Sure can't wait to ride Anaconda and Volcano at Kings Dominion!
Anaconda
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Ooh, I have some bad news. Perhaps you would have known if your notifications were turned on...
I feel like this is the 3rd or 4th time this year alone the new Six Flags has used a defunct ride in advertising for various parks.
I mean the arrow coasters do look nice. They have a very classic look so I don't blame them... but yeah, a little neglectful at the same time if you ask me.
To Think that potentially all 3 of the rides in this picture could be gone by the end of 2025 is insane
I’d think it even qualifies as false advertising to promote the park with something that isn’t there.
Yes someone is going to sue for a couple hundred dollars in tickets because Anaconda wasn't there when they arrived. Would they hire some SME to pronounce the value of Anaconda and how critical it is for the KD experience during their court case. That could be some compelling enthusiasts arguments.
Parks have been using coasters that don't belong to them in marketing for probably just about as long as coaster marketing has existed. Should they use rides in marketing that aren't running at the park in question? No. Is it sloppy and cringe? Yeah. Is it a real issue? I don't think so.
Speaking on this topic, sort of related, why the hell can parks never get merch right? They always use rides from different parks on their merch and it looks hideous. For example, I saw a kd grizzly shirt that used a picture of the CGA version
Well at least they sort of had the right ride. The Great Escape shirt that I'm wearing right now looks like it has a silhouette of Bluefire on it which is definitely not at TGE or Six Flags or in this country!
They should make it into a cool little display for Haunt. Put a bunch of skeletons in the seats and make it look like it crashed somewhere.
I know a park in Belgium used one of Opryland's Wabash Cannonball car for a Halloween display after the park shut down. KD could follow suit and turn it into a neat decoration.
It'd be nice if they could take some of this old stuff that's lying around and make a museum out of it. Or maybe take one of the old cars of Anaconda and put together a little memorial to it by the lake. I like how at Kings Island for example they had a grave for SoB in the Banshee queue. It's nice when parks pay homage to their history.
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Great Escape loves to make past attractions part of their fright fest scares. They have a whole section of their "carnevil" maze that features parts from their old Trabant, tornado dark ride, mouse ride etc. I was getting ticked off at some scarers because they were distracting me as I was busy looking at all the stuff back there. Also they put the lead car from the former dragon train ride under the steamin demons corkscrews and added fog to it. (Wish I had some pictures to share) But you can go to the park this fright fest and see for yourself.
Lastly TGE loves to make year round homages too which are super popular with the GP. I'm sure some of you guys are familiar with the one they did for the bobsled.
Lastly TGE loves to make year round homages too which are super popular with the GP. I'm sure some of you guys are familiar with the one they did for the bobsled.
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Hey can somebody sneak in there and grab me a road wheel? I'll pay you for the shipping to Pa. and a little something for your time.
