Bonzai Beach Confirmed for 2011

[SFKK_Nate]

There is a banner hanging on the Chang construction fence that confirms that the name of the new waterpark area will be Bonzai Beach.

Maybe there'll be an Asian theme to it, instead of Caribbean like everyone else? Probably not, but it'd be cool!

[Austin]

Hmm.. that would be nice. Next remove the pavilion and the wheel and make the European section, and then you got basically a cultural theme going on. :P of course im just playing around lol.

Asian theme would open up new possibilities that havent been explored by other six flags parks so that would be a plus.

[palmer]

I thougth of some cool slide names for Bonzai Beach:

Kamakazi Kowabunga
Japanese Jump
Beijing Falls
Nile River Rapids

[Austin]

LOL the nile river is in Africa.

Good names though

[palmer]

^I was close, but that would be a decent name.

[MadCard05]

I think I'll sit up front with a parrot on my shoulder.

[cory]

Hopefully it opens up next year, But it probaly aint until 2011

[nitrofan]

Do you have pictures of the banner? Where exactly was it on the fence in the park and what exactly did it say?

I thougth of some cool slide names for Bonzai Beach:
Kamakazi Kowabunga
Japanese Jump
Beijing Falls
Nile River Rapids

Japanese Jump is a Cedar Fair name. Just sayin...

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Here is a picture of the sign. Thanks to elvisboogen for this photo. (I dodn't think you would mind if I posted this).


http://sfkkonline.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=12&pictureid=68

[elvisboogens]

Yep. Looks like my dirty work.

[MadCard05]

Hmm.. that would be nice. Next remove the pavilion and the wheel and make the European section, and then you got basically a cultural theme going on. :P of course im just playing around lol.

Asian theme would open up new possibilities that havent been explored by other six flags parks so that would be a plus.

I don't think the wheel will ever be removed. The Giant Wheel is the "Sun over the Bay." If you ever noticed the lights and all, it's supposed to be the sun over the water park.

I do forsee the wheel getting painted up and having an LCD package installed on it like the wheel in St. Louis.

[Jp]

http://http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090928/NEWS01/909280367/Kentucky+Kingdom+dismantling+Chang+roller+coaster

It also states that next year you will be seeing construction of the water park. The waterpark will open in 2011 of the 50th anniversary of Six Flags.

[elvisboogens]

Heh. They should have just talked to one of us. Anybody on this website could have told them that groundbreaking info.

But at least it eases speculation about the construction.

[Austin]

Lol i was only kidding about that. Ive been wanting it repainted for a long time. The LCD would be nice to. Maybe upgrading to LED lighting to save money also.

[palmer]

Um...well.....The addition is great and all but for the big 50. Idk but they should get a coaster for 2011 instead of this. Yet this is nice and good for the waterpark.

[elvisboogens]

Thise were my thoughts too. If in the big 5 - 0, where everybody gets a mega sweet birthday present, and our mega sweet present is more waterpark, that gives me little faith that in any other random year we would get something sweet like a new coaster. For me this is like socks for Christmas, except I could use socks more than a waterpark expansion.

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I just reread the cj article again. It said the park currently has 6 coasters. Are they counting Twisted Twins or Deluge?

[nitrofan]

Your link is broken.

[MadCard05]

Thise were my thoughts too. If in the big 5 - 0, where everybody gets a mega sweet birthday present, and our mega sweet present is more waterpark, that gives me little faith that in any other random year we would get something sweet like a new coaster. For me this is like socks for Christmas, except I could use socks more than a waterpark expansion.

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I just reread the cj article again. It said the park currently has 6 coasters. Are they counting Twisted Twins or Deluge?

Road Runner Express
Greezed Lightenin'
T2
Roller Skater
Thunder Run

Must be including Deluge.

With Twisted There is 7 not including Deluge.

[elvisboogens]

Twisted Twins should count as one coaster with two tracks, not two coasters completely. Same goes for the rest of the duelling/racing coasters.

[palmer]

^^7? You mean 6 without Deluge, Right?

