SFStL to get New Wood Coaster

[The Interpreter]

Since it includes Millennium Flyer trains, it can be assumed for now it is a Great Coasters International coaster:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stor...E6?OpenDocument

[PKIVortex]

Sounds good. 7 million is that cheap for a new wooden coaster?

[The Interpreter]

Not really. Depends on the size of The Beast...

[PKIVortex]

That's cool, sounds fun though, I'm sure Six Flags will have all of the facts on it's St Louis page soon, if it's not already.

[Monroe]

Evel Knievel jumped 14 busses in Ohio? I wonder where he did that at?

[PKIVortex]

Yeah I found that kind funny that they didn't mention that it was at an amusement park. Which one was that again? Oh thats right Kings Island. LOL

[jzarley]

Sounds like a nice little coaster, but does the Evel Knievel theme seem a little out of date?

Sounds like they're trying to appeal more to a Gen X audience with that one (like me, Woofer, and Mark Shapiro )

[WooferBearATL]

Sounds like a nice little coaster, but does the Evel Knievel theme seem a little out of date?

Sounds like they're trying to appeal more to a Gen X audience with that one (like me, Woofer, and Mark Shapiro )

Man, I remember when Knievel did all those jumps. I specifically remember the jump over the canyon. That was crazy!

[jzarley]

^ Yeah, in that rocket car type thing. I used to have one of those as a toy. I also had the regular motorcycle (that I think came with the Evel "action figure"), and the chopper. Those were the hot toys the Christmas I was in first grade

I ended up snapping the front wheel off the chopper in a particuarly adventuresome jump! (Of course, I also snapped off Steve Austin's leg when I made the $6M Man jump off the refrigerator too...)

I wonder how many little kids broke their arms during that time doing Evel imitations on their bikes?

[WooferBearATL]

^ Yeah, in that rocket car type thing. I used to have one of those as a toy. I also had the regular motorcycle (that I think came with the Evel "action figure"), and the chopper. Those were the hot toys the Christmas I was in first grade

I ended up snapping the front wheel off the chopper in a particuarly adventuresome jump! (Of course, I also snapped off Steve Austin's leg when I made the $6M Man jump off the refrigerator too...)

I wonder how many little kids broke their arms during that time doing Evel imitations on their bikes?

Oh I Know I Used To Do All Them Bike Jumps.

Used to Have The Evel Kinevil motorcycle that had the rip cord thingy as well!

[Brian]

Here is a picture of it.

[PKI Punk]

For those of you that are interested in the new Evel Knievel coaster, I am one of the GCII Interns and we are just starting back up on our site for the off season. Check out our intern web-site for updates and photos of the new ride as it comes along.

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