Cypress Gardens Photos and POV video of their woodie!!!

[Gregory DGBANNED FOR BEING A DICK]

I think it's your standard Zamperla Spinning Mouse. I'm excited about it since I've never been on one before.

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

Is it the same as Reverchon though? I thought that Zamperla bought them out or something weird like that. Oh well, guess we'll see in a few weeks!

Elissa "it's still a spinning ride!" Alvey

[PkiJakeThe best thing about TPR is the donkeys.]

If I remember correctly Zamperla is selling Reverchon's rides for America.

-Jake

[BoardwalkandBaseball4EverWhat's with the donkeys anyway?]

Well,

From what I've been told by the CG employees... An additional ride area is being built (not in Adventure Grove or Paradise Pier) for the Starliner since the coaster can't fit in the existing ride sections.

A new ride area will be built next to the main parking lot (south of Nature's Way). The Starliner, a large looping steel coaster and about 8 other carnival rides will be added in this brand new area for 2006.

It is the goal of Cypress Gardens to match Wild Adventures # of rides and coasters... So expect about 50-55 rides and 9 coasters total.
Apparently, no more junior coasters either -- the new area will have 3 or 4 adult-sized coasters including the Starliner and probably another Vekoma Boomerang.

[robbalveySite Admin]

I really, really hope they don't get a Vekoma Boomerang. I mean, I really kind of liked thinking of Florida as a "Boomerang Free" state.

How many other places are there that have that many coasters and DON'T have a boomerang within 200 miles? From Orlando, the closest boomerang is 215 miles away at Wild Adventures.

Southern California has Knott's. The NJ/PA area has them at Hershey & Wildwood. Ohio has one at Geauga Lake.

*sigh*

--Robb

[BarryHHe's kind of sad and pathetic]

I went to CG on July 4th and there were construction people there moving pieces of track around!

What states don't have boomerangs? I don't think there are any boomerangs in SC or TN.

[Gregory DGBANNED FOR BEING A DICK]

From what I've been told by the CG employees... An additional ride area is being built (not in Adventure Grove or Paradise Pier) for the Starliner since the coaster can't fit in the existing ride sections.

Not to disparage your source or anything (they could very well be right about this) they originally said the Galaxy Spin was going into the field next to the concert area, but now it's going next to the arcade. (Surely things changed once the Starliner was acquired.)

A new ride area will be built next to the main parking lot (south of Nature's Way). The Starliner, a large looping steel coaster and about 8 other carnival rides will be added in this brand new area for 2006.

Sounds cool, but it'll be another tight fit I think. (See my rendition below.) I don't imagine they'll be putting in too many rides (if any) along that narrow strip of land between the parking lot and the lake. (It's even more narrow than my drawing shows.) The Starliner would look good there though.

It is the goal of Cypress Gardens to match Wild Adventures # of rides and coasters... So expect about 50-55 rides and 9 coasters total.
Apparently, no more junior coasters either -- the new area will have 3 or 4 adult-sized coasters including the Starliner and probably another Vekoma Boomerang.

That's going to be very tough. Wild Adventures has nearly unlimited space whereas CG has very little land left to work with. Some "adult" rides might be cool, although I'm not the biggest fan of the brain-crushing monster rides. 3 or 4 giant rides in that little area might be asking a bit much...

It'll be interesting to see where this goes in the future. I'd hope they leave the original parts of the park alone or they'll be risking the wrath of the geriatrics!

[BoardwalkandBaseball4EverWhat's with the donkeys anyway?]

Not to disparage your source or anything (they could very well be right about this) they originally said the Galaxy Spin was going into the field next to the concert area, but now it's going next to the arcade. (Surely things changed once the Starliner was acquired.).

That's going to be very tough. Wild Adventures has nearly unlimited space whereas CG has very little land left to work with. Some "adult" rides might be cool, although I'm not the biggest fan of the brain-crushing monster rides. 3 or 4 giant rides in that little area might be asking a bit much... It'll be interesting to see where this goes in the future. I'd hope they leave the original parts of the park alone or they'll be risking the
wrath of the geriatrics!

Well, all the info I have passed along were rumors. They really don't tell the employees all that much. But Kent has made it very clear that he wants CG to have 9 coasters. They already have 6. The Starliner is only the first large coaster -- the existing CG coasters are junior offerings. I suspected a Boomerang because they offer a lot of loops/thrills and don't take up a lot of real estate (and he loves Vekoma!). I'd imagine any compact coasters are high on his wish list -- but its all speculation on my part. I wish he'd add a Schwarzkopf coaster -- they don't take up too much space and I love them.

As for the 55 rides -- CG already has roughly 45 with Splash Island -- so, it wouldn't take much more to match it.....

Check out this article:
http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content ... der_id=250

He can't touch the 30 acres of the original gardens -- but he's got 142 acres of park to work with -- so anything outside the original gardens is fair game. Plus he has the option to buy an additional 7 acre tract -- I'm guessing that 7 acre tract is where the Starliner and new rides are planned.

In total, CG would be about 149 acres if they purchased that 7 acre tract at Swann Pointe -- which is roughly the same size as Wild Adventures.

[robbalveySite Admin]

I went to CG on July 4th and there were construction people there moving pieces of track around!

What states don't have boomerangs? I don't think there are any boomerangs in SC or TN.

There are lots of states without Boomerangs, but think of it more in terms of how many miles is the closest one.

[Gregory DGBANNED FOR BEING A DICK]

But Kent has made it very clear that he wants CG to have 9 coasters. They already have 6.

That's cool. I just hope (wish) he'd put in a true river rapids ride. The Storm Surge ride didn't do that much for me. It was more like spinning in a tea cup ride than being on a rapids ride. A log flume would be nice too.

He can't touch the 30 acres of the original gardens

I know, I was just be facetious.

-- but he's got 142 acres of park to work with

Not really... I mean much of the park is already taken up. (Shoot, about 1/3 of it is being used for parking!!) He's probably got 10-20 acres left, if that much. Now, if he works that deal with the city to tear up Helena Road boarding the parking lot he could merge the main lot with the overflow and then move the main entrance out some more. That'd give him lots of new space.

Well, we will see how it goes. Beuschler has done a marvelous job so far, so my faith is in him to do what's best.