Wild Adventures Retiring Cheetah | Is it Being Turned into an RMC Hybrid?
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Cheetah is the lone custom coaster at Wild Adventures. This Custom Coasters International wood coaster was built in 2001, but it was closed in 2020 due to social distancing concerns. The thought was that the coaster would reopen in 2021, but those who have messaged the park have been told the ride will be retired to make way for future additions. Could that mean an RMC hybrid?
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It would be insane if this ride gets RMC'ed and it would be a really exciting and big addition to the park.
Agreed!
It would bring a lot of revenue for the park too! Maybe some more custom coasters in the future!
Cheetah looked like a decent Woodie, but hopefully they should look into converting it into an RMC as it would draw massive crowds into the park
Herschend also has worked with RMC extensively. I hope the trouble with Lightning Rod doesn't ruin that relationship moving forward.
I’ve never been there but I’ve always been interested in this park so I hope they’ll make something great out of this
Trust me it was not decent... it was brutal!! RMC would be a dream come true! RMC only an hour away from me?! Please!!!
Or maybe cheetah could get the GCI titan track.
Eh I don’t think it would pull that many crowds due to Six Flags Over Georgia.
Cheetah is one of my favorites. Will definitely be missed by me, and it was definitely a rough ride. I’m just glad my last ride on it was probably my favorite ride on the coaster, sitting next to my girlfriend, night ride in the back row and it was hauling. Rip Cheetah.
I'm glad you got a great last ride.
I never got a chance to ride it. Should’ve when I could 😭
any wooden coaster: h-
enthusiasts: *points* RMC
We all hope!
You mean the general public?
I really enjoy Cheetah, but this is an interesting theory. Great video! Subbed.
Thanks!
I wish Herrschend would actually take care of this park like they do their other parks. It's clear they don't really care about this coaster, and could be so much better. Possibly RMC have given them a discount for a new coaster due to the LRod issues, so maybe it will be RMC'd?
Maybe!
I just Thorpe this isn’t going to turn into a Celebration City situation! They had a park in Branson that was smaller like this park and they didn’t take much care of it and ended up closing rides then it closed permanently! Now it sits abandoned .
This park is a perfect contender for a chance hyper gtx
I could see that ride working at a lot of parks.
Please Please Please!!!
Woodies just keep disappearing man 😔 Hopefully RMC can give it a new life!
It's especially sad when it appears to be the park's best ride.
I’ll make my own company that makes Woodies
(maybe)
@@oofintic5734 There's a few still out there. GCI and Gravity Group are two - might be more.
Mostly ths terrible ones...
Cheetah was literally jackhammer the ride. And that’s coming from someone who doesn’t think great American scream machine is that rough and is honestly my 3 favorite coaster in Georgia. Cheetah had some great airtime and laterals but man! Those helixes jack hammered the whole time. I liked the ride but even I gotta say that thing was rough. The slc next door also isn’t that bad at all. It was the old restraints but their nicely cushioned. Honestly if your driving from sfog to Orlando/Tampa, wild adventure is definitely worth stopping by. The people there are super friendly. I even had guest randomly wave and say hi to me. The rides never really stood out other than cheetah but it’s a nice park and worth the 6 credits. I would stay away from the animals cause they clearly aren’t treated as well as the animals at a sea world park.
The speed hills looked like they'd give great airtime, so that's a shame the ride was really that rough. Was it the whole ride or just the helices/turns?
I contemplated making a sidetrip here one of the times I'm in Orlando, but I don't think I'll be doing that in the immediate future until they get a custom coaster.
@@CanobieCoasterpretty much the whole ride it jack hammered. Specially anytime there was airtime or the helixes.
@@CanobieCoaster like I remember the first airtime hill the train just started vibrating violently and uncontrollably.
the herschend family is now under my microscope. i love CCIs and i really hope they don’t demolish it completely. Cheetah was the best ride in the park and not a bad CCI at all. could be a really good RMC, but probably a mediocre gci retrack.
