PKD changes confirmed at Eastcoaster.
And what is with all the hyper talk? Seems like every year all the Paramount parks have some sort of 'rumor' about a hyper, and none of them have one (traditional steel). Everyone should know Paramount is home of the prototypes and family rides. :)
And vacoasterfreak is right on, Anaconda rocks.
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During my last trip to PKD in 01 Rebel yell had quite a long wait for both the forward side as well as the backward side,things changed by evening though & the ride was a walk on by then, heck I got in a good 15 laps or so without having to get off the train except to switch from the forward side to the backward side & vice versa.
I guess everyone was getting their last laps on HS:XLC that evening which explained why Grizzly was also a walk on during that trip.
Anaconda and Rebel Yell are both popular rides. Sure, Anaconda doesn't get quite the ridership it had in '91, but even back then it was a people mover. I don't think I ever waited more than a half-hour for it, and that was for the front car.
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-Vater
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Rebel Yell is still a decent woodie, I like the out and back kind for the air it provides, and Rebel Yell has yet to disappoint me. Hurler(though I ride it everytime I hit PKD or PC) isn't that great, but I've learned to ride strictly in the front.
As for Grizzly, it had one of the longer wait times, and I opted to skip the front on that visit, but it was still a great woodie.
If I got my wish, PKD wouldn't get a Hyper at all, but some really good wood(not that I'm complaining about what they have, but I'm first and foremost a wood fan), perhaps a wooden Ultra twister, or something new, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens next year. Who knows, we may get a flyer, since they did get one from Vekoma, and it would be alright for me if they did, esp. a B & M, since Batwing isn't far away, and I've yet to try a Beemer, but since SFA is so close, I doubt it.
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I try not to get too into what I Wish a park would get, cause I've wished for parks to get things, and when they finally did, the ride didn't live up to expectation, though some rides that I didn't expect or want for that matter, have been really great.
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Mark my words... if I am wrong, I am wrong and will eat crow. If I am right then I am the master of all knowledge that is Paramount. LOL! ;-)
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*** This post was edited by Shaggy 2/13/2003 5:15:56 PM ***
As far as what's going on diamond falls plot of land anything's possible,like Shaggy has said they might add a huss giant ride like a frisbee or top spin,which they can theme rather well to the congo area or they may add a coaster there.
We won't know anything more till later in the season but whatever ride they add it should be a good one.
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-Vater
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Remember the parks spend most of their time & money on marketing to the GP & it's from the GP that a bulk of the profits are made as far as addmissions & so on.
So if PKD get's a flyer don't be too surprised. Look at SFGRADV, now one would think why would they install a B&M flyer when there's already a vekoma flying dutchman 2.5/ to 3 hours away? it's simply because the GP in NJ/NYC isn't aware that there's a similar ride at SFA or even know that SFA exists for that matter.
So maybe there is some faint hope that PKD could get a B&M flyer after all.....but I'm still not buying it (and neither are they, IMO)...;)
-Danny
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rollergator said:
A flyer? Really....I certainly don't see one coming to PKD anytime soon. Paramount was SO thrilled about the Vekoma flyer, I don't think they'd buy a Rollerskater from THEM right now. And as far as a B&M flyer, there's one less than two hours away...also not likely IMO. But then again, I don't make any decisions about who's getting what, so there ya have it...
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Sorry for the quote but I just wanted to let you know that Runaway Reptar currenty under construction at Carowinds is from Vekoma so Paramount is still doing business with them. I do agree that we will probably never see another Ve(coma) flier in a paramount or six flags park again. Speaking of six flags you can probably throw the Deja Vu style boomerangs into the "Never again" category.
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rollergator said:
Good call Vater....but if you recall from the discussion of chris getting to HW in "3 hours or less" from the Windy City, you'll realize CPG members have no speed limits..;).
Can the MoJ even travel that fast? Especially when it's full of heroes?
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