Windjammer finally up for sale, Magic Mountain 2001 and DCA news
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Windjammer has been given to a well-known ride reseller to finally be sold. Any takers? Magic Mountain to add a new coaster in 2001? And finally, a few short tid bits on Disneyland and DCA news all at WestCoaster.
Link: WestCoaster.net
Some small park with nothing to lose will buy it, re-track it and hopefully buy new OTSR for it. Then hopefully it will at least be ridable. Yeah right!
As for SFMM, that area next to Viper looks like an excellent place for a huge steel coaster. Viper has ruled that area for 10 years now, but to drive up to the parking lot and see a new steel monster sticking out would be awesome!
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You may get wet on this attraction, you may even get drenched! But can you survive the PLUNGE?
As for SFMM, that area next to Viper looks like an excellent place for a huge steel coaster. Viper has ruled that area for 10 years now, but to drive up to the parking lot and see a new steel monster sticking out would be awesome!
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You may get wet on this attraction, you may even get drenched! But can you survive the PLUNGE?
I'd deffetnly by Windjammer. A racing, and looping steel coaster to buy for cheep i would deffently do, maybe only one track but if a park had to money then both. It would absoulty have to get new trains maybe do what Cedar Point did with Avalance, move it indoors to make it ridible!
Todd
RIDDLER'S REVENGE: THE MOST UNDERRATED RIDE IN THE WORLD!
Todd
RIDDLER'S REVENGE: THE MOST UNDERRATED RIDE IN THE WORLD!
I don't think a TA2K will go there, looking at the layout, it would be a great location for a Hyper/Giga-Coaster station going out of the park to the aquired area behind the park. Back when this land was purchased I recall a news announcement that Knott's wanted to expand this area. Well, immediately after the economy took a big fat dump in SoCal, with the resulting reduction in visitors, the only financial option they had was to build a parking lot.
A "Challenge Park" at Knott's would be a failure. There are some nice Malibu Grand Prix courses in LA that would render this addition a waste. Look for park expansion in this area with an inverted coaster, stand -up and a Giga/Hyper along with a few twist a pukes. Don't think that Cedar Point would give up a record to another of their parks, after all, they did with Supreme Scream (240' to 250')!
For a long time (till early 80's), Knotts led southern cal in coasters with the CorkSkrew and Montezuma's. When I was young, Magic Mountain was a joke with only the Revolution and Colossus. The rest of the rides rotated (Bobsled, Shockwave (killing 3 after the track broke through at the bottom of the first loop). Ninja was the first major permanent install (a flop)followed by Viper, Batman, Superman, Riddler, and now Goliath). History has a knack of repeating itself! I think in this case, Knott's may not have the most, but they will likely have the most cutting edge!
Knott's has a history of making wise choices with regard to ride installations, with only one failure "windjammer". This was only put in because of low cost and high expectations. Look at the Log Flume and Calico Mine. Two great "theme rides" that may never be matched. That's a damn good track record. Even windjammer was a good idea, but I think they should have left the Soap Box Berby, it was more fun.
A "Challenge Park" at Knott's would be a failure. There are some nice Malibu Grand Prix courses in LA that would render this addition a waste. Look for park expansion in this area with an inverted coaster, stand -up and a Giga/Hyper along with a few twist a pukes. Don't think that Cedar Point would give up a record to another of their parks, after all, they did with Supreme Scream (240' to 250')!
For a long time (till early 80's), Knotts led southern cal in coasters with the CorkSkrew and Montezuma's. When I was young, Magic Mountain was a joke with only the Revolution and Colossus. The rest of the rides rotated (Bobsled, Shockwave (killing 3 after the track broke through at the bottom of the first loop). Ninja was the first major permanent install (a flop)followed by Viper, Batman, Superman, Riddler, and now Goliath). History has a knack of repeating itself! I think in this case, Knott's may not have the most, but they will likely have the most cutting edge!
Knott's has a history of making wise choices with regard to ride installations, with only one failure "windjammer". This was only put in because of low cost and high expectations. Look at the Log Flume and Calico Mine. Two great "theme rides" that may never be matched. That's a damn good track record. Even windjammer was a good idea, but I think they should have left the Soap Box Berby, it was more fun.
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