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Trabant Gone?
Topic Started: Jun 12 2011, 11:16 PM (765 Views)
cometman20
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I went to the park today, and even though it is on the 2011 maps,Trabant is not operating, or even their. It's platform/base is still there, but the ride its self is gone. It is replaced with I believe what was called "Eagles Terrace" where you can walk onto the platform and eat at tables which are on the platform. In the center where the rides main hub was is replaced with a wooden circular surface, and on top of it is an eagle statue and other directions. But why is this ride still on the map? Is this temporary? I could see this as a possibility as why would they keep the structure?!
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phillie26
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the trabant is gone forever. im not sure why its still on the map but that just shows you how well communication is at the park.
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moston1
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Just did my first Six Flags panel survey. They screened allot of ride names, and pieces of them. They also used many current ride names too.
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cometman20
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phillie26
Jun 13 2011, 06:40 AM
the trabant is gone forever. im not sure why its still on the map but that just shows you how well communication is at the park.
Do you know where its pieces are currently located? And why it was removed?
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moston1
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They said on the FB page "The Trabant has been replaced with more seating for the many popular food locations in the Fest Area." and I heard this was because of maintenance costs and wear and tear.
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cometman20
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Haha, the food is soo overpriced now no one eats it anyways!
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Condor66
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^That and more food locations are closed than open half the time. There's not even anywhere t oget food in ghost town anymore and half the time the restaurant in looney tunes is closed, same place goes for the place in wiggles world.
but yeah the seating area looks very strange
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This is disappointing to hear. Though not thrilling, Trabant was probably one of the more fun rides at the park, one that even a thrill seeker like me would enjoy taking a break on. Great Escape's downhill slide is accelerating, they really need to be sold out of the Six Flags chain ASAP.
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lakerfan11
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Trabant was an old ride and not by any means the most thrilling ride in the park, yet once again Six Flags decides to remove another ride before really replacing one. Outside of the Sasquatch the Park as Lost more big rides than gained. Yes the water park has gotten a couple of nice additions but did we really need a second kids section? This park is in need of a serious thrill ride and this just seems like a step in the wrong direction and now there are rumors of the Bobsled being removed, Something Big must be in the works.
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AndreLaplume
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no food in ghost town...have not been there is a while...isnt there still a bar show with food around the corner? Hell...no train, no Tornado, no food, no show...? Its a real Ghost Town up there....
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when the train and tornado were up, ghost town was a hoppin place!
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AndreLaplume
Jun 15 2011, 11:43 AM
no food in ghost town...have not been there is a while...isnt there still a bar show with food around the corner? Hell...no train, no Tornado, no food, no show...? Its a real Ghost Town up there....
The bar is completely gone, its a white wall that looks like the bar was never there.

I agree the Trabant wasn't thrilling, but it was a fun ride to watch too, and its strange that they would keep the base - it seems cheap that way. Anyone that had never been to the park can realize that that use to be a ride platform.

And yea I read the rumor about bobsled going to expand the waterpark. Does the waterpark really need expanding? Even though the bobsled has tons of downtime, its a unique ride, there are not many unique rides left at the park :-/
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well bobsled doesnt have the best capacity....bobsled has 6 cars andnow, since they are only doing 3 rows, the capacity per car is only 6..... the question is it worth it if it has so much down time, and the capacity is rather low? and i agree, i mean i would like to see a waterpark expansion, but i really dont think we need it.... i mean its nice and all, but i just dont think its a necessity at the moment. but hey maybe the water park expansion would attract more people and theyd get their attendance up.
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Condor66
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^Bobsled only has 4. Canada, Jamaica, Italy, USA
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Oh I did not know that. I know at great adventure and stuff it ran 6 cars
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