[tarheel1231]

Meanwhile in Sandusky...



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[Jonathan]

So the east coast appears to be all about some RMC in 2018 with Cedar Point, Kennywood, and Kings Dominion.

[Edwardo]

And that's before any Six Flags parks announce any. I'm excited. I hope they just get GCI to come in and finish our Hurler and put MF trains on it and gives us a custom RMC Woody.

[tarheel1231]

To be honest, I think the only way Hurler will still be here in the next ten years is in the form of an RMC conversion.

[FamousAmos]

GCI can still save it. Back when it was partially retracked a few years ago, it was Carowinds Maintenance workers who done the retracking. However, GCI did have a small part in it.

[Edwardo]

I wouldn't call completely tearing out the turn and a few hundred feet of track, reprofiling and rebuilding it a small part. That was all GCI. They talked in detail for an article about it.

They don't seem to think they played a small part in it either:

http://www.greatcoasters.com/?p=hurler

[coasterbruh]

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I absolutely love what GCI did to ghostrider. I would welcome them to finish what they, not Carowinds maintenance, started on hurler.

[tarheel1231]

I'd love to see GCI retrack it too, but I just don't think it would yield the return on investment that Ghostrider did. Millennium Flyers aren't exactly cheap, and neither is a complete retracking.

With that being said, I'd love to have a GCI at some point in the future.

[arby]

What a novel idea. Kennywood is adding a new wooden coaster and not removing any rides...

I am happy to see the progress with Mean Streak and that they didn't decide to just remove it. I am curious to see what happens with Hurler as I suspect it will not be the same ride it is now in five years. Either that or it will be gone.

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

With KD's hurler getting an overhaul/transformation, I think the likelihood that Carowinds will do the same is really high. If they were going to continue to re-build hurler after 2014, they would've kept on going. They still had to add the trim back to the bottom of the drop even after the re-profiling work, which really kills the ride. I think its time for something different. I think cedar fair has officially got on the RMC band wagon and we will see most of their woodies get converted... Just wish T-Road woulda been the first, but that is what it is. Hopefully we will see something done to ours!

[Axel]

How about $100M just for a climbing wall (and skydiving chamber) !! 43 meters (141') tall.

It will be near Ferrari World...

http://www.thenational.ae/business/travel-tourism/abu-dhabi-to-have-worlds-tallest-indoor-climbing-wall-on-yas-island

The island with all its attractions is predicted to host 48 million visits per year by 2022 !! They definitely do things in a big way in Abu Dhabi !!

[Axel]

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk petitioning to add two new rides

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Santa-Cruz-Beach-Boardwalk-two-new-rides-9983930.php#photo-11497629

The skyline of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk will be changing if amusement park officials have their plans approved.

The amusement park is trying to add two new rides to the boardwalk, one called Shockwave and another called Typhoon. Their plan goes in front of the Santa Cruz City Council on Thursday.

The two rides are quite visually striking, clocking in at 65 feet tall for Shockwave and 60 feet for Typhoon. For comparison, the Giant Dipper is 70 feet tall.

Typhoon may be a familiar concept to boardwalk aficionados. Santa Cruz had a previous version of the ride (also called Typhoon) that was removed in 2009. The ride, a midway classic, has two arms that swing riders around in a loop.

Shockwave, which would be built on top of a new gaming and retail space, will spin up to 24 riders around in circles on a track.

[Axel]

more Mean Streak pics...

[sccoasterbear]

So outer banks getting a new water park next year. New concepts and it is going to be big with they say 30 attractions. Interesting news to me, what do you all think?

[Axel]

^sounds like fun!

Construction of H2OBX Waterpark begins in lower Currituck
http://outerbanksvoice.com/2016/10/25/construction-of-h2obx-waterpark-in-lower-currituck-begins/


Features of the park
• FlowRider®, Surfing Simulator
• Twin Tides dual entry Wave Pool
• 30,000 square-foot Action Wave Pool
• Adventure Lagoon featuring balance, climb and crawl across floats and structures
• Two high-speed Colorado Drop tube rides over 500 feet long and 71 feet long
• 90-foot tall Aqua Drop launch capsule free fall slide
• 90-foot tall Flat Line Loop body slides with launch capsule translucent fiberglass
• 50-foot drop Boomerango inner tube ride wall stall and Aqua Lucent lighting
• SuperBowl thrill ride with Aqua Lucent lighting and open bowl with a distinctive sawtooth edge
• 500-foot long Constrictor slide featuring high-speed tight turns
• 500-foot long Boomerango family raft ride with drops, weightless wall and zero gravity hump
• 540-foot long family raft ride over 540 feet long with open and enclosed sections and Aqua Lucent lighting
• Five Kid’s body and tube slides offering turns and loops
• Pirate-themed aqua play structure with more than 70 interactive features and seven slides, including the Champagne Bowl body slide

Looks like it has been scaled back a lot from the original plan...