It sounds like it got quite rough, so either a wood retrack or steel conversion could fix it.
@@CanobieCoaster I havent ridden it in 10 years but i remember absolutely loving it! the humidity must have ruined it.
This ride was pretty rough. Literally every coaster at Wild Adventures was rough when I visited. Would love an RMC, but given that it's the red-headed step-child of the chain, I'm skeptical of that
At least it's a relatively cheap addition for a custom thrill coaster. It's not like people are dreaming of a pricey B&M.
They probably get a discount bc lightning rod and outlaw run
@The Quacken's Coaster Channel
Every coaster rough? Huh...I went there 4 times in 2019, and aside from Cheetah, all of them were quite smooth. My friends and family members also agree. Sure, they aren't brand-new Mack Rides smooth, but they weren't rough by any means (unless the wild mouse's sharp turns counts as rough, but all wild mouse coasters do that)
@@Wesley-76 I visited in 2016 and didn't have good luck with the rides and smoothness. Sounds like they've gotten better. If an RMC Cheetah does happen, I'll be back
@@thequackenscoasterchannel2927 Well that's unfortunate. Maybe they have gotten better, or maybe I'm just strange to like Vekomas... haven't rode a bad Vekoma yet lol
I had no idea that it didn't run in 2020. That covid excuse is most likely not true. I was there in March 2019. There's no doubt that it was a rough ride, but despite that, it was my favorite in the park, even over the glossy smooth Twisted Typhoon, my favorite SLC. The Vekomas at this park surprisingly ran amazing! But the rough Cheetah was still my favorite, because the airtime was that good. I talked plenty with one of the ride ops, who praised how smooth Vekomas are, obviously basing that on his own park. I mentioned to him that if GCI could smooth out Cheetah, it would be so amazing. He then told me that they had been in talks with GCI about that. But, if it were just getting a GhostRider treatment, I don't think they would be saying it's being retired. Obviously, I would love it to be an RMC.
Unless they did a GCI Titan track overhaul and it is extensive enough to count as a new ride?
An rmc treatment sounds very unlikely imo. I feel like the ride getting scrapped sounds more likely but I think by far the most likely one would be a gci titan track retracking or a gci one as a whole
My heart wants the RMC, but it would require Herschend to invest in the park.
Wow one of my favorite channels talking about my home town park I remember cheetah opening and it being smooth as glass it got so rough over the years thou that you almost needed a mouth guard to protect you teeth so I'm all for anything better but there SLC is smoother than all the others I have ridden
Hopefully the park gets something nice so I'll want to visit it someday! Cheetah was my big reason to.
@@CanobieCoaster hopefully I will see you there bc you will pass my house while seeing the park to your right
Yeah, I agree about Twisted Typhoon. Probably one of the smoothest SLC there is.
A few of the CCI wooden coasters like Cheetah at Wild Adventures, Boss at Six Flags St Louis, Twisted Twins at Kentucky Kingdom, Villain at Geauga Lake, ran the Gerstlauer wooden coaster trains that many people and enthusiasts...
A) Found them great
B) Liked them
C) Found them decent
D) Were not big fans of them
E) Found them awful
D (I don't mind them myself)
I’ve ridden this ride so many times when I lived in Valdosta. But it did beat the mess out of you. It’s sad to see it go but it really needs something. It wasn’t even fun anymore.
That's a bummer it got rough.
I live in North Georgia. The parks that I usually visit are SFOG, Dollywood, and Carowinds. However, I will visit Wild Adventures occasionally. I'm 55 yrs old and I don't take very rough coasters like I did when I was younger. So, I hope Cheetah gets the RMC treatment. It would bring in more visitors, that is for sure. Wild Adventures has the potential to be a very nice park. It's just their coaster collection is sub par with the old style Vekoma's and Cheetah. Personally, I will not ride Cheetah anymore (because of the jack hammering) but convert it into a RMC and I will go again. It will easily become the best coaster in the park.
The park really needs a headliner coaster and RMC Cheetah would do it.
