Volcano Goes Extinct

[GrandpaD]

This thread and this thread have me confused (which really is very easy, unfortunately). It seems both are talking about the same thing. Isn't this thread one of the infamous "I heard/know/dreamed" a replacement and the other thread is following the Hack Demolition Co.?

Just curious.

 

[Zachary]

The Volcano Extinction thread (this thread) should house discussions about the demolition.

The Volcano Replacement thread should house speculation or discussion about possibile new attractions in that area.

Note: I moved today's incorrectly-placed discussion to the correct thread just now.

 

[bill s]

I swung by Monday and best I could tell nothing of the is visible from outside the park anymore. Could clearly see FoF.

5/13/19: the day Volcano finished dropping out of KD's skyline.

 

[snowman6996]

KD fans posted a pic on facebook. Volcano is no more.

 

[Crunchewy]

KD fans posted a pic on facebook. Volcano is no more.

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=eed92d993b591d43b53dbce4f441908a&oe=5D665932

From that post

 

[Johnkleindl]

Where is John K when we need him?

Sorry everyone. I'm at Walt Disney World and I couldn't find time to get out there before I left.

 

[snowman6996]

I think the station looks better without the mountain. They kept the mountain behind scrambler

 

[Eric]

So glad they didnt just opt for you standard construction walls and actually tried to make it blend in

 

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This looks like a pretty big spot tbh

 

[Mushroom]

Damn, even the Avalanche exit tunnel is gone. I was sort of hoping that would stay.

 

[lightninlady]

It was just there yesterday too. I was thinking about whether they would take it out or not when I was there for prom. ?

 

[futureshock]

@Joe um, if you look at the fifth of the seven Instagram pictures you will see the Avalanche exit tunnel and "mountain" covering it are still in fact there.

 

[futureshock]

A few questions for the well informed on this board, now that the full destruction of Volcano has taken place; will we ever get the story for the quick about-face by Cedar Fair from Volcano being invested in to upgrade the capacity and reliability to being given the death sentence? Also, does the quick dismantling of the ride and mountain bring more credence to the idea that irrevocable structure damage existed in either the mountain or the ride; or both (so much that it was unsafe to even be SBNO)?

 

[MAZ]

We will. One day in the distant future. I don’t think it is a subject that will get ‘absolute’ closure any time soon. But what ‘I think’ is just a matter of opinion. If I was one of the few people that was a part of this decision, I would want to keep it under the table for as long as possible. At least until the dust settles. Then there will be less people to judge me.

 

[futureshock]

We will. One day in the distant future. I don’t think it is a subject that will get ‘absolute’ closure any time soon. But what ‘I think’ is just a matter of opinion. If I was one of the few people that was a part of this decision, I would want to keep it under the table for as long as possible. At least until the dust settles. Then there will be less people to judge me.

Agreed that Cedar Fair wants the story swept under the rug for as long as possible, I was thinking more along the lines of leaks from people outside of the Cedar Fair umbrella (inspectors, Intamin employees, etc.); with the thinking being that now that the ride is officially "gone", then they would feel it okay to leak out some details about its demise.

Sadly, the silence from Cedar Fair on this front is deafening.

 

[b.mac]

You're likely never going to hear the actual reason for Volcano's removal.

The "official" verdict is due to the ride reaching the end of its lifespan. The easiest legitimate description would be it was down too much for Cedar Fair's standards, which fits in line with their statements in Q3 of last year and the fact that Volcano has spent the cumulative total of more than a season SBNO from 2016 until last year.

Maybe in a few months / years a spurned employee will do it, or it'll get revealed on a drunken podcast... or both.

 

[Mushroom]

@Joe um, if you look at the fifth of the seven Instagram pictures you will see the Avalanche exit tunnel and "mountain" covering it are still in fact there.

You can clearly see that the interior of the tunnel is missing; some of the pictures are taken through slats in the tunnel structure. Looks like only the mouth of the tunnel is still standing now.

 

[futureshock]

You can clearly see that the interior of the tunnel is missing; some of the pictures are taken through slats in the tunnel structure. Looks like only the mouth of the tunnel is still standing now.

My apologies, I could not see that from the picture.

It would be strange to leave that part of the "mountain" anyway, because it fits in with nothing else.

 

[Logang]

From yesterday. Still not much going on besides clearing. The rate at which they're doing it though makes me think a 2020 project, whatever it may be. Maybe using Volcano's old queue since that seems to be the only thing left standing.

 

[bill s]

Avalanche's exit tunnel is still there and still has rockwork on it alongside the lift hill, though cut down. Seems a pretty essential part of Avalanche to me, although I didn't fully comprehend how it was laid out until recently. There are open holes where some of the lights in the tunnel were, but I don't think they've worked for a long time.

The larger work equipment is gone.

As to the vague info so far released about what happened. Logically I can come up with 3 possibilities. One is that's just what their PR always sounds like, yeah it does, but not always and doesn't mean that's the only reason. 2nd is that the problem is embarrassing and we may never find out. 3rd possibility is a simple financial calculation, and they're not ready to tell us what they're using the money "saved" for yet so they can't lay it out.