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#41

Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker

Last post by sdcfan88 - June 12, 2025, 03:57:22 PM

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.

#42

Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker

Last post by mg - June 12, 2025, 11:59:33 AM

On one of the YouTube rumor videos someone said they could see track in place that "looked 90 degrees" while they were at the top of the American plunge drop and that it "looked wider than usual."

I'm pretty skeptical about that but I'll be at SDC July 18-19 and will try to scope it out and report my findings here.

Unless I'm completely blind, there is no track in place. We rode PowderKeg, American Plunge, and Wild Fire on Sunday and could just see more of the same dirt work being done.

#43

Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker

Last post by sdcDave - June 12, 2025, 11:34:33 AM

^ I hope you're right.  T-N-T was one of our favorites until it got too rough to ride.  A new track and trains would be great!

It's been a few years since we've been, but we've gone a couple of times this year.  I found both T-N-T and Outlaw Run too rough to ride again.  The rest were fine.

#44

Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker

Last post by rabidplatypus - June 11, 2025, 10:35:08 PM

On one of the YouTube rumor videos someone said they could see track in place that "looked 90 degrees" while they were at the top of the American plunge drop and that it "looked wider than usual."

I'm pretty skeptical about that but I'll be at SDC July 18-19 and will try to scope it out and report my findings here.

#45

Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker

Last post by Duelist - June 11, 2025, 12:42:47 PM

^ I hope you're right.  T-N-T was one of our favorites until it got too rough to ride.  A new track and trains would be great!

#46

Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker

Last post by ColaSDC - June 10, 2025, 07:55:32 PM

I'm still not convinced that TNT is closing and being replaced.
SDC themselves said at the FITH media event that they were trying to keep TNT open, so why would they break their promise less then two years later? I'm betting on TNT closing next year for a full year refurbishment, with the new ride acting as the de facto "family coaster." New track, supports, a revamped queue, maybe a slight reprofiling to make it smoother, and even new trains (which would explain why they got rid of the second train.) then they could market it like a "new" ride, and it could easily operate another 30+ years. And it would be cheaper than a new coaster since they aren't designing a new one from scratch.

#47

Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker

Last post by sdcfan88 - June 09, 2025, 08:41:27 PM

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.

#48

Other Parks / Re: New Park - American Heartl...

Last post by sdcfan88 - June 09, 2025, 08:37:13 PM

^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.

#49

Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker

Last post by shavethewhales - June 09, 2025, 03:58:31 PM

Screamscape reports that they've heard rumors of this being a Thunderation replacement, with Mack being the manufacturer. Anything is possible I guess. TNT is still very popular though, and I was under the impression that it was both one of the easier rides to keep operating and one of the least expensive to maintain? Could be way off on that though, or perhaps that is no longer the case. They have had to rebuild sections several times due to ground shifts, and I feel that got worse when Time Traveler was built. Plus the mysterious loss of the second train does say something...

#50

Other Parks / Re: New Park - American Heartl...

Last post by shavethewhales - June 09, 2025, 07:58:03 AM

I don't think they've updated FB in a year either. That means they've let all their lower level people go. Never heard about any resolution to the lawsuits, but surely that has been wrapped up by now? They probably bankrupted the AH business to reduce their legal exposure/losses for the lawsuits. The contractors/designers they stiffed can only recover the money that AH had on hand.

I can't believe they couldn't even get the RV park going...