I had been too scared to ride rollercoasters up until a few years ago, and the Cheetah was one of my first rides. Ever since then it’s been one of my favorite rides in the park, and since I live under 20 minutes from the park I got to ride it pretty often. My favorite part about it has always been the roughness of it and watching my friends reactions to it the first time they rode it. I’m gonna miss this ride and I hope that they’ll redo it instead of putting a completely different ride there.
Thanks for sharing! I'm sorry you lost arguably the best ride at your home park.
A few of the CCI wooden coasters (many of them were converted or defunct) such as Cheetah, Boss, Twisted Twins, Villain, ran the Gerstlauer wooden coaster trains that many people and enthusiasts...
A) Liked them
B) Loved them
C) Were not big fans of them
D) Found them awful
E) Found them fine
C
UPDATE ON CHEETAH:
It is gone. They took it down. I had the privilege of riding it a few times over the past years. My family traditionally gets season passes. I must admit the last three times I rode Cheetah were done somewhat reluctantly because it would beat the stuffing out of you. Very fast and fun, but it really got too rough and the complaints began to get stacked.
There are still the steel coasters (Twisted Typhoon and Boomerang), but they are generic and short.
The Cheetah space is now closed off in mystery and the park has been redone around it. The train that used to go through the animal enclosures and through the Cheetah's structure is even shortened to steer away.
Hopefully something good will show up. They already kind of ruined the Halloween Horror Nights.
Interesting! I hope they get something good.
If they RMC Cheetah, Georgia will have 3 RMCs. I don't think that market saturation is the problem as everyone is excited for Aerie Force One. Also this ride has a very similar layout to Aerie Firce One. The biggest variable is Herschend. Are they planning on selling the park or holding onto it and making money? I've never been but it appears that the park might be at a point similar to Worlds of Fun where coasters don't increase ticket sales.
I think they took Cheetah down entirely.
Elite Coasters made a RMC concept for cheetah
Cool!
It is SO rough. Rode it in 2017 and it hurt my head
Sounds like they let it rot.
I planned a week and a half multi park vacation last year with WA being in the mix. But when I learned Cheetah was closed, I planned on skipping the park and adding a day at another park. I would just go back another time and ride it.
Now I'm kind of bummed I didn't get to ride it before it's gone or remodeled.
I am sort of bummed I kept putting Wild Adventures off, but a lot of people have said it was rough so I guess I didn't miss anything special.
Sad to see it go. I rode it as a kid up to my early adult years. Was definitely my favorite ride and the only theme park I’ve been too. I was looking up videos to see what all they have since I now have small kids but had no idea they shut it down. Poor move on their part.
They've replaced it with nothing thus far.
@@CanobieCoaster it’s animals now. Such a waste
Hey, someone noticed this! I've been here 4 times in 2019, and it was a fun park. Cheetah, however, was very rough. The train jolted up and down on its few airtime hills, taking away said airtime and slowing the ride down. The helices caused the train to shake from side to side, also an unpleasant experience. I got one ride that was fairly decent, which is the only reason why it's not dead last in my ranked list of the park's coasters. I really hope they convert it into an RMC. That would be great on many different levels!
Also, I'd like to point out that I like their Vekoma SLC, Twisted Typhoon. While it has cushions next to your head, they are soft and take away any pain from headbanging. I also didn't get much said headbanging, and the ride was smooth, fast, and fun. I don't know if other SLC's are like this, but enthusiasts give them lots of hate, which leads me to believe that the trains (or features of the trains) are different from the ones that get hate (mostly the Mind Erasers, Kong, and T3). Or maybe I'm just weird and don't find this ride bad at all, but my dad, brother, and 3 friends of mine have all rode it and all like it (and they're of varying heights too). Let me know what your thoughts are on Twisted Typhoon, mainly if you can testify and say that it isn't like the other SLC hated upon.
