This is definitely a wing it type situation. Closing Ka was a last minute decision.
News Project 2027/Purple: Delayed “World Record Breaking Coaster" (Phantom Spire?)
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Boardwalk might be gutted? That's definitely a noteworthy rumor, and one I hope turns into a reality lmao
If we really believe that to be the case, then they can only be replacing it with something off the shelf or a canceled ride from another park. I simply don't comprehend that anything could be going in next year at this point. It took two seasons to build a shuttle coaster. Unless the mack spinner concept is that simple to produce/copy/paste into any plot with minimum modifications.
This isn't even intended to sound like ranting, but there is 0 zero chance a delay is announced prior to next year's season passes going on sale. I haven't renewed in several years, but im thoroughly interested in the project from a discussion standpoint.
The speed of construction is, in large part, controlled by the price a park is willing to pay. We're still well outside of the window of time when SFGAdv would NEED to break ground on a new coaster designed to open by Summer 2026.
I'm not putting much credence into these delay rumors until there's either some evidence to work with or some bigger names start sharing the same, personally.
I'm not putting much credence into these delay rumors until there's either some evidence to work with or some bigger names start sharing the same, personally.
Original post without all the hype attached. That is a three phase electrical marker and not a survey dot;
Someone on that page said that people from corporate had apparently been walking around that plot. Don’t know how accurate that info is but I do remember seeing some cars out there on Friday, didn’t think much of it.
People from corporate? Eh, they've probably all been fired by now anyhow.
Where in Green Lantern’s former plot is that marker located? Is it closer to where Ka was or is it near Superman?
At this point I'm hoping we simply hear something soon. I'll be very frustrated if there's a delay and we hear absolutely nothing for months
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So I really don’t post here but I was doing some digging online the other day and found a one call in that was for 2/26 for soil boring 100ft. Don’t know if this is something they could be planning for the future. Also the engineering firm has worked with the park in the past on other projects. Don’t know if this would have to do with any future projects but seemed interesting.
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Yes, these are definitely firms that Great Adventure has a good working relationship with.
100 feet is extremely deep for just soil borings. Typical ride footers rarely go beyond 30–50 ft. I’d guess this isn’t for the ride foundation itself, but testing for soil bearing capacity, bedrock depth, or groundwater levels. In that case, 100 ft is common for this type of work, especially for a large tower that may require piles, caissons, or other types of deep foundations (such as for a Mack tower coaster)
The coordinates on the dig ticket also form a box covering over 2 square miles, which fully encompasses the entire Six Flags Great Adventure property (unfortunately they don’t point to the specific dig site).
As far as the bottom part that references Comcast, the “Clear/no conflict” indicates Comcast has no underground lines within the specified dig area that would be affected by the soil borings.
Good find!
100 feet is extremely deep for just soil borings. Typical ride footers rarely go beyond 30–50 ft. I’d guess this isn’t for the ride foundation itself, but testing for soil bearing capacity, bedrock depth, or groundwater levels. In that case, 100 ft is common for this type of work, especially for a large tower that may require piles, caissons, or other types of deep foundations (such as for a Mack tower coaster)
The coordinates on the dig ticket also form a box covering over 2 square miles, which fully encompasses the entire Six Flags Great Adventure property (unfortunately they don’t point to the specific dig site).
As far as the bottom part that references Comcast, the “Clear/no conflict” indicates Comcast has no underground lines within the specified dig area that would be affected by the soil borings.
Good find!
I can confirm that the boring being referenced is for the Ka site, not the Lantern plot or others.