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Postby great america fan on June 24th, 2014, 4:41 pm
if you could get ride in the park what would yours be

mine would be the go karts in Yukon territory since they replaced BBNP and they make an area that's was quiet and peaceful seem like a high way
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Postby Viper 88 on June 24th, 2014, 8:21 pm
Counting it as a ride I would most definately have to say Hurricane Harbor. Now if thats going to get peoples knicker's in a bunch then I will also say Bucaneer Battle. Choose accordingly to which you would rather see gone.
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Postby kossdude1 on June 24th, 2014, 9:46 pm
^ Why Hurricane Harbor? It's dramatically increased park attendance since it opened it 2005.

If I could get rid of a ride, I would also choose the GoKarts. By removing them, that would give the park a great opportunity to fix up and get the theme of Yukon back
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Postby Brewersdawg828 on June 24th, 2014, 10:04 pm
I'd want the go carts and bb removed for the reasoning that it could open a fairly large piece of land to make a new coaster lot
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Postby Chitown on June 24th, 2014, 10:07 pm
Viper 88 wrote:Counting it as a ride I would most definately have to say Hurricane Harbor. Now if thats going to get peoples knicker's in a bunch then I will also say Bucaneer Battle. Choose accordingly to which you would rather see gone.


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Postby Coaster Justin on June 24th, 2014, 10:08 pm
I won't say Go Karts or Buccaneer Battle cause they've been done. So I'll go with 2 new ones:

- King Chaos
- V2
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Postby Foltzy on June 24th, 2014, 10:17 pm
Go karts definetly.
Bring back Yukon theme. and themes for all areas
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Postby Cryptkeeper on June 24th, 2014, 11:36 pm
Buccaneer Battle.

Not only because I never see it with a line (granted, I never go to the park in July), but it also resides in the place of where my favorite ride used to be. For BB ride to occupy the same space in the park...just a travesty. :)

It's too bad no one had their thinking cap on when they installed that ride and instead placed it in the water park. I'm sure it would get a lot more traffic if it was there.
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Postby coasterlove on June 25th, 2014, 1:27 am
I'd have to also say Buccaneer Battle (but I gotta ride it once first though) or the go-karts. If I was going to say something else though, I would definitely say American Eagle. It seems to get rougher every year and just takes up an insane amount of space. Some things I would like is the RMC treatment but doubtful that will happen anytime soon since they seem to be really busy right now. Otherwise, I'd be fine if it was taken down and replaced by one fairly big coaster and maybe another moderate sized coaster or big flat ride.
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Postby skibum101184 on June 25th, 2014, 8:13 am
Coaster Justin wrote:I won't say Go Karts or Buccaneer Battle cause they've been done. So I'll go with 2 new ones:

- King Chaos
- V2


In my opinion, I guess V2 could go, but what else could you put there?
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Postby super7 on June 25th, 2014, 12:22 pm
I agree with the go karts! They have absoultely runined that area of the park and have nothing to do with the theme. That would be an excellent spot for a yukon-themed dark ride in a mountain facade.

Buccaneer Battle is also totally out of theme.

Batman The Ride should be removed, and replaced with a shuttle coaster (like Mr Freeze) that fits in that area. Then the park could get an updated B & M inverted like King's Island's Banshee, which is 100 times better. Batman was designed to be jammed into a space that wasn't intended to have a full size coaster.
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Postby skibum101184 on June 25th, 2014, 1:38 pm
super7 wrote:I agree with the go karts! They have absoultely runined that area of the park and have nothing to do with the theme. That would be an excellent spot for a yukon-themed dark ride in a mountain facade.

Buccaneer Battle is also totally out of theme.

Batman The Ride should be removed, and replaced with a shuttle coaster (like Mr Freeze) that fits in that area. Then the park could get an updated B & M inverted like King's Island's Banshee, which is 100 times better. Batman was designed to be jammed into a space that wasn't intended to have a full size coaster.


Yeah but in my opinion, for being B&M's first invert, Batman still packs a punch in that small space. It also packs a punch compared to other, newer B&M inverts out there.
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Postby AirTimeDaz on June 25th, 2014, 1:46 pm
I don't know if this is a "get rid of a ride" but a re-imagining of a ride. I would love a Maverick style redesign of Demon. I mentioned this before here.

