Medusa42 Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 24 minutes ago, flatcover said: Sounds like a coaster that was planned for a different park and fell through I wonder how well the cancelled BGW project lines up with the markings? https://parkfans.net/threads/project-drachen-spire-multi-launch-shuttle-giga-cancelled.5801/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatcover Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 29 minutes ago, Medusa42 said: I wonder how well the cancelled BGW project lines up with the markings? https://parkfans.net/threads/project-drachen-spire-multi-launch-shuttle-giga-cancelled.5801/ “Best view is down” referring to backward spike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 It does sound like they snapped up a cancelled coaster from another park, but it could be from anywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattkopp23 Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) I listened to that whole conference, and it was worth it just for that minute they talked about GAdv. Seems like the ride was not designed specifically for this park, which is interesting to hear. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was that Busch Gardens planned ride that was posted here, as Six Flags is rumored to be working with Intamin again and they may have presented this opportunity to them. Imagine that launch going right by the entrance with a spike where the parachutes are located. I do wonder if this would be repetitive with Kingda Ka, but going backwards on a spike would certainly be unique for this park (and allow Great Adventure to possibly one up Cedar Point once again like they did with Kingda Ka in 2005). Edited August 10, 2023 by mattkopp23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 Unless Kingda Ka is being phased out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkellySkeletor Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 The Drachen Spire layout doesn't make much sense, thought? It seems to dip pretty far below station level using Busch Garden's natural terrain, but Great Adventure as a whole is pretty flat and I can't see where they could possibly fit that layout in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njdevl9500 Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 Anyone know if there was a canceled coaster at Six Flags Qiddiya currently being built overseas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medusa42 Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Njdevl9500 said: Anyone know if there was a canceled coaster at Six Flags Qiddiya currently being built overseas? Not that I am aware of, Falcon's Flight is currently under construction. There is still a Mack Hyper coaster and a Mack Powersplash sitting in pieces at the now closed Bollywood Parks Dubai. They were originally constructed for Six Flags Dubai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 Could have been something for a park in China that had to cancel. Anything is possible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrotron Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 Instead of the cancelled coaster theory, what if GADV was willing to buy something that was already in development but had no buyers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJToro Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 It honestly could be anything at this point. The new CEO is so unpredictable that we can’t even follow trends with this project… and the rumor mill is spitting out ideas from all over… Whatever it is, a coaster that close to the front entrance is sure to make a statement. This is an exciting time for Gadv enthusiasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tower Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 6 hours ago, 29yrswithaGApass said: From the call regarding increase in upcoming capex: "The lift in '24 was somewhat related to... we have a 50th anniversary coming up at our park in New Jersey and we had an opportunity to add a nice ride kind of late in the game and that's a little bit rare because it takes generally a while to design and build a coaster so we had a fortunate opportunity and we decided to take it. So that's the lift versus what we had expected to spend in the short run." Wow. I get that it's the 50th and alot of people were expecting something big, but I can't help but be shocked. If anything this definitely rules out a kiddie coaster barring something extremely unexpected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medusa42 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 Would it be possible to put in a trench or tunnel and have the ride dive under the front entrance path? Just playing around with the BGW Drachen Spire layout, scale is most likely wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatcover Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, Medusa42 said: Would it be possible to put in a trench or tunnel and have the ride dive under the front entrance path? Just playing around with the BGW Drachen Spire layout, scale is most likely wrong. Not sure if that would make sense since they posted a photo of the entrance with “something’s missing” to me I would assume something going above the entrance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatcover Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 8 hours ago, GAcoaster said: Unless Kingda Ka is being phased out... would they wanna give up the record? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medusa42 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, flatcover said: Not sure if that would make sense since they posted a photo of the entrance with “something’s missing” to me I would assume something going above the entrance The blue part of the layout would be in the sky behind the entrance in the photo. Edited August 11, 2023 by Medusa42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatcover Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, Medusa42 said: The blue part of the layout would be in the sky behind the entrance in the photo. Oh my bad, looked at the map in a different way. That would actually be really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njdevl9500 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 Let’s say this coaster does go over the entrance and takes up the open space next to JL and in the catering section. I think it crazy a company had a ride ready to go that fit all that open space GA had available. Is it possible this is a layout GA wanted and started the process late and a company was available to manufacture it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrotron Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 Of course it's possible. It could be an RMC T-Rex for all we know, GADV is extremely good at keeping things under wraps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 11 hours ago, flatcover said: would they wanna give up the record? If this is a new record, then they would not give it up, just one up themselves and phase out a costly and problematic ride. It could be that if Intamin really is selling them a modified version of the ride they designed for BGW that the idea is basically it will be a replacement for KK in the long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 Apparently COTAland may have cancelled their Vekoma Tilt Coaster, so it could be this:https://rcdb.com/19998.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattkopp23 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 I wonder how that layout fits at Great Adventure / if the current markings line up with that layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 Could go anywhere in the park-- Old Country, Great Arena, Rolling Thunder-- any flat piece of ground with trenches for the tunnels (which GA won't do) and concrete footings 5 feet tall to make up the difference in height. Although if they build on the Arena site they could do some grading... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattkopp23 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 I just feel like whatever coaster it is, it will go in that entrance area since they teased that section twice and there are already markers there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrotron Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 I'm so glad GADV decided to not remove Cyborg; I personally felt it was the spiritual successor to Twister. Now it's going to have a neighbor so maybe it'll get more love from park goers in 2024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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