News General 2025 Park Improvements

[SweetBabyJames]

The Great Escape has been getting a lot of love in the area of aesthetics. First with the area surrounding ADK outlaw, then the main entrance, Bobcat's beautiful entrance and theming, the raging river and now Flashback. What other elements / areas of the park do you think are next to be renovated?

Additionally the Great Escape posted on their Facebook page that they are giving their storybook houses a "Head-To-Toe Makeover" this off season.

 

[SweetBabyJames]

Great Escape is moving along at their sign shop, adding aesthetical touches to their story book houses!

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[SweetBabyJames]

Great Escape announced that they "freshened up" the comet trains by sending them to PTC this off season. I wonder if they retrofitted the Comet cars with the retractable seatbelts like the ones on the wooden coasters at Kings Dominion and most other cedar fair parks. It definitely makes for quicker load times

 

[Zachary]

This is only tangentially related, but whoever is managing SFGE's socials is killing it with these consistent park improvement updates. Wild to see all this work featured and advertised while... certain other parks in the chain that shall remain nameless to keep this thread on track... have been so silent.

 

[paintervision]

I wonder if they could tear down the old Nightmare building and put a new coaster there? If they could, that would be a nice spot for a spinning mouse or some kind of “statement” coaster on the hillside. (If only they had a spinning coaster ready to move from a closing Sister park…)

 

[SweetBabyJames]

I wonder if they could tear down the old Nightmare building and put a new coaster there? If they could, that would be a nice spot for a spinning mouse or some kind of “statement” coaster on the hillside. (If only they had a spinning coaster ready to move from a closing Sister park…)

Hmmm... yes I wonder where they could find that. Heck, they could just keep the nightmare building standing as that spinning mouse could probably fit inside. Then they could theme it appropriately to ghost town. That would be a great addition.

 

[paintervision]

Hmmm... yes I wonder where they could find that. Heck, they could just keep the nightmare building standing as that spinning mouse could probably fit inside. Then they could theme it appropriately to ghost town. That would be a great addition.

Maybe but I would think indoor coaster in an old building wouldn’t look as good or be the sight they’d want to see from outside the park.

 

[farfeather]

If only there was a six flags park closing at the end of this year that has a spinning wild mouse...

I think Ragin Cajun would be a good fit for Great Escape, as they don't have a wild mouse nor a spinning coaster. Indoor could be even cooler.

 

[GAcoaster]

It’s a 21 year old coaster, so it may be more valuable as a tax write off than a coaster.

 

[SweetBabyJames]

I drove past the park today. Six Flags is investing in new windows at the Great Escape Lodge. It is wonderful to see effort put in accross the street as well. Those windows over at the indoor waterpark were quite caked over.

 

[DH_The_ThemeParkFaniac]

to be honest, I think they should bring back the Splashwater Kingdom theming to their waterpark, idk WHY they thought removing it was a good idea but it doesn't make any sense

 

[Nicole]

Great Escape announced that they "freshened up" the comet trains by sending them to PTC this off season. I wonder if they retrofitted the Comet cars with the retractable seatbelts like the ones on the wooden coasters at Kings Dominion and most other cedar fair parks. It definitely makes for quicker load times

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You know what would be better? Getting rid of the seatbelts altogether.

 

[DH_The_ThemeParkFaniac]

I don't know, the seatbelts are kinda safer.

 

[SweetBabyJames]

New Bobcat themed Dippin dots.

 

[DH_The_ThemeParkFaniac]

New Bobcat themed Dippin dots.
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that was introduced last year.. no offense

 

[DH_The_ThemeParkFaniac]

the little Storytown houses got a new paint job

 

[DH_The_ThemeParkFaniac]

Even the Pink Whale’s got it

 

[DH_The_ThemeParkFaniac]

The Whale got a WHOLE improvement since the last time

 

[DH_The_ThemeParkFaniac]

Both the train and Canyon Blaster are temporarily closed

 

[SweetBabyJames]

Both the train and Canyon Blaster are temporarily closedView attachment 38774

Spoke with a former coworker at the park last week. They are waiting on a part from arrow / S&S to get Canyon Blaster up and running again..

Additionally they had a swan boat sink about 3 weeks ago and the Storytown train engine caught on fire. No one was hurt in either incident and guests were not present. The Swan Boats are running, the Storytown train will be out for a while as the engine was totaled!