Goliath leaving SFNE

[Lori Marie Loud]

Gotcha!

Judging by the status of the track (no visible torch marks) it's fair to say it's on the move lol

 

[Wazzupnerds]

Should we start a deadpool on where it goes?

My personal bet is split between Frontier City and Lake Winnie

 

[Lori Marie Loud]

Should we start a deadpool on where it goes?

My personal bet is split between Frontier City and Lake Winnie

NGL we should spin Goliath deconstruction off into it's own thread. Who's with me?

 

[Wazzupnerds]

@Hixee if I make a thread, can you move every post from #74 onwards to it?

 

[Lori Marie Loud]

The topic of the deconstruction of Goliath at SFNE has gotten so widespread that I think it deserves to be its own thread. Can a mod move some posts?

 

[Pokemaniac]

My personal bet is split between Frontier City and Lake Winnie

Half of it in each park?

Well, I guess it wouldn't make it any less reliable ...

 

[Skyye]

Wherever it gets moved to, I hope it gets vekoma trains and whatever treatment Silverwood did to Aftershock to get it to be reliable

 

[Lori Marie Loud]

whatever treatment Silverwood did to Aftershock to get it to be reliable

They got it reliable at SFMM.

Then they moved it to Agawam and undid all the work.

 

[Indy]

I'm not going to bet against it, but I'd honestly be shocked if the ride went to Frontier City or any other SF property. The purpose of removing the ride is to reduce maintenance costs. Moving it to another SF property isn't eliminating the maintenance cost. It is simply sweeping it under a different rug, while also paying a lot of money to have it swept under a different rug.

 

[Wazzupnerds]

I'm not going to bet against it, but I'd honestly be shocked if the ride went to Frontier City or any other SF property. The purpose of removing the ride is to reduce maintenance costs. Moving it to another SF property isn't eliminating the maintenance cost. It is simply sweeping it under a different rug, while also paying a lot of money to have it swept under a different rug.

Damn thats a good point. Why remove something thats been a problem (that they caused) and keep it around.

 

[Skyye]

What park would buy this though? considering the fact that it had horrendous down time and such. The only chain I could see buying it is Cedar Fair in order to send it to a small park like Michigans Adventure?

 

[Wazzupnerds]

What park would buy this though? considering the fact that it had horrendous down time and such. The only chain I could see buying it is Cedar Fair in order to send it to a small park like Michigans Adventure?

Ill bring it up again. How come Silverwood, an independent park, run their GiB better then Six Flags?

They didn't add a new train that wasn't by Vekoma, and they had Vekoma come in to make sure everything was right.

 

[Indy]

Ill bring it up again. How come Silverwood, an independent park, run their GiB better then Six Flags?

They didn't add a new train that wasn't by Vekoma, and they had Vekoma come in to make sure everything was right.

I believe it truly comes down to to a few things. First, a GIB at a park like Silverwood is the premier attraction. They have more motivation to keep it running, as opposed to SFNE where it is arguably the third most attractive ride behind Superman and Twisted Colossus.

Second, Six Flags is a publicly traded company. There will be a lot more bureaucracy than a small regional or family-owned park. Publicly traded companies have strict budgets to follow, board members to answer to, and shareholders to please. Family-owned parks don't. They can potentially afford to spare the extra resources to maintain a ride that is, for them, a marquee attraction.

 

[MakoMania]

Just depends on cost and return I would imagine. The ride was overshadowed by other coasters and so not a big draw to the park, making maintenance costs not worth it. Somewhere like Frontier City, this will be the signature ride and high maintenance costs would potentially be far more justifiable even if the funds are coming from the same company.

 

[Wazzupnerds]

Alright so I reached out to the person who told me about Goliath possible going to Lake Winnie. I was told they have no new updates, and have no idea where the ride is going, just that it was sold. Heres the bullet points.​

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SFNE reached out to just about every park that could afford it besides Cedar Fair and most Six Flags parks (more on that)
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Frontier City and The Great Escape both were allowed to come in and take a look
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Silverwood was also interested at possibly buying it for parts, but did not bite
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Lake Winnie and The Great Escape were the leaders for it last they heard.
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Frontier City was possibly going to ask SF Corporate for it outright, without having to pay
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and this is a stinger for me, but before September, Alabama Adventure was going to be the park to get Goliath, and papers were about to be signed, but the park backed out at the last second for Winnies wild mouse.​

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This is still just rumor, but this person has been right on stuff before. So still wait and see.​

 

[Lori Marie Loud]

and this is a stinger for me, but before September, Alabama Adventure was going to be the park to get Goliath, and papers were about to be signed, but the park backed out at the last second for Winnies wild mouse.

Aw, that's hard luck. At least the mouse they're getting is solid.

 

[TPoseOnTantrum]

Frontier City and The Great Escape both were allowed to come in and take a look​

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Lake Winnie and The Great Escape were the leaders for it last they heard.​

Great Escape knows exactly what kind of locals they have to deal with, I'm surprised that they might have even considered this.

 

[Wazzupnerds]

Great Escape knows exactly what kind of locals they have to deal with, I'm surprised that they might have even considered this.

I was shocked by it also. I think they are mostly looking at it for a chance to add a new ride and see if the locals are ok with it.

 

[Lori Marie Loud]

I was shocked by it also. I think they are mostly looking at it for a chance to add a new ride and see if the locals are ok with it.

The closest thing to a hyper Great Escape's ever gonna get

 

[jay37415]

I happened to be on that side of town today and took a ride around Lake Winnie. Did not see any signs of this thing there or any extra construction going on.