Hey Wesley, Twisted Typhoon is certainly one of the better SLC's out there. I don't like rough coasters, and I had no problem with Twisted Typhoon. I like the B&M inverts better but TT isn't a bad ride. I did have slight issues with Boomerang though. It isn't terrible but Flying Cobra's at Carowinds had a better ride experience, and they are the same ride. I agree with your comments about Cheetah 100%. I can't take its punishment.
I have heard Twisted Typhoon is among the smoother SLCs, but I really don't like the bulky restraints of the original trains. Cheetah would've been enjoyable for me even with some bumps for that airtime.
@@pdk25 Ah gotcha. Yes B&M inverts are certainly better, but Twisted Typhoon was still fun. I've heard that one called Green Lantern got new restraints with no headbanging, so hopefully the other SLC's will get them too, at least the parks that want to keep them. I thought Boomerang was smooth too, but maybe Flying Cobras is better, or I got good rides, it all depends. That's why it's fun to share coaster opinions-- one person may love the ride and says it's smooth, and one person may hate it and say it's so rough!
@@CanobieCoaster Yeah those restraints aren't the greatest though. Yeah Cheetah was rough, even more so than Mine Blower, but it didn't cause a lasting headache, and my final ride on it was actually fun.
I rode Twisted Typhoon last year during Labor Day weekend and it was absolutely horrendous. Shook the entire ride and I got headbanging and terrible jolts all around. Amongst the roughest SLCs I’ve done. Idk what happened but their SLC and Boomerang were tracking horribly during my visit
Went there with my brother years ago and Cheetah was already rough back then, so I'm not surprised it's being retired. I thought it was a charming little park with potential. I think the RMC redo would do wonders and would guarantee a visit from me in the future. The only problem is I think they waited too long. A couple years ago that would have been a big deal, but RMCs are so popular now. Still think it'd do wonders for the park and reclaim lapsed guests though.
Maybe they could try Titan Track if they want something newer and possibly cheaper.
I've never ridden this nor Twisted Cyclone but by the looks of this it looks like to me that an RMC of this ride would put Twisted Cyclone to shame. I say that even though Six Flags Over Georgia is my favorite Theme Park.
Twisted Cyclone is one of the shorter rides RMC has made, but it's still excellent.
It’s really sad that RMC Cheetah never came through cuz of it being torn down. That would have given Wild Adventures a true standout in their lineup. Herchend brutally mistreats the park with no investment and no love ever since taking over.
RMC Cheetah would have been the signature ride this park could have used.
This cci looked rough, but it didn’t deserve this I’m an enthusiast and it looked amazing for a rough ride, it didn’t deserve to be taken down
I wish they found a way to save the ride.
I have been on this ride MANY times. As season pass holders, we go often and were very sad to hear that this ride was closing. Yes, it was a ROUGH ride, but super fun. It was definitely not for everyone.
Pros about Wild Adventures: family friendly, lots to do, the new water park, fun rides, budget friendly
Cons: incompetent and slow staff, the wild animals could be better taken care of (specifically, the gazelle, the old & HUGE gator in a tiny cage, the little gators packed into the exhibit, and birds down the walking path who are kept in small cages 24/7!)
I hope they get something good to make up for Cheetah leaving.
I'm going to the Georgia Renaissance Fair this Summer, so I thought about going to Wild Adventures on my way home. Finding out about Cheetah's closure is quite the disappointment. I'm glad I got to ride it last time.
Glad you got on it!
Bummer! I was hoping to visit Wild Adventures last year, but decided to hold off when I saw Cheetah was closed. I would love for it to be RMCed, but given how the park hasn't invested in a major attraction in a long time, and they haven't even filled Viking Voyage's spot, I'm kind of expecting demolition.
Someone messaged me you could spell RMC if you took the first letter of room make and changes in my email lol
If they followed Cheetah's layout, a conversion would be about as cheap as a custom steel thrill coaster could be.
@@CanobieCoaster Lol, that’s reaching so much that it’d fail a clearance envelope.
That was my favorite ride :(
Sad to see it go.
Very sad to see go they need to rethink getting rid of cheetah
The layout for this looked really good especially those speed hills in the middle of the ride. Will be sad to see it go because I never got to ride it but if this gets RMCed it will most likely draw a lot of crowds into the park
I agree those small airtime hills looked sweet.
so i haven't been to wild adventures since 2017, and today my little sister who is 14 really wanted to go with me and she goes like all the time. And when we where there i was like we need to go ride the cheetah and she had no idea what i was talking about so we walked inside the old entrance to where the cheetah was and the whole thing was gone i spent like 5 mins trying to figure out where this dang ride went.....it was like one of the best rides at the park how could they just get rid of it....and they said to make room for knew rides bro there was no knew rides at the cheetah when i went. Ngl that park was so much more fun back in 2016 and 2017 i would not want to pay the 50 or 60 dollars to go back. Im just glad that my sis had a bring a friend pass cause that park went down hill in the last 5 or 6 years imo
Such a bummer it was removed.
I have a lot of memories riding the cheetah. When it first opened, it was incredible for me. I was a around 7 years old and it was the biggest ride I had ever seen. Over time it got pretty bumpy and would bruise you pretty good. Last time I rode it was in 2014. It was bad enough for me not to want to ride it again. It will be in my heart as my first wooden coaster.
I would love to see it made into a hybrid. I hope they don't destroy it.
In general I'd love to see the park get another ride along with they remodel of cheetah. O: greedy I know.
I too hope Cheetah is made into a hybrid.
Hopefully another unique ride or RMC goes in its place, it's the only unique coaster in the part. Even as a local, I don't see much reason to go to the park as it is.
I'd hope they get something nice.
So word has it this coaster is slated to actually be completely demo'd, which is too bad. It seems with the exception of maybe Thunderhead, Hershend and "traditional" wooden coasters don't seem to mesh well for some reason. First it was Ozark Wildcat at (now defunct) Celebration City and now this coaster getting scrapped.
I don't think anything was wrong with Ozark Wildcat as much as that park. It's a bummer if it's getting demolished completely.
They turned it into an animal viewing/dining area. The exciting new changes aren't that exciting but it's a nice family area now. They boarded over the area where you entered onto the coaster and placed the carts on top where the tracks used to be to leave a piece of history of the coaster.
At least they honored the history.
I hope it becomes an RMC coaster as I know Wild Adventures has hard competition between Over Georgia and the Florida parks. Hopefully this will make it more appealing for people to go to Wild Adventures and Hershand can make a resurgence in this park making it a world class park in the future similar to Dollywood & Silver Dollar City, but in its own way.
Now for the rest of the CCIs, PLEASE STAY AROUND! I love CCI coasters and they are one of my favorite manufacturers. If there’s a CCI in a park, I know I have to ride it.
This park has a zoo, water, and theme park so it has a lot of potential with a signature coaster.
It's especially true since a lot of CCIs went to small parks that could be in danger. We almost lost 3 with Indiana Beach and the futures of Silver Comet and maybe Excalibur are up in the air depending what happens with those parks.
@@CanobieCoaster Those coasters are also important to me as I broke my fears of roller coasters on CCI coasters. (Pegasus & Cyclops at Mt Olympus)
A back car ride on Cyclops secures my fate as a coaster enthusiast.
I've never rode any CCI's
@@ArrowThrills I would try to find one as they are great coasters!
My move to Virginia made it unlikely I'll return to Wild Adventures, Closing Cheetah has now made it official. Fixing the track and replacing those overweight G-Trains is really all that was needed to solve Cheetah's maintenance issues, and was even suggested to Herrschend a few times, but clearly they don't care about improving this once hidden gem of a park.
It's a bummer this park doesn't get more investment.
Cheetah is rough but I don’t want it to leave
From the recent photos I've seen, almost the entire ride has been removed.
Also. WA has also lost ALOT of visitors just from removing this. So I don’t think they made the right call. They should’ve just remodeled it and kept it.
I hope they replace it with something good.
