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Postby IronWolf12 on July 19th, 2006, 8:17 pm
I would also take out Jester's Wild Ride and put in a power dive
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Postby greatamerican on July 19th, 2006, 8:23 pm
for all the people that said they should take down deja vu:

it's an awesome ride when it's working and what else are they gonna put there? there isn't enough room for anything that could match it's awesomeness.
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Postby Mr. SFGAm on July 19th, 2006, 8:52 pm
Get rid of Deja Vu and replace it with a Giant Frisbee. That could match Vu's greatness 10 times over in my opinion.

Then, remove Revolution and replace it with a classic flat like a Tilt-A-Whirl, Ferris Wheel, or a Hay Baler type ride.
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Postby EagleFan344 on July 19th, 2006, 8:58 pm
Deja Vu isnt going anywhere.
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Postby Mr. SFGAm on July 19th, 2006, 9:00 pm
^I know it's not, but that doesn't mean I can't wish that it would. After all, the topic is "Opinion"
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 19th, 2006, 9:13 pm
Revy is better than a giant frisbee, I thought the giant frisbees were so boring, no force, barely any spin, all it has is speed.

Take out:
1. Hometown Fun Machine
2. King Chaos

REPLACE:
1. Topple Tower
2. Giant Top Spin
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Postby greatamerican on July 19th, 2006, 9:21 pm
they should also get rid of fiddler's fling and yeah revolution kinda sucks but they should replace fid with a ferris wheel and probably for looks, take down that flinstones ferris wheel.
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Postby revolutiongurl on July 19th, 2006, 10:08 pm
Hmmm, let's think here.....
First of all, revy stay. I can't think up how anybody would think it sucks. That's just my opinion, though. And also, I like Wolf, but I think another SMOOTHER stand-up in it's place would be nice. Take out Fling, put in ferris wheel, greatamerican I like that idea. Every park needs a ferris wheel, it's like a classic. Take Roaring Rapids or Yankee Clipper, put in floorless (alot of people have said this I know). I saw a topic not too long ago that Ragin' Cajun could be enclosed inside SSA. I think this is a great idea. Either extend that floorless :wink: or add another flat, like a less neck-hurting tilt-a-whirl. No offense to Fling. I also think GA could another kiddy flat. I saw the need for this when I went with Adrianna, the little girl we babysit. She's seven, and I'm sorry, a bit of a wimp, but anyway I noticed there wasn't that much for her to do.
Well now she's not that much of a scaredy-cat cause today I went to the Kane County fair and took her on this Trailblazer ride that was bigger and faster, and she loved it![/i]
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Postby greatamerican on July 20th, 2006, 10:20 am
some of those fair rides like the trailblazer kind are really nauseating. just sayin
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Postby iluvthebullforever on July 20th, 2006, 10:37 am
I would take out Hometown Fun Machine and Whizzer. I would use the space of those two rides to build a newer family coaster that is bigger. It wuld still be a family coaster but a bigger and newer one.
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Postby ragingbullrocks867 on July 20th, 2006, 10:41 am
Take out:
Demon
Iron Wolf



Replace:
Medusa
Mr. freeze

I hate bumpy rides take them out!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Postby joker on July 21st, 2006, 4:10 pm
demon is a classic. i dont see them taking it anytime soon, since it fits so perfect in it's space.
i could see them take out the iron wolf and replace it with a new custom roller coaster.
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Postby Sedir on July 21st, 2006, 4:42 pm
Iron Wolf isn't bumpy there's just headbanging on that ride because you're going rather fast when you hit the sharp turns and the corkscrew.
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 21st, 2006, 5:36 pm
There is always the age factor, rollercoasters don't live forever, they will start to act up and may stop working. It costs a lot more to upkeep an old ride, especially steel. Wooden coasters usually last longer.
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Postby Suf03sfgam on July 22nd, 2006, 3:53 am
revolutiongurl wrote:I heard from someone here a month or two ago that Roaring Rapids is taking up alot of space, and besides we have an entire waterpark right next door. If I were to choose a coaster though, I'm sorry to say Vu would be my choice. It just has so many breakdowns, and besides my sister Anna actually blacked out for a couple seconds on it......OK, I'm sorry, G-forces or not it just doesn't seem safe.

