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[The BeastFan]

This is a thread of crazy rumors. Those spouted out by the general public who try to guess what a park is doing next with no info to back it up. Or perhaps its a guest who just wants to scare the pants off the unsuspecting public. But to those of us who knows what's going on, some tend to be worth investigating. Others provide priceless moments off rediculous laughter. So list yours here.

Here's a few I've heard.

- KI's apparently bringing back King Cobra
- CP/KI are swapping rides. Millennium Force is coming to KI in exchange for Beast and Son of Beast
- Vortex and Magnum are sinking
- Vortex is sliding off it's foundations
- the loop was the direct cause of SOB's accident
- Beast getting various extensions to make it the longest coaster in the world/add a loop like SOB
- They don't run various racing coasters together for the structures might collapse

[CPF]

-That they will add another 100 feet on TTD to make it the tallest in the world again.

[Tyler M]

I've definitley heard of Magnum sinking as well as WT sinking.

The main one that makes me laugh is the reason why Shockwave at SFGAm is gone is because it gave the owner a headache and he said to remove it.

[Tyler Carlton]

One that made me laugh was that people thought that CP had bought a Deja Vu model.
And the rumor of GL's Big Dipper to CP...

[DBru]

After killing over 20 people, SFKK finally decided to remove the Vampire.

[Hillbilly1]

-at next Halloween Horror Nights there will be a giant tent over Universal Studios Orlando. (not kidding)
-Draken Fire was removed after an entire load of guest died on it. (kidding)
-a bird attacked a train on Apollos chariot and killed a supermodel (sort of kidding)

there was also a rumer that a larger water park was gonna be built only a few miles away from my house, ya right (very unlikely, I'm in West Virginia.)

[TwiDragon]

-Kings Dominion is getting an Intamin Rocket Coaster in 2011

:-P

[UltraRobbie]

Not sure if this is rumor or truth.

Thorpe Park may be getting Hotel!!

WOOO!!!!!

[Ryan Shrout]

The infamous WDW fifth gate. Villains! Disney's own take on a mega thrils park to compete with IOA. Too bad it'll never happen.

[Brad]

From out good old friends, The KDFanboys-
-230 foot Intamin Hyper in 2010 for KD so KD will have the tallest coaster in VA
-Big Bad Wolf is getting removed in 2010
-"Any park without a wooden coaster is not fun. Wooden coasters give people the feeling of falling off and they make them think they will crash. Even if KD tore down all their steel coaster and left up the wooden ones it would still be better than BGE."

Gah they piss me off beyond words sometimes

[Calicoasters]

Someone fell off of X when it first opened...

Flight Deck (CGA) is sinking in the creek.

[steel-Rock]

There are two mentioned that I would like to coment on. The craziest thing about coasters that I have ever heard is "- CP/KI are swapping rides.
Millennium Force is coming to KI in exchange for Beast and Son of Beast." Let's just say that they can move them for about 1/4 of what it cost to build them.
That means that it will cost about $8,500,000 to swap them. Cedar Fair just spent $22,000,000 on a B&M mega and $8,000,000 on a GCI for a park that they may not keep. I can't even find out what they spent on Behemoth or Pony Express. Moving coasters to Carowinds, Dorney, KD, and KI wasn't free either.
I'm guessing that they have spent at least $200,000,000 on coasters in the last two years. I think that moving rides within the same state (thus the same market) is NOT something that they want to drop some green to do.
On the other hand, Wicked Twister could be sinking. After looking at this: http://www.rcdb.com/....htm?picture=11 , I wonder where the water is at high tide.

[greatbearrush]

-SFGA will make Kingda Ka go 1 mph faster than speed, and will add an extra 10 feet to the hill to compensate for the speed.
-Dorney is talking to GCI about a possible cram-in
-HP is trying to beat CP/SFMM's coaster record (this is what my sister thought)
-SFMM's 17th coaster will be an Intamin impulse.

[Calicoasters]

-SFMM's 17th coaster will be an Intamin impulse.

