Recent content by Steely Dan

Given how "middle of nowhere" Primm is, I could see the resort and Desperado just slowly baking away in the desert sun for decades to come. This isn't like a SFA or CGA situation where the underlying land has significant value for reuse.

That price tag raised my eyebrow as well. Given the fact that it's over 40 years old, completely outdated tech, gigantic, and a terrain coaster, I can't imagine any entity purchasing it to relocate it. I looked up the price of scrap steel on Google and it looks like it typically goes for...

Stand up for stand-ups! Given the disappearing act the first gen Togo/ Intamin/B&M stand-ups are doing (only 7 of the 20 built still operate as stand-ups), I was very curious to see if we'd ever see another surf coaster come to fruition to signal a true rekindling of the genre. Quite an...

Thoosie review: "forceless & rattly. <snore>" GP review: "OMFG!!! It goes, like, straight down into the effing ground, man! It's insane!"

Not terribly surprising, given KD's proximity. And I can't imagine this will be the last park closure announcement from SF. Place your bets now, what gets salvaged and moved?

For a chilly April day in Chicagoland, It looks.......... kinda fast?

Thanks guys, I obviously missed that news in the other thread. It's interesting that the park specifically said the ride will not be removed from the park, but remain non-operational. Perhaps they have future plans for the structure? Probably not, but dreams are still fun.

Speaking of Magic Springs, I was just looking at the park on RCDB and noticed that Arkansas Twister is listed as SBNO, which is news to me. Anyone know more about that?

Narrowing things down to only NA parks with at least 1 coaster rated "thrill" or higher by RCDB (to eliminate the children-oriented places), this merger would give Herschend 7 bonafide amusement parks. For comparison, Six Flags now has 26 and United Parks has 5.

"Bowls of Joy" If anyone was looking for a name for their new asian noodle fast-casual chain restaurant concept, the search is now over!

Consolidate it. Consolidate it all! But seriously, this seems like a really good outcome for these parks.

Never fun to hear about a place with a classic wooden coaster shutting down, even if it's a world away from me. Btw, RCDB is already listing all of Oakwood's coasters as "removed", which seems a touch premature. Wouldn't the correct classification at the moment be "SBNO"?

^ dancing on the grave.

Of course it could be moved, but when was the last time a major full-size woodie on the scale of Gold Striker carefully disassembled and rebuilt at a new home? It's been so long now I can't even remember. Was it the Comet from Crystal Beach to SFGE way back in '94? (And even then, Comet is...

Man, it's been awhile since we've seen a major US theme park just up and close forever, hasn't it? Last ones I can remember are SFNO, Astroworld and Geauga Lake, and those three closings were all roughly 20 years ago now. Also, if the past is anything to go by, none of the 5 wooden coasters...