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truth to bobsled leaving!?
Topic Started: Oct 23 2011, 07:30 PM (345 Views)
greatescapelover
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international ride management on fb says they have " a new fall listing coming soon. think bobsled". could this be ours? many prople commented about it being our bobsled including sfneonline but even though they said "we didnt say it was great escapes" , they never denied that it wasnt ours so lets wait and see :/

also i was at the park last weekend and it was closed the whole day with nobody in sight that would be fixing the ride...hmm
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Oct 23 2011, 07:30 PM
international ride management on fb says they have " a new fall listing coming soon. think bobsled". could this be ours? many prople commented about it being our bobsled including sfneonline but even though they said "we didnt say it was great escapes" , they never denied that it wasnt ours so lets wait and see :/

also i was at the park last weekend and it was closed the whole day with nobody in sight that would be fixing the ride...hmm
very interesting, It would be nice if we were getting a better attraction, It kinda hard to imagine another park wanting our bobsled its closed allot, and "breaks down" allot.


EDIT: incase anyone wants a link to there Facebook, its like 3 posts down
http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Rides-Management/159151417432031
Edited by homerofwar, Oct 23 2011, 10:43 PM.
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Paul
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Doubtful. Great Escape confirmed not very long ago that Alpine Bobsled would be staying.

If anything, I think this would be Disaster Transport at Cedar Point. The park has hinted in the past that they want to continue to re-vamp the front of the park, and removed Demon Drop in 2009. And they're certainly due for a new 2013 coaster.
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yes they said it would be leaving, but when has great escape ever stcuk to their word? ha...
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if they do remove it, then we would be defintally due for a new coaster
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greatescapelover
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id be happy with that... the area is actually a decent size when you look at it
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Interesting. There are a few Bobsled coasters out there and many of them have warn out there welcome at their present parks. as for parks that might want it with a good rehab it will run fine. with out the annoying neighbors it could operate better hours.
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Paul
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I'm not saying that Great Escape can't announce one thing then rescind their announcement, as they're a company making business decisions, but I just don't think Alpine Bobsled is going any time soon. Some friends of mine confirmed that the coaster ran all weekend this past weekend.

La Vibora has never really been rumored to be on it's way out at Six Flags over Texas. Efteling isn't rumored to be removing Bobbahn, Great Escape publicly stated that Alpine Bobsled wasn't on it's way out, and Cedar Point stated that they're using the front corner of the park for future expansions, beginning with the removal of Demon Drop. Cedar Point is Cedar Fair's flagship and second-highest attendance park, and haven't invested in a coaster since 2007, while nearly all other Cedar Fair parks have. It won't be 2012, but 2013 will be a certain coaster year for Cedar Point. It's not like Great Escape where we have to wish upon a star for a decent attraction, this is a top-tier park that needs to maintain it's guest base, which is mostly extremely heavy tourism. I'm calling it on Disaster Transport.

Also, it would be a stupid move on Great Escape's part to remove Alpine Bobsled. They already named the 2012 waterpark attraction "Alpine Freefall", the Alpine Fest Haus sits across from it, and The Great Alpine Skycoaster sits right next to it. Alpine Bobsled is the anchor attraction of Fest Area and would not need to be removed for a future coaster. Also, it's sad that it's one of four Intamin bobsled coasters left in the world, but great that Great Escape has it.
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i looked around online and found many other types of bobsled rides, from actual roller coasters at a Santa village park to one in Virginia, that actually looked really cool.Here is a link for the ride... [url][big]http://youtu.be/b-FbUKZMb6I[/big][/url] I think this one looks better then ours at TGE.
Edited by moston1, Oct 25 2011, 03:36 PM.
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Paul
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^...which is why I said it's one of only four INTAMIN bobsled coasters in the world. Not one of only four bobsled coasters in the world in general. Kings Dominion has a Mack bobsled coaster, as do many other parks throughout Europe.
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i think moston was just stating the different kinds and model of bobsleds there are....not contradicting you or saying you were wrong or anything of that nature...
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ty greatescapelover, meant nothing by my post. Just was curious what else it could be, they only said think bobsled. Why do people have to be so literal, lol
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agreed. but now back to the topic.
Edited by greatescapelover, Oct 26 2011, 08:12 PM.
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I am going to laugh if it's only one of those old crappy chance bobsled coasters.
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