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^The first B&M giga coaster, the first modern dark ride in the chain, first B&M hyper coaster with new gen. trains, etc. It's more generally agreed upon that Canada's Wonderland is a "test-park" of sorts. Great Adventure is no such thing (and it's wrong to use examples from past regimes like Kingda Ka or El Toro, which also are non-examples because they had no intentions of ever rolling out these rides across the chain). Edit: also the VR on Thunder Run at Canad's Wonderland

^No, it *could* be three years in a row if a new roller coaster is built in 2017. I know you've explained how you have your "sources" and you're *always* right but nothing is confirmed and I believe you're wrong on a lot of it. It's fine if you think something is going to happen a certain way but don't go around saying its confirmed when it's literally just you speculating.

^Sorry, I meant two posts back. The one about two years between coasters. Regardless, I agree. Bizarro isn't leaving anytime soon.

^^I have no idea what this post means. Can somebody explain?

All I can say is that Great Adventure must have some really, really deep pockets for these ideas. I'm with Harry on this one--I don't see another new coaster for at least a few years after Joker (current SF management has never done back-to-back coasters or even major investments over $10 million). I disagree with Railer's post about "leading up to something bigger" down the road (that's baseless) and zinging think SF is looking at B&M for new coasters in the near future. Especially not an X-Fkight clone. If they haven't installed a clone already, they won't seven years after the original. Justice League in Old Country is very, very unlikely. If anywhere, the Simulator on the Boardwalk. They wouln't build a new structure that large when there's another vacant in the park. Im going to say that all these "sources" abo the T-Rex dueler in '17 are just false. I don't want to get into how much of this soeculation is being stated as fact, but my opinion is that Great Adventure will not be the first park to build a T-Rex.

Climate change is a major issue and I'm an advocate for environmental policy overhauls, but what you said about climate change allowing year-round operation by 2019 is absolutely ridiculous. I mean nothing against you personally but using that to enhance your speculation is astounding to me.

^Glad to hear it.

^You're discussing layout points of an unannounced ride before anybody knows if the station is even being demolished yet? After the entire discussion we just had about how nobody knows if it will be demolished in the first place?

^It's still just speculation at this point. TPR never discussed the possibility of that "attraction" being the Chiller's station. Though it does seem like a real possibility. I'm just going to take it all with a grain of salt until official information is released. I don't trust an account whose "source" is speculation that hasn't been discussed or made official.

^That's exactly what I'm saying--it doesn't. I have no idea where the Instagram page saw this information on TPR.

^Theme Park Review. Is it okay to link to other sites? If so, http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54313&start=12970 If not, I'll remove it.

^The source on that picture is "TPR forums." I'm an active user on that site and it's not even been discussed on the Great Adventure thread. It's also not the most trustworthy source.

^Source?

^Sometimes I wish I were on the inside looking out, but this is fun too haha.

^Not quite. They actually did need portions of its footprint for Zumanjaro's queue because they couldn't put it that close to Kingda Ka's launch track. So, technically, Rolling Thunder was replaced by Zumanjaro because the rides' footprints overlapped (including queues).

^It is supposedly an "attraction," nobody ever said a ride. And I think that being a minor attraction, it may not even be the go carts or the stunt arena. It very well could have nothing to do with a 2017 attraction, and just be retiring something old to be replaced with nothing. Come to think of it I actually think that's most likely.

^I think you may have seen my reply but I wouldn't be surprised if it's the Stunt Arena. Maybe Jolly Roger, but I don't think it'll be Skull Mountain. The ridership is incredibly high.

Thanks guys!

I'll be going to Cedar Point and Kings Island (and probably Kentucky Kingdom) in mid-July this year. I stayed at the Breakers Express twice in years past, and I would recommend it if you don't have a platinum pass as it gets you all the benefits of staying on-site at a fraction of the cost. I spent the entire day, open to close, at the park every day I visited, so there really was no reason to pay the extra $100-$200 for staying on-site in my case. If you do want that convenience, however, the Hotel Breakers was just renovated last year and looks very nice. It is definitely costly (rooms ranging from $180 to $1200/night) but if you plan on taking breaks during the day it might not be a bad option. As for myself, I (along with a buddy of mine) have platinum passes so we'll be staying in $49 budget motels so we can spend our money on more time in the park and potentially a Fast Lane wristband one day. It's all up to you and your priorities, though--I just know that I only use hotels for sleeping and bathing when I'm on park trips.

Matt, those are some awesome shots! I love the idea of "year in review" of sorts, and it's amazing, especially looking at these pictures, how much happened during the season but how quickly it all seemed to go by.

^The Log Flume wheel?

Cedar Point posted exact ridership on all major rides on their blog in November of 2013. IIRC GateKeeeper gave over 2 million rides that year! It was very interesting to see how popularity and efficiency play into things. I wish they did that this year to see Rougarou jump up from well under 1 million in 2013.

It would be nearly impossible to determine exactly how many guests visit a park each year even with automated technology at the gates. There is always some error, even with high tech machines. I think the estimates in the report would be fairly accurate for the most part (within a few thousand), but the exact number isn't what really matters. I think the estimates would be accurate enough to determine whether the number is above 3 million.

Harry (or anyone that might know), is there a realistic possibility that Great Adventure will break the 3 million attendance mark for the 2015 season? With an extra 20+ operating days I'd have to wonder.

^ During Fright Fest the majority of the parks are open until midnight in October.