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California's Great America will open in one week for the start of their 2018 season, and while
RailBlazer won't be ready for guests the park is happy to show it off in a new blog update.
The main structure of the ride was completed some time ago, but the park has been hard at work on all the theming that will surround the coaster, as well as the station and queue. These photos, shared on
the blog post, give us a look at that work underway. The above wide angle photo shows the entire construction site, with the giant dive loop looking wonderful in the California sun.
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As depicted in the concept art that was released for RailBlaser, California's Great America is adding considerable theming around the base of the coaster, including a waterway and elaborate landscaping. This photo shows off several of the large stones and boulders being formed, in various levels of completeness. The addition of the rocks that the track will move past (and through, as with the base of the first drop) will work to make the ride seem even faster than the given top speed of 52 miles per hour. The ride's theme revolves around an off-road adventure through the California wilderness, and things are looking great so far!
The theme park promises that an opening day for RailBlazer will be announced soon, so stay tuned.
The blog post also revealed that the park's amphitheater style show structure, the Peanuts Playhouse is being removed.
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If you add in the space that the amphitheater took up along with the already removed Endeavor looping ship and the Loggers Run flume ride, it creates two big patches of space. These areas seem ripe for a massive water park transformation, including new slides, name and theme. The water park renovation was mentioned plenty in the planning documents for the park's rezoning, so this is no surprise.
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However, if you take it one step further you can also consider the space that Snoopy's Splash Dance took up - that was also
announced as removed. Plus, the park has unofficially announced that 2018 is the last year for the go-karts. Suddenly you have an absolutely massive area to play with. This leaves two kiddie rides and the park's kiddie/family coaster, Woodstock Express, off in the corner by themselves so I would wager those won't be around much longer either. The bottom portion seems like it would be the station area for the expected hyper coaster, but time will tell.
Exciting times for the park, that's for sure!
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