ITS SOLD!!!! They sold it. We talked to people at the park. Sooo do what you want with that information. It was an old coaster and needed to be remodeled but sold it instead.
That would explain why the removal seems careful.
I wouldn’t have seen it coming, but this is Herschend, and the park hasn’t received a new coaster from them yet so this is still likely.
I agree this park has been a bit neglected compared to the chain's other parks.
Yet another wooden coaster being turned into an RMC for no other reason than "oh look it's a new coaster!" RMC, a reason to take even less good care of your solid wooden roller coasters (if not sometimes above average to literally great tbh). Another good one bites the dust. At least they will probably never touch The Boss at SF St. Louis.
I hope it happens in this case.
Well at least they are gonna get something new out of this no matter what
Appears so!
I like your optimism, but it really feels like they're looking to sell the park off, and spend as little on upkeep in the process. Closing two major coasters without announcing any kind of substantial replacement is a bad sign. HFE hasn't invested in this park, like the other parks... and much like Darien Lake, I think we would need to see a change in ownership before things turn around.
The only other major coasters are an SLC and a Boomerang, and neither are in great condition. It's far easier to picture the park selling off their two Vekomas/larger flats, and focusing on other areas of the property, like the Zoo exhibits, kiddie rides, and the water park. Even with a single RMC conversion, it may not really justify the ticket price versus SFOG or the Orlando parks, which may doom the place long term.
Viking Voyager was a ride that a lot of people considered rough so I can understand why that ride was removed. I think this park only received that ride since Herschend had it left over from Celebration City.
I agree the park hasn't gotten the investments of the chain's other properties, but the infrastructure is there if they choose to make this park better.
So what's the latest news on this? Is the coaster SBNO? Or has it been torn down? I can't find any other news on it getting the RMC treatment.
It has been torn down.
I'm Suprised Twisted Typhoon isn't the one being removed.
That seems to be their signature coaster in marketing materials.
@@CanobieCoaster what's that mean ?
That means Wild Adventures is actively using the coaster to attract people into the park deeming it the less likely removal.
@@opraiderman904 oh ok I get it now thanks.
...but that one's good...look at my comment
This coaster is Rough a small gave me a headache everytime I ridden on it, but it also pretty cool fast coaster I like it I just wish they could make it less of a bumpy ride
That's a shame the ride got bumpy since the layout looked solid.
I couldn't agree more with how this coaster desperately needs the RMC treatment. Herschend needs to put a lot more attention into this park in general so it really needs something new and exciting and it's going to continue to needs more excitement even after this (whatever it will be) is complete.
This park has a lot of potential with its current offerings if it just got a signature coaster.
An RMC would be a great fit. I was thinking about replacing it with a GCI, Herchend has worked with GCI before with Thunderhead and because this is an out and back coaster, it can have an out and back layout like Mystic Timbers or Prowler. I was originally thinking of a Gravity Group coaster to replace it but Herchend has not worked with them yet, what do you think of a GCI or Gravity Group?
If they go with a wood coaster back there, I see them reusing Cheetah's structure and retracking it.
Has an RMC conversion been done on a primarily steel structure before?
Storm Chaser at Kentucky Kingdom has a steel structure so it can be done yes
Yup, Storm Chaser. Similar height too.
What do you prefer, the Gerstlauer trains or the PTC trains?
PTCs.
Wild Adventures has a Vekoma SLC. What would you think?
Haven't been to that park, but I heard their SLC is one of the better ones.
I went for my first time summer 2020 and was upset to see it closed. The park sits 3 hours away from my house so having an RMC there would be nice. I live by orlando so iron gwazi an hour away and wild adventures not to far. That would be a Dream
At least you have a lot of new coasters coming to Florida.
it still closed .. its a bumpy ride
It's not reopening.
I was 8 in 2002, it was my first roller coaster lol it was rattely even back then. Shook the hell outta ya.
Yikes.
