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Speaking of the train, maybe a little upgrade/‘beautification’ of the 3rd station near Jane’s is finally in order, to get a proper ‘Rivertown’ stop operational… Not that it would really be needed for guest flow, but it’d be nice to have. Anyway, as someone that admittedly knows very little about construction logistics: With the largest items seeming to be the new trains, would they not be able to drive most things straight through from near King Claw (which might be what you mean by ‘U-cycle’, I’m unsure), and just do on-site work during the day? Then, assuming the trains’ll be one of the last things to come, if a crane’s needed to put ‘em on the track, set it up in that lawn adjacent to the train line & lift ‘em over outside of park hours?

Said it for Jungle Rush and I’ll say it again: My god, can they stop using AI in their concepts? If they want to be seen as cheap and lazy, sure, but if they’re already spending $20m on ‘immersive theming’ for a ride that’s already built, the least they could do is hire some real artists & not suck up the Murrissippi for their low-effort marketing material. Especially when they’re already under fire for displacing more wildlife with the rezoning news, and the previous ‘Steel Taipan/Koala Research’ scenario, despite the questionable validity/impact of either of these, they should know better.

Whatever attraction they choose to replace Motocoaster with will surely be better than its predecessor, but what I'm most excited for is the possible re-establishment of a proper 'bush/outback' area of the park to exist alongside (new) Rivertown & for them to incorporate Steel Taipan/Giant Drop into, so that neither feel like complete dead-ends anymore & their section of the park's main loop (between ST/MDMC, otw to GD) is given a purpose once again. As such, unless it is much better hidden & routed around than JR's has been (which would be significantly harder to accomplish without Tiger Island effectively blocking off most of its backstage area), a significant show/dark ride building in that location of the park would be a rather hard task to perfect.

What is that even supposed to mean? The enclosures have become much better for the tigers, and visually pleasing for guests in the static way they’ll be seen 95% of the time. They just don’t do the same interactive shows there, which was always going to happen.

They've done a lot with what they could post-protected contact, to be fair. Every time I have been since it reopened, there has been a tiger using the overhead walkthrough/rest area at the entrance (right side) to Tiger Island, and another within the updated enclosure to the left. The old show enclosure is definitely unsuited to the current setup, though.

Tidbit about this from opening day: The drivers seat itself can now be slid forwards so that kids can reach the pedal.

I mean, yeah, but I’d hope that’s more a fault of the transitional period Tiger Island is in. It’s like going to a play to watch the dormant stage & a couple cleaning crew sweep the floors. The other enclosures are being sufficiently updated to the point that they're good standalone enclosures again, but the main moated viewing is still very clearly designed for the purpose it used to hold. Disregarding the obviously misleading timeline that they're pushing here, I wonder which Parkz member from this thread they’ve chosen to be an ‘industry professional’.

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I know it's a typo, but the thought makes me laugh.

True, but I feel the implementation would be similar to what people were hoping of TT2, aka the one they've used on Red Force, where the LSMs extend just as much as needed to reach a desired speed & provide the roll back, rather than keeping a consistent speed through fully vertical LSMS. The issue with doing either would be that it would at least necessitate a train redesign on a model that Intamin no longer wishes to sell or update, as well as possibly significant changes to the track itself so it can orient LSMs correctly. There's also the possible roadblock of, whenever the time comes that a change is forced or decided upon, it could be the case that the structure itself has weakened enough (as recently seen in a positive light with Nemesis at Alton, or a negative light w/ SW's Monorail) for an update to not be viable without first demolishing a large part of what stood, & at that point it feels like Six Flags'd rather market something new.

Went to the park yesterday, didn’t take many photos of any construction/maintenance but was wondering if any of y’all knew what these muted red metal (track?) pieces in Motocoaster’s envelope could be for, before I start to jump to any of my own conclusions.

It gets to a point where if you can't see the bright pink 200ft tall structure or these signs leading to it, adding a third becomes pointless...

Not to be a stickler, but it's "multi-record breaking launch coaster.". Very similar, different meanings. And yeah, as pointed out above, Zumanjaro's permanent closure alongside Kingda Ka & other surrounding attractions makes it seem much more like it's being knocked down and replaced with something "completely new" (words they've since used in clarifications after the main press release) moreso than being a TT2 situation. I just really hope that it doesn't end up being this: