The only source I'm aware of is the survey that was the basis for all of the spinda ka rumors. My favorite part about it is the "twists and turns" reference, given that the layout features exactly one twist and one turn
I do! Viper is fantastic, Ride of Steel's ejector airtime is classic Intamin goodness, and Predator blew me away. I went in with no expectations and left very impressed.Hey if any GADV locals wanna trade home parks with me, I'm sure y'all would love Darien Lake
GADv’s biggest asset is the potential it has. I think this is why fans are so aggravated all the time. The park has seemingly untapped potential at every corner and just when we think it’s finally hitting stride and reaching even a sliver of what it’s capable of reaching, it goes backwards. The park is still amazing and we all love it. So don’t worry, you’re not alone. We just want to talk about it like it’s on par with cedar point as it is fully capable of being in the same conversationMan the more I read this thread the more I think I am the only one who still likes going to the park
800 sq ft isn't that big, it's like the size of a medium house. Probably gonna be the epicenter of the power system used to power the ride
Maybe we’ll get the drop tower from the survey in the next two years, then the next big coaster addition in 3-5 years.
Management (corporate and park level) had to deal with bad decisions made by long gone owners and managers. More was spent on the park in 2005-2006 than was spent over 10 years in most parks, and both of those investments had lingering costs that weighed on the park. Yes, other parks got "more", but many of those were cheap in comparison to the costs of Kingda Ka/Golden Kingdom/El Toro/Plaza del Carnavale. And that's not counting all the money spent on the hotel that was never built among other black holes they threw money into with no return on investment. So yes, Great America and Magic Mountain got "more" with TDK, Little Dipper, X-Flight, Goliath, Joker, Maxx Force, Wrath of Rakshasa, Apocolypse, RR Express, GL First Flight, Full Throttle, SG Hot Rod Racers, Twisted Colossus, West Coast Racers, and WW Flight of Courage, but Great Adventure spent more than all those combined.
Notice how I hedged by saying "if history is any indicator." To act like the Six Flags way and the people who developed it are completely dead and gone is hilarious, and if your reading of an objective timeline I provided is to look at it, deny its applicability, and make excuses, that should tell you something about your own expectations for the park.
And what does this mean to the everyday visitor? Nothing. If the parks were given equal funding and Great Adventure squandered theirs for a worse customer experience with a shorter lifespan, that would reflect poorly even if guests did know that context. And for locals who do have that context, why is it so frowned upon to believe that given this rare opportunity to build a coaster, they're fumbling it by reusing the exact same stalling shuttle gimmick they installed last year?
I condemn them both, but there's no reason to duplicate a mistake, and it's clear that ride removals at Great Adventure are not expected to have replacements now, so I'd rather not see it go either.
