david wrote::'( You just don't do that to a coaster! You don't just rip it out like that! LITERALLY RIPPING IT!
But, what is fun is hearing the horribly loud bangs when they just let the track fall. But still, cruel. That better not happen to Wolfie, or I will bleed me heart out!
I know what u mean If you are a serious amusement park person like myself and have ever seen the riverview demolition pics in Chuck Wlodarczyk's boon "Riverview Gone But Not Forgotten" it is one of the hardest sights you can see. Sure the banging and crashing is fun, but that fun doesnt compare to the fun that we remember actually riding the ride. Other hard sights include Clelbration City, SFNO, SF Ohio, Crazy King Ludwig's (Anyone remember that in Wisconsin Dells?) etc.
BLADE wrote::......... speaks volumes about what GrAd is offering it's customers.
^^^^^Apparently you missed this in my post.^^^^^
scipiomask wrote: ^ You don't know what you're talking about, because you don't live in the area. Plenty of my neighbors tell me that they don't go to GADV anymore because it's grimy and everything is old. Dorney and Hershey, meanwhile, are getting coaster after thrill ride after this while we've gotten Wiggles World, TDK and a rehab on an 10-year-old coaster. It was good for LITTLE KIDS, but not for families. Which means the park hasn't gotten anything new for thrill seekers OR families since 2006. I know, I know, you haven't gotten a thrill since 2003 but you've gotten family attractions basically every year since then. And you have no direct competition. We do. Competition is real.
My school, which is about an hour from GADV and 2 1/2 hrs. from Dorney goes to DORNEY every year because GADV is "dirty". Dorney takes crowd because it has a better rep. The longer we go without a new thrill ride, the better Dorney looks, even if they get cleverly disguised hand-me-downs.
So how exactly is adding Chang going to make the park less grimy and less old??? How is Chang going to make the park less "dirty" and how is Chang going to give the park a better rep??? Is Chang some kind of magic sorcerer or park manager that none of us no about? If Wiggles World is not good for familes in your opinion, then what is it good for? A Daycare? Are Little Kids not part of families in your world? And I'm the one who doesn't know what I'm talking about, huh? Wow you go to school.......
Let me explain this to you slowly. Chang will attract people to come back to the park and give it another chance. Once they see the park has improved, they'll keep coming back.
How will plopping down a coaster make people think that the park improved? If they paint it red, half the people wouldn't know that it's a new ride different than GASM.
what he meant was how people stopped going to Gadv because they thought it was dirty. People might see the new standup coaster and go to the park. The park has improved over the past few years. When people see that, they may come back to the park
david wrote:I'm nearly positive that Iron Wolf will not have a send-off party. They'll just sort of do what they did with Deja Vu'. The ACErs will know about it, but the GP won't find out.
Did Iron Wolf save you're park? No? Didn't think so.
^What is that even supposed to mean? Iron Wolf was an addition to the park in the 1980's. It wasn't meant to save the park. It brought customers back then and it still brings customers now. GAm wasn't in the situation your park is. PLEASE DO NOT JUST QUOTE THAT LET ME FINISH. Even so, your park has been getting loads of customers for Kingda Ka and El Toro, etc. Your park attracts just as many people as ours by your rides as our good service.
Last Visit, American Eagle BACKWARDS 5 times in a row right before the park closed. I cannot WAIT to go back for Fright Fest!
^Galvan said to stop the bickering. But did you even read what anyone had said? Another reason why GASM saved GAdv was because of the Haunted House fire. That scared off a ton of people.
RagingFanatic wrote:^What is that even supposed to mean? Iron Wolf was an addition to the park in the 1980's. It wasn't meant to save the park. It brought customers back then and it still brings customers now. GAm wasn't in the situation your park is. PLEASE DO NOT JUST QUOTE THAT LET ME FINISH. Even so, your park has been getting loads of customers for Kingda Ka and El Toro, etc. Your park attracts just as many people as ours by your rides as our good service.
Iron Wolf was brought in 1990 to fill the 3 year old empty space that was created when Z Force left on the ride rotation program. It was cheap, only 4 mil. Corporate was dragging it's feet on getting a replacement, so GrAm went and did it on their own. GrAm had worked with the B&M guys on Z Force and decided to give them a chance. At least that's what I remember.
Before I posted that I thought it was just Chang's and didn't see the picture. Chang's is probably still at GAm.
Nerd? No. If its going to be themed to Green Lantern you know the oath is going to be hammered into you're head some how. And I just copied it on wikipedia haha.
Newer generation standups like Riddlers Revenge and Chang don't lock the seats then check the restraints, they do both at the same time making the loading faster.
BP/19 wrote:Newer generation standups like Riddlers Revenge and Chang don't lock the seats then check the restraints, they do both at the same time making the loading faster.
Wasn't it rumored for Iron Wolf to convert to the "New Generation"?
"I've been told that some part of every wish will be heard but lately I lost sight of the truth in those words."
LITERALLY RIPPING IT!