Can you say, Hurricane Harbor?

[LaTiNoObSeSeDSFGAm]

I never been to a water park ( well when I was little ) so I wouldnt know what a master blaster is....Can anybody show me or like tell me what it does thanks.

[Aero737]

S:UF's line isn't 3 hours it's more like 1 1/2 on a normal busy day.

I havent been to the park during the day since June 2nd ish

[Ilovthevu']

For Latinoobsesedfsfgam: (Sorry, if that's chopped up.)

This is a Master Blaster.
http://www.magicwaterswaterpark.com/blaster.asp

It has either a conveyor belt to bring the tubes to the top with people in it or it will have a conveyor belt just to bring the tubes to the top of a tower.

It is just like a normal waterslide, but instead of just going downhill, it has water jets which push the rafts to the top of the other hill and then there are more drops of the same. There is also usually enclosed parts of the ride where you twist and turn.

Also, the Abyss at Magic Waters cost the park somewhere between 1.0 million- 1.5 million dollars. It includes 2 enclosed tube slides. I forget how much Splashblaster cost.

[Binks Drake]

I'm not surpirsed the parts are arriving this early. I mean it's not one coaster it's a whole extra park. Even if it's not that big they not a only have to lay concrete or whatever, but they have to build gift shops, restaurants, and obviously, all the rides. Even if its not that big. I mean, look how long it took them to re-do Mardi gras, and all the "Cirque Electrique" and teh crystal palace, and the Bayou grill, were all already there!

[LaTiNoObSeSeDSFGAm]

You have a point ^ but remember they MIGHT have an extra month why because in my opinion I think that the water park wont open till June 2005.

[sfgamer]

What E-mail did you email me at?

[LaTiNoObSeSeDSFGAm]

What E-mail did you email me at?

Are you talking to me?

[da rcman2001]

A master blaster is an uphill water slide. Its compared to a roller coaster. Its manufactured by a company in texas that made the shlitterbahn waterparks that are the #1 waterpark in the world supposedly, and a master baster is like theintamin rocket coaster for the waterpark industry. Its the newest and best and every park wants one.

Now about the ride, its a 2 person raft ride, but instead of only using drops and turns for fun, it has a launching lift hill too. They can drop down hills, and go through turns, but they can be launched up a hill by water jets on the bottom of the slide. They shoot up in the direction of the lift hill, pushing the raft up the hill.

[sfgamer]

Yes I am talking to you errr. Just pm me okay.

[Binks Drake]

You have a point ^ but remember they MIGHT have an extra month why because in my opinion I think that the water park wont open till June 2005.

You're probably right, there really wouldn't be a point to opening a waterpark in may in the Chicago area. (Not that I want to start any rumors.)

[planea380]

Actually Schliterbahn made NBGS not the other way around...They Currently are sister companies owned by one guy.

[Soxman]

I will be shocked if the park is up and running by July of 2005. They will have so much land prep to do and we are not just talking one ride, but a whole park. My guess would be the park will open for 2006. Even in the conference call they were speaking of funding for 2005. That means the money will be available in 2005 not 2004 to start construction.

If I am right (I could be wrong) that means no new coasters til at least 2007. I am starting to think this is a bad idea. They are going to rip up parking and there will be no way possible to have enough parking for two gates. Talking to other people they do not seem thrilled with the thought of standing in line for a coaster with soaking wet people around them.

The park has been hyped on the boards without people really thinking of all the cons. There are many of them and I know some people on the site believe Great America can do no harm with their decisions. You have to think about all the pros and cons and come up with your own decision.

Note: Remember how long it took them just to get Vu standing. Not operating, but just standing.

[sixflagsguy5]

I haven't been online the whole weekend I'm so happy that we have supports now!

[Virtua Tennis]

Do you think they'd build a park without knowing what they're doing? It should be ready for 2005, I don't see why not if they start within the next few weeks (Boom Bay at PGA was put up pretty fast). About parking, its apparent they'll have to do something, if they don't, well then that would be sad.

[sfgamer]

I will tell you the reason why Vu took a long time. The guy at my church said that sfgam had donated some pieces to other sf parks but sfgam made a mistake and they really needed those parts.

