Michigan's Adventure construction?

That's cool, I leave Monday. I won't be able to make it to the park cause I work, but if you could post a quick blurb of info. (if any) tomorrow that would be helpful. Thanx....

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“If you give a enthusiast a footer.......He’ll want a coaster!!!"

I didn't notice the footers, however I have seen concrete pumpers and cement trucks out there numerous times. It is completely obvious. Did anyone notice behind the fence where the Wildcat Grill is there is some sort of wooden board with a little roof on it? It almost looks like a great place for a park map or something. You can see it while in line at the Wildcat or on the shortest...soon to be longest...trainride in the world. There are also several areas where grey conduit is poking through the ground.

Also those employees need phones!! At most parks when there is something needed with maintenance or an medical emergency it is a phonecall away. Here it is a matter of someone flagging down a sup, then the sup getting the mgmt involved. It took 20 minutes for a woman to get assisted at Dodgem by mgmt during Timberfest. The employees need some love too!!

*** This post was edited by timberguy on 7/20/2002. ***

I think it will almost be a "given" that a path will be placed behind Wolverine Wildcat to give the park a complet path around the park....Hurray!

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“If you give a enthusiast a footer.......He’ll want a coaster!!!"

Ok, the source to what I'm about to say is the train engineer at MiA. According to the train engineer, the small train track is for this year only. Next year it will be much larger. He mentioned that it would go around the park. I don't see how that would happen my self. However, the current track length is kinda silly and is begging for an enlargement.

If they expand out from Wolverine Wildcat and Timbers then I could see it "going around the park" (new area to be exact, mabey two exits/entrances) It's layout is a tad samll plus there is an extra train that you ca see from the water park. It can be viewed from the slide that enters the Lazy River. (I think it was the are that had Be-Bop Blv cars and Go Karts in the Off-season photos)

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“If you give a enthusiast a footer.......He’ll want a coaster!!!"

I have heard the following:

Campgrounds

Resort

2 trains on one track with stops at the campground, waterpark and Timbers.

This came from a very reliable source. This same source knew nothing of any major attractions, but would of course welcome one. He insisted that Cedar Fair kept quiet about that sort of thing but was very open on other plans to enhance the visit to the park.

Here's some skinny:

Truck down the road... are not related anymore.
Jourden sold the amusement park, but kept the excavation company, which owns the gravel pile across the road.

<10pm closing is based on both local ordinance, and the park's inability to get their own remaining residential neighbor to sell.

There are also septage standing pools at the back corner of the park. They may be running lines to those.

Or they may be building a hyper...

When i was there yesterday, i noticed at the top of timbers there was a backhoe and work going on back in the far end corner. We asked the ride operators and all say there IS a coaster going in by next year, and all of them say BIG, maybe the tera coaster thats gonna be in america will go here? They also said there will be at least 2 coasters in 5 years going in there and the entire park land should be filled in by 15-20 years.

*** This post was edited by CedarFairJon on 7/21/2002. ***

I highly doubt Terra. A large hyper is very belivable, which would follow the Cedar Fair "pattern" the other coaster would probly be a beemer or a boomerang (Ack to a boomerang, they are the devil!)

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“If you give a enthusiast a footer.......He’ll want a coaster!!!"

Terra? You have to be kidding me. Half of a "Terra", thats a different story.

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Rumors of a hyper are very real. The area where the excavators and bulldozers is is long (as long as timbers) and narrow(as narrow as timbers.) Ops on Timber were talking about this yesterday as well.

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1989, 9 years old bawling my eyes out because I didn't want to ride Magnum. I did anyway and look at me now. Why did ya make me do it Dave? ;)

Since MIA has never been a real dominant force in parks until recently being bought by Cedar Fair, they have never been big on making any kind of announcements until last year. Are we to expect 2003 improvements to be announced officially like all of the other parks? Does anyone have any clue as to whether or not other Cedar Fair parks make official announcements? I am just so used to seeing construction at MIA last for years on each ride and nothing being announced. It took 2 years for them to build Adventure Falls. The only way I found out about it was to see the footprint of footers and the tube lying in pieces on the ground.

Bring on the hyper! That will be two hypers we know about. MIA and WoA. Cant wait. Then i will make the trip to Muskegon if they get a hyper. a out and back morgan would be excellent. That would compliment ST perfectly.

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PerrysburgGuy said:
It's the 400' tall 27 inversion hyper-looper with underwater section. If this goes well they'll build the long rumored under lake Erie and under the peninsula coaster at Ceder Point. This coaster has the added benefit of shoring up the Magnum, preventing futher sinking.

There is always one lame person that has to bring the sarcasm into an unsarcastic forum.

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Perhaps someone could take a photograph of the "excavation/construction/footprint " taking palce.

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“If you give a enthusiast a footer.......He’ll want a coaster!!!"

Not much to photograph besides an Excavtor and a half a mile long pile of dirt. It very well could be water or electrical lines but I am hoping hyper.

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1989, 9 years old, Bawling my eyes out because I didn't want to ride Magnum. I did anyway and now look at me. YOU CREATED A MONSTER DAVE!!! ;)

It doesn't make sense to me for Michigan's Adventure to build an out-and-back hyper when they already have Shivering Timbers? Don't get me wrong, I do believe they'll get their hyper, but maybe in the form of a hypertwister?

I was kind of thinking the same as you are Coastercraver, but oh well if it's a out and back, I just want a hyper!

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“If you give a enthusiast a footer.......He’ll want a coaster!!!"

Does anyone have a photograph of these 'footers' and how large are they?

Morgan hypers tend to have huuge footers for segments that are supported by singular columns.

If they're small or narrow, that would suggest something else.

Personally, I'd much rather see CF snap up Visionland's Rampage and erect it @ MA than yet another Morgan hyper....but that's just me.

-'Playa

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CPlaya,

No, your not the only one who would like that. I've thought the same thing myself recently. While it could be said by some that Rampage is just another woodie, my opinion is that it would be a better addition than an out and back hyper. ST is as good as it gets as far as out and back coasters are concerned and I just don't see a steel out and back hyper being different enough.

However, a good CCI twister would be a good addition because the closest ride that MiA has to that is the Wolverine(yecch) Wildcat and that's not that great a coaster.

I think a set point roller soaker would be a good match for the park, considering how wonderful the water park is there. I also think an Intamin impulse coaster would work there also. Finally, what coaster enthusiast wouldn't want a B & M inverted in their back yard also.