CGA offered an amazing 'sneak peek' tour of CGA today, which
included a comprehensive presentation/Q&A of the park, a tour of
park happenings, and most importantly, a hardhat construction tour of
Gold Striker. The icing on the cake was being able to ride Xtreme
Skyflyer, free.
Some important notes, will have a video up later of the presentation:
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3 NEW Haunt mazes, one will exist in a new structure, the other 2 in
existing structures. My guess is that 2 will be swapped out.
• Confirmed, AFX is getting a NEW show. It is not white water rafting, we can only continue to guess what will go in.
• Confirmed: River Adventure (Kid's inflatable boat mini river) is leaving but can see something new in the future
• Subway is coming
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New locker system using an
all digital POS system (Point of Sell) and digital entry as opposed to
the existing keyed entry
• Parking lot revamped
• Food venders including carts accepting debit cards
• 3 NEW shows: Pop Fusion, On Broadway, and Team Charlie Brown. Happiness is Snoopy will return this year
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Show schedules will no longer be those cheap-looking xerox copies but
actual nice, printed material much like how the park maps are
• Lots of buildings being repainted
• Lot of dormant buildings are being revitalized, including where Subway will be located
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Different areas will now have their own background music based on
theme...Action Zone will feature electronica/high energy-like music,
50's music by Firefall, etc...
• Last but not least, they are really focused on theming of Gold Striker. We will not be riders, but
prospectors :)
The park feels that Gold Striker will provide a very unique coaster
experience with the elements it features along with the added tunnel
(which was not required of them to put on, was an after thought.
• Gold Striker's opening date has not been said yet
Here's some photos of the happenings at the park!
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| Grizzly got some retracking done on the lower turnaround. |
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| Future home of the new Subway restaurant |
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| Psycho Mouse is getting some TLC. |
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| Farewell to the River Adventure attraction. |
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| One of many buildings painted over the off season |
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A lot of buildings are getting new shingles/shakes made of composite. This former game will
become a character meet and greet location. |
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| Carousel Columbia also received more new paint this off season! It looks amazing! |
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| Spongebob has worn out his welcome and will now be leaving us. |
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| And the Gold Striker hardhat tour begins! |
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| Taking a walk under White Water Falls |
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| Backside of the 2nd turnaround |
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| Midway curve with some new fencing around it |
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| Airtime hill under the first and last turnaround |
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| Working on the lift! Note the frame work for the tunnel. |
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| The trains will come rocketing out of the tunnel here. |
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| And zoom past here as guests wait in line to ride. |
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| Station platform. Roof trusses were up by the end of the day (no photos of that) |
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| More lift work |
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| An overview of the drop and where the line will start (note the gap in the fencing on right) |
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| A final look at the Carousel before heading out. |
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