TX new park!

Is Galveston really getting a new park? They said that the owner of Landry's bought the Flagship hotel and plans to spend 7.2 million dollars on a rollercoaster and other rides. I live like 20 min. away from it and building a park there would be great! But w/ all of this hurricane stuff I dont think thats the smartest place to put it (expecially on the pier)

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Titan da' mac daddy of dem all!

He PLANS to build .. doesn't mean he's gotten the funding or approval of the local government or citizens.

Galveston used to have a great old amusement park, Hurricanes aren't that regular in the Houston area anyway, just recently they've had a few and tropical storms.

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Jeremy Murphy
www.lonestarthrills.com

Here is a little article on the hotel and it mentions a coaster doesn't say what kind though.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/102502_local_flagshiphotel.html

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Army Rangers lead the way

Landry's has built a few small amusement properties so far, namely the Kemah boardwalk and a similiar environment currently under construction in downtown Houston (the big ferris wheel's already up). However, this proposed hotel development in Galveston would be the first time they've erected a coaster and not just a couple flat rides and a train. He's also got plans to build a jungle cruise type ride at a new Rainforest Cafe in Galveston. Still, no idea how ambitious they will be with this pier coaster. It could be something really minor like a Galaxi or the Pacific West Coaster, or it could be a nice boardwalk woodie - who knows? It'll probably be over a year before we find out.

I'm from the northeast so I know boardwalk amusements.

A boardwalk style woodie would be nice...but I don't think it's gonna happen. It probably would end up being a pinfari or zamperla or galaxi or zeirer (does zeirer even make coasters anymore?) or with some luck mabye a spinning wild mouse or even regular wild mouse.

Some non roller coaster ride possibilities:

small S&S tower chance inverted carpet skyride just about anything by zamperla heavily themed mini golf

Landry's has been buying flat rides from Chance, specificly. Ferris wheels, crazy subs, Pharoah's Fury, carousels, trains, etc.

And from what I can tell, Landy's hasn't been buying used attractions for their little "parks". So, on retrospect I wouldn't be surprised if Chance-Morgan cut them a deal and we see something along the lines of Pacific Park's ride.