I rode the coaster in 2019 it was rough but that's part of a wooden roller coaster I'm a bigger guy so Twisted Typhoon Swamp Thing I cannot fit on them my shoulders are too big so this weekend when I was very disappointed that they are not going to fix it makes me not want to go back to the park because I do not have anything to ride
Hopefully they get something nice to replace it.
I don't think that an RMC would be the smartest move. Twisted Cyclone and Iron Gwazi are within driving distance, and the ROI for this type of ride might not be what Herscend wants. To replace Cheetah, their best bet is probably either a Hyper-GTX or a small Gerstlauer Infinity like Gold Rush at Attractiepark Slagharen.
If they built an I-Box that follows Cheetah's current layout, it could be a fairly cheap addition for a thrill coaster. I agree there are other RMCs nearby though.
Given the number of Vekomas the park already has, one could only hope for a Bermuda Blitz model as a suitable replacement.
I'd love to see a new Vekoma.
The biggest problem you have with Wild Adventures to go is, that of the seven roller coasters there...
A) Cheetah was the smoothest one
B) Cheetah was the only custom airtime focused one
C) Cheetah felt the fastest start to finish
B
No! No! No! Cheetah is going to be sent to the dinosaurs! I will miss this coaster so bad!
I definitely wish I could've ridden it, but I kept putting Wild Adventures off.
Sad news. Your RMC theory is certainly an exciting one, but, while I wouldn’t rule it out, I’d put my money on the idea that “Cheetah is being retired to make room for new and exciting changes in the coming years” is an announcement made in full Blackpool style. In other words, it’s the false, empty, and vague verbiage you feed the public when you have no positive spin on a primary ride closure. Hope I’m wrong and your theory is right!
It's possible they could replace this will nothing more than a pathway so you can see the animals back there, but I'm trying to be optimistic.
Wild adventures needs new coasters “plural” without them, it’s not a destination place.
It could use more for sure.
Damn you made this video quick lol
Yeah, I messaged them yesterday since I was looking into a trip. Someone else did the same.
@@CanobieCoaster with Cheetah gone I wouldn't worry about a trip unless you want some family or rough credits
I rode it was awesome gladi did ride it
Lucky!
I hope they don’t get rid of the ride. It’s been at Wild Adventures for a long time
It's unfortunate since it's their only custom coaster.
My #50 coaster credit, and boy oh boy was it rough!! That turnaround is the roughest moment on any coaster I’ve ever done!! Thank the lord something is happening to this thing! Good riddance!! The only redeeming quality is the first airtime hill, which was the only airtime moment in the park.... Wild Adventures is technically my home park (I’m from Jacksonville) but I really dislike the park! Herschend should’ve never bought it if they weren’t going to at least put 1 major new roller coaster! And honestly this park is overall not good at all... I consider the Orlando parks to be my home parks!
Those speed hills looked good too on the return run. I was planning on taking a day from my Orlando trip to visit this park in 2021, but I'm going to wait until they get a custom coaster now.
I'm also from Jax. I've been disappointed in Wild Adv for years. I remember being excited when Herschend first took control; boy was I mistaken.
@@overbanked You and me both brother... I’m telling you, Now that we have Urban And Trevor here, maybe now some millionaire might budge at a brand new amusement park in DUVALLLLLL!!!! Please make it happen one day! If no one will do it now, then I will do it later! Mark my words!!
@@SunshineStateCoasters Hell yeah! I would love to see an amusement park in Duval.
Definitely RMC. They said they would making "new and exciting changes," which does not necessarily mean they will be adding completely new additions.
That's fair. Someone pointed out you could spell RMC with some of the words, but that may have been a stretch.
I really want RMC to work on this project. It all depends on RMC and Hershend’s Relationship though.
Agreed! From what I heard, Dollywood paid for Lightning Rod's I-box conversion so I think they're on speaking terms.
Ok, that’s good
They're in the process of demo
Bummer
wait really? proof?
So glad they are changing/removing this ride. It was so rough on the body for all ages....
Sad to hear since the layout looked decent.
They officially destroyed it sadly and are making room back there for the safari train for more animals
I hope they get another coaster in the future.
