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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. I doubt they will keep them to spec and will eventually replace them sooner than later.

Macks take on Dollywoods Mystery Mine would be a fantastic addition to the park though I had always suspected they would have used the land where Flooded Mine and the Waterboggan Tower currently sits.

Lost Gravity's layout would be a reference to how the ride would likely be designed. Hopefully it would be better themed though with multiple pass thru elements and tunnels. I also hope this isn't meant to be TNT's replacement thematically. 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 remember the top complaint when Grand Expo was new was the lack of tree canopy making that area too hot to hang out in during the summer. Some additional somewhat mature foliage around the tables would help the new area out a lot as the trees in Grand Expo have grown in quite nicely offering shade making it feel less like a former parking lot.

I really hate how HFEC follows these greedy industry trends now. As if trailblazer wasn't bad enough.

1000% this. The parks are becoming too corporate now and it shows. Most notably in the past 5-6 years or so.

Apparently image insertion is broken so here is a repost. These were taken around a week ago.

Some construction photos I took recently.

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