Is Whizzer even running right now?
Every time I have been there, it has been running like a champ.
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Rumor :: Whizzer to be Removed after this season
Every time I have been there, it has been running like a champ.
Seasonal employees know nothing about what's going to happen.
I was hoping that the whizzer would not be taken out, but as it now stands it will be taken down at the end of the season. It is not a maintenance issue that it will be removed but a cost issue. The whizzer uses electric motors in each of it's trains to propel it up the spiral. The motors cost 250,000 dollars each to replace. There are four motors per train and 3 trains. That is a cost of 3 million dollars a year to keep the whizzer going. That money will be used to build as part of funds for a new coaster as well as improvements to the park starting with county fair to get it back up to where it should be.
And your source of the removal is?
Hmm, you seem to know what you are talking about, but whom is your source? Ivory Lines Lead, Oh-Wa-Ho. Oh-Wa-Ho.
Wait, the motors that cost a huge amount of money need to be replaced each year?
I need a source or I call BS. Top 5 wood-5-Goliath 4-Ravine Flyer II 3-Phoenix 2-Voyage 1-El Toro
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Yeah... theres no way each motor has to be repalced every season.
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I'll call it - BS!. Lincoln large frame industrial motor medium voltage (>600v) for a 200hp model is only $11,349. Now ganted for an apllication such as Whizzer, you would more than likely need something in the 300-400hp range - but I don't see it costing 250 k for a new motor. Even a complete teardown and rebuild of the current motor shouldn't be more than $30,000, and there is no way that you have to replace the motor every season. Most industrial motors are rated thousands of hours before need for even an inspection. It's the most fun in the park when your laughing in the dark.
Bboy7108 please give us your source. To me it seems like BS, I mean you just joined, its you're first post, you have no clue about the forum rules yet. We do not take to well to people who tell lies. So please do not tell lies. Give me your source, a valid source, with valid proof, and I'll believe you. "The motors on The Whizzer cost $250,000, get ur ice cold lemon chill!!"
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^^And who is your source?^^
Ivory Lines Lead, Oh-Wa-Ho. Oh-Wa-Ho.
GEEZ MAN!!! If you can't provide proof to your claims, don't post them! Geez, Whizzer (unfortunatly) isn't going anywhere! And I've heard the same rumors you have and you know what? They're false! With those same rumors, just put everything together, and it'll show you that the rumor WON'T happen! Even the people who told me the rumor don't even have solid sources. People, if you have no proof, if you have no sources to back up your claims, just shut up! I know you'll ask, where is my proof that this won't happen! Easy!!!! #1: No Trees have been removed from Whizzer. Lots of people say, a bunch of trees have been removed, um, I was just there and I didn't see any signs of tree removal, heck, I saw 2 new little trees. #2: Six Flags hasn't received permission to build a new coaster by the City. About once a week, I visit Gurnee's Website and I read the City Board Minutes to see if anything is happening, and guess what? Six Flags never approached the city to build a new coaster. Anything over 100 Feet tall has to get approval. #3: The "rumored" B&M wouldn't fit in the area of Whizzer. It's to small for it. If they did build one, it would suck and not be very intense! It needs an area the size of Raging Bull! That's it of my rant! Please, provide proof and sources before you start to make claims! "The world of politics is filled with uncivilized, snarling, rapacious beasts that, like untrained mutts, raise their legs and urinate on everything we hold dear," - Michael Savage
Needs an area the size of Raging Bull!!!? HA! yeah right. judging by what B&M guy said it's going to be a diving coaster (not that I believe him) which DOES NOT need to be in a space as large as Raging Bull and it still will be intense. Get your facts straight. And I know what your going to say: "you newbies don't know anything," and that's just your excuse because you know I'm right.
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He said it would be the first of its kind in the Us, and you said its going to be a dive coaster??? 0wn3d Around the world and back
Not that I care but he did say 2nd.....
I dont really care if sfgam gets a coaster..... I can wait 5 more years if needed........ Watch out theres a new Hurricane in Gurnee, IL!
Actually he said it would be the second of its kind in the u.s.
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If you think you're right about us getting a new B&M Coaster, PROVE IT! Prove to me and everyone else on this forum that we're getting a B&M Coaster. Prove to us that Whizzer is going! Come on!! PROVE IT!! Lets see what crap you throw at us next! "The world of politics is filled with uncivilized, snarling, rapacious beasts that, like untrained mutts, raise their legs and urinate on everything we hold dear," - Michael Savage
well, ya got me there.
Doh! Timmy"my eyes are getting old"179 Around the world and back
^ United against stupid newbies...
How can you say "we", do you work at SFGAm or something. No one can prove their sides, people have beliefs on things, and their beliefs can be backed up by facts and evidence, but there is no way for either side to prove anything. So stop saying PROVE IT!! Neither side will or can prove that the other is false and their side is true. I have my beliefs on this topic, but I really am not going to say anything. After saying just one thing, all of you people will need proof.
And all of you newbies that just come to post to say we are getting it or arent getting it, please dont. This topic is just better off dead, so stop coming and bringing this topic back, it has been dead twice and brought back by newbies. Universal Orlando Mechanical Engineer
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He said 'we' because Great America is our/his homepark! When you're speaking of the navy/army don't you say "We're in Iraq doing blah blah..."? It's because the army/navy, etc is part of our country.
We feel a sense of pride when we say "we" to something, it makes us feel part of something great. Remember, Great America is nothing without its loyal customers.
Finally someone who doesn't critisize...This topic is a rumor, and people write what they think is going to happen and that is what they're doing...they don't need to prove it. If they want to believe were getting a 600 foot coaster, then let them. It's only going to embarass them when we don't get it. And I never said I believed were getting a diving coaster, thats just what he thinks and it sounded like he was doing it to annoy all of you people.
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Compleatly unfounded rumors arn't welcome here. I believe this topic has lasted so long, because some of the people have been able to try and explain their point thus far (tree clearing, lack of fastlane, etc). Rumors that people just make up or seem 100% bunk are not helpful to the convesation and often are deleted.
Be watching for a big announcement to Season Pass Holders, August 23rd, According to an e-mail from a Six Flags Employee I am friends with...I think that is bs... here is the e-mail.
"Be watching for a big announcement to Season Pass holders on the e-mailing list August 23rd, 2005, 2 weeks before end of weekday opperations. Ivory Lines Lead, Oh-Wa-Ho. Oh-Wa-Ho.
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