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How Often do you Beleive the Rumors you Read on Roller Coaster Web Sites?

Never
9
25%
Sometimes
20
56%
Frequently
1
3%
Always 100% Sure of the Rumor
1
3%
It depends on the Web Site ex: CoasterBuzz,etc
5
14%
 
Total votes : 36

Postby SfGaMownz on January 8th, 2004, 11:53 pm
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.
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Postby SFGAm Shock Wave on January 9th, 2004, 6:54 am
Saving the Whizzer was the cover up, planning to dismantle Whizzer did happen prior to the accident.
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Postby Geno21K on January 9th, 2004, 11:33 am
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?
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Postby SFGAm Viper on January 9th, 2004, 1:28 pm
A few of the dumbest rumors I ever heard was a few years ago.

1. (2001 dumb rumor) Eagle will be knocked down and rebuilt in Steel for its anniversary.

2. (2001 also) Shockwave will be completely enclosed in tunnels and have no more OTSRs.

3. (2001+) Anything that has to do with a 4D!

4. (2003) Shockwave is gonna be rebuilt.

5. (2002) The removal of the Whizzer was fixed...it wasnt.
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Postby SFGAm Shock Wave on January 9th, 2004, 4:26 pm
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.
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Postby Chitown on January 9th, 2004, 9:49 pm
It didn't make the news because there were no injuries or deaths and the ride stopped in an upright position.

Deja-Vu has vallied a few times but that never made the news as well.
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Postby BMRider on January 10th, 2004, 2:12 am
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.
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Postby Timmy179 on January 10th, 2004, 11:20 am
Umm, I never heard of that, LIAR!!!!!
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Postby coasterswimgurl12 on January 10th, 2004, 1:58 pm
I think I may have heard something about that....but not on the news, just from around the park....i dunno :lol:
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Postby SFGAmfreak4life on January 10th, 2004, 3:14 pm
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.
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Postby BatBull14 on January 13th, 2004, 12:28 am
i think that SW should have stayed up and that S:UF should have been built over the water next to SW.
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Postby Galvan on January 13th, 2004, 2:49 pm
In an update of various websites around the internet i have came up with a few more rumors:

1. A new Ride called "WaveRunner" will be installed in the 2005 season at Great America.

2. Demon will be taken down after the 2004 season.

3. American Eagle will be removed, and in its place will be the aforementioned WaveRunner.

4. Viper will be running backwards in 2004.

Once again dont beleive what you hear on the internet.
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Postby Papas on January 27th, 2004, 12:48 pm
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 :wink:.

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.
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Postby SFGAMkid on January 27th, 2004, 10:39 pm
If you're looking for the best SW rumor, look no more!!!

http://www.sfgreatamerica.com/phpBB-2.0.4/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=139
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Postby coasterguy on January 28th, 2004, 4:50 pm
Yea it that is bad ronald admitted that he was making up stuff.
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Postby goldmember on January 28th, 2004, 5:53 pm
Yea, he came up with some really stupid ones.
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