Hey everyone!
I was out at the 11am announcement this morning and have a little bit more detailed info that you would not have got in the videos about the new ride. If you have any questions post them here and if I have an answer for you I will let you know!
-Height requirement will be 52”
-They will use the double sided lockers like Dr Diobolical’s Cliffhanger does. Loose items won’t be permitted with its close proximity to the midways and queues.
-Speaking of Cliffhanger, it was designed to fit in this location which was a cool thing to find out!
-2 questions were asked about theming. They would like to do a lot of theming around the ride but have not worked all of it out yet. One could presume they may be allowed to do more of this than in the past after the merge but we will see. Just because you don’t see any in the animation doesn’t mean there won’t be any.
-They want to add sound effects at the top of the lift hill.
-Despite what is seen in the animation, the Demon snack stand that has been closed for a while is staying and there will be an exit gift shop as well.
-A few people asked where certain parts of the ride will be located. This can be seen in the released animation which those that asked probably hadn’t seen. When you walk into County Fair from the north, just past the Lobster, you will be standing under the 180’ tall lift hill and the drop will be on your right heading toward the Demon lift hill.
-The park is aiming to open the ride by Memorial Day weekend. Let’s all hope we don’t have a terrible winter so they don’t have too many issues!
-There was a crew continuing to tear down the Buccaneer Battle area this morning and they are working rapidly on it!
Outside of Wrath of Rakshasa, I heard a bit about the front gate that is being worked on. The large entrance structure that is being built right now will soon be where the security checkpoint will be. The main entrance plaza will be moved out toward the parking lot as well eventually so that the area right in front of the reflection pond won’t be as small and there will be more room. This also will allow them to expand the Flags gift shop by the front gate and possibly more.
That’s all I’ve got for now. If you have any questions I will try to answer them for you! Meanwhile, here are some pictures from this morning. Thanks so much to Six Flags Great America for having me out!
