King Maple The Tree King Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Looks like it dissapeared again, theyre probably just running minor maintenace on the paramount sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Hmmm..Very odd I really dont know what to think of this rumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Nemo Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Well if you look on PKI's site Shake, Rattle, And roll is not on the list. It's just a site construction thing I woruld guess. http://www.pki.com/attractions/index.cfm Some rides are just not on the list, does not mean they are going away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Adventure Express is on there nemo..But where is Hanna-Barbera Land I CANT FIND IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Maybe the took it down because it is gone. I don't recall SR&R ever being on PKI.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 ^ It has been I seen it I think it was yesterday on there in the family part of the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Nothing wrong with FOF. Hardly ever breaks down, still brings in a big crowd, everday. To me, screamscape is crap and I never believe in it. I dont know about PKD, but PKI has no reason to remove FOF. Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzarley Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Nothing wrong with FOF. Hardly ever breaks down, still brings in a big crowd, everday. To me, screamscape is crap and I never believe in it. I dont know about PKD, but PKI has no reason to remove FOF. Amen. Double Amen Also, if Paramount Parks was going to start a ride rotation program, doesn't FoF seem like an expensive one to start that with? In addition to the disassembly, shipping, and reassembly costs there would be the cost of constructing a building at the new site... (Which, guessing, I'd say is probably 25% of the ride's cost.) Or, I guess FoF could be left as an outdoor coaster at its new location, but that would certainly take a lot away from the ride experience. Then, of course, something would have to be done with the existing building at PKD. How many seasons of tinkering with the restraints did it take to finally get it right? It would be a shame to send it somewhere else now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Bowser Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Could PKD be re-theming FOF to the addams family? I mean that would be the easy cheap route..all they have to do is get a new facade and some retheming inside the ride and thats about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I think they are retheming it to the Soundwave - or another outdoor coaster. Think about it - the LIMs it has now cannot work outdoors because of rain. So they would have to get new LIMs and install them, then calibrate them. That would take a long time. You saw how long it took to calibrate IJST. It took like a month. And IJST only is half the speed of FOF. Then they have to tear down the building, clean it up, repaint it, retheme the station and queue line. It could take the better part of a year to do - which may be why FOF is not opening this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Yea but it didnt take them that long to build it so it shouldn't take them that like to retheme it and they probaly all ready have the config for the LIMs. The LIMs would probaly only need minor changes in them to get them working right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 When they built FOF - all they had to do was build it. To redo it to an outdoor ride, they have to tear parts down and rebuild parts. So it is going to take a lot longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefall Pkd Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 If it is a retheme and an extensive one at that, then they will have to remove stuff then put in whatever new stuff they are adding. That would take longer than building something from scratch. What I really don't get, and certainly don't agree with is the way they go about doing this. "Starting" things in the middle of the off season and "closing" the ride for all of this coming season not giving notice of what they are doing and not offering last rides on it As Is. Not to mention the rumor comes out, they remove it from the site that day, and give no statement leaving people confused and angry. We're still sitting in the dark a couple days later and still no word is coming out of the park. I have little faith in their operation protocol even if the end result is something great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Something great from paramout isnt that a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Bowser Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 I really hope it isnt that soundwave concept I didnt really care for it that much I rather have it be Addams Family,Star Trek something along those lines because I know if soundwave happens all they will play is rap...ewwww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Rap is the devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Bowser Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 ^ Yes .. yes it is..I cant stand that type of music never been my thing.. I just hope PKD or Paramount know what they are doing I myself am sick of the FOF theme got kinda lame after the rights to the outer limits were gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Maple The Tree King Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 ^How so? The onyl thing they changed was the sign and the map, losing the words "The outer limits" didnt change it much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 IT didnt change the feeling of the ride at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Well, they did cut the Outer Limits theme from the preshow. Primarily the "We control the Horizontal. We control the Vertical." as well as "...experience the Outer Limits." at the end of the preshow. Other than those very minor changes, FoF has remained the same (minus the lapbar modification) as when it opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Im so ticked that they dont say those last three lines! I like Klocke's idea of putting Borg dummies in the tubes and theming the ride to star trek, put in some strobes and borg voice recordings in the drum and it could make for one scary and thrilling ride, then as you come along the final brake run you could hear captain picard announcing that youve been saved from assimilation and are returnign to the enterprise shuttle bay. Id like to see it as this: That outisede are is themed to star fleet headquarters and features a new dining area and trek themed gift shop and paths to the new expansion the military base has been transformed to look like a regular 24th century building and big back drops like the ones used at Disney's MGM park not only make it feel like your in a real city but give that suspension of reality feel that movies and themes are supposed to give. While waiting in line in side the building you are breifed by Captain Picard, Admiral Janeway, Captain Sisco, and Cmdr. Riker on how youve infiltrated a captured Borg Sphere and you and your crew will take part in sabotaging it, the inside que will be made to look like a starfleet base and where youd usually enter the saucer, you will enter into what looks like the outside of a borg cube amongst the neon green lights and smoke. Inside as you make your turn you see Borg in the statis tubes and borg voices making anouncements about preparing for assimilation and how "resistance is futle". You board your craft and shoot off into the unkown, inside the bowl there would be strobes, fog and borg voices and the sound of machines and at the end, some sort of lights used to make it look like pyrotechnics as you pass throuigh the corckscrew making your escape. As you come onto the final brake run you hear Cpt. Picard commending you for a job well done and the ride exit would look like th enterprise's shuttle bay. The PKI ride ops would have to wear trek uniforms. I think that would be pretty darn cool, even if you dont like ST. However, I do see how you could give the ride a dark ride type feel and possibly do something with the Addams Family but for now I think the captured UFO military secret base isnt bad since its decently clsoe to Wright Patt, which is rumored to have dealings with with UFO's and secret technology of the cold war era (yeah right but still a neat litlle gimmick having the current FOF theme). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjkjkj Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 that would be sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMayChew Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Wud you re name it if you rethemed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKlockster Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 That Star Trek concept would be teh r0x0rz!!!! I would ride it 1000 times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Green Day's SoundWave hey Disney has Areosmith~!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeofTheSmurfs Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 ^ I dunno where PKD is going with there FOF I think its just a retheme nothing major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Green Day's SoundWave hey Disney has Areosmith~!!! Seems like no one can make an indoor LIM launched coaster with some decent music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Green Day's SoundWave hey Disney has Areosmith~!!! Seems like no one can make an indoor LIM launched coaster with some decent music. GreenDay is decent music..you've got yours and I got mine besides it was an inside joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 ^I was just kidding buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeofTheSmurfs Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 I wonder if PKD would retheme FOF to the MTV soundwave I mean did it really rate that high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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