Will Griffon be open for BGE's opening weekend (24th & 25)?

Thinking about heading up to opening weekend, just curious to see if Griffon would be running. The press releases say opening late spring, but final track construction occured Feb. 22nd. If anyone knows anything, it would be appreciated.

Last I heard, no, it will NOT be ready for opening weekend. It will be close to opening, and you might see some testing with a soft opening soon after, but do not expect to get a ride opening weekend.

If you can't stand the heights, get out of the line.

Definitely not, unless they kick some serious butt this week. I was just there on Saturday, and there was still a fair amount of work left to be done. I don't even know how close they are to testing.

Ground construction is still in progress, and I didn't see the ride testing at all the other day, though they have at least 1 train in the maintenance shed.

I would guess that we're looking at no sooner than the end of April.

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I'm going March 31, it'll be my first time at BG....anyone know if the Skyride would be open yet? Or will it still be down for Griffon construction?

Anything else closed that early in the season? Like water rides?

Think I remember them saying that it wasn't going to open till late spring of this year, which would probably put it around the end of April into early May.

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according to this video update it will be open before Griffon;

http://www.coasterworldnews.com/v2/?cat=media&page=player&address=SPECIAL%20GRIFFON%20REPORT.wmv

just got a email with a new web page for griffon

opening date set for may 25th

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The trains for Griffin are now in.

http://www.screamscape.com/html/busch_gardens_europe.htm

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Heres video of the trains and the station from today media tour:

http://www.coasterworldnews.com/v2/?cat=media&page=player&address=GRIFFON%20TOUR-MARCH%2020TH%202007.wmv

Richard S Stevenson said:
just got a email with a new web page for griffon

Can we have a link?

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According to my ACE regional rep, Griffon is scheduled to open on May 25th, 2007...

I believe the webpage Richard is refering to is: www.griffoncoaster.com

If you can't stand the heights, get out of the line.

Sorry heres the link:

http://www.griffoncoaster.com/

coasterfreakone 100 voyage laps and still cant get enough

Cool thanks. Now I can start planning a trip. Probably early June.

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Cant wait that long im going next weekend.

I guess I'll be making 2 trips to VA this year.

coasterfreakone 100 voyage laps and still cant get enough

We are going there next week. Can't wait for the first coaster ride of the season.

Griffon is now testing according to Coaster Crew;

http://coastercrew.com/

I watched Griffon test from about 4:00 on today. Man does that thing look like a killer drop. Beyond that I just really noticed today how short the ride is.

Heres video of it testing;

http://www.coasterworldnews.com/v2/?cat=media&page=player&address=MARCH%2025TH%202007.wmv

heres even more video

http://www.coastercrew.com/videos.php

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