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SF announced that it would "sell some of its non core parks under the right circumstances". They didn't say "Oh, yes, we are DEFINITELY selling every single park except the absolute highest earners". Great Escape by all accounts does very well for its market. It doesn't need "saving". Likewise...

Didn't a maintenance worker die near it recently?

https://niagarafalls.ca/pdf/public-notices/4034/public-meeting-notice-final.pdf There is to be a hearing about separating the non-park land from Marineland, and re-zoning it for other uses.

First confirmed instance of the "new" Six Flags working with Intamin?

The rendering includes almost every other ride coaster in the park, even ones like Sledghammer and Minebuster that won't be particularly visible from Alpenfury. (Less visible than Time Warp would have been.) I agree that a rendering is not the best judge of a park's plans, but the omission...

Maybe I'm crazy, but wouldn't relocating and getting new trains for GL cost almost as much as a new coaster? Maybe not a new, full-sized B&M, but a coaster from elsewhere, or a compact B&M dive/invert. And these floorless conversions haven't yielded much for the parks that get them, nor are they...

Does this mean that some of the faces of the park's communication (Tony Clark for CP, Grace Peacock for CW) will no longer serve in those roles? Or, that they'll now represent multiple parks?

Maybe €2.7m is the cost of the coaster materials alone, not counting assembly? They're also only getting a single train, which would cut the budget down more than you might think.

It was $30m, I believe.

I don't believe that would be the "$50M" attraction mentioned in the above video, but they did also mention "refurbishing a legacy attraction" which I assumed meant Blazing Fury.

Via ParkFans's User Unagi (who seems to be trusted over there), this might be in response to upper management having little-to-no confidence that Top Thrill will be open in nine months, in time for CP's 2025 opening. I'd love to see if they can get this open in nine months, given how Six Flags...

Which side is supposed to be the family friendly one, again?

Coasters are great and all, but they aren't worth risking your health or wellbeing over. If you didn't feel right, you probably wouldn't have enjoyed X2 or Full Throttle anyway, no matter how well regarded they are by people who aren't already nauseous.

Comfort collars aren't really a safety mechanism. They're cosmetic. They make riders feel safer. Ironically, they also make the rides physically uncomfortable for many.

My take? That's absolute nonsense, this was never going to duel. Some people came up with the theory because of the marketing colors; ice vs fire etc. And when rumors circulated that this project was going to be Premier, I think some people jumped to the "West Coast Racers" conclusion, but...