[da rcman2001]

The reason Vu took so long to costruct is that the train flew off the track in georgia, so we had to donate a piece of track and parts of a train I believe to them. After that, six flags inc. seud Vecoma for crappy rides, making the company bankruped. After forever, the ride finally opened in october, but the ride got stuck in the boomerang all the time because of the temperature and probibly some engineering problems otherwise.

I think the park will go up just fine. Water slides are easy to assemble and I know six flags can do it becasue it only took them one off season to build sfne's hurricane harbor add on to the existing waterpark.

BTW, if you think that the waterpark wont be ready because mardi gras wasnt and its way smaller, think of the amount of construction workers that will work on this site. In mardi gras, they started construction in APRIL for a MAY opening, and you'd be luckly to see more than 10 guys on the site.

[Soxman]

Of course they know what they are doing - They have built the same park before. Who knows if it going to be an exact clone, but they have built a water park before.

Boomerang Bay was built inside another park. This is going to have its very own gate and they have a lot of work to do. The land prep alone will take some time. Remove the concrete parking lot - excavate the land - hopefully build more than 5 attractions - food stands - park gate - bathrooms - ....the list goes on. Then they have to test and check the attractions.

No way it will be ready for memorial day (in my opinion). They build rides in maybe an offseason - they do not build great parks. If they rush the project the new park will be crap.

[Great America Guy]

And this guy works for Great America right. Woww sfgamer, you have the most random responses I have ever heard

[Soxman]

Great America Guy - If your response was towards my it is called common sense. You don't have to work at a park to understand how the business works. You don't just expect them to throw down a park do you? Once again if they do not take their time and effort to build the park it will be crap.

[w00dland]

I will tell you the reason why Vu took a long time. The guy at my church said that sfgam had donated some pieces to other sf parks but sfgam made a mistake and they really needed those parts.

I think you should get everybody at your church to join these forums, since that's where you seem to get 3/4's of your information.

[SammyTheSparerib]

In response to "Let's say that the park revealed the plans for RB before it opened..."

SFGAm did more than that; they revealed the plans for RB in February 1998. See

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&l ... d55&rnum=7

I suspect that they wanted ample time in case the Village Board rejected the tallest, longest coaster in the park's history. Signs teasing a new attraction went up during Fright Fest. I don't know why S:UF was announced so late, but PR was determined to stick to the the official announcement date.

From the 2-5-03 Daily Herald:
"Storey said the public relations department basically knew the cat was out of the bag, but officials weren't allowed to release the name or theme of the new coaster before Tuesday."

[Great America Guy]

Great America Guy - If your response was towards my it is called common sense. You don't have to work at a park to understand how the business works. You don't just expect them to throw down a park do you? Once again if they do not take their time and effort to build the park it will be crap.

Thats why i used Sfgamer in my post

[Ilovthevu']

Considering that this waterpark is supposed to be in the parking lot, it's much easier to do work on it then how Mardi Gras was. There is no way that they would have people work during normal operating hours because that area is where people walk through. They could always fence off an area in the parking lot.

For D Vu, I don't expect much when you have a new company such as Vekoma in a park. A smaller coaster is not much for SFGAm to deal with, but something with D Vu's size is very difficult to deal with. On top of that, they were supposed to have two coasters that year. Also, SFGAm didn't use Intamin for awhile on a rollercoaster since Am E was put up.

This how much good amusement park relationships work. Let's think about Mardi Gras for a second. The Zamperla rides were up first (Jester's Wild Ride, and Big Easy Balloons). They had a lot of dealings with Zamperla including River Rocker, Trailblazer, and Chubasco. The last ride that they bought directly from Huss was probably Big Top. Revolution, and Condor were from other places. This is how come SFGAm had the troubles with Triple Play, and KC this year. Reverchon was also new.

The best relationship that I see is B&M. SUF was up on time because of the close working of SFGAm and them. So, basically I believe that there will be brand new relationships opening with a new waterpark. However, putting up water rides should be easier than rollercoasters.

[Soxman]

I am not trying to compare the project to Mardi Gras. My point is that if the park is going to open in Summer 2005 then they will have to take a year project and compact it into a six month project. Not very smart.

Mardi Gras is nice, but it could have been a lot better if they didn't rush it.

[sixflagsguy5]

Does anybody have pictures of the new supports that arrived.