[nitrofan]

Bonzai Beach and Debate over how many coasters are at SFKK = OFF TOPIC!

[cory]

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009909280367

Here it is this one should work.

[SFKK_Nate]

The article is either still counting Chang (possible) or is counting Deluge (probable) because I believe Deluge is "officially" a coaster.

The park counts Twisted Twins as two coasters because the layout of the tracks are so different. If Thunder Run just happened to share the same station as Twisted, it would still be a different coaster, right? Same as Stella and Lola.

[Vic]

We had a billboard at the park last year that said we had 7 coasters (it was including deluge).. so yes i would assume that is also what the article is talking about.

[sccard01]

I was just thinking... What if the park isn't just focusing on the water park for 2011? What if there focusing on both parks and Surprised us all?

[nitrofan]

We have a Chang Removal Thread if you would like to discuss Chang. Please stay on topic.

[Midgetman82]

Wait a tic! Bonzai Beach? Isn't that highly close to some other things and/or products??????

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41S89JBQJSL._SL500_AA280_.jpgsource (http://www.amazon.com/Flags-Inflatable-Banzai-Falls-Water/dp/B000QBFFZI)

[nitrofan]

That is really weird. I knew Six Flags has products like that, but never knew they were called Bonzai Falls.

[cory]

I just hope that Bonzai Beach dont get any boring water slides. Becasue there rumors going around saying there having only two water slides and there not that thrilling. I cant wait to find out what water slides they get.

[Austin]

i think it will be much more like Holiday world, but everything newer, more innovative and etc but expect some of the same slides, like family raft slides such as zoombabwe. I say innovative because they do have to compete with HW now and they need a real sticking point and they have the chance to do it with this much land and the money they are putting into this. maybe even a aquatrax.

[nitrofan]

I'm not getting too excited until I see more info. Six Flags has the potential to make this great and we have seen them do great things recently, but we have also seen them screw quite a few things up.

Mark Shapiro said that he never thought Chang was a good fit at SFKK, so clearly he just wanted it out to use somewhere else. They may not even use much of Chang's former land. All I'm expecting is 2-3 new slides and a little bit of new theming. If it is better than that, GREAT, but if it's not, then I won't be disappointed like I have been before.

[Austin]

why would they not even use half the land and build 2-3 slides? Its a massive expansion thats taking a year plus. building a slide would only take a few months.

[nitrofan]

why would they not even use half the land and build 2-3 slides? Its a massive expansion thats taking a year plus. building a slide would only take a few months.

It has been confirmed that the new expansion would open in over a year plus. I highly doubt major construction will go on for that long. Not much has been confirmed, and for all we know, it could be a new resteraunt, 2-3 new slides, and new theming. I would actually be surprised if we get more than 3 MAJOR new slides.

I'm not ruling anything out, but there is a repeating pattern going on with Six Flags; something small leaks/gets announced, it gets built up on the internet, people get mad when it isn't what it got built up to be. It has happened multiple times in the past few years.

[Austin]

ok then your going to be surprised then

[nitrofan]

ok then your going to be surprised then

I hope so.

[fireman4499]

there was also talk that picinc grove will move to northwestern, thrill carts move to top eleminator, and bonzai beach expanded.

[Flags2009]

The expansion i would say would begin in June or July. Warmer months longer days,

[Jp]

Do you think, that since that the Bonzai Beach is coming in 2011, could this also bring Wiggles Water World that is going to Georgia next year?:confused:

[nitrofan]

^I would be okay with it as long as it isn't an eyesore and they rename "The Big Red Car Slide."

[palmer]

^^Deluge would become "S.S Featherworth Slippy Slide" (don't ask me how i know this name. LOL). Eyesore much?

[nitrofan]

Well since we seem to be the test park of the chain for new water park attractions, maybe we could get this new product from ProSlide:

http://sfkkonline.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=2&pictureid=314

This is called the ProSlide Tantrun Alley. It is the blue slide in the picture. As you can see, it has 3 funnels like the ones found on Tornado. This is a fairly new design, but ProSlide is a very reliable slide company who built Mega Wedgie, Deluge, and Tornado, so we maybe we will see this in Bonzai Beach!