Wouldn’t be a surprise
I'm optimistic.
Take bets for Cheetah's new name after getting the hybrid conversion. My bet is on Steel Panther.
Iron Cheetah
Twisted Kat
Cheetaka
From an inside source I know Herschend may be purchasing Kentucky kingdom in Kentucky. Fun fact that may become true.
That would be interesting since Ed Hart has done a great job.
I still call topper track coasters steel coasters
Anyway, i think it will just bite the dust completely
It's possible.
Not much there to work with for structure. If anything it would be a ground up.
RMC has made rides where they deviate significantly from the layout, but if they don't want to invest big time, I think they could follow the layout fairly closely and make a strong ride.
PLEASE rmc it. I live less than 1 hour away and have been begging for the conversion for months!!!
This park has a lot of interesting things except a standout coaster.
I hope
I hope Lightning Rod's issues hasn't soured Herschend's relationship with RMC since this would be a great add for the park.
R.I.P. if they do close it!
It sounds like it isn't reopening in this form.
I think leaving Cheetah closed in 2020 was as much if not more to do with budget cuts than social distancing concerns as Cheetah is at the very back of Wild Adventures
I heard one person say the path was too narrow? I haven't been there so I don't know how true that is. The ride does seat people close together, but you could just skip rows like other parks.
@@CanobieCoaster as my home park the path is not narrow it's wide compared to the water park entrance
@@jimboroberts2634 Ah ok so it was likely budget cuts or the state of the ride then.
Yeah, the pathway was not narrow at all, and the queue was no more tight than any other. They can skip every other row if they want, but Six Flags over Georgia was even filling every row on GASM and Twisted Cyclone when I was there in November. It could've been a county and not a state thing for Wild Adventures, but I doubt it.
@@OklahomaCoasterFan I'm guessing covid sounded better than cost savings.
Unless theyre RMCing it it doesn’t make a lot of sense to retire what looks to be their main attraction
If the ride was horrifically rough, I could see their SLC being the star ride. That looks to be the coaster they promote most in advertising.
@@CanobieCoaster That's... really sad.
@@twistedgwazi5727 it really is
@@CanobieCoaster The SLC (Twisted Typhoon) is the main attraction at Wild Adventures. One of the better SLC's out there.
RIP CCI
You have the big ones at corporate parks that are RMC candidates and small parks that are struggling.
Ghost Rider was refurbished by GCI, but it's still a CCI. Also Raven, Boulder Dash, and Legend aren't going away any time soon.
I only know about this ride because of the memes surrounding it lol
I haven't seen those.
Any wood coaster that runs wood coaster trains from Gerstlauer is not going to be good. Gerstlauer does not make good trains for these rides, and idk why they tried. Just stick to making steel coaster trains and steel coasters :D
I don't hate their trains from a rider standpoint. I've never had an issue with Boss, but I know I'm in the minority.
Premier trains also stink unless its a premier coaster
@@annoyingperson2255 Yeah like the Premier trains on Goliath at SFNE, the ones on Son of Beast, the old and now current ones that Big Apple Coaster has. Premier should just make trains for their own coasters :D
I live two hours away from Wild Adventure and have never had any interest. RMC would change that.
Sure would!
I wouldn't go in 2021 to this clone park 3 1/2 hours away
I would have if Cheetah were there.
57% of Lightning Rod will be Ibox. Then its no longer a wooden coaster its a Hybrid therefore loses its Fastest wooden coaster and first launch wooden coaster titles
I think it still keeps the first launched wood coaster title since it was the first. I agree it'll be classified as a steel coaster going forward (for me at least).
that makes me kinda sad. I will never ride Lightning rod as a woodie :(
I rode cheetah and it was very bumpy
It's completely gone now.
Rmc ? No sir
I think there's a 50-50 chance. I know Herschend doesn't invest much in this park.
@@CanobieCoaster no chance at all .... trust me
Please get RMCD
I think it's gone now.
;o