Rumor Parting Out California's Great America
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Yes. And just a thought @northdetective - I don’t know how easily it would be to do one of these but the other should be easy:Sooo... @northdetective... maybe some relocators are in order...?
1 - Is there a way to combine all of these into one relocator where some coasters are already ‘pretraced’ and we can pick which one?
2 - Can we get a thread that has all of these in it? Constantly trying to find a post within a thread for the specific coasters locator is tougher than going through your profile to find the generic one.
Kthxbyeeeeeee.
It is indeed very large. I think we on this forum have been optimistic about relocations because we've seen so many closures recently and the economy is shit so it seems particularly wasteful to scrap a ride. I don't think it's impossible given that SF is already sending out guest surveys for the possibility of the relocations, but I'd be thoroughly surprised to see something as big and twisty as Gold Striker rehomed
It's the best ride at the park - I hate to see any woodies go, they are my fav.
Berserker would be welcome at Carowinds. I miss the sound of the Wild Bull we could hear for years in the park. I would ride it every chance I got!
Darien Lake works really well for Gold Striker:
alot of the classic flat rides at cga would be welcome to carowinds they have the most experince restoring them after they rebuilt the chance whipout and all of county fair rides
similar idea for how it was at cga could put it into a new land using the new flume as the base of the land the concert venue is now dead again
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That right there is a giant hill, they would have to move alotttttt of dirt.
I would love having a true GCI at my home park, but DL couldnt maintain Predator, hence the titan track. I can't imagine they would suddenly be fine with a new wooden thrill coaster.
Have you tried fitting it in the Nighthawk plot, putting the drop around Carolina Skytower like its current setup?
I still think a relocation of Gold Striker is highly unlikely. Per RCDB, there have only been six large wood coasters that were ever relocated to a second home, and in every case it was an independent park buying the ride. Instead, I think it's very possible we could see a new GCI that reutilizes the mechanical components of Gold Striker on a new structure with a layout customized to whatever park it's built at.
I tried but it’s a really tight fit with Vortex and might require some unique structure supports to make it work.
Everyone wants to kill Vortex anyway. I think every Caro person alive would trade Vortex for Goldstriker any day.
On the flat ride front, I really like Tiki Twirl for Kings Dominion. There are a bunch of great ways to slip it into Jungle X.
Super simple solution using Anaconda's station plot:
Slightly more daring solution using most of Anaconda's station area and sending the middle hill over Pantherian's pathway:
Even more expensive usage of Anaconda's station's plot that introduces a new lakefront pathway to make the Pantherian plaza into part of a new path loop (would probably want to finally build a new restroom back here too):
A non-Anaconda station plot proposal that, instead, blocks Backlot and can act as a new land boundary for Jungle X (good if KD doesn't plan to retheme Backlot):
Non-Anaconda station option that integrates a new lakeside bar (current Coke Market) and Chicken Shack seating area:
Don't have any huge thematic concept at the moment, but maybe it could be themed to the moon phases represented at Flat Rock? Could finally build out some Jungle X lore about what the phases of the moon have to do with the magic of the area.
On the flat ride front, I really like Tiki Twirl for Kings Dominion. There are a bunch of great ways to slip it into Jungle X.
Super simple solution using Anaconda's station plot:
Slightly more daring solution using most of Anaconda's station area and sending the middle hill over Pantherian's pathway:
Even more expensive usage of Anaconda's station's plot that introduces a new lakefront pathway to make the Pantherian plaza into part of a new path loop (would probably want to finally build a new restroom back here too):
A non-Anaconda station plot proposal that, instead, blocks Backlot and can act as a new land boundary for Jungle X (good if KD doesn't plan to retheme Backlot):
Non-Anaconda station option that integrates a new lakeside bar (current Coke Market) and Chicken Shack seating area:
Don't have any huge thematic concept at the moment, but maybe it could be themed to the moon phases represented at Flat Rock? Could finally build out some Jungle X lore about what the phases of the moon have to do with the magic of the area.
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Gold Striker, I'm sorry I never liked you. I'll give you a second chance if you come to Caro I promise.
Price of steel is likely what is making this somewhat viable. Moving and reassembling isn't cheap, so the fact these might make sense is something.