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| new power upgrade what does it mean for new coasters; coasters in the future | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 25 2012, 09:39 PM (375 Views) | |
| tge98 | May 25 2012, 09:39 PM Post #1 |
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i was reading through old topics and i came across many pages of talk about a slc? Is the ride still on site and with the new power upgrade do you think that it could be installed |
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| greatescapelover | May 26 2012, 01:05 AM Post #2 |
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The park said the coaster was never meant to be installed at TGE and that TGE was soely a storage place for it. the SLC was shipped to La Ronde and opened at La Ronde for their 2010 season. |
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| tge98 | May 26 2012, 10:01 AM Post #3 |
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Steamin Demon
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does the newpower upgrade increase the chances of tge getting a new coaster |
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| greatescapelover | May 26 2012, 11:26 AM Post #4 |
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The upgrade increased the chances of getting any new rides. |
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| Firestarter | Mar 28 2013, 05:39 PM Post #5 |
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I think the power upgrade was done to centralize all the main power equipment to one location. When I was there years ago it was a plan and they had been trying to work towards having everything in one locaton. Instead of having a bunch of areas on serparate electric services. I think it was done to save money. A lot of the areas that had individual service equipment needed replacing anyways and why not connect it to one central location. Especially when you are paying fees for each metered service. |
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| lgrif23 | Apr 30 2013, 09:37 AM Post #6 |
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Actually, the park said the power substation was a necessity, and not really an option. The park had outgrown the existing supply certain areas of the park. If you search through the Queensbury town records, you will find this to be the case |
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| greatescapelover | Apr 30 2013, 09:03 PM Post #7 |
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Yes. The current power configuration, Don McCoy said, can handle park expansions through 2016. Alpine Freefalls wouldn't have been possible without it as they had been maxing out their power supply for years. TGE is pretty much its own little town in terms of the power. The power they get is going to TGE and TGE only, and as stated by Don McCoy, power outages in the area would not affect TGE. |
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| tge98 | Apr 30 2013, 09:20 PM Post #8 |
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Hopefully it means bigger rides in the future but we can only hope |
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