Rumor Gwazi's Future

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Yeah me and Atlantis' comments from the BGW HoS section got moved over here as well. -_-

And.... Oh, I get it now. Yeah, Mach Tower was a waste of money IMO. Gwazi was good, but old things eventually die! :p Also, I am a proud Tampa folk! :D
 
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CoasterDude3000 said:
Anyway, what is your opinion of what happens to Gwazi?
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Well, I've only visited BGT twice (really once, since those visits were only a week apart, and it was in 2011), but when I visited, the ride was a walk-on the entire time, even with other rides, like Cheetah Hunt, with more than an hour wait. Not only that, but at this time they had just received the new trains, and it was still empty and teeth-rattling-rough. On the other hand, I like rough wooden coasters, so I rode it 5+ times in a row with my brother. Oh, man, was I bruised later... :cool:

Anyway, I think we already know that the ride is a maintenance and issue-ridden nightmare. I don't know what its current popularity is like, but I'm assuming it doesn't have enormous ridership. And we know it takes up a lot of space that could be used for other, better things. I think these are all reasons for the park to want to end the ride's service and take a better direction.

On the other hand, they've just done some work on it, like the trains added just a few seasons ago, and some weird things that would make it seem it's here to stay for a while. It's like Hurler, a wooden roller coaster at Kings Dominion here in Virginia: the ride has completely horrendous ridership, and it takes up tons of space for further park expansion, and it's just a bad ride. But for some reason, they just re-tracked the ride this year. I think both BGT and KD are thinking that by pouring money into an unpopular ride, it will revive its popularity. Unfortunately, I don't think this has been working.

Essentially, I think it's all about money, and what decision gets them more of it. One way, they could pay to remove Gwazi (which I would imagine is not an easy task), spend time and money to build a grand new attraction, and bring in lots of new people. Or they could make smaller changes to the ride, keeping it up and running in the lineup, bringing fewer people in, but keeping them happy and not having to pay for a new ride. Or they could take the Europe in the Air approach they took at BGW, and just say "What's the point?" If the ride doesn't bring anyone in and isn't worth the upkeep cost, they could just let it stay SBNO for a bit, before either reopening it or eventually deciding to take it down (which actually reminds me of the situation faced by Drachen Fire). I don't know which approach BGT will want to take, but these are my thoughts.
 
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Well Tiger has been SBNO for at least 2 years now, so does that count? :D My problem with reviving it is like you were saying: Re-tracking is less expensive, but won't get the money back. Since the dueling features no longer work, it will most likely IMO get scrapped within at least one year, or be taken apart and sold to BGW for a discount! :) But I do agree with the possibility of heavy maintenance.
 
For what it's worth, Screamscape posted that members of the park's ride engineering department were spotted in Canada's Wonderland. From that information, the site theorizes that BGT could be looking at a coaster like Leviathan, a giga-coaster from B&M.
 
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Bill said:
For what it's worth, Screamscape posted that members of the park's ride engineering department were spotted in Canada's Wonderland. From that information, the site theorizes that BGT could be looking at a coaster like Leviathan, a giga-coaster from B&M.
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Makes sense that a B&M Giga should be the next installation there. The addition of SheiKra was a hit when it was market as the first 200-ft tall roller coaster in Florida. They can only go up from there and a giga would do it. I just hope that it doesn't end like Leviathan does!
 
Until there's some development on the rumor, chances are the thread will stay dead. My sources claim that if Falcon's Fury works out in the end, the park will strongly consider getting a 200-300 foot coaster in Gwazi's spot.
 
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While the video I saw of Leviathan (from Theme Park Review) may not do the ride justice, the ride does not seem that terribly interesting. Am I wrong about this?
 
Leviathan's selling point is its speed, it's basically B&M's version of Millennium Force.

So for contrast, if you don't like MF you probably won't like Leviathan.
 
I've heard rumors that Gwazi is on the chopping block after the Pantopia/FF project from various sites. Don't quote me on this, but it's just what I've heard. :s
 
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