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Busch Gardens Houston was over along the east side of I10 adjacent to the refinery. Mid to late 70s, they had some mild rides like a river ride. Lots of plants and animals. I've got some footage of the park I dumped from 8mm, it's hosted over on SixFlagsHouston.Com. Scroll down to about the 5th video listed.

Ya know, I think a golf course somewhere bought quite a few of the trees. But for the most part, its a shame the razed the place without any real plans.

Nevermind

Check out the website

Adventure Bay was not open in 2006.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070111/nyth086.html?.v=72

Six Flags has sold 7 parks including Splashtown in Spring TX to PARC 7F. Fate of the property not clear, seems like it will remain in operation for the short term.

Just in, name for the new rollercoaster: Boardwalk Bullet.

There's really no point even discussing "Disney in Houston" or anywhere else in Texas. It isn't happening.

http://www.coasterphotos.com/maingallery/v...ah/2006/123106/

Some photos taken yesterday of construction.

I have heard there is a new theme park going in on 59N Just to the North of FM 1485. Supposed to be a prehistoric theme to the park.

Brian

Yup.

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=8456

There is a clause to this new ordinance; if the property owner feels burdened by the cost of cleaning the graffiti they can request the city do it for no charge. Naturally, the paint is unlikely to match going this route. But still, the property owner does not HAVE to pay to clean the graffiti or the fine upon receiving a citation. I think the city is giving out free paint as well if you want to do it yourself.

To me this seems fair. If the paint is the wrong color it doesn't really look any worse than having the graffiti tag there.

In an ideal world they would be able to catch the criminals responsible and have them take care of it, but its simply not practical. Our police can not catch the taggers in the act.

Forested areas make for pretty amusement parks. I would rather see something on the north side than the west side as well.

Sam Houstonland, build it!

As far as AW goes, the last new rides the park got were SWAT and Diablo Falls which were installed around 2003. SWAT was even the prototype ride of its type and is now located at Six Flags New England. The last new rollercoaster in Houston was Serial Thriller, the Vekoma SLC that replaced Excalibur in 1999. Serial Thriller and Diablo Falls were both hugely popular rides, SWAT seemed a little more intimidating and never had much of a line.

Wilma hit Fort Lauderdale in 2005 and the Dania Beach Hurricane is still standing.

In areas that require it, rollercoasters are built to withstand minor earthquakes and other acts of nature. Of course if a tornado hits the thing or it sits in brackish water for a couple months like Megazeph all bets are off.

It's not that Splashtown is doing bad business or that Houston can't support parks, it's a specific problem Six Flags has where the company is in massive debt and looking to offload many sites so they can concentrate on core properties.

You'd think Splashtown is far enough away from Schlitterbahn that they can both thrive, I would not be suprised if a new operator for Splashtown keeps it as a waterpark.

Does this answer your question?

Not really, a big fuss was made about this topic being discussed in more than one thread, but if one's going to be that picky, seems like it should be one thread in the most fitting category. "Going Up"s description seems to be about new and proposed projects, of which this certainly qualifies. It's not a topic like whats-your-favorite-ride or a rumor thread. I don't see how this is something that couldn't fit anywhere else so it was thrown into the bottom bucket.

So why did a topic about a new structure being built get moved from "Going Up" to the misc. forum? From what I've heard this thing is going to start going vertical within a week or so.

Re-read Post #36. (second part).

You can remark that it looks generic, but that's pretty relative. By and large wooden rollercoasters have a sameness about them. They go up and down, they dont do loops (barring one in Ohio), they make a lot of noise, and they're made of wood. Yeah, it's a classicly styled attraction that to someone without an eye to appreciate nuance could easily think they all seem the same. Kemah's ride lacks a world-record height or speed and it doesn't have anything particularly gimmicky about it, so perhaps that constitues a generic attraction to you.

Most wooden rollercoasters fall into two basic categories: out and back rides or twisters, with this a shining example of the latter. So was the Texas Cyclone for that matter. It's going to have a lot in common with other twisters, but from the design it appears it will still have a lot of character and I can't think of another current wooden coaster that's going to offer a nearly identical riding experience. The most similiar ride I've come across was demolished in the 1950s.

An analogy I could make is a display of apples in a supermarket. Despite different sizes and colors, they all have generic traits in common that account for their categorization as apples. Yet they have different tastes, which is the most important factor. The ride experience on this Kemah coaster is its taste, and we'll know how good it tastes in about six months hopefully.

It was roughly the same height, length, and shape. May not have been quite as compact but surely the footprint wasn't much more than an acre there either. The Rye coaster lasted 30 years, here's hoping Kemah's lasts at least as long.

I looks like a generic design, but I'm not ungrateful.

Generic, no, though seemingly inspired by the fearsome Rye Aeroplane.

http://members.aol.com/y2coasters/aeroplane.html

Jason Knutson is posting weekly construction updates here:

http://coasterphotos.com/maingallery/v/Kemah/2006/

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Finally, for those of you with a registered copy of No Limits coaster simulation software (http://www.nolimitscoaster.com), someone with a lot of spare time put together this rather faithful animation: http://www.inverter.btinternet.co.uk/TexasGGWoodie.nltrack

It is wrong that I would like some sort or organization here. Where is the love?

organization would be:

1) topic for dino park

2) topic for astroworld memories

3) topic for kemah project

Relegating this topic to a thread on Astroworld Memories is both a disservice to the new project and also disrespectful of Astroworld.

So, what do you think they'll name it? I like "Tilman's Twister".

Well, previously this was mentioned as a rumor in a thread about different topics. Today the ride has been officially announced and thus worthy of its own thread.

Just announced in http://amusementtoday.com/, the Houston area will receive a new wooden rollercoaster for 2007 at the Kemah Boardwalk. The Gravity Group designed this as-yet -unnamed ride being built by Martin & Vleminckx which will be 95ft tall, traverse a track over 3000ft, and reach speeds of about 50 mph. This will be the only adult sized, permament installation rollercoaster within a 200 mi radius once built and first area coastal coaster attraction since Galveston's early 20th century rides. Construction has already begun with an estimated opening of spring, early summer 07.

Put a coaster there, we'll all go, and then we'll have to pay an admission fee. :closedeyes:

Only if you want to ride. You can stand there and watch it for free.