Other slides I'm hoping for/expecting for are a Mat Racer (I'm surprised we don't have one yet) and a body slide complex with a twister slide and a drop slide.

[Austin]

Im hoping for some family raft rides like zoombabwe at holiday world.

Maybe even a plummet slide. Maybe a turbo twister slide complex with a few plummet slides.

[nitrofan]

Maybe even a plummet slide. Maybe a turbo twister slide complex with a few plummet slides.

That's what I meant when I said drop slide. I couldn't remember that they were called plummet slides. lol

[Austin]

Lol oh.

I also think we could get a surf ride or something like that.

[cory]

Well since most likely Twisted Twins aint coming back i think there going to put the picnic pavillion where Twisted Twins is and use the space for where he picnic pavillion was and expand the bonzai beach. I also heard that there making a pool like Hurricane Bay but it is going to be twice the size. Also heard it going to be themed just like a beach which is obvious since its called Bonzai Beach. More as it comes.

[nitrofan]

Well since most likely Twisted Twins aint coming back i think there going to put the picnic pavillion where Twisted Twins is and use the space for where he picnic pavillion was and expand the bonzai beach. I also heard that there making a pool like Hurricane Bay but it is going to be twice the size. Also heard it going to be themed just like a beach which is obvious since its called Bonzai Beach. More as it comes.

Any way you can release your source of this information?

[cory]

Im really sorry i want to tell everything but i was i promise to not tell anybody. Im not sure if these sources are true but every thing they told me about other parks been happening.

[Austin]

I think they should put the zero depth wave pool in. If you didnt see my other post, its pretty much a circle, and you can expand it out in diameter to meet your needs. It has more capacity then a standard wave pool since it can fit more people in and can even have a fountain with lasers and a slide from what i understand without decreasing capacity.

[sccard01]

Well since most likely Twisted Twins aint coming back i think there going to put the picnic pavillion where Twisted Twins is and use the space for where he picnic pavillion was and expand the bonzai beach. I also heard that there making a pool like Hurricane Bay but it is going to be twice the size. Also heard it going to be themed just like a beach which is obvious since its called Bonzai Beach. More as it comes.

I doubt the park will move the picnic area. Its better to keep it where it is so it could be used for the waterpark and Thrillpark. BTW, I wouldn't be surprise if the park uses real sand Like The Beach Waterpark in Kings Mills Ohio

[cory]

I also heard that to about using real sand and put those fake hawain trees up. I want the waves to be bigger.

[sccard01]

They were big enough last season

[cory]

They were only big every once in a while it seemed that the worker didnt want them big i dont know.

[nitrofan]

I think they should put the zero depth wave pool in. If you didnt see my other post, its pretty much a circle, and you can expand it out in diameter to meet your needs. It has more capacity then a standard wave pool since it can fit more people in and can even have a fountain with lasers and a slide from what i understand without decreasing capacity.

Is this what you are talking about?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cVF2LlOx6Zc/S0fKL1UGbII/AAAAAAAAKtk/WgOdKzArs68/s320/Picture+30.png

[Austin]

Yes. I read about it newsplusnotes and then i went to the website for the company. Maybe put it in a kids section with a slight incline?

[Jp]

That will be really neat if they have water/laser show on that wave pool!

[hardie1010]

One question I have is that will they take out the walkway between T2 and the Giant Wheel (AKA. Trillville) and make the Water Park areas connected, OR keep the walkway and build a bridge from SplashWater Kingdom to Bonzai Beach, OR keep the walkway and just have 2 different entrances on each side of the Six Flags Food Court area?

[Austin]

Ive been told that there will be a bridge that connects the two waterparks. Possibly from where the current tube rentals are over to where the thrill karts are if they are removed. Thats just my guess as to where it would go. I would expect that there would be a entrance off the walkway also.

