Levi

I think they need a water ride, but a Rocking Boat imo would be too risky for the public given what did happen is still fresh on the media and public’s mind and will most likely forever be a conversation. I think a modern flume like Rip Roaring Falls with a lot of theming and a coaster wrapping around the land would work well. IMO an Intamin Hyper going down towards the entrance road to the park would look great, driving in seeing the two headlining coasters with giant drop in the background would work well. Especially when they eventually (hopefully) replace GC with another headlining thrill coaster. I could see the new land going for more of a Steampunk feel as Rainforest or anything Jungle is definitely more Rivertown leaning.

my assumption is the ride has been sold to some park, especially since the ride was testing for a couple days after it closed to the public. i’m not sure if a replacement will open by the end of this year but i think the replacement will definitely be under construction by the end of this year.

my guess is the replacement will be apart of a deal they struck with King Claw, and given how much family investment they’ve had over the past couple years with only King Claw added for the thrill seekers, i’m going to assume it will be a thrill coaster. i think a dark ride will be added, but not yet and not in that plot of land. i feel like it would make a lot more sense in the old Kevil Hill walkthrough building and/or the old Tower of Terror station plot of land. if you look back on their showcasing what they did in 2025, the caption does kind of hint at something new coming this year. i’m going to assume this replacement is one of them as well as a new nighttime event.

Superman started testing this morning and was flying around the track, i think both Flash and Superman will be back by the start of the main holidays. Scooby, Flash and Superman will bring the capacity boost that is needed.

flash has began testing today with Superman’w cables now tightened, it shouldn’t be too much longer until they open.

the queue building didn’t have walls for years, it use to be plain black walls just before it closed. it also looks like they’ve gone a different design from when the original walls before they got torn down, the smoke in the fountain is a nice touch.

all work walls are down around Scooby with the ride information board now also up at the entrance of the extended queue.

Batwing was also constantly testing most of today as well, with it sometimes not even having a break between cycles and from what i counted launched 4 times within 7 minutes. they just have needed new air compressors and need to do a certain amount of tests before it can reopen.

a different name would’ve been better, but the show overall already looks a lot better than HSD2. let’s hope they don’t disappoint.

the reason WWF’s operations went bad after the returb was because they removed the constantly moving loading station and replaced it with a stationary station. scooby’s was always a duel load station, so i don’t think it will face the same issues.

all indoor / water rides closed during this heat is really bad. they should just open scooby today /s

i’m assuming it could be due to the heat today, but Rivals and WWF have been breaking down quite a bit, surprisingly GL is the most reliable ride in the park today.

the launch cables seem to be installed back in place and all the tags and ribbons across the track have been removed, my guess is the major issues are sorted and testing shouldn’t be too far away.

i’d say they just don’t want to give away Scooby’s opening date, with Flash and Superman i think that’s more of a “we’ll see if the problem is resolved in time” thing.

i think Rivals maintenance period at the start of the year is purely for the repainting, i believe it’ll still have its normal maintenance period later on in the year. they might be separating it into two different periods so the ride isn’t closed for a very long period of time.