That's just my opinion, though. I've only been a coaster lover since March....
I'm not that, well, experienced.
Just because a ride "breaks down alot" doesnt mean that it isnt safe...
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Postby Ilovthevu' on July 22nd, 2006, 12:57 pm
I don't see what you are worried about. You have a seatbelt on, plus a harness that locks, and a seatbelt holding the harness to it. Do you really know why the ride breaks down a lot??? It breaks down for three main reasons. There are others, but they are minor. One is the miscatching mostly on the first tower. The catchcar (The little purple thing that attaches the train) does catch it. Big deal. It will stop.And yet it's not safe??? This doesn't happen that often.

A lot has to do with the fact that weights to change over time, and gravity can play tricks. Is there a standard weight on this ride?? Also, during downpours of rain, the ride will go slower up the towers. I noticed this on V2. The wheels can't grip the track as they usually would.

The second one is the fact that it misparks. What pretell does this mean? This means that it catches the train, comes down to the station, and it then parks in the wrong place in the station. When the mechanics are there, this literally takes about 5 seconds. This is happening a lot this year, and the really main reason why it's down, and then it opens up again.

The third and final one of why it breaks down is the fact that on the second tower, the train goes up it, and catches it in the wrong place. So, why does it break down? Well, it doesn't catch it in the right place because it won't have enough speed to make it catch on the other side. It also has a possibility of getting stuck in the cobra roll. So, all it does is go back down, come back up, and drop you. This doesn't take that long.

So are you really safe?? YES!!
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Postby andyvball93 on July 23rd, 2006, 8:50 pm
Take out revolution and put in a SKyhawk or switch the seats so their facing away from the pendulum

Then i say get rid of the go karts and build an X that goes over some of the Parking lot :D
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Postby joker on July 23rd, 2006, 10:43 pm
i think 'X' is out of the question
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Postby Suf03sfgam on July 24th, 2006, 3:44 am
Nothing is out of the question, The Sky is the Limit!!! I think if SFMM goes under, most if not all of the rides will be relocated to other parks. I see their top 5 parks getting some good stuff like, X, scream, ect, ect. along with other smaller parks in the chain getting attention as well.
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Postby ragingbullchick on July 24th, 2006, 9:37 am
Take out either Hometown Fun Machine and replace it with a Tilt-A-Whirl, or River Rocker and replace it with another ride like Cajun Cliffhanger or Power Dive.


Yes, I do understand that there is almost no possiblilty that the second one would happen, but if it did, I'd love it.
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Postby andyvball93 on July 24th, 2006, 9:38 am
Yea and they would propbably give us X Scream or Superman because we already have all the other types of rides at SFMM
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Postby andyvball93 on July 24th, 2006, 9:40 am
Tilt o Whirl's arent fun, but Power Dive would be fun
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Postby joker on July 24th, 2006, 3:46 pm
Suf03sfgam wrote:Nothing is out of the question, The Sky is the Limit!!! I think if SFMM goes under, most if not all of the rides will be relocated to other parks. I see their top 5 parks getting some good stuff like, X, scream, ect, ect. along with other smaller parks in the chain getting attention as well.

well yea; the sky is the limit. but i was trying to think more of
our space, and where we could put X.
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Postby rb1 on July 24th, 2006, 4:50 pm
well yea; the sky is the limit. but i was trying to think more of
our space, and where we could put X.[/quote]

Parking Lot next to HH where they had the Tony Hawk Boom Boom Huck Jam they could put both Scream and X in there since nobody parks there anyways and they have enough extra paking for people to go to even if they put rides in that area.
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Postby Ilovthevu' on July 24th, 2006, 5:35 pm
Why should our park get two coasters, or even one of those coasters? Look at some of these other parks, and you shall see how many parks need them. Besides, Magic Mountain isn't officially closed yet, so please hold your horses.
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