[cory]

I heard the same thing about a path way from Bonzai Beach to splash water kingdom. I also heard that the thrill karts are getting removed along with the pavillions. A person i know that use to work there said that they been trying to purchase land for a while. Maybe they finally did but if they did it will be for Bonzai Beach cause it aint that much space.

[cory]

Today my friend told me he saw alot of people gathering where bonzai beach is going to be. He also said there were four people by mile high falls. There was a bucket truck over by the roller skates.

[Austin]

Probably surveying the ground.

That signals they are doing some work to MHF.

[MadCard05]

I've probably mentioned this 1,000 times, but Bonzai Beach is supposed to start being built over the summer. So the survey work being done now is no surprise.

MHF on the other hand, that is exciting. :)

[Austin]

Im excited to get to the park this spring. Got alot to cover lol.

[hardie1010]

Yeah, but now it will be a LOOOONNNNGGGG walk from the Giant Wheel to T2

Also, I was thinking that maybe this could be the start to take out the water park out of the center by building Bonzai Beach and taking it outside the loop. Then in later years close Splashwater Kingdom and put amusement park rides there, Maybe a Mega-Light :) lol.

[Austin]

True. Theres a good sized portion of land there so they could possibly fit them in over there.

Im so excited really lol. Got pictures of bonzai to get, MHF, the park in general and everything else. Im hoping to go at least once a month if not more.

[sccard01]

Today my friend told me he saw alot of people gathering where bonzai beach is going to be. He also said there were four people by mile high falls. There was a bucket truck over by the roller skates.


How and the world can you see someone by the ride when that park is closed? The Bucket truck could be used for anything such as painting and painting and painting.

[Austin]

So something was painted ;) lol. Im guessing since it was on the second part of the park that it was either MHF or T2 being painted.

[cory]

Well for one i did not see it but you can see it by the gate.

[sccard01]

You cant see anything form the gate to mile high falls because the trees are in the way. The only thing you can see is the lift hill and the drop. Your friend could of seen people in the lot just behind the Roller Skater which is the only thing visible.

[cory]

Yeah but he zoomed up with his camera and saw people around it.

[sccard01]

Ok? wow

[cory]

Its most likely opening back up. I just cant wait to find out what water slides we get in the waterpark. They probaly wont start construction for bonzai beach until the summer. I also heard we are getting a water slide just like Bakuli at Holiday World.

[MadCard05]

No one will know anything until the summer in regards to the new Water Park. I've heard they've got some pretty cool marketing ideas to display the new water park and it's layout once the year kicks off.

[cory]

Yeah, but now it will be a LOOOONNNNGGGG walk from the Giant Wheel to T2

Also, I was thinking that maybe this could be the start to take out the water park out of the center by building Bonzai Beach and taking it outside the loop. Then in later years close Splashwater Kingdom and put amusement park rides there, Maybe a Mega-Light :) lol.

Thats a good idea. It will have the theme park seperated from the water park.

[sccard01]

I truly believe the park will install this new proslide attraction into the beach!


http://www.proslide.com/rides_11.php

[Austin]

Haha thats a 100% possibility since they are the most well known company for water parks and we have so many things that Holiday World has that we really need, like a zoombabwe type slide lol.

[nitrofan]

Haha thats a 100% possibility since they are the most well known company for water parks and we have so many things that Holiday World has that we really need, like a zoombabwe type slide lol.

Anything is a 100% possibility. lol

[hardie1010]

You know how crowded that structure will get?!?!?! I'd just stay on that the whole day.

[Austin]

Exactly thats what the parks missing lol. I love raft rides like that but we dont have one sadly -.-

[hardie1010]

Did any body else notice that SF basically stole the name from Schlitterbahn??? http://schlitterbahn.com/kc/attractions/default.htm Go the water park section and scroll down and you'll find Bohnzai Pipeline.

[MadCard05]

That's a stretch.

[Austin]

I mean that park is still under construction so i highly doubt it. I still say they stole it from the water slides you can get at wal-mart lol.

[Jp]

Sorry this thread is now closed. Since the recent closure of Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom!!!