Correct me if I am wrong but did the park not announce that the Whizzer would be dismantled prior to the Shockwave accident? If so then tell me how they could have done it as a cover up.
Wow, that incident had to be pretty freaky to the people riding that train. How was GA able to cover that up so well? I mean, when train gets stuck at the top of a lift hill for more than 10 minutes you almost always see a camera crew out there. I realize that nobody was hurt, but you think it would've gotten out somehow. Was Shockwave open anymore after that? I don't remember when it officially closed that year. Also, wasn't a wheel assembly malfunction also thought to have been the leading cause of the accident on Big Thunder Mountain this past summer? If that was the case, it seems that it was very lucky that the ops were in a position to see what was happening and were able to shut things down. Anyone have any more info?
I'm gonna twist ya, and I'm gonna flip ya. Every time you squeal, I'm just gonna go faster and harder.
Shock Wave did not reopen after the accident. It was SBNO from 8/3/02 - 9/22/02 when they began dismanteling it.
I don't know how they managed to keep it off the news but they did.
When Deja Vu vallied in May of 2002 it was on the news because i just got home from college that weekend and i saw it on TV. They were stuck for three hours and the fire trucks had to come out to get them off.
I remember saying on this site that the Whizzer was a cover up. The park wanted to take down the ride for years. The wheel assembly accident was the excuse they needed to finally take it down. They could have fixed it but they decided to take it down instead.
SFGAm Shock Wave wrote:I don't know how they managed to keep it off the news but they did.
I'm pretty sure no one was seriousley injured.
I read rumors all the time on sites..........me believing them is a different story .
The dumbest rumors I have heard in my opinion is B:TR getting VFD trains, ShockWave being assembled where Winners Circle/SSA is, SFMM getting a hyper woodie, X replacing Eagle, Dueling 500ft. Impulses at CP, and more.