I mean the parts are all chilling there in the parking lot last time I checked. As well as the new front water park entrance that's literally just wood posts for now. https://ibb.co/G24shQD ^bottom left is new entrance I think and top right is slide parts.
They say there isn't a spot in the park where rusting metal or peeling paint is at least 15 feet away from you.
JT2002 wrote:I mean the parts are all chilling there in the parking lot last time I checked. As well as the new front water park entrance that's literally just wood posts for now. https://ibb.co/G24shQD ^bottom left is new entrance I think and top right is slide parts.
I believe this shot is very old? The ground is still tore up on the entrance to the waterpark in the pic. And the main entrance to the park will be used to enter. That’s where the new body scanners have been installed as each park only received a few of them.
I don’t believe the park has any plan to build a new entrance from the parking lot besides the member gate. It was designed the way it was for a reason. Unless they want to make a complete standalone park and charge more than just like $10 for none pass holders, it’s entrance will continue to be by Viper.
coasterfanatic wrote:I don’t believe the park has any plan to build a new entrance from the parking lot besides the member gate. It was designed the way it was for a reason. Unless they want to make a complete standalone park and charge more than just like $10 for none pass holders, it’s entrance will continue to be by Viper.
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I agree But something was definitely up with the parking lot entrance this year because it was completely torn up but I’m sure that has all been put on hold now just like the water coaster was.
JimPanky wrote:I'm sure I'm way late on this but I can't find it. Where is Tsunami Surge going?
This isn't my photo, but you can see the footers for Tsunami Surge next to Maxx Force. I'll see if I can locate the link to the Facebook page I mooched this from.
EDIT: On April 2, 2020 in this discussion topic, gottastrata33 posted a reference to drone footage on the Above Lake County Facebook page. If you have access to Facebook, you can see it here:
I notice that the guy has added footage for Hurricane Harbor and some other Great America goodies. Sending a drone over the park is supposed to be illegal, but it still looks cool.
JT2002 wrote:I mean the parts are all chilling there in the parking lot last time I checked. As well as the new front water park entrance that's literally just wood posts for now. https://ibb.co/G24shQD ^bottom left is new entrance I think and top right is slide parts.
I believe this shot is very old? The ground is still tore up on the entrance to the waterpark in the pic. And the main entrance to the park will be used to enter. That’s where the new body scanners have been installed as each park only received a few of them.
JimPanky wrote:I'm sure I'm way late on this but I can't find it. Where is Tsunami Surge going?
This isn't my photo, but you can see the footers for Tsunami Surge next to Maxx Force. I'll see if I can locate the link to the Facebook page I mooched this from.
EDIT: On April 2, 2020 in this discussion topic, gottastrata33 posted a reference to drone footage on the Above Lake County Facebook page. If you have access to Facebook, you can see it here:
I notice that the guy has added footage for Hurricane Harbor and some other Great America goodies. Sending a drone over the park is supposed to be illegal, but it still looks cool.
Slightly off topic, but considering where the footers are placed for Tsunami Surge, does anyone know what the plans may be (or have speculation) for bringing back the train? Is there any available path you can see to connect the two open-ended pieces of train track shown in the photo?
rctfr wrote:Slightly off topic, but considering where the footers are placed for Tsunami Surge, does anyone know what the plans may be (or have speculation) for bringing back the train? Is there any available path you can see to connect the two open-ended pieces of train track shown in the photo?
The train track will be reconstructed after Tsunami Surge construction is complete.
Screamscape shows a picture of the Rockford slide looking almost done. But the webpage does say 2021 now, so I guess they're gonna wait til next year still...
I wonder what this huge hole is for? The bottom is filled with water. The splashdown pool for the slide is way on the other side so not sure what this would be.
B&MGuy35 wrote:I wonder what this huge hole is for?
The other day, I overheard some of my friends in the Mob say something about "Great America", "move", and "Hoffa", but maybe they were talking about something else.
I just posted a video from today of drone footage of the completed Tsunami Surge from outside of the park. It is not super close, so I zoomed in 225% in post processing in parts of the video, but the quality will drop a little when I do that. Also the winds were moving the drone around a bit, so I was having to re-adjust at points.
Wow is it complete?! So glad it's still happening & they had the finances to cover construction. I still can't tell if I love it or not but I think it's a much needed attraction for sure. I'm really nervous for this industry after taking such a hit this year. I think the next couple years are gonna be pretty slow & "dry" as we build up a new normal.
So do large water coaster slides have block sections like a roller coaster? Or do they have to wait until 1 tube has travelled that entire coarse before they send another?
I do not know about Whitewater/MasterBlasters, but I do know that ProSlides magnetic water coasters like Wildebeast and Mammoth at Holiday World have blocking and allow for multiple rafts on the course at one time.
Wow, that's an impressive use of space to fit 2 major attractions on a very narrow plot. I wonder how the train will navigate under. I wonder how the park will fit in future attractions.
ernstwhere wrote:Wow, that's an impressive use of space to fit 2 major attractions on a very narrow plot. I wonder how the train will navigate under. I wonder how the park will fit in future attractions.
I knew it was gonna be a water park addition the moment I noticed they weren't developing the land next to Maxx. I'm wondering if it'll be an eye sore. The colors are pretty but it looks ...weird.