silver2005

Do news stations happen to have Dippin' Dots stands on set?

They probably read that here.

Hershey has set an announcement date- October 3rd.

^NItro's crew didn't reach over, they actually walked up to the middle 2 seats to check them and were still efficient about it.

There are less overall rows to check and the trains are shorter. SFGAdv crews loading Nitro had trains ready to go faster than what Diamondback crews do on their best days, and Nitro has more capacity than Diamondback with a 9th car.

The 4 across seats are the same seats and restraints, they're just placed differently, though, they also keep their speed better than the V arrangement and load quicker.

^Only that I don't want a flying or dive coaster. Not picky about the rest of the details.

^Hate to break it to you, but that's a Photoshop.

Whatever coaster goes in Firehawk's place, I hope it has some interaction with either Racer, the FoF building, or Adventure Express (or if it's big enough, Banshee). Also, nothing in red please. I'm hoping its in colors similar to Behemoth and Talon.

I have some interesting bits to add to this as well. I got a coaster book a while back called 'Roller Coasters- A Thrill Seeker's Guide to the Ultimate Scream Machines' by Robert Coker. Its a hardback that goes over the basic history of coasters and delves into the many type and even includes worded POV's of a few notable rides (some include GhostRider, Beast, Volcano: The Blast Coaster, Son of Beast, and Millennium Force to name a few). The section on flying coasters is centered around Stealth (the book came out in 2002) and goes a little bit into the development. Turns out the Dutch equivalent to NASA, NLR -the Netherlands Aerospace Centre, and a few other major contributors to such sciences from where Vekoma has their HQ, were all apart of the Stealth project.

With Firehawk now being confirmed to be leaving, I'd put the possibility of a giga to at least 50% or even slightly above.

We'd need some serious ceremony to appease the utmost violation of the 11th Commandment.

I, too, am hoping for Firehawk's removal over Vortex's. It was my first looping coaster and it feels like such a staple in the park's skyline since its all I remember, with the Eiffel Tower and Vortex being the 2 tallest attractions in the 90s until Action Zone came about. I still thoroughly enjoy riding Vortex.

Maybe B&M can put better trains and/or restraints on Skyrush while they're at it.

Just for re-clarification- S&S still makes Arrow parts since they absorbed them, yes?

Dinosaurs Alive was pulling in 5 figures a day for quite a while.

^The fact that a new coaster going into X-Base would increase foot traffic and might be enough to warrant adding a restroom.

I just thought of another reason for wanting Firehawk over Vortex- attention in X-Base which may result in our long awaited restrooms!

With all the arguments made against Firehawk, I think I'm leaning towards Firehawk being the more likely ride to leave. Along with the downtime issues and cost of maintenance, I feel the GP just flat out like Vortex more than Firehawk.

The MIA fan in me hopes if Firehawk is leaving, it ends up in Muskegon. C'mon Cedar Fair, its time to throw them a bone they're way overdue for.

^^Realize this is the same park that didn't tear down Son of Beast until they were ready to make way for Banshee.

Would there be any signs of said coaster being torn down (i.e. construction markers)?

I would completely rule out Invertigo with the now confirmed B&M for 2020. It's gonna be something bigger to accommodate the bigger space needed for a B&M. Vortex or Firehawk would be my first guesses (the fact the sign has you facing Vortex leads me to believe the former).

The 4D Free Spin option isn't something RMC makes. That is S&S or Intamin.

How about slapping 2 pairs of Millennium Flyers on Racer so we can bring back recaR (GCI confirmed they can go backwards)? Also, re-track the pre-lift section so the trains actually meet evenly at the lifts. Red always seems to beat blue to the chain.