I loved it.......but to do a memorial....that's a bit far for me.
Of course unless it's Space Mountain. My first coaster. At 3.
Volcano Goes Extinct
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I loved it.......but to do a memorial....that's a bit far for me.
Of course unless it's Space Mountain. My first coaster. At 3.
I respect it because despite all of its faults it still somehow was the most important attraction in the park, but it's a removal all the same compared to BBW, Shockwave, Rolling Thunder, Thunder Road, etc. None of those rides had a tombstone made for them outside of a Halloween event.
To be clear, I’m not defending the memorial. In fact, it struck me as bordering on inappropriate. I was just responding to @GrandpaD.
There is a ton of Volcano merch everywhere and some pins that I don’t remember seeing before today. I think flowers could be taken many ways, I think leaving them is a poke at the park for giving up and pulling the plug on an attraction suddenly.....at least that’s how I take it and no I didn’t leave the flowers. There were quite a few folks taking pictures of the attraction.
KD merch is weird in how it pops up randomly like that. I remember a few Shockwave pins popping up in one of the entrance stores last year at marked price, and then disappearing the next day with the normal park line-up pins.
I wouldn't mind buying a Volcano shirt because some of the designs weren't half bad, I'm just steering well clear of the Battle for KD mascot merch even if it's for sale for $2.
I wouldn't mind buying a Volcano shirt because some of the designs weren't half bad, I'm just steering well clear of the Battle for KD mascot merch even if it's for sale for $2.
Yes and that was from their marketing team.
The Volcano merch was all over the park. It’s confusing to guests thet may visit once a year and don’t keep us as we do with what’s happening in the park. I’m sure there will be many this season they don’t realize it isn’t coming back and only assume it’s probably down for a refurb so something. I did overhear a couple comments in the area while taking photos of “it’s not open yet this year” and “oh that’s closed today too” as was a number of attractions.
I don’t see the big deal about the flowers. Seemed like tongue-in-cheek humor to me. I thought it was funny.
Not according to a guy that did place the flowers on /r/rollercoasters.
Well there we go. /r/rollercoasters is nothing but well adjusted and reasonable individuals.
Not being confrontational (it's really hard to convey tone through text), but I'm really curious why you think it's inappropriate? Is it the context of the memorial or that someone even did it at all?
It is a rollercoaster that was very expensive to maintain. It was not a living being.
I said “bordering on,” not completely inappropriate. To me, however, treating an amusement park attraction that way gives the impression of reducing the importance of a memorial to a real death.
I said “bordering on,” not completely inappropriate. To me, however, treating an amusement park attraction that way gives the impression of reducing the importance of a memorial to a real death.
Makes note to self to cancel wreath for BGW's Wirbelwindchen.
I think it’s sorta bad that the 2019 season passes feature a picture of one ride and one ride only: Volcano.
Just curious, but does anyone know when track removal/demolition will start? I’d assume KD doesn’t want to have cranes hanging around the park during peak operating season. Also assuming it might take a while to maneuver the removal of track and ride equipment in the mountain if they are trying to keep the mountain intact.
Demolition costs money. Money comes from corporate; and corporate allocates money for projects and necessary maintenance. Until they have something to replace it, I wouldn't expect an immediate demolition. I would say they take it down end of season at the earliest.
Corporate money starts to get funneled out for work, expansion, demolition, etc. around August to September in most cases, there are a few exceptions of course but for the most part this is how corporate amusement companies handle things. I would start keeping an eye out on permit applications for demolition then.
In the meantime? Professionally Volcano doesn't exist to KD, it hasn't for almost a year now.