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Rumor: Gwazi to close in February


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Screamscape has a history of retroactively editing and/or deleting information if the stories on their site don't match the facts. Even if that weren't the case, I find it quite suspicious that a park would tell a fan site that a rumor is true prior to making a public announcement. I am also quite disappointed in TPR at this point. Robb Alvey of all people should know better.

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As far as I'm concerned: good riddance, Gwazi. I really, really wanted to like that ride. I don't know why, but I did. That ride WAS Son of Beast bad, and it didn't even have the height that Son of Beast had to use as an excuse. And I use "Son of Beast bad" very sparingly. Of the approximately 60 wooden coasters I've ridden, only one other ride besides Gwazi has come close to Son of Beast pain for me.

I've never had such an uncomfortable ride in a Millennium Flyer in my life. I've also never heard Millennium Flyers make the noises that ride's trains did. So disappointing. I'm weird enough that the ride may have been somewhat redeemed by having the trains dueling, but the other side clearly hadn't been in operation for a few seasons.

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As far as I'm concerned: good riddance, Gwazi. I really, really wanted to like that ride. I don't know why, but I did. That ride WAS Son of Beast bad, and it didn't even have the height that Son of Beast had to use as an excuse. And I use "Son of Beast bad" very sparingly. Of the approximately 60 wooden coasters I've ridden, only one other ride besides Gwazi has come close to Son of Beast pain for me.

I've never had such an uncomfortable ride in a Millennium Flyer in my life. I've also never heard Millennium Flyers make the noises that ride's trains did. So disappointing. I'm weird enough that the ride may have been somewhat redeemed by having the trains dueling, but the other side clearly hadn't been in operation for a few seasons.

I agree 100%

It was the worst out of the 15 or so Coasters I rode while in FL.

I thought the reason the other side was closed was because the ride would be leaving soon.

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Gwazi looks like all of the wooden roller coasters I used to make on RCT. It looks cool, but I guess that's why I never became a ride designer.

^ It does look cool, which is what makes its absolutely horrendous ride experience even more disappointing. It looks like a wonderful ride... but it rides like a jackhammer in the pouch of a kangaroo during an earthquake.

This sounds very familiar...

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Lol, from Gwazi wiki page......

As of April 13, 2014, Gwazi Tiger is still closed,and that there is speculation that the trains of Gwazi will be sent to Busch Gardens Williamsburg for a possible new attraction and that Gwazi is expected to close within the next couple of years to make way for a new coaster opening in 2015 or 2016, according to a park employee.
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Lol, from Gwazi wiki page......

As of April 13, 2014, Gwazi Tiger is still closed,and that there is speculation that the trains of Gwazi will be sent to Busch Gardens Williamsburg for a possible new attraction and that Gwazi is expected to close within the next couple of years to make way for a new coaster opening in 2015 or 2016, according to a park employee.

That exact quote, save an update to the "as of" date and a single grammar correction, has been present verbatim in the article since April 11, 2013. So that claim does not refer to the new rumor that just came up with the past couple of days.

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