thomas Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Any news on KK opening back up the section of the park that was closed this season or new ride rumors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 From the SFOG, SFKK calandars up topic on this board: I sent a message concerning Twisted Twins coming back this summer and This is what they sent me. Ken, Thank you for your comment and interest in Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. Unfortunately Twisted Twins is not part of our 2009 plans at this time. We are still looking at the area for possible expansion in upcoming years. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me at pshortridge@sftp.com. Have a wonderful Holiday Season. We look forward to hosting you during our 2009 season, opening day is set for April 25th. Have a great day! I found this on TPR......Jay why did you have to go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Also known as if we get the money to open that area again, we will...whoever "we" is by then . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 So they closed that area to cut costs, then pass it off as looking into new rides in that area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Would that be anything like making an operational change in a ride for many reasons, and saying its for nostalgia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I see. But there is a big difference in making an operational change in a ride then closing off a whole section of a park including one of your major rides! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Well, if the park is not generating the attendance levels or revenue to justify those rides operating, then closing those rides and attractions can save on labor, maintenance and utility costs for the park. It is merely a cost savings move, in part likely justified by lighter attendance numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 ...assuming, of course, that immediate non-elective extensive and expensive maintenance/repair issues are not also a driver. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 While it makes sense to save on labor and mantinence, I don't see what sense it makes if you want to boost attendence and close a popular ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 If you have an old car that needs extensive repairs, you may or may not be able to afford to fix it...or if you can barely afford to fix it, you may still want to fix one of your other cars that is more popular somewhere else...Embarrassed that you can't afford to fix the car, you may even tell your neighbors you enjoy walking and need the exercise. Terpy, just sayin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Well my thoughts are that there may be structural problems that is not allowing that ride to open. It doesn't make sense to close off a section of the park and hope that people don't notice it. Since they lost the STOP the last thing they need is shutting down more rides for another season. There has to be more to it then cost savings. I have a feeling that this park may not be around much longer. They are land locked and only have one good ride. And chang could be made better by changing the train config to a sitdown floorless config. T2 should be ripped out. That has to be the roughest steel ride I have ever been on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 T2, a Vekoma, is smooth as glass compared to the incomparable Ninja at Six Flags Over Georgia. Also T2 is smoother the more towards the front you sit. There are many, many worse steel coasters than T2. Another, besides Ninja, that comes immediately to mind is The Roller Coaster at New York, New York Casino, formerly known as Manhattan Express, in Las Vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Terp, I will have to take your word on Ninja and The coaster at NY:NY. I have never wanted to part with my money in Vegas to ride a Togo coaster. But i have sit in the front, middle, and back of T2 and have been beat about half to death. To me SOB makes T2 feel tame to me. Couldn't Chang be changed to a floorless coaster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Perhaps, but I doubt that will happen. B and M, in particular, is very precise in their engineering...and designs their rides around the riders' centers of gravity. It is very unlikely they'd be willing to do such a conversion. Removing the floor from a sit down coaster's trains is one thing...changing a stand-up to a sit-down coaster is a whole horse of another color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 T2, a Vekoma, is smooth as glass compared to the incomparable Ninja at Six Flags Over Georgia. Also T2 is smoother the more towards the front you sit. There are many, many worse steel coasters than T2. Another, besides Ninja, that comes immediately to mind is The Roller Coaster at New York, New York Casino, formerly known as Manhattan Express, in Las Vegas. BTW, the Ninja you are refering to, is it the one at SFOG or the mismatch at SFSL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Perhaps, but I doubt that will happen. B and M, in particular, is very precise in their engineering...and designs their rides around the riders' centers of gravity. It is very unlikely they'd be willing to do such a conversion. Removing the floor from a sit down coaster's trains is one thing...changing a stand-up to a sit-down coaster is a whole horse of another color. Hasn't this been done before though? I though atleast one B&M standup has been convertered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 BTW, the Ninja you are refering to, is it the one at SFOG or the mismatch at SFSL As I said in my post, I mean the Ninja at Six Flags Over Georgia. The one at Six Flags Saint Louis is no thing of joy, but the Georgia one delivers a ride experience like none other. Let's put it this way...I ride it about once every five years just to remind myself why I don't ride it! Perhaps, but I doubt that will happen. B and M, in particular, is very precise in their engineering...and designs their rides around the riders' centers of gravity. It is very unlikely they'd be willing to do such a conversion. Removing the floor from a sit down coaster's trains is one thing...changing a stand-up to a sit-down coaster is a whole horse of another color. Hasn't this been done before though? I though atleast one B&M standup has been convertered. Not to my knowledge: http://www.rcdb.com/ir.htm?model=119 All of them, all still standups...Perhaps you are thinking of Sheikra, the Florida dive machine that opened with a floor, but was converted to a floorless. Both ways, it was and is a sit-down, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Yeah I was just looking at the frankenstein creation on RCDB in St. Louis. Wow. There is another coaster that I ran across that has the same treatment in China I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rcfreak339 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 While it makes sense to save on labor and mantinence, I don't see what sense it makes if you want to boost attendence and close a popular ride! HA! Twisted Twins and Mile High Falls a popular ride?!?!? those rides are walk-ons no matter when you go. It just that those rides are in such a weird part of the park and its a dead end when you get back there, My solution to this is take out Top Eliminator Dragsters and open that path back up. Also T2 can be an amazing ride, and one solution could be down to do this......better harnesses and some wheels that touch the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 As I said in my post, I mean the Ninja at Six Flags Over Georgia. The one at Six Flags Saint Louis is no thing of joy, but the Georgia one delivers a ride experience like none other. Let's put it this way...I ride it about once every five years just to remind myself why I don't ride it! Hahahahahaha! ... I'll probably end up doing the same thing. I have one word for SFOG Ninja ... OW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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