I'm betting it's Tony Hawk Big Spin!

[greatbearrush]

Yeah, but I think it would be cool to see some kind of Intamin at SFMM. They really need one!

[Brad]

Hmm... correct me if I'm wrong but Superman is what... a B&M... nope... Arrow... nu-uh... Intamin... you got it!

[Calicoasters]

He didn't say they didn't have one, he said they needed one. I agree, But I don't want it to be an impulse coaster.

[greatbearrush]

Hmm... correct me if I'm wrong but Superman is what... a B&M... nope... Arrow... nu-uh... Intamin... you got it!

Wow, sorry I completely forgot about superman. But that isn't really that much of an Intamin-esque coaster, at least not what they've been doing this decade!

I don't think they have enough room for any kind of Maverick-y type of ride, so what else other than an Impulse would fit?

[Coasteridiot]

Hmm... correct me if I'm wrong but Superman is what... a B&M... nope... Arrow... nu-uh... Intamin... you got it!

Wow, sorry I completely forgot about superman. But that isn't really that much of an Intamin-esque coaster, at least not what they've been doing this decade!

I don't think they have enough room for any kind of Maverick-y type of ride, so what else other than an Impulse would fit?

A Drop Tower? That's my guess. And according to WCB, SFMM is working with Intamin right now.

[TwiDragon]

He didn't say they didn't have one, he said they needed one. I agree, But I don't want it to be an impulse coaster.

What if it was just an inverted Intamin? Like volcano

[steel-Rock]

He didn't say they didn't have one, he said they needed one. I agree, But I don't want it to be an impulse coaster.

I agree. Wicked Twister is the only Intamin Impulse on my count; it didn't do much for me. I like that height but with inversions like on a
Giant Inverted Boomerang. MM already has one of those, and let's hope they keep it. (I miss my Déjà Vu over here at SFOG. Cry, cry)

A Drop Tower? That's my guess. And according to WCB, SFMM is working with Intamin right now.

RCDB.com has an unknown COASTER under construction at Magic Mountain to be opened by 2010. No other details (including the builder)
are known at this time.
If it were up to me, I would have some kind of taller Fahrenheit / Maverick / Storm Runner with launches and different inversions but with themeing like with Volcano. That would be my perfect Intamin non-mega, but that might be too big for this park though.

[Coasteridiot]

He didn't say they didn't have one, he said they needed one. I agree, But I don't want it to be an impulse coaster.

I agree. Wicked Twister is the only Intamin Impulse on my count; it didn't do much for me. I like that height but with inversions like on a
Giant Inverted Boomerang. MM already has one of those, and let's hope they keep it. (I miss my Déjà Vu over here at SFOG. Cry, cry)

A Drop Tower? That's my guess. And according to WCB, SFMM is working with Intamin right now.

RCDB.com has an unknown COASTER under construction at Magic Mountain to be opened by 2010. No other details (including the builder)
are known at this time.
If it were up to me, I would have some kind of taller Fahrenheit / Maverick / Storm Runner with launches and different inversions but with themeing like with Volcano. That would be my perfect Intamin non-mega, but that might be too big for this park though.

That 2010 coaster at SFMM will most likely be a Spinning Coaster and not an Intamin, but an Intamin flat seems most likely as a seperate addition in 2010 or 2011.

[Ryan Shrout]

SFMM could pull a HP and build over existing rides. Like the rapids. It would be really easy to build some sort of a ride over that.

[DBru]

These are serious rumors...

-SFKK will undergo a major change, beginning in 2010, where the back side of the park will be nothing but Splash Kingdom.
-Kings Island is currently trying to sell Flight Deck
-Holiday World will add a watercoaster from Proslide next season, or an Intamin Megalite
-The Voyage will receive Timberliner trains from TGG as early as 2010...HW's other coasters will most likely follow

[Ryan Shrout]

-The Voyage will receive Timberliner trains from TGG as early as 2010...HW's other coasters will most likely follow

That will most likely happen as there is footage on youtube of GG testing their timberliner trains on Raven during the offseason.