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Post November 17th, 2009, 4:44 pm
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Post November 17th, 2009, 8:11 pm
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ARLINGTON -- At a signal from Bugs Bunny, a yellow bulldozer pulled a chunk out of the Texas Giant roller coaster Monday morning, starting a $10 million renovation of the wooden ride that has been carrying Six Flags passengers since 1990.

When the dust cleared, a four-man chainsaw crew went to work under blustery skies as a crowd of employees looked on.

?????????Most of the structure will remain,????????? said Steve Martindale, park president, noting that the timbers are pressure treated and "should last 30 to 50 years.????????? The portion removed, he said, "needed to come out anyway" as part of a redesign. There will be big changes will be to the track and cars. Martindale promised a steeper, faster ride loaded with special effects. ?????????The profile is going to be substantially different,????????? Martindale said. ?????????We?????????re probably going to change 15 percent of the track configuration.?????????

The project is supposed to be finished in time for opening day, 2011.

Gene Moore, lead man at the park?????????s carpentry shop, has logged nearly 21 years at the park. Since the Texas Giant opened he?????????s been part of the team that inspects the ride to make sure it doesn't come undone . On Monday he drove the bulldozer that pulled part of the frame down. ?????????I've spent many a day up on that thing,????????? said Moore, who?????????s looking forward to the next version of the giant. ?????????It's gonna be interesting.?????????




"with special effects."
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Six Flags is going the same way as with X2, Bizarro, etc...
Coastercount: 1410 (I've seen the world and it's horrid contraptions... @.@)
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Post December 1st, 2009, 11:17 am

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don't we already have parks wich stand out due to their special effect themed rides such as disney universal studios etc.??? Shapiro should apply for general manager at one of those parks not make a 10$ investment wich could be better spended at some sort of real innovative concept such as X, Furious Baco, The new arrow freefly coaster... could think of maybe a 1000 other rides...

Post December 1st, 2009, 6:40 pm

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^don't you mean s&s free fly

also i would like to see fire on a wooden coaster like on x2
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Post December 1st, 2009, 10:53 pm

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How intelligent...

Wood with fire. Durrrrrr huurrr hurrrr.
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Post December 1st, 2009, 10:59 pm
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let me put it this way ..
if theres a need for any sort of special effects for a wooden rollercoaster , or any amount of extra theming, then the wooden rollercoaster wasnt good enough

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Post December 2nd, 2009, 5:15 pm
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It cost about $15,000 a week to operate Texas Giant. So having it closed for 71 weeks equals $1,065,000 in savings to the park. That's 1/10th of the new rides budget.
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