I don’t see a reason why both coasters don’t eventually get added. The Family Launch could be perfect, especially since from what I’m hearing. Camp Cartoon might be going once this new kids area is open.
I’m honestly surprised they’re the only ones looking into it. A flying theater feels like the kind of thing they could put into most of their top tier parks. Like Carowinds getting one for Aeronautica feels incredibly obvious to me, or Magic Mountain getting one that flies over the mountains of California.
The Flying Theater could be fun, but I don’t know where they’d put itIdk if park management/the higher ups look at this board, but as a regular goer to GAm I'll put my thoughts here since I didn't get a survey
I think both the giga and the family launch coaster would be amazing to have, the giga especially as a selfish thoosie but I'd definitely ride the family launch coaster every time I went too.
The flying theater I'm open to but not sure how much I'd do it if the effort isn't there. For example, SeaWorld Orlando's flying theater wasn't my favorite and I'm not sure how often I'd do it if I went to that park regularly, but I love Soarin', so I'm definitely open to the flying theater if it's well done.
Agreed. That's kind of my worry too, I'd much rather go on a traditional dark ride. Also was just thinking about how Magic Mountain suggested a replacement for their Justice League dark ride in their survey, and if that's successful, maybe Great America could get a replacement for theirs as well?
YES. I'd love all of those but when I think of indoor themed flat rides, I think of Cyclone Sam's at Worlds of Fun (indoor Wipeout with strobe lights and music), loved it! Closest thing to that Great America has is their teacups during fright fest. Would be awesome if we could have a similar ride as an all year alternative.
But people would compare one at MM that flies over California to Soarin. That would probably be an unfair comparison, unless MM executed it very well.
There is plenty of room. Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, Goliath at La Ronde, and Silver Star at Europa-Park are excellent examples on how to fit a ride in impossible locations.
I guess. It would be precarious for sure. Leviathan is kind of out in the middle of nowhere at the park. I've never been to Europa Park or La Ronde so I can't speak to either of those. I guess Carowinds kind of squeezed Fury in there. Guess we'll see what happens. I imagine they'll do the family launch coaster first since the original plan was to focus on the new kids area.
After looking into it, it's very plausible, that the pond is a naturalized detention basins for rainwater runoff from the giant impervious concrete parkin lot to run into. This certainly makes it less likely that the park could use it, but it may not be impossible - the park may just have to jump through a few more hurdles. I believe they still own the land and it is zoned for recreational use, but if they are allowed to pour a few footers there, they would probably have to get extra approval and/or compensate for the lost capacity of the pond in some way. These are just some guesses though - I don't know what protections are in place for ponds like these.
