News article revals 3 2001 coaster additions

> In this mornings Enquirer, there is a news
> article featuring the changing advancements
> in coaster design and ride interest. It
> focuses on parks needs to keep thing fresh
> and ever-changing for their guests. Within
> the article, Kennywood once again revealed
> their plans to remove and replace Steel
> Phantom, which we all knew. I am shocked at
> their choice though, it semms Y2K will
> produce a boomerang by Vekoma on the sight
> of SP. They also reveal that SP has indeed
> been sold and is being relocated to a park
> in New York. One can only guess by their
> description, that SFDL is the new owner. The
> article goes on to describe that SP will be
> re-profiled to fit the footprint next to an
> Antique car attraction at the Premier owned
> park in the Buffalo area. The article
> reveals that the park in NY had chosen to
> add another multilooper with proven success.
> It states that Premier(the NY parks owners)
> had persued the addition of a closed
> multi-element coaster standing idle at a
> Virginia park. But it says that they were
> outbid by a park in Buena Park CA who will
> be relocating it to take the place of a
> soon-to-be removed coaster. The final
> shocker was the fact that a spokesperson
> from Cedar Fair revealed that one of their
> recent ride closures proved profitable. They
> revealed that a "duel coaster"
> attraction their CA park was unsatisfied
> with, was sold and moving to a major theme
> park near Toronto for their 2001 season.
> Holy smokes! Can you believe all this ride
> switching all the parks are doing? Neither
> can I. Happy April 1 everyone. :-) Shaggs