farther. So CP is competition even though it is technically not in the Chicago/Midwest area.
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Postby NightRider785 on April 8th, 2010, 1:04 am
FParker185 wrote:That is in fact Harmonics related to the LIM's.

So its the LIMs making the loud noise? What makes them make sucha noise?
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