I'm glad KD's going to keep us in the loop with updates of the restoration this off-season, because that's something they've never done very well. But to tease a post and this is the content we receive? Extremely anticlimactic.
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Yeah, wow. What a letdown. Basic summary is "Here are some crazy ideas no one who is in the loop enough to be reading this post actually believed to begin with. All of those things are false. We're retracking Grizzly."
Cringe.
Cringe.
So, we're going to "meet the engineers involved with the current project." Do we think this is all happening in-house, or could they be hiring GCI or Gravity Group to retrack? Again, this post tells us nothing except KD may finally have a competent PR/social media presence in January and February.
Seriously a letdown. They hyped people up to say, “we’ll tell you more as the winter goes on”
I really hope in addition to the retrack that we at least get an entrance to Grizzly that makes sense. It seems it's all but confirmed that it'll still have the PTC trains when it reopens.
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Was hoping they'd be getting new trains that could comfortably seat a modern-sized adult...
It definitely does look that way. The second turnaround used to be filled with trees in that area.
I believe the park has a new PR person; not sure who this guy is. The previous PR person was a woman.
It does say Part I and this is not written for coaster fanatics; but, for the average park goer / season pass holder. I guess this gives the park something to talk about during the off-season times. Especially, if 2023 is an off year for new/revamped attractions at the park (i.e Jungle X-pedition).
Myself, I'm really happy this is major retracking and renovations. It's a great ride, just got too rough in recent years and last years retracking wasn't enough.
That’s not new. It’s been like that for several seasons. This video from 8 years ago shows the turnaround being empty even back then.
I’d love it if they’d replant some new trees, or at least bushes, there though.
Getting Gravity Group involved would be good. Or GCI. I'm looking forward to the updates with more info and maybe reveals.
We're not talking about the first turnaround. We're talking about the one coming out of the tunnel. Look at the next to last picture of the blog post.
This is definitely new tree removal.
The turnaround by the Grizzly station, Windseeker, and Hypersonic.
Is that needed to get machinery access to that part of the coaster? If that is what it was, hopefully they will be replanting when they are done.
Oh damn I totally missed that, you’re right
that really sucks. I really hope the replant, but it’ll take YEARS to get that tree coverage back.
Feels like an opportune time to share some Grizzly photos. Hoping whatever they do makes the ride a bit more comfortable without completely neutering the aggressiveness, which (imo) is what made the ride so great. The razed trees are a huge bummer as they were something that defined the ride for me, even if I have no memory of it pre-Hurler/HSXLC.
