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Another short drone update from ClebyHerris. Great Adventure is a winter wonderland. Looks like a bunch of giant dirt piles where the tower should be.
News Project 2027/Purple: Delayed “World Record Breaking Coaster" (Phantom Spire?)
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Another short drone update from ClebyHerris. Great Adventure is a winter wonderland. Looks like a bunch of giant dirt piles where the tower should be.
We now have a rare opportunity to cross reference, since the ACE Newsletter went out this week regarding a bunch of future projects from Mack Rides. Couldn't think of another thread to put this in.
To quote from the newsletter, with new/key info in bold;
There exists three interpretations;
- This is SFGADV's Project and it got postponed by another year (incredibly unlikely)
- SFGADV's 2027 Project is not what we think it is (someone else has ordered an Xtreme Spinner).
- The 2028 listing is either a miscommunication or a red herring and this is referring to SFGADV's 2027 Project.
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It’s also entirely possible that this isn’t being considered an extreme spinner and is instead being called a brand new model internally. Personally I’d say that makes the most sense, as the only real similarity it would share with RtH and TT would be the spinning itself.
What an insane twist (no pun intended) it would be if this ended up not being a Mack spinner
I think the evidence we have strongly suggests Mack is behind the SFGAdv project, so unless that is somehow completely off base I see two realistic possibilities...
Possibility One: The ACE article is slightly inaccurate about the year of the attraction's debut, and SFGAdv's xtreme spinner is the ride being referenced. In that case, I could see either a translation error from a quote intending two xtreme spinners will be opening by 2028 (instead if specifically in 2028), or they could have been a bit vague intentionally to avoid giving out unreleased information.
Possibility Two: The SFGAdv ride is not considered an xtreme spinner by Mack, but instead is a brand new model. Given how many elements of this coaster are unique and completely unlike those found on not just both existing xtreme spinners but also any other Mack coaster in general, as well as the massive difference in scale, I could absolutely see them classifying it as a separate ride type entirely (xtreme tower coaster?, spinning tower coaster?, xtreme spinning shuttle tower launch coaster?), with the xtreme spinner classification reserved for complete circuit multi-launch coasters focusing on inversions.
Between these scenarios, possibility one is the simpler possibility, but there is one wrinkle that makes me think possibility two may actually be the correct one: A certain U.S. theme park company is working on a very noteworthy Mack project for next year, and as they also happen to be the original operator of the xtreme spinner, I would not be shocked if they had purchased another for a 2028 debut.
Possibility One: The ACE article is slightly inaccurate about the year of the attraction's debut, and SFGAdv's xtreme spinner is the ride being referenced. In that case, I could see either a translation error from a quote intending two xtreme spinners will be opening by 2028 (instead if specifically in 2028), or they could have been a bit vague intentionally to avoid giving out unreleased information.
Possibility Two: The SFGAdv ride is not considered an xtreme spinner by Mack, but instead is a brand new model. Given how many elements of this coaster are unique and completely unlike those found on not just both existing xtreme spinners but also any other Mack coaster in general, as well as the massive difference in scale, I could absolutely see them classifying it as a separate ride type entirely (xtreme tower coaster?, spinning tower coaster?, xtreme spinning shuttle tower launch coaster?), with the xtreme spinner classification reserved for complete circuit multi-launch coasters focusing on inversions.
Between these scenarios, possibility one is the simpler possibility, but there is one wrinkle that makes me think possibility two may actually be the correct one: A certain U.S. theme park company is working on a very noteworthy Mack project for next year, and as they also happen to be the original operator of the xtreme spinner, I would not be shocked if they had purchased another for a 2028 debut.
It should also be noted that this blurb says that they have two extreme spinners coming in 2028. If that language is correct, that doesn’t mean that they don’t have one coming in 2027.
This!
Isn't there some ramblings that 2028 might be a TT for Dollywood - Owns farms seems to have a big empty semi-clear pilot of land.
I doubt the GAdv coaster is one of the ones being referenced here, because if it was, it’d mean someone (or some people even) at ACE know a lot of details about the ride, and if that was the case, it’d have been leaked already
I just don’t see how ACE of all things would have intel on this ride that we don’t
That would be plausible. I don't think corporate would go around sharing this information as the more people that know is the more people who could possibly leak the info.
Six Flags corporate is (*probably) not the one making the claim, I imagine ACE newsletter got the info from Mack Rides directly at IAAPA last month. Not uncommon for an industry magazine (ACE, Amusement Today, etc) to get that kind of vague information about upcoming projects from the manufacturer.
(I say "probably" here because Six Flags Corporate did, in fact, announce the entire chain's 2026 projects nearly 2 years in advance... )
(I say "probably" here because Six Flags Corporate did, in fact, announce the entire chain's 2026 projects nearly 2 years in advance... )
2 more shipments came through the port on 12/19 for GADV.
32 pieces, 44,000 KG total
Origination port Antwerp, Belgium.
No notable information included, shipper name intentionally blocked.
32 pieces, 44,000 KG total
Origination port Antwerp, Belgium.
No notable information included, shipper name intentionally blocked.
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Thank you fingerblaster! How does that compare in size to the last shipment?
Fingablastin us with some quality info
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A lot smaller than the previous shipment(s), by about 400,000 KG
What if the "record breaker " Great Adv. was from SFA:Wild one as "the oldest relocated wood coaster" and Batwing as "the world's oldest flyer"
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I would, in 100% seriousness, support the saving of Wild One over anything that spins.What if the "record breaker " Great Adv. was from SFA:Wild one as "the oldest relocated wood coaster" and Batwing as "the world's oldest flyer"
Honey wake up, the new drone update just dropped.
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Nothing new at the construction site. Swashbuckler is completely off its pad now though.
Actually it looks like they started digging up more where the tower is supposed to be, in the parking lot by the trees. I see more dirt piles at the end of the construction site to the left, probably for the third large tower footer.