News Project 2027/Purple: Delayed “World Record Breaking Coaster" (Phantom Spire?)

[sharpr1]

A haunted light house theme and a season pass soft opening preview during Fright Fest would be pretty cool. It could be great marketing and could boost season pass sales for 2027.

See, this is what I'm thinking is a real possibility IF they get the ride built and operational in time, and have the landscaping and theming pretty much done. Maybe only passholders or another ACE event, or even a lottery whereby like 100/250 lucky people get to be the first riders? If it's "Phantom Spire" and it's a haunted lighthouse theme, if that's done and lit in time for Frightfest? One giant ad for 2027 and a great visual addition to Frightfest whether they let anyone ride it or not in '26.

 

[Adventure UP]

What are the odds this ends up being a swing launch like TT2?

That would be awesome! It seems like most of the footers are completed already except the tower stricture. It does match the Spinning tower concept exactly with the launch and upside camelback. However, the big mystery at this point is the speed and height of this coaster! Because it’s “KAs Replacement” I would hope this coaster will be taller than KA!

 

[desardes]

Could we see an official announcement somewhat soon?

At the ACE event the park staff member who ran it (I don't recall his name) said they would announce the announcement so it won't be a surprise release.

 

[sharpr1]

At the ACE event the park staff member who ran it (I don't recall his name) said they would announce the announcement so it won't be a surprise release.

We're all expecting a formal announcement with videos and artist renderings in the spring.

 

[plighting_engineerd]

I love this name and I think, if executed well, this theme could be really incredible for the boardwalk area!

 

[amperedragon]

Phantom Spire as a name in isolation is good but not great. However, if they play into the concept and theme it up along with redoing the area around the ride, it could wind up being a pretty cool concept.

 

[DE_Creative]

The name isn’t outstanding but it’s WAY better than many other ride names in the past few years, and the theming potential is top notch. The possibilities for lighting, theming, and easy fright fest tie-ins make this a home run in my opinion. If this is at the level of many recent cedar fair flagship attractions this will be a home run

 

[GASM]

I don't mind the name. I'm going to walk the plank here and say it's no worse than the name of the coaster that it's replacing.

At least Facebook won’t be typing this one incorrectly on a daily basis.

 

[RDL]

The name isn’t outstanding but it’s WAY better than many other ride names in the past few years, and the theming potential is top notch. The possibilities for lighting, theming, and easy fright fest tie-ins make this a home run in my opinion. If this is at the level of many recent cedar fair flagship attractions this will be a home run

It sounds very menacing for a coaster that's supposed to be 400ft tall, which is perfect to me

 

[tonyflyshow]

Also don't forget some people are saying it could be Fiesta Texas too it fits the narrative for Fiesta Texas cuz they're teasing has been about Darkness moons wolves and that name for this kind of phantom has to do with dark theme so we could be wrong but it could be great adventures too it's just something point about it could be Fiesta Texas too they are getting a big coaster 2027 as well and their anniversary

 

[MikeGS6789]

In the great adventure survey this season one of the options was for a drop tower, maybe the name is for that.

 

[joeg918]

Looks like some more shipments arrived on the 5th based off of what I can see from the free version of Import Key.

 

[Clear]

Looks like some more shipments arrived on the 5th based off of what I can see from the free version of Import Key.

Never thought I’d say this but,

Sounds like we need to be fingablasted real quick…. Ya know. With shipment info

 

[fingerblaster22]

Never thought I’d say this but,

Sounds like we need to be fingablasted real quick…. Ya know. With shipment info

I got rid of Importkey. We're not importing goods right now

Might sign up for a better service at the end of the month (Import Genius), depends how motivated I get at work lol.

 

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Also looks like they've finished digging and are pouring the footer in the parking lot. All the piles of dirt in recent drone videos are now gone in this one.

 

[xenithwav]

I am super happy if the track color is that purple... very reminiscent of Phantom Revenge's color scheme. I think it'll look awesome on a ride of this size. It gives even more fuel to the fire on Phantom Spire being the name

 

[MikeGS6789]

I am super happy if the track color is that purple... very reminiscent of Phantom Revenge's color scheme. I think it'll look awesome on a ride of this size. It gives even more fuel to the fire on Phantom Spire being the name

I just hope they don't decide to call it Bizarro with it being right next to Superman.

 

[SweetBabyJames]

I just hope they don't decide to call it Bizarro with it being right next to Superman.

No, they would call it CATWOMAN Whip being that the supports are black not blue.

 

[MikeGS6789]

Also looks like they've finished digging and are pouring the footer in the parking lot. All the piles of dirt in recent drone videos are now gone in this one.

There's also an excavator doing stuff in Kingda Ka's plot. It's right at the edge of the frame so it's hard to tell if it's digging or moving dirt piles around.