Two Coasters

Hersheypark:

From Screamscape:

2011/2012 - Attraction 2012 - (8/7/10) Apparently the hint Hersheypark posted on their Facebook account may not have been a hint about the new attraction at all. I’m told it was followed up by a second posting that said, “Now get ready to see Hershey from your own two feet! Get ready for the first Hershey Half Marathon on Sunday, October 3. ” Bummer… but then again this is Hersheypark we’re talking about, and they’ve proven to be quite innovative about how they drop hints and tease about a new attraction in the past. (Ahem… Nantimi anyone?)
(8/6/10) Pictures of new Survey markings have been posted to Keystone Thills this week. Stakes are starting to show up this week and I’m told that there is a local meeting at the township slated for August 19th where they will discuss a proposal from Hersheypark for something big enough to need a height limit waver for something bigger than 200 feet tall, but no taller than 350 ft. So far they’ve only identfyed it as ‘Attraction 2012”. This brings us to a unique hint Hersheypark dropped as well as on their Facebook page that said: “Youve seen Hershey from the Kissing Tower.....Youve Seen Hershey from Storm Runner.....now get ready to see Hershey from......” It seems in indicate that something tall is on the way for sure.

http://keystonethrills.megabb.com/hersheypark-happenings-discussion-f18/attraction-2012-rumor-and-news-discussion-t157-255.htm#2074 (the Keystone Thrills update)

Sounds like something along the lines of a hyper (of some type) or a giga (like Intimidator 305) could be on the way for this park.

And according to the update from Keystone Thrills, it seems like the station will be built on the site of the Tilt-a-Whirl attraction. It also shows that trees are being cut down behind Comet, which seems to indicate that a pathway will go up, detouring guests while the rumored area is under heavy construction.

And from Ccron10 at Keystone Thrills:

From the way it seems, they could possibly be doing a detour path or even a brand new path to access Comet Hollow. I'm betting that they are doing this so that they can work on the path between Skyview and Comet. I don't think we will be walking on this path until October or November though.

Chang:

From Jackson Online:

Jackson, NJ – JTOWN today got a first glimpse of the new steel roller coaster that will be replacing the Great American Scream Machine at Jackson’s Six Flags Great Adventure. Documents on file show the new coaster’s footprint and a top down view of the coaster, currently set to open during the 2011 season. On documents submitted to the Township of Jackson, pre-dated for Saturday, July 7, 2010, Arnold Grodzinski, Manager of Construction and Facility at Six Flags were filed requesting administrative approval for a “new steel roller coaster in the Theme Park. The new coaster will replace the Great American Scream Machine and will be constructed on the same site.

The footprint of the new steel coaster will expand upon the currently designated footprint that had been allocated for the Great American Scream Machine, which officially shutdown last month and is in the process of being dismantled. The only portion of the old ride that will remain is the queueing entry station. Six Flags is requesting permission from the township to remove 205 parking spaces that currently exist on the northern side of the Superman roller coaster to make room for the new coaster’s extended incline and drop. Total parking capacity will drop from 9,266 spaces down to 9,061. Six Flags expressed their confidence in their new site plan and did not feel the loss of those spaces would compromise the parking capacity of the park.

The company also mentioned the 2005 approval of a hotel on the property which has yet to be built. Sources within Jackson Township, which shall remain unidentified speculated that the delay in the hotel was most likely the result of well water and septic services on the site and lack of city sewer and water facilities. The 2005 hotel plan called for the loss of a larger amount of parking spaces to accomodate the construction of the proposed hotel.

In a letter submitted this week to the Jackson Township Planning Board, Owen Little & Associates, an engineering firm from Beachwood representing Six Flags requested that the planning board hears and reviews the application at their earliest convenience. The company submitted a conceptual site plan of the coaster was a preliminary rendering. A more formal engineering site plan would be provided by the group at a later date once administrative approval is granted.

On Monday night, the plan was presented to the planning board. Township Planning Board President Todd Porter stated “We heard their administrative approval and it was approved by a vote of 9-0″ he added “for a new roller coaster to replace the Scream Machine, the theme and name of which is not known.”

The township planning board next meets on Monday, August 16th at 7:30 pm in the main meeting hall at the township administrative building.

http://www.jacksonnjonline.com/2010/08/05/exclusive-first-look-at-six-flags-great-adventures-new-rollercoaster/

And here's a pic of the layout from that site:



I always thought that Chang would be better in SFGAdv than in SFGAm (but I still like SFA and SFStL better, though it does seems to fit nice in SFGAdv).

As for the ride it's replacing... the lift hill, first drop, and first loop are the only track pieces remaining. And on August 6th, they've removed the top of the lift hill.

And from Ro11erC0ast3r at CoasterFusion:

On the way out I got into a very heated discussion with Joe on how I think the lift hill and remaining loop will be removed. I think there are three possible scenarios with one of them being my pick:

1 - The park closes Parachutes & Twister because they rent a crane to remove the track and supports during park hours. You wouldn't want to risk falling track pieces from a ride onto other nearby rides. Remember when they were building Superman Ultimate Flight and one of the supports slipped out of the cranes grasp?

2 - After the park closes and it is called CLEAR the crews will begin to dismantle the ride in the dark and then begin clearing the debris during the day. This way would eliminate having to close the nearby rides like Twister & Parachutes.

3 - The park goes to weekends and during the week the crews remove the lift hill and remaining loop.

Out of the three scenarios above I think number 3 sounds the most reasonable to me. We haven't seen any track removal in a couple of days which leads me to believe that the park is waiting to remove the rest when they go to off season hours. It is only a month away.

It seems like Scenario 1 is the option they're taking, though Parachutes and Twister are still open while they're taking down GASM.