Valleyfair! 2006- Floorless or Inverted?

i don't think they will get a coaster.

I'm thinking about the coaster in the Forum is now gone. With the screen being taken out and the extreme rumors of concerts returning, this is OE's lot's coaster.

-Cal

OE's station will not be used for the ride as it is a permament haunted maze (Lore of the Vampire). They spent a lot of money on that, they aren't going to just "TAER" it out or retrofit it. Also the name is PATRIOT, that means the station will be near Americana. I'm guessing over near (or in place of) Beat Street.

Cal I also heard that they are wanting to get the concert series back again. At least they want to have it available for Christain performers during the Christian Youth Weekends that they have planned.

Heh, Patriot...what are they gonna' do, color it red, white and blue?

Oh, wait. :)

JC

Well, KBF didn't let a name like SILVER Bullet stand in their way...

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rollergator said:

Steel Eel, Mamba, Steel Force, all got NAILED...Steel Eel probably DID the most after the midcourse, but that's the one I caught as part of an event, so it's hard to tell. Man, if they let those things RUN free, they'd be almost as good as an RoS (just with worse trains)...

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Missed this from earlier, but I dont think the Steel Eel ride you got was a fluke. I rode it during a non-event (though I later found out they had an event that nite), fairly early in the day. And it wasnt until then that I really understood what "Sweet Morgan Air" (TM) was all about. That right there is a really fine coaster. Good float all around.

Now Phantom's revenge OTOH, I dont quite know *what* to call the airtime on that ride...but I'm sure "Sweet" is NOT the proper adjective

lata, jeremy

--who sucks at fantasy baseball (good thing the NFL draft is this weekend!)

Swoosh,

Thanks for the update on OE's old station. I knew that it was a haunted maze for Halloweekends, I just didn't know that decided to make that permanent.

That footprint of land that OE sat on is still decent 'advertising' space for a coaster, but, a "Patriot" would make more sense in America...

I suppose the more I think about it, there are already two coasters visible from the interstate. Any thoughts on a potential layout of where this coaster would go???

Joe - You guessed right. We actually knew about the colors before we knew the name. :) Also, you know that we cannot add a new coaster to WOF without SOME SORT OF HUE OF RED. LOL

SVLFever - Lore is the premier attraction during Haunt and is really good. The finale actually makes the downtown haunts "special effects" look lame.

As far as seeing coasters from I-435, you can see all of them. Boomerang's lifts stick out like a sore thumb. You can see Spinning Dragon's top part. Of course you can see Mamba and Timberwolf clearly. Also if you look hard enough, you can even see Wacky Worm.

Legendary sez:

Heh, Patriot...what are they gonna' do, color it red, white and blue?

What difference does it make...it'll be yellow in Keith's animation ;)

Yellow and red or yellow and blue? ;)

WOF Update...

To add some fuel to the fire, there are now LOTS of flags behind Grand Prix Raceway and the lot next to TimberWolf. Sorry no pictures, you can't really get a good picture of them. However, they are very visible from Mamba and TimberWolf.

VF Update:

The amphitheater is still standing. I repeat, still standing.

-'Playa

Go figure....now that I have finally rationalized why not to put the coaster between SD and TW....there's surveying flags there now.

That's a skinny long rectangular piece of land, but an ideal place for a coaster....especially a rocket....

Skinny? They own the land all the way to WoF Avenue, that's anything but skinny.

LOL @ CO. I would imagine it will still be standing for quite awhile. Is everything else done though for the coming season (Skyscraper & RipTide)?

Riptide is readily visible from Hwy 101 and appears to be complete.

The Skyscraper itself is up and in place, but some repaving, queues and a fence around the WT turn area (which was once part of the parking lot) still need to be done.

-'Playa

Where, exactly, is the Skyscraper going? Your post leads me to believe it the old motorcycle lot.

-Nate

Exactly.

Actually, there's a few shots of it at the VF website.

CBaby was royally POed to see it...from ages 3 to 5, every visit began with me carrying her thru the motorcycle lot so she could wave at WT riders.

Think the PKI flyer fans were mad? Think again.

-'Playa

LOL! That's too bad. Hopefully she'll be content with waving from the path to Steel Venom.

Thanks for the heads up on the VF website.

-Nate

That ritual passed from vogue when she grew tall enough to ride. Besides, 12 year olds are a lot harder to carry!

-CO

CBaby is about to become CTeen, 'eh? ;) You are going to have your hands full when she starts dating :)