Save Shockwave Campaign?

I can't believe I'm reading this. Give it a rest poeple. There not going to change there minds twice.

-says Joey, who is shocked they changed it once already.

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Nice TR!
"They should have named it Hershey Squirts" - JW

Rolling stock is the trains.

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Ric Flair was hitting on the female host, he told her - "Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it has the longest line." WOOOOO!

Lets see, I had ridden about 50 different Arrows before shockwave including the NEVER TO BE RIDDEN AGAIN Drachen Fire. (Which I loved BTW)

Me and my brother arrived around the park to Shockwave at about 8:40pm and chose car 2 seat 1. Lets just say we got back to the station, Looked at each other and said HE** YES! That was INSANE!

There was nobody waiting for our seat so we rode again, And again, And again, and again till the 9pm closure.

Being Arrow veterans we never once got banged by keeping our heads firmly against the left side of the restraint.

I must say, I will wholy miss this coaster and hope it is at least moved to another park.

I do however prefer it's removal over Whizzer because there are no other Whizzers in North America but there is no other Shockwave either. Gasm at SFGadv is not near as intense and I got bashed pretty good on Gasm.

Chuck, who really don't want any coaster removed cause what is not your style is somebody elses bread and butter.

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Charles Nungester.
Visit Lesourdsville Lake :) Park phone is (513)539-2193

I honestly don't think Shockwave has been confirmed to be taken out. Everyplace I see thats actully talked to Six Flags said that Six Flags is looking elsewhere, but they never say anything about Shockwave. The Shockwave thing according to RCDB.com is just a rumor, Amusement Business is the only place that has reported anything about Shockwave.

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Deja Vu Count = 23
CoasterWorld

I-Nar said:
"If you took that last remark seriously, I sincerely hope you see a doctor."

Trust me, that was dripping with sarcasm :)

CoasterDude316 -

I don't know if this is qualified as a good hint or not, but it is reported that the chain and rolling stock(s) have recently been removed from ShockWave's track circuit.

Doesn't sound like your everyday maintenance to me, especially during the peak of summer.

Believe it or not, I'm not sure I'd sign this one. Without any reprofiling of dead man's curve, this otherwise aggresive mega looper just seems to sit on most people's back burner now that Bull exists. I am all for our precious family coaster staying, and would rather see Shockwave replaced by this new "xperience".
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Brad Sherman
BuzzCon Frequent Flyer, responsible for guests fleeing the queue in horror!
Model coasters and rides

TrBiggar, you forgot "SAVE TIDAL WAVE!" If only people had cried out this much 11 years ago. *Sniff*....
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Brad Sherman
BuzzCon Frequent Flyer, responsible for guests fleeing the queue in horror!
Model coasters and rides

Actully kRaXLeRidAh Shockwave has been down for about a week now, before this announcment was even thought off. Its been down after some incident/accident that happened sometime last week. I don't know much detail but something bad happened last week and thats the reason its down right now.

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Deja Vu Count = 23
CoasterWorld

I don't think anything really happened. I think they would have said something especially if people have seen it PKI said something about Top Gun and not one person could tell anything. I just think this ride was so unpopular they had to ride of it.

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(Former Signature replaced due to bad joke with accident) The Beast at night-Two peas in a pod? http://www.geocities.com/moviecoaster/safetyeditorial- Next article against Markey!

TAER IT DOWN!

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"When will you stop all your buzzing?" - The Flaming Lips "Oh My Pregnant Head"

Seeing Shockwave for the first time in 1993 was what turned me from a guy who likes coasters to a full-fledged enthusiast. I will miss it.

Riding Whizzer for the first time last year, I thought it was kinda neat, but.... I won't ride it again.

Bad choice, Six Flags. I say, build over, around and on top of.

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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

If they put a flyer in where Shockwave stands, they better put in some grass...I can't think of anything lamer than flying over a parking lot.

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Why do you have to have a license to own a dog, but not to have a child?

How about if they theme the ride after O'hare airport and put some imaginary runways in place of the parking lot? ;)

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""To be the man, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!, You got to beat the man""!!!

Whatever replaces Shockwave will be better than Shockwave. There, I said it!

All apologies to those loyal to Shockwave... I used to love that ride, but it became too painful over the years. Just keep in mind what rides now stand where Z-Force, Tidal Wave, and Rolling Thunder once stood.

Not that I'd mind having Tidal Wave in addition to Batman. Man, that ride was great...

True, I kinda wonder how different Shockwave would have been had it been in a better location. That parking lot just doesn't do much for the ride.

Regardless of the motivation behind SFGAm's decision, I love it and give them due credit to responding to the fans ("planned" response or not, it doesn't matter to me).

Coasterdude, we can be sure this announcement was in the works before the closing of Shockwave. This isn't the kind of thing that somebody just sits down and decides in one night or even a few -- it takes some foresight. My guess is that they were playing their cards and had been holding this one for well over a month, but that's just a guess...

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PLEASE READ: This post wasn't meant to offend or anger anyone; I apologize in advance if it does. So please don't post a reply just to rant about it. :)

Whizzer is a family ride, something little kids can ride w/ their parents or grandparents. It was smooth and fun without being scary and it was less intense than the woodies at the park. It was the perfect ride to introduce small kids to the world of coasters.

Shockwave was not a coaster that the typical family could enjoy together. By mere appearances the ride was intimidating. Many people, especially older folks, are put off by inversions and, more importantly, headbanging and roughness. I am not trying to insult old people, my 65 year old Dad is a coaster enthusiast but as he's gotten older he's had less tolerance for inversion.

I think if the park had to make a choice between Whizzer and Shockwave that they made the best choice. Your mileage may vary.

Besides, Shockwave will see life at another SF park.

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Matthew "mamoosh" Sullivan
[aka DaDoosh, thanks to pikfanatic]

There's no chance SFAW is getting Shockwave, they don't have the room.

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.:| Brandon Rodriguez |:.
http://www.coasters2k.com

I don't think sfa get it either they look like they want to put in more modern and high inovation rides. I a park in desperate need for coasters should get it. SFAW can make room put it in the parking lot like SFGAM did. Well at least we still have Gasm its bigger and faster and its getting smoother and I don't think thats going anywhere for a while. Maybe the Great escape could get it but whats going in that spot. I think something that would look good from the parking lot. A 4D maybe so it can still have 2 arrows but I don't think SF will be building anymore of those until X is fixed. A Floorless will look good people will hit that first just looking at the giant inversions. Something that would take away lines from the low capacity coasters like DVand V2.

I signed the whizzer pettion because it was a very rare ride.But I would never waste my time on a ride that in no way is rare.But its still very sad to see any coaster go to the park in the sky.So lets not be greedy we may have helped save one ride but that dosent mean there asking us there opioin.