What ride is leaving next?

by **joker** on January 6th, 2003, 5:46 pm

Chitown wrote:You guys make me sick.Awwwwww, Whizzer isnt intense enough for you? You know what? To bad. This coaster is the only one left of its kind in the country and the only coaster in the park that adults and kids 36" and taller can enjoy.Tell ya what. Why dont we just ask SF to tear the whole park down and just start over from scratch? We can have them just construct only 500ft tall and speeds of 100 mph plus on all their coasters. Would that make you guys feel better?

Dude you know how long that would take!?!? People would be pissed off!

by **coastrcorey** on January 6th, 2003, 5:58 pm

lol... it was a joke dude... :lol:

by **Suf03sfgam** on January 6th, 2003, 7:59 pm

Well people take things differently!!! There were a couple posts that i was going to snap on but i read them again and thaught its probally a Joke so i steped back and watched for somone to get pissed and respond

by **coastrcorey** on January 6th, 2003, 11:01 pm

yeah, sometimes it's hard to tell when people are joking or not... i'm 99.99% positive that that was a joke though!

by **DejaVuGurl1203** on January 7th, 2003, 8:24 am

Yeah I know lol it is hard to tell whether people are joking or not. When I'm not sure I just start to joke about it. It's actually kinda fun... lol

by **Suf03sfgam** on January 7th, 2003, 4:20 pm

I remember a little joke that i heard and everyone believed it!!! Remember that RUMOR that shockwave was being split????????? That was a joke!!!

by **DejaVuGurl1203** on January 7th, 2003, 4:34 pm

lol I don't remember hearing that rumor/joke...

by **coastrcorey** on January 7th, 2003, 4:51 pm

yeah, what's that one all about???

by **coasterzak** on January 7th, 2003, 5:25 pm

The joke was that Shockwave was so big that they could just split the coaster into half, the loops and what not and send that to one park, and then the half with the corkscrews and boomerang to another. That is the joke I believe, but extremely far-fetched.

by **coastrcorey** on January 7th, 2003, 10:05 pm

oh yeah yeah yeah... i remember that... duh.

by **Aero737** on June 18th, 2003, 7:08 pm

The only issue maintenance has with the Whizzer is the lift hill. The rest of the ride is not a problem. If they can re-configure the lift to something other than the electric motors that power the train up, the ride will be around for a long time.

How would the electric motors on wizzer be a major reason to take the ride out? Is it just because of high running costs?

by **sillydude64** on June 18th, 2003, 7:47 pm

To tell ya the truth...I hope that American Eagle gets gone. I mean, the whizzer is actually pretty fun, and we need light rides for our younger guests. The American Eagle has no big thrill...

by **Coasterguy45** on June 18th, 2003, 8:18 pm

I didn't vote for any, i think that rip cord ride should be gone, that would free up a lot of space and you could just build over demon and go through American Eagle!

by **T_Biggs** on June 18th, 2003, 8:19 pm

Wow, I didn't realize any poll threads were still around.But anyways, Whizzer's lift I've heard is a real pain for maintence. I also heard that spare parts are hard to get, and are very expensive. Also, Whizzer can't run if the track is wet, I guess. I don't know if thats true, or why it would be true. The El in Chicago uses a 3rd rail, and it runs when it's wet. I'm sure Whizzer's 3rd rail is just as insulated as any mass transit system's 3rd rail.

by **SFGA 11** on June 18th, 2003, 9:11 pm

I couldn't agree with you more Chitown. I'm sick of hearing people trying to act cool by saying Whizzer is for wussies or babies.

by **rctfan1556** on June 18th, 2003, 9:20 pm

Sad to say but whizzer might go next. Not eagle though, it is an important part of great america.

by **CoasterDave316** on June 18th, 2003, 9:23 pm

When the tires get wet on Whizzer it can cause it to slide and overshoot the station.

by **rctfan1556** on June 18th, 2003, 9:31 pm

^really?

. man that's not good

by **SFGAMNUT9302** on June 18th, 2003, 10:02 pm

Whizzer- Classic ride, filled with fun for the whole family. Should Stay!Shock Wave- Intense ride, with lots of loops for thrill seekers- Should have stayed!All the others- Great rides! I hope none get removed!

by **lightningserve16** on June 18th, 2003, 10:09 pm

I think thw Whizzer should stay because it is a great roller coaster for the kids. without it the older people would be paying a lot of money 4 their kids to walk around and see these coasters they cant ride. American Eagle has to stay I mean come on, its a classic. Now Iron Wolf I think that is possibly the worst roller coaster in the whole world. It is not that old and it is the most bumpy ride ever!

by **SkaterDude518** on June 18th, 2003, 10:34 pm

Are you nuts....Iron Wolf its the most intense B&M coaster out. I think that Iron Wolf is fun. Moving on, I do not want any coaster or ride to be removed, but I think that Whizzer or American Eagle are the next to go :cry:

. I love both rides, but you never know. With all the probles with Déjà Vu

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by **SFGAMNUT9302** on June 18th, 2003, 11:05 pm

Iron Wolf isn't my favoite, but I never want to see it torn down! in my opinion SFGAm really needs to start Adding coasters again without removing any. Look at it this way, Shock Wave was able to make it all these years with the addition of SW territory, and several other coasters. And then was removed for a coaster that doesnt take up much space at all! Same thing with Sky Whirl. I just hope we dont see a removal of another ride any time soon.

R.I.P. Deja Vu 10/07/01-10/28/07

I love IW. Its not rough at all. And I agree with what chitown said on the other page. I dont want any rides to go but if I had to choose one then it would be the Demon. I love that ride but I just think it eill be the next one to go.

by **GamRCFreak** on June 19th, 2003, 12:14 am

I actually heard a rumor a little while ago that the demon might be taken out. It doesn't have the crowds it once had and has become a stereotypical arrow looper. Demon also has a large enough footprint that they might fit a medium sized coaster in there.That would be a strange day when you are crossing the Train tracks by SW Territory and there is no Demon tunnel or corkscrew going over your head.A downside to Demon leaving though would be that with shockwave gone, the Demon is the only traditional sitdown looper in the park. I definately would not want to see it go, unless it was for something new and exciting and one of a kind.I'm sick of clones at this point. Up untill we got V2 and Superman SFGam didn't have a clone. It had a few twins, [Deja Vu, Demon(Turn of the Century), Whizzer, Tidal Wave, Shockwave] but all were a bit original.

by **SFGAMNUT9302** on June 19th, 2003, 1:00 am

I don't care if a rides a clone or not, I love S:UF. But removing a huge great America land mark like Shock Wave to get a small clone of another parks original design gets me mad. S:UF is a great ride, but it easily could have been placed in the parking lot next to SSA. Hey, SFGADv put their S:UF in the parking lot and left their Arrow Mega looper alone.IMHO, I would much rather see this: http://rcdb.com/installationgallery1976 ... ure=55Than just this: http://rcdb.com/installationgallery1977 ... ture=3When walking up to a park.

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