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wow. doesn't really suprise me though. i dont see them removing it though, it was super expensive and eats up crowds when it works.
I never got to ride buzzsaw falls, but mrf seems to be a little more reliable, right? buzzsaw falls was replaced because they ride could barely operate with its tech issues. mrf does close a lot, but it always reopens (at least when i visit.)
lost river was great, but i prefer mrf, personally.

are we sure that this will replace thunderation? i feel like we can have both a launched mine train and a normal one (and i suppose a launched mine train would be a little more intense)
also, what has happened with chainlifts at sdc? we havent had a traditionally lifted coaster since outlaw run. was there some sort of incident, or do they just prefer launches now

are there any b&m models that haven't been built in the US?

I can confirm that thunderation was much, much smoother. I'd still like to see a major overhaul though.

JLWGames is an employee as far as i know (he has a youtube channel where he recreates sdc in planet coaster, and as stated he is an employee multiple times), but i actually think we will see this ride open 2026. if its a smaller scale family coaster, it wont take as much time to build, and they need to attact customers to the resort. that being said, no way its open for all fo 2026. probably mid-late 2026, just in time for the resort to open.

I honestly don't think the email indicates a TNT replacement. Yes, it confirms the family coaster rumor, but none of these names feel like they fit very well; they feel cheesy and like six flags names. daredevil railway does hint at the rumor that the ride would continue the ozarkian daredevil storyline coming back. And just last year, park officials at the FITH media event reiterated their committment to keeping TNT open. That occured after the accident with the worker.
To be more specific, has an email survey ever included a name that ended up official?

I got an email a couple of hours ago from SDC about the naming of a new family coaster being built.  The name choices were:

Miner's Rush
Prospector's Rush
Daredevil Railway

I was asked which name I preferred (I picked Miner's Rush) and which names fit in with the theme of the park.  I was then asked who I thought the name would appeal to (pre-teens, teens, adults, older adults, etc).  Then I was asked to put the names in order as 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice and I put them in the order above.  The first questions asked were if I and my family were season pass holders and to choose from the last 5 years if we had bought season passes (we have all 5 years).  Unfortunately this sounds like a T-N-T replacement to me. 

has there ever been a time an email survey accurately told us what a new additon was going to be?

Yea it does have the classic jerky arrow transitions. But the layout is killer so if there is any work I hope it stays the same. And I hope the trains keep the same look too.

Yeah, my dream is the same classic layout with smoother transitions

Did ask thunderation operators if this was the last year it would be running and they all said absolutely not. Sad to see the second train missing. It ran faster than I remember. It also runs smoother than expected except for the first down helix and in the tunnel. Shooting out of that tunnel all the way to the station is smooth as butter.

Chance Rides builds replacement trains for Arrow coasters. The park should purchasw two new trains.

I'm still thinking that next year thunderation will close for a major refurbishment, with new track, trains, and supports. Maybe some slight reprofiling to smooth out transitions. Project 2026 will help alleviate the lost capacity from TNT next year. They could market it like new FiTH.

True.
Also, I would worry about the social media rollout. They've been teasing something for a while, and come August I'm confident we'll know what.

[/quote]And with a whole new area they would need to move some employees or up the pay to hire some more workers.
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It's never bad to pay employees more

You do bring up good points with the footers, I personally haven't seen them yet so in my mind any footer can be a giant one I guess haha. However, two standard B&M's right next to each other would rather silly in my mind, especially if one of them is just a taller version of the older one right next to it. The I think there has to be some kind of gimmick with this coaster, no matter the manufacturer, because it'll be sandwiched between a WF and PK. It'll need something to stand out. Maybe Screamscape was correct with it being a new prototype?

Or maybe Buzzsaw Falls is coming back with Mack's water coaster 

Actually, a b&m hyper wouldn't be redundant to wildfire, side wildfire is focused on inversions, and a hyper would be an airtime coaster. I do agree it needs something to stand out, so maybe it's a wing hyper? That would distinguish it from both wildfire and wild eagle at Dollywood.

after the update swoosh made to the rumor list saying its a "thrill ride that can be enjoyed by the family", I really think it will be a hypercoaster. The plot of land is too large for a compact stryker coaster (though i would love a stryker), and the footers are large enough to be a hyper. Whether its a mack or b&m is a toss up, but as sdcfan88 pointed out, the footers are a similar size for a b&m, and rumor has it the track is quite large and wide. if it is a dive, while it could be themed quite well, i would be concerned that the layout would be too generic. i would hope that sdc would pushb for a dive layout that is not "big drop + dive loop + vertical loop + mid course break run + zero g roll + helix + final break run. a wing coaster would be cool, but im struggling to think of how it would be themed. the flying machine has been taken by wildfire, and other solutions would be too fantastical/fantasy IMO.

So I checked out the rumor list from swoosh again, and the ride is now described as "a thrill ride that the family can enjoy." So I still think a hyper could be in the works. Hypers aren't too intense, and are crowd pleasers. As much as I would love a giga, it would be too tall for the park and too intense for the average guest. A hyper could be Under 200ft tall, and use the land to have a 200ft drop.

I'll take a 100ft mega coaster though!