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Corporate monopolies are never good. Get ready for non-competitive prices that will top Disney. Also expect quality and upkeep to slip and you will also see some parks and assets that were seen as former competition to be closed and liquidated. Meanwhile, smaller independent parks will feel the pinch and pressure to be absorbed as they try to compete.

I will say this has aged pretty well. At least two major parks are closing and several rides are being scrapped and retired across the chain. And guest experiences have been pretty abysmal at the parks across the board according to a lot of ramblings I've seen in the community with low quality food/accomidations and slow ride ops this season with a lot of rides not even operating. An unfortunate reality of the situation leaving a lot of resentment towards this merger from enthusiasts and the general public feeling they are not getting their full value of the ever increasing ticket prices.

Unlikely in the current spot with construction. Maybe later on where old FITH or FM sits tho...

If it's for real getting scrapped now it's more than likely related to the worker that got killed as it could be part of the legal settlement to go ahead and retire the ride. When I was at Coaster Christmas previously the question was brought up by someone and it was said it wasn't going anywhere anytime soon despite parts of the ride being raffled off. Those plans might have changed since then.

I figured from the beginning it had as much chance of happening as Bells coming back.

The only one saying "B&M" is sdcfan and he's wrong more than he is right about things. 

Just like he ran with "Big Footer" - no there's a big hole for footers.  More than likely it's a slab with one or more.  And no photo is possible unless you break the rules. 

I also think you're forgetting how fast Time Traveler came together

Lol thanks for the shoutout, yes people can speculate but the hard truth is your word isn't always the end-all be-all either. So if I'm wrong here in the end too, so what? Nobody is keeping score. Stop being a narcissist on this board. You have been this way for years and people are sick of it. Get off your high horse.

The August announcement is coming soon anyways, so to avoid stirring the pot further I will just echo what was cited in the "old" 2026 thread and leave it at that.

That's exactly my point - we all love SDC and enjoy speculating, discussing, etc. I just get so tired of the "I know something but I'm not going to tell you" game Swoosh plays. I was simply asking him to either share what he knows or just wait to post something concrete. We all know the value he can bring (and I also enjoy his personal website), but his most recent post of "if you don't like it I'll just take my ball and go home" further proves my point. I don't want to attack anyone or inflame the situation. I just want actual news about SDC when I come here. Thanks for listening and trying to consider my perspective the same way you've asked me to understand his. 

It will be interesting to see if they do any biggest, tallest, fastest type marketing with this. Or something to top that 95 foot tall loop from TT if it's indeed another Mack creation. Lol

I can actually rule out the Dive Coaster. Why? SFOT is getting one next year: https://www.coaster101.com/2025/02/21/six-flags-over-texas-2026-dive-coaster/
Not sure if the clause is still valid or just an enthusiast rumor but IIRC B&M has a rule that no two coasters of the same type can be debuted in the same year.

With that being said, here is an article with some of their well known hypercoasters. Note the layouts and footer style: https://bm-list.oldehanhoff.nl/?page_id=45

A non launching B&M Wing Coaster would be unique to the region too. If not building off of the old flying machine theme, they could still do a wildlife theme as a counterpart to Wild Eagle at Dollywood.

However, depending on how fast they could construct it, there is a Mack hypercoaster model but only 4 examples exist from them. https://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&ml=14441 None are in the USA. I am skeptical of this outcome (remember that Mack builds and ships in all their components from Germany) as I feel we should have seen things go vertical if you go by the construction timeline of Time Traveler. This would be much bigger. Even for the smaller Stryker model, we should have seen some vertical construction on site by now.

^Those are still pretty small when you compare to the ones used for Wildfire. Unless the ride is gonna be 150+ tall or include a lot of G-forces to support such a large footer, Mack usually runs clusters of smaller footers under their track supports but I do agree and I have said from the beginning that I think the rumor of this coaster being a replacement for ThuNderaTion is a red herring tactic. Its like the "Wild Mountain" and "Lost Caverns" ride rumors used for their past projects. https://mack-rides.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/hypercoaster_gallery_1.jpg

The clearing so far also indicates a possible "out-n-back" type layout depending on whether they plan to wrap it around Outlaw and along the new maintenance road as well. Again I may be a bit bias hoping for a local wing or hyper coaster, but either way we will know soon. August is right around the corner.

The "Giant Footers" quote is interesting. So B&M type footers similar to Wildfire? As we know with TT Mack uses the smaller and roundish footers for their support system.

Also I was poking around YouTube and people are still talking about wide track pieces being staged. Not sure on the validity of that. If thats true that sounds like a B&M Wing or even a Diver. If its the latter, hopefully its well themed and thoughtfully laid out beyond just a steep drop and some turns.

You have to remember the thing with YouTube and social media in general is many people try to make crazy outlandish posts that grab attention to drive clicks and engagement. Always ask yourself... "Does this sound realistic?"

Yeah I'm skeptical of that report too. When I was there at the end of April, there wasnt even footers in place yet. If there's anything present it would have to be in a staging area first given the timeframe.

That being said I wish the park would get away from area/ride replacements and focus on additions instead. They have the land and soon to be Resort to justify it.

I won't lie, I will be disappointed if its yet another ride replacement. Sadly it is looking more likely. Again it seems corporate is dead set on wanting to get rid of old parts of the park piece by piece over preserving what they have while expanding. Though I would have still logically seen Flooded Mine being the next one to go. TNT was much lower on the list.

I'm betting the worker getting killed was a factor too, possibly as part of an out of court settlement that the ride be retired.

^very much this, I put it right up there with Bells returning with the likelihood of this happening. Especially on a Disney-esque scale. Seems to be a bit of a stretch.

As I had always said lol but indeed I was surprised that even the RV park portion of this failed too.

Video dropped teasing whats coming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkG2uvGhq7Q

R.I.P. to the wooden coasters and the trees. I doubt they will keep them to spec and will eventually replace them sooner than later.