News Project 2027/Purple: Delayed “World Record Breaking Coaster" (Phantom Spire?)
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Given the situation with dragster, I don't think intamin has any interest in working with SF as much as CF refused to work with them. When they brought in Zamperla for Dragster, it was a major blow up, to the point that intamin was basically telling them they're gonna get someone killed. Until the leadership shakes up between these companies, I wouldn't expect ANY new intamin rides for the chain.
I feel like they will be adding a ride with height. This plot of land stands right in front of the park and a tall ride would help fill the void in the sky left by removing the Parachutes and Ka.
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Charlie Brown and his dumb dog can't do anything right. They should've never merged. If the theories are true (AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN THEORIES), this is another Six Flags Worlds of Adventure situation. Those jealous numbnuts. SFGAdv is 6 hours away from CPoint...
Remember this survey from the summer for GADV? It seemed weird in hindsight, but now I realize it was no accident. THIS is the Ka replacement. Not anything else. “Multi-world-record-breaking?” World tallest spinning coaster, worlds fastest spinning coaster, worlds first upside-down launch. And its still a strata, so it’s will be fine enough for gp probably. IDK how it could be anything else.
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It wouldn’t shock me if this was it, but this would be a massive downgrade IMO
Ehhhhh….theyre working with Intamin on Georgia Surfer & Quantum Accelerator, so I’d imagine they might have better odds of working with them on a totally new concept
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I will be very surprised if it's not that Mack spinner concept honestly. It checks a lot of boxes.
Oh i agree, but it’ll still be fun imo. Look on the bright side, if TT2 goes FUBAR , strata coasters will not go extinct!
I hope a layout extension on that concept isn’t off the table, especially with the flash , and that hypothetical capacity.
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It could be, but we need to keep in mind that "record-breaking launch coaster" is a very broad category. This is hardly the end-all-be-all.
"Record-breaking" is a broad net, but "world-record-breaking" is far, far more exclusive to be fair—particularly after Falcon's Flight opens in 2025. Breaking world records in 2026 should be a notable feat and basically requires a non-"standard sitdown" coaster to realistically accomplish in my assessment.
I used to think that for a bit, but SFOT getting a “Record breaking dive coaster” after MANY surveys over the summer talked about a giga dive sorta tipped me off.
Yeah. It's just a complete downgrade, which is what everyone (for the most part) already agrees on.
Also, to me at least, when it comes to shuttle, I almost completely discount height categories. Don't get me wrong, I am sure it'll be a fun ride, but the idea of leaving a station and coming back to it from the other end after navigating a course is a completely different ride than going up and back. I get that TT was just a tophat, but it scratches the technicality of a complete ride compared to Superman at Magic Mountain (which I did enjoy).
Until (if?) TT2 gets saved, for me Fury<3 will be the tallest in the USA.
Both those rides are pre-merger projects in six flags parks.
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I think this is it but - it seems like a poor replacement for lost capacity [Green Lantern, Ka, Zumanjaro, Twister, Parachute Tower, Sky Ride]. Yes, sometimes these rides were closed for extended periods but whatever goes in now needs to handle crowds - even with a split station, it better pump through trains or the park is in trouble.
They’re using the entire spot of all the closed rides, I don’t think that would even take up Ka’s spot alone.
I'm shocked that they would tell us what they're adding in 2026 this early.
They really didn’t have a choice. If they announced the closure of six rides, including arguably the most iconic roller coaster in the park’s history, without immediately announcing their intentions to replace them, it would have been an even bigger PR nightmare than the Kingda Ka situation already was.