Attraction Riptide Race

[Zachary]

I'm still disappointed that the park continues to remove old attractions to put in new ones when it has approval to add new areas that wouldn't require losing rides. I'd blame covid, but this started prior to the pandemic.

It's my estimation that the immediate future of WCUSA is being dictated in no small part by the condition of the park's old wooden slide towers. Aquazoid was the first domino to fall. The structure literally surpassed its breaking point. SEAS is likely going to turn its eyes towards preventing the other, oftentimes older, structures around WCUSA from following in Aquazoid's footsteps.

It is my impression that Wild Thang's structure was not in good shape at all. I really am very sad to lose it—Wild Thang & Atomic Breakers were my childhood at WCUSA—but I also understand why Wild Thang probably isn't worth an Aquazoid-like investment to the park.

Mark my words: All of these wooden slide towers are living on borrowed time. Malibu? Jet Scream? Big Daddy Falls? Get your rides in. I don't think that they can all survive this decade without major work. I expect renovation and replacement to be the names of the game at WCUSA for a while.

 

[Irishman]

It's my estimation that the immediate future of WCUSA is being dictated in no small part by the condition of the park's old wooden slide towers. Aquazoid was the first domino to fall. The structure literally surpassed its breaking point. SEAS is likely going to turn its eyes towards preventing the other, oftentimes older, structures around WCUSA from following in Aquazoid's footsteps.

It is my impression that Wild Thang's structure was not in good shape at all. I really am very sad to lose it—Wild Thang & Atomic Breakers were my childhood at WCUSA—but I also understand why Wild Thang probably isn't worth an Aquazoid-like investment to the park.

Mark my words: All of these wooden slide towers are living on borrowed time. Malibu? Jet Scream? Big Daddy Falls? Get your rides in. I don't think that they can all survive this decade without major work. I expect renovation and replacement to be the names of the game at WCUSA for a while.

Rampage (memory) Lives !!!! Seriously the should think about removing it from all aspects of their site:





Would you add Nitro-Racer to that list as well ?



I Personally think they would want to renovate: Big Daddy Falls and Malibu pipe line. I think Aquatica? recently got a new style of nitro racer. A new Jet scream complex would not hurt as well.

I am curious to see everyone's thoughts on these!

 

[Zachary]

Nitro is younger than Aquazoid was and, as far as I'm aware, WCUSA hasn't seen fit to implement any mitigation measures for it yet. That tells me that Nitro is probably in a little better shape than Malibu, Wild Thang, Big Daddy, and Jet Scream—all of which have seemed to spark some concern within the park lately.

Sidenote: The fact that the park didn't replace Meltdown's tower is going to come back to bite them too. If Aquazoid's tower had failed before Cutback, I'm pretty sure Meltdown's tower wouldn't have been reused.

 

[tursiops]

Wild Thang, Malibu and even Big Daddy to some degree have lots of shade on their towers which probably doesn't help with wood rot. I would expect Big Daddy to be saved but i think Jet Scream would be a goner. It's a great location to put in something from a visibility standpoint.

That does make more sense for the replacement model of new attractions though.

 

[Thomas]

I think one of the big factors affecting Aquazoid’s tower was that it was huge. A wooden structure of that size exposed to water constantly was never a good idea, but the shorter ones might be more stable long term.

 

[Jonesta6]

I think one of the big factors affecting Aquazoid’s tower was that it was huge. A wooden structure of that size exposed to water constantly was never a good idea, but the shorter ones might be more stable long term.

The size factor being that there's more to go wrong than any actual difference in wood rot issues on smaller structures?

I just hope they keep the stairs and walkways non-concrete or at least have an ankle sprinkler on those that are - don't like the idea of another Soak City foot burning session trying to get to the top of a ride tower.

 

[tursiops]

I think it's more about shorter being more stable. A tall structure will have a lot more sway.

 

[Mamunia]

Maybe there is something I'm just unaware of, but I absolutely hate this trend of trashing old rides, instead of just expanding into areas that are untouched. I also hate the fact that a lot of single rider-friendly rides are getting trashed, as a loner this is quite a pain.... ?‍ ?

That’s a great point.. I, too, am often a single rider.

 

[horsesboy]

Maybe there is something I'm just unaware of, but I absolutely hate this trend of trashing old rides, instead of just expanding into areas that are untouched. I also hate the fact that a lot of single rider-friendly rides are getting trashed, as a loner this is quite a pain.... ?‍ ?

Great point I have felt that the single rider tube slides that KD added when they added their drop slide are really good I been hoping that Water Country would build something similar but they seem to only be interested in multi rider slides lately.

 

[vacoasterfanatic]

It's a shame that all of these awesome slides seem to be in disrepair. I very much hope that jet scream isn't next, as I still find it VERY fun

 

[b.mac]

It's a shame that all of these awesome slides seem to be in disrepair. I very much hope that jet scream isn't next, as I still find it VERY fun

I think Jet Scream can get away with it because its wood structure isn't tall at all and the ride is built on a hill.

 

[Zachary]

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[Zachary]

I think they're dead, Jim.

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[Nibbins]

Not disagreeing but they did cut areas out of the BGW maps during the special events when they were closed off.
Technically they could just not plan on opening them anytime soon and want to avoid confusion.

 

[tursiops]

Both of you make good points. With the labor shortage this is even less surprising, since they can't open the rest of the entire park even. Hopefully something really cool takes advantage of the space. Plus there is a lot of additional expansion zone behind rampage. I'd love to see the next few attractions go in over there.

 

[DJTLG]

Was Wild Thang called something else originally?

 

[Jpineda96]

I think it’s gonna be a Proslide Hydromagnetic Mammoth with a big Tornado combination.

 

[Jpineda96]

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[tursiops]

Was Wild Thang called something else originally?

Yes, Amazon.

 

[Zachary]

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