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Not replacing... just expanding. Same with the revamped parade.

For all we know if it's Mack again they could be jumping on the Wing Coaster train  (pun intended) with their own model to compete with B&M. The previous "Take Flight" teaser still sticks with me on that aspect.

Where was that teaser at again? I've tried looking for it before but couldn't remember where it was.

The more I think about it, I do think there is something bigger at play here as well. Piggybacking back to what Dewayne said about an AP replacement, I could see that happening as well, especially with the fact that we now have two very distinct and different themes floating around - the Ozarkian Daredevil Society and the Marvel Cave Mining Co, as well as Swooosh's comment from a few months ago that there were "too many moving parts. Too many pots on the fire". If the are is already prepped for a ride that you plan on replacing soon, why not do it when you can before you have to move around two rides? Only downside would be losing a good ride for summers that does great to keep the lines down. Or I could be reading into all of it too much because I'm bored at work waiting for 5 pm to strike.

There was this poster talking about it when they attended FanFest but I can't seem to find the original one anymore: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17d2mKTKPS/

Again just tossing ideas here because the park loves to mislead but the Ozarkian Daredevil Society could easily be referencing the new ride considering it's right next to AP to keep with the area theme. I also remember hearing somewhere that the Doc. Harris character from Wildfire may be reused too. Still curious if any of it ties into the Marvel Cave Mining Co. I highly doubt there's two distinct rides/attractions being built here alongside the resort.

As for the linked posters comments, to clarify I don't see this being a dive coaster per se since SFOT is getting one next year. SDC's project may indeed have a tall and steep drop like Time Traveler did though. (which was almost a Dive Coaster)  For being the first in the States, if it's a B&M I'm thinking it's a (200+ft) Wing Coaster, As for Mack its likely a Stryker Coaster or even a Hyper Coaster like DC Rivals. Neither of those types exist in the States probably marketing either with the tallest/longest or something to that extent. SDC isn't thinking small with $500 mil between the two projects and the amount of land cleared here.

Here's a map showing the layout roughly to scale.

That's just part of the construction process for the column mounting points, sometimes more than one will be placed in a footer, its still too early to tell the manufacturer until track shows up. But the list of likely candidates is pretty small now. I can't get over the size of those other footers. When you make the predrop turn on Wildfires lift hill you will look straight down and see them perfectly, they totally dwarf Wildfires footers.

There's also this which would coincide with the opening to keep note of. This ride will be a dog whistle for coaster enthusiasts.

Okay these footers are massive. Bigger than Wildfire's which I consider to be the bulkiest coaster in the park. There is about 14 total I've counted so far, some going deep into the valley with new forms placed further out. The ones mentioned under Wildfires lift hill look to be about 5-7 feet across, but I can't legally get pics of those. To have footers this big means there's massive height/forces going to be in play here and massive columns are going in to support it. (unless its something with bulky trains like a Wing or Dive Coaster) It could also be Mystery Mine on steroids.

I attached a pic of both Wildfire and Wild Eagle's footers for comparison.

Going back to my prior posts, I know I've been biased about B&M and I really like what Mack had done with TT but SDC really does need another reliable people eater like the former when you consider this resort they are about to open. My gut tells me it is likely one of these two companies.

For all we know if it's Mack again they could be jumping on the Wing Coaster train (pun intended) with their own model to compete with B&M. The previous "Take Flight" teaser still sticks with me on that aspect.

I'm still holding out for a Mack Strykercoaster, especially after the "first in the United States" comments from fan-fest. (Which could be said for a lot of different models from different manufacturers, but still.) If the latest additions that Swooosh added hold true to the end of the construction process (lots of tunnels), imagine a section where you enter a tunnel with the shake effect track that Voltron has, and then you launch out to escape the collapsing cave!

Or it could be Mack's mine train but unpowered.

https://mack-rides.com/en/products/rollercoaster/hyper-coaster/


Voltron:
https://rcdb.com/7121.htm#p=137033

Yeah I forgot about the first of its kind statement. It may actually be a Mack Hyper or Stryker coaster. The footers match up with that design. Though that would be mind blowing for SDC to get two major coasters back to back from the same company. Especially when Dollywood still hasn't gotten their rumored Mack coaster as of yet. (at least until 2026 if you want to count NightFlight as a regular coaster)

🤔 very very interesting...
Not saying it is but it could go either way...

Just more teasers, they are gonna drag it out for another year... 2027 project confirmed.

Here it comes... Marvel Cave Mining Co.

In all likelihood this is a 2027 project. I was there last Sunday and the construction area looked stagnet minus the expanded demo work around AP that was already touched on here.

I balked at this when it was first brought up but with seeing the concepts this actually works for me. It will make the vehicles look less like corporate fleet vehicles.

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.