News Project 2026: Shoreline Pier (Boardwalk Phase I feat. Barrels O' Fun & More)

[Mushroom]

Glad to see the spinning on that coaster still looks pretty bonkers.

 

[harry580]

I wonder a wooden coaster would work great behind barrel of fun (a family coaster of what we want, I rather saved another thrilling wooden coaster for frontier adventures area)

 

[Great Adventurer]

Inclement weather unfortunately cancelled the Star Spangled Nights fireworks this evening, but it also provided an opportunity for some quaint Shoreline Pier photos, along with a not-as-quaint video over one of the newer props in the area.







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[sfgadvfan91]

Some evening pictures of my own. It looks great.

Only minor gripe is I hope they fix the dead lights on Roundup and Hypno Twister. Odd that the latter has dead lights this early (maybe damaged from relocation?)

 

[rc-mc]

Barrels O’ Fun just opened a few minutes ago. Made it on one of the first trains and can confirm that the spinning is just as crazy as ever lol.
Great ride, but desperately needs some shade over the queue and station!

 

[sharpr1]

Barrels O’ Fun just opened a few minutes ago. Made it on one of the first trains and can confirm that the spinning is just as crazy as ever lol.
Great ride, but desperately needs some shade over the queue and station!

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Park President Mike has already said that there will be shade over the platform soon.

 

[sfgatim06]

Now if they could just get wave swinger up. At this point you'd suspect there is a missing part or something since the ride appears to be ready.

 

[YachtyLogs]

I believe I left Great Adventure about an hour before it opened. I'm so sad right now LOL

 

[wasteman]

Testing has started on the Wave Swinger, testing footage starts at about 10:30.

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[telamark]

Wave Swinger has opened to the public! Caught the 2nd cycle.

 

[AmyUD06]

Wave Swinger has opened to the public! Caught the 2nd cycle.
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I am so disappointed they repainted this ride. The rainbow pattern on the underside of the awning and all of the classical artwork portraits it had when it was at SFA were so beautiful. Honestly with this paintjob, it screams "ice cream" or "cake" to me and would be more fitting located around the Carousel and Yum Yum Palace than a boardwalk themed area.

It's also interesting to see that they're running it without a third of the seats.

 

[harry580]

you know what would make the wave swinger even better, repaint the top blue and white and name it: the flying wave!

 

[apollo18]

Wave Swinger has opened to the public! Caught the 2nd cycle.
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Wow, reminds me of the Busch Gardens Williamsburg version. I'm remembering an identical color scheme.

 

[MikeGS6789]

During the ARCM live stream he showed the new Shoreline Pier sign.

 

[michaellynn4]

Now THAT’S classy.