Rumor Cedar Fair's Class of 2025?
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To soon to know for sure but If I had read tea leaves Canada's Wonderland gets a new Coaster and Carowinds gets something other then a coaster.
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Especially if MonteZOOMa is truly dead, Knott's almost has to be 2025, no? They've had a rough go lately and the park is a powerhouse for the chain.
Wonderland is almost guaranteed to get a coaster in 2025. There's been so much movement around the park, and construction trailers have shown up near the presumed site of the GCI shown in the recent surveys. Most signs are pointing at King's Dominion being far along in their launched wing project as well.
As for a small park getting something, it could be Valleyfair; they've been talking about upgrading their infrastructure so they can handle a new major attraction. If CF wanted a coaster for Knott's by 2025, it would be a fairly short-notice project. That tells me they'd have to get an off-the-shelf model, or scoop up a coaster like SFGADV did the Super Boomerang.
As for a small park getting something, it could be Valleyfair; they've been talking about upgrading their infrastructure so they can handle a new major attraction. If CF wanted a coaster for Knott's by 2025, it would be a fairly short-notice project. That tells me they'd have to get an off-the-shelf model, or scoop up a coaster like SFGADV did the Super Boomerang.
An Xcelerator too. They need a big win IMO.
If it weren’t for Hangtime I’d say a Raptor would be a good fit. They could use a new launched coaster, a traditional sit down, maybe something else im not thinking of.
TBF it’d have to be a single lsm launch if xcel was converted, no room for a spike.
There's always space if you're creative enough.
I do think it's very unlikely that they'd try to cram one in though. It would require some very clever thinking.According to Amusement Insiders recent video, there seems to be more activity happening inside the mountain. If true, then I think Wonderland's 2025 coaster will be the mountain coaster. What makes me confused though is if KD is also getting a launched wing, that means CF is adding 2 launched wings in one year which I don't really see happening. Maybe the wonderland mountain coaster project got changed and it is something different like a launched invert or flyer. Imagine launching out of the mountain on a flying coaster.
I also follow AI, and I think the mountain coaster could be such a time consuming project that the coaster doesn't open for another few years. Wonderland is still likely getting something in 2025, but since we have more concrete evidence that KD is getting a launched wing for that year specifically, I think Wonderland's launched mountain coaster won't happen until 2026/7.
Concept art explicitly showed an invert for the mountain coaster. I'd assume "wing" was a typo.
I really wish people would stop confusing test images from a marketing survey (CW’s mountain coaster) with legitimate plans that the park has in the works.
