Is there any possible room for new coasters?

[SFGAmfreak4life]

Thanks for posting those great pics chiatrain.

[CoasterMan629]

Well there could be room for a coaster next to American Eagle, except I doubt that the station/ shed or queue line will be in the tent with American Eagle.On the black and white shot of the park, there is alot of land for a coaster, the lake is owned by SFGAm, and it couls weeve some how in between there or somthing.I also think they should just get John Wardley in a meeting, give him a shot of the park, tell him there will be NO rides to be removed. I would love to see what he would come up with, considering he designed Raging Bull too. I would really love to see a vertical drop roller coaster by B&M, or something. Or a floorless coaster would be really awesome! My dream would be them getting a station or somthing underground! That would be the greatest I think!

[SFGAmfreak4life]

Yeah get him in a meeting. I would like to see what he could fit around or in the park.

[SfGaMownz]

4-D .

[T_Biggs]

Forget Wardley, get more Stengel rides. From what I gathered, Batman and clones are Stengel's work. (RCDB check Vampire at La Ronde.) Not that Wardley's ride's look boring or anything, quite the contrary, but Stengel's designs seem to be graceful and convulted at the same time.

[SFGAmfreak4life]

Interesting point of view T_Biggs. It sounds good.

[CoasterMan629]

But Wardley did Raging Bull, If Im correct. I think it is a very unique and fun layout.

[SFGAmfreak4life]

Both rides are unique and both rides are great. I say get both of them together and have them make a new coaster.

[ericleister]

I wonder what they would come up with. No dout somthing awsome.Any one now what the most sensibal coaster six flags would get? I don't now. I mean with the space thats around and all.Well I don't mean to kinda repeat the forum question

[Mforce300]

well there was always the really dumb rumor of SFGAm buying the large mass of land across from the highway but that won't ever happen. But i could see a ride fitting very easily by the pictorium. but not a large one because we need a under 54" ride. Also we all know that we won't get a new coaster untill 2005 so lets hope Deja Vu goes horrible wrong before then. But if we do get a new ride i hope it's a intimin or a B&M ride.

[RagingBullFan]

Actually thats not a rumor, SFGAm does own the land on the other side of I-94, But what they are planning to put there is a waterpark, hotel/conference center, and entertainment complex. This was all approved a few years ago, however SFGAm has 5 years to start construction since the approval of their permit to build ( Check the village of Gurnee website to read more on when the permit was approved.) And I believe that this permit runs out at the end of this year.

[Aero737]

Yes, Six Flags does own the land across 94 but dont expect to see an addition to Great America over there. It would be impossible with cost and approval to get any ride going over or under the highway. It would even be tough to put a tunnel or a overpass over. The cost of putting an addition to GAm on the other side of 94 is just too high. I would think that they would build hotels or something along the lines of that. I dont think they would build a water park either. There are lots of them around the Chicago area.Oh and kyle...arnt you supposed to be in school?? LOL

[CoasterMan629]

Yea, I just do not think that there will be an addition over there anytime soon.

[CoolKevinD23]

I think they can take out the whizzer and put a new and better ride in there. They also can put a new ride in by superman. The also have room by roaring rapids if the do it right. Or the can take out ice mountian splash and put in a better water ride and put in a smaller coaster. I wish some day six flags great america could compete with Cedar Ponit. They just have the best coasters in the world.

[NoUseForAName]

I also have a good feeling that a new coaster would go where SSA and the go-carts are. That whole area is kind of odd. Definately a new coaster would fit there perfectly.

[coastrcorey]

I highly doubt... Actually, I know SFGAm won't be able to compete with Cedar Point. For one thing, they're two completely different parks. And, Great America won't have the capability (most-likely) to have 16 roller coasters any time soon. Cedar Point's already got some of the best coasters in the world, and Great America's are great, but I'm thinking it sounds like CP's are better. So, I wouldn't even think about the two ever competing.

[NoUseForAName]

I don't think Great America would ever get matching attendance without a "resort" type atmosphere around it anyway.

[coasterzak]

The park has been there for 25+ years... nothing is a surprised to the neighbors. Maybe SF could help relocate them and purchase their land! (Like that would ever happen...)

[T_Biggs]

Cedar Point's already got some of the best coasters in the world, and Great America's are great, but I'm thinking it sounds like CP's are better.

But Cedar Point doesn't go with new rides anymore. They like to copy us! They stole the tallest woodie record from us in 1991, built Raptor just 2 years after we got Batman (the first non-SF inverted. Funny thing about Batman is, in the grafiti wall, one phrase is "Whats the point?" A rip on CP or not? You decide.) They got Mantis after SFGAm re-pioneered the stand-up, built a giga-(semi)twister a year after we built a hyper-twister, a year after we got an impulse, they get the world's largest and most twisted impulse. Then, a year after that, they copy us again, and built an unreliable, short, but extremely satisfying coaster! Plus, we had a vekoma kiddie a year before them! They even copy our kiddie rides!Plus, they have 3 (or 4) coasters that are identical in design (not layout though.) Cedar Creek Mine Ride, Gemini, and Magnum XL 200 are all just Arrow mine trains. Each growing more and more outragously big.Not that there is anything wrong with copying from the ones who lead the way in pioneering rides. (Well, as of 1999... Hopefully we get a brand new design for the next new coaster.)

[NoUseForAName]

But Wardley did Raging Bull, If Im correct. I think it is a very unique and fun layout.

Im really confused. They didn't have B&M design Bull Wardley design it and B&M just used his design? Interesting.

[T_Biggs]

Yeah, he also designed Nemisis, and B&M built it. I think he designed Oblivion and AIR, too. He was probably involved with Collossus (the Intamin 10 inversion at Thorpe Park) and Nemisis Inferno, too. Those 2 I'm not sure of, though. I didn't really know he did Raging Bull, though, but then again, until recently I had no idea that Werner Stengel was involved with Batman the Ride and clones.

[coasterswimgurl12]

"whats the point?" i dont get it...... why is that in grafiti on the batman wall??? and there also is "if you build it, they will come." wut does that have to do w/ batman....anything at all???

[T_Biggs]

I probably look at it too much, but I always thought "If you build it, they will come" was refering to the fact it was a brand new, never before seen or attempted design. Surprisingly, it remains true over 10 years later. Not 3+ hour lines anymore, though. I probably just look at the wall way too much, but there are hidden-in-plain-sight messages on the wall in Gotham City Park, so maybe the grafitti wall has messages as well.

[coasterzak]

That's awesome. What's the point... I really like that a lot. Very very ironic.

[NoUseForAName]

Batman's Grafitti wall is very ironic. If you build it, they will come and What's the point? and there is lots of them that relate to other "coaster" topics.