And Bucaneer Battle could be ripped out by the roots as far as i'm concerend.
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Postby Goku1910 on June 25th, 2014, 2:22 pm
If we're talking specifically about coasters....Demon and V2 should die next.

Buccaneer Battle is one flat ride (if you consider it a flat) that really needs to die. Besides that, our park has a really good selection of flats. BB should be replaced with an S&S Screaming Swing. They don't look like much but once you go on one you understand how good it really is.
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Postby CoasterCale on June 26th, 2014, 5:25 pm
super7 wrote:
Batman The Ride should be removed, and replaced with a shuttle coaster (like Mr Freeze) that fits in that area. Then the park could get an updated B & M inverted like King's Island's Banshee, which is 100 times better. Batman was designed to be jammed into a space that wasn't intended to have a full size coaster.


I'm not sure if the locking is different or something, why don't we just get the updated Trains? There is no point in spending money to tear and ride down and replace it with What Seems to be the Same Thing in the Public's eye.
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Postby xcheetaht on June 26th, 2014, 5:49 pm
Winner's Circle Go-Karts.
It can be relocated to Gurnee Mills for NASCAR speedpark. :lol:
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Postby sfgam-fan on June 26th, 2014, 6:17 pm
Goku1910 wrote:If we're talking specifically about coasters....Demon and V2 should die next.

Buccaneer Battle is one flat ride (if you consider it a flat) that really needs to die. Besides that, our park has a really good selection of flats. BB should be replaced with an S&S Screaming Swing. They don't look like much but once you go on one you understand how good it really is.



V2 has such a small footprint that unless they need it gone so they can do a radical redesign of the flumes area I think V2 is here to stay. And it's the only LIM in the park, so it adds coaster diversity.

Demon is next. RIP
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Postby RollingCoasting on June 26th, 2014, 6:21 pm
Yeah, Demon's out in a couple of years. I honestly won't care when it's gone. When on it once in 2012, hated it.
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Postby Batman92 on June 26th, 2014, 8:54 pm
While Demon is not that good of a ride, a lot of people consider it a classic, so it's probably here to stay for a while.

I honestly don't care what they do with BB. I've never been a fan of that type of ride.
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Postby Jackluver18 on June 26th, 2014, 9:30 pm
I'd say Go Karts and V2 as well.
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Postby Foltzy on June 26th, 2014, 9:34 pm
But with v2. The lot is rather skinny. I'd rather keep a decent coaster instead of a flat or two
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Postby BBH on June 27th, 2014, 6:29 pm
Undoubtedly, unquestionably, and most definitely Demon.
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Postby Tardis1972 on June 27th, 2014, 7:16 pm
I would remove the three point challenge and move Hometown Fun Machine there so HTFM is in a better location than it is now.
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Postby SFGAmFan12 on June 27th, 2014, 7:23 pm
BBH wrote:Undoubtedly, unquestionably, and most definitely Demon.


I went on Demon last weekend and it was strangely smoother than I remember. My ride on that was better than Batman:TR. I don't see the park taking out another coaster for a few years. I say take out Batman and Whirligig, take ERC to RCs spot and take out BBs overflow and remove Batman arcade, shrink the midway down in that area to a more normal size and there's a good sized lot open for a major new ride. Demon would be awesome if they would do some theming updates to it and I think something that unique should overrule a chain park-coaster.
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Postby CoasterCale on June 27th, 2014, 7:41 pm
SFGAmFan12 wrote:
BBH wrote:Undoubtedly, unquestionably, and most definitely Demon.


I went on Demon last weekend and it was strangely smoother than I remember. My ride on that was better than Batman:TR. I don't see the park taking out another coaster for a few years. I say take out Batman and Whirligig, take ERC to RCs spot and take out BBs overflow and remove Batman arcade, shrink the midway down in that area to a more normal size and there's a good sized lot open for a major new ride. Demon would be awesome if they would do some theming updates to it and I think something that unique should overrule a chain park-coaster.


As much as I hate saying this, Batman is going last much longer than Demon. Unfortunately Demon most likely will be the next to go. But don't worry, I'm sure the park will make a Big Deal about it. If B:TR just gets incredibly, unbearable rough (which I don't really see happening) the park will buy some of the 2nd Gen Trains like on Banshee.
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