I’m likely going to say a very extreme take: Aquaman Splashdown takes up entirely too much real estate. Can likely fit a newer more modern flume, the station for a giga, and another attraction on that plot.
Rumor Project 2027 (?): B&M Giga Coaster?
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Removing Aquaman Splashdown wouldn't free up much space unless you also remove Logger's Run.
Didn’t realize there was two rides there. But yes. All go.
Someone also told me the idea of having the station be where Johnny Rockets currently occupies in Mardi Gras
Yeah not happening. Both those flumes when open together regularly pull waits over an hour and they are NOT low capacity either.
If a water ride at that park had to be removed it’d be the rapids, which is hardly ever open. And even replacing THAT with a major coaster is a tough sell as that side of the park is right up next to residential areas, and those people DO complain.
A giga at SFGAM really just isn’t a feasible option because half the park isn’t suitable, most spots would require the removal of something incredibly significant, and the lineup doesn’t really cry out for one.
And fair enough. Those rides really do take up a large plot of land though and if they really wanted to expand that’s prime real estate.
Also - feel no empathy for people who move in near a park then complain about noise. Especially when the park was there before the development. Bad urban planning IMO.
I was talking generality as opposed to park specific.
Still terrible urban planning.
If we're thinking of getting really creative, I've measured it, and a brake run, turn, station, lift hill, drop, valley, and airtime hill would fit as shown below. The station could take up the plots of Mardi Gras Hangover and Big Easy Balloons, the lift hill could go over Joker, and the valley could fit above the water basin of the log flumes. After a hill, the next valley could go in the Wilderness Theater plot, then the coaster could go over Goliath's covered tunnel and out into the employee parking lot.
Honestly I think we could be looking at a complete retheme of the Mardi Gras area if this ends up being the case
I would love a Giga, but I don’t think I’d sacrifice American Eagle, which is the obvious spot to put it.
Any Giga they put in would not replace Eagle
A hyper or giga easily fits around existing attractions. It’s just a question if there’s something they WANT to remove because of costs…
To me it is most likely fake. Seems too short of a layout.
Those don’t look real to me, too many things that are either missing or look like they were done by an amateur
I don’t know man… gut level, that first sheet specifically has me leaning towards real.
It clearly isn’t a final product set of plans that shows the exact fully engineered ride columns & supports, but I would not be surprised at all if this is some sort of real, mid-development plan.
Like note 2 says: “foundation LOCATIONS are final, but foundation SIZING is still in process.”
It clearly isn’t a final product set of plans that shows the exact fully engineered ride columns & supports, but I would not be surprised at all if this is some sort of real, mid-development plan.
Like note 2 says: “foundation LOCATIONS are final, but foundation SIZING is still in process.”
If this were fan art, I think most people would have added another 1000 feet to the layout. Measuring the center line layout in the above document, I get about 3,500 feet. I confirmed this by tracing out the approximate route on Google Earth and got about the same measurement. The document above is to scale. 1000-1500 feet needs to be added to this measurement to account for vertical distance traveled. If we are pessimistic on the track length, and assume the ride only has a few hills and only add 1000 feet for vertical distance, we end up with a track length of about 4,500 feet (Orion is 5,321 feet). That being said, this layout appears to have several tall hills (that hammerhead will need to be quite the elevation change to take comfortably). Without doing a mock-up, I am guessing just over 5000 feet of track.
The only building I notice removed is the Johnny Rockets to make room for the station, as well as a minor re-route of the parade route and the removal of the old top spin footers.
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