No Knott's Coaster for 2011 but for 2012 instead??

From Screamscape:

(8/19/10) Knott’s has now begun teasing us with an upcoming announcement for 2011 on their own Facebook page. The image show simply shows the park skyline with the old Parachute Drop tower on the left and Supreme Scream on the right. Xcelerator is barely seen at the bottom of the image…and there is a lot of empty sky inbetween. Sounds like something big may be on the way. Hmmm… another StratoSoar?
Meanwhile Westcoaster has posted their own update from Knott’s, along with a map showing off the locations of all those survey markers all over the park.

From the looks of things, 2011 might not bring a coaster for Knott's after all, but instead be a clone of the Wind Seeker ride that Cedar Point is getting. Bummer, because I was hoping to encounter a new coaster. But hey, at least they're getting something at all. =P

http://www.westcoaster.net/blog/2010/08/more-on-knotts-2011-project/

According to this article, the Wind Seeker is rumored to replace Sky Cabin (which explains why it was down all summer) (I heard that rumor a week or two back). If this is true, then this makes the park be the only Cedar Fair park to remove an observation tower.

With the stuff around the Sky Cabin (Wipeout and the games), rumors are spreading that those may be moved or removed as well. This should still be interesting, though. It's just kind of a bummer that the coaster won't be ready when we come to California next summer. =(

But of course, this doesn't mean that a coaster won't come in the near future, as rumors state that the markings could be for a 2012 coaster (according to the article) and have nothing to do with the Star Flyer addition. This brings us back to this rumor:

When I worked there back in 2006, somebody had gotten to see blueprints for what was supposed to be a new hyper coaster. We had seen all the higher ups scouting out the area as well, they were monitoring foot traffic, and it was all supposed to take place in the old Kingdom of the Dinosaurs building, thats where the station was going to be, with the queue taking out the arcade below and the drop turning out over I believe the street behind it was Western, can't recall, and into the employee parking lot for a Hammerhead turn, then over Bigfoot Rapids, and continue all over the place. Then, out of nowhere, in our eyes, everything was dropped, or put on hold. Maybe this is it, but changed a bit? It was supposed to be at least a 2 year construction process since it took up so much room. Hopefully something of the same is going to happen. It would actually give me a reason to visit again.

So this might not be changed as much as I thought after all (but maybe the rumor of Perilous Plunge getting removed may have to do with making a splash down for the coaster like Diamondback)... this could be an interesting project...