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Park News - (2/8/10) While we haven’t heard anything about the future fate of Ghost Town in the Sky lately, the local news reports that a massive mudslide struck the area around the park that resulted in the evacuation of many residents. This report claims that the slide may have started when a retaining wall(s) at Ghost Town failed before moving down to the residential area. I’ve even been sent one unconfirmed report from a local claiming that the area where this occurred may have involved the site of the Cliffhanger coaster, possibly causing some damage to the ride’s structure. Anyone else know more?
    (11/20/09) Ghost Town is heading into Bankrupcty once again, and the local news reports that Ghost Town’s plan is to offer their creditors payment for 25% of what they owe… to be paid off over the next several years. Apparently several key creditors were quite upset over this proposal but in the end, it’s apparently going to go before a bankruptcy judge to decide if the deal is to be accepted or if the park will be put up for auction.  Not helping matters is the fact that Ghost Town also failed to provide several financial statements to the court on time.
    (11/12/09) It looks like the end could be near for the rebirth of Ghost Town In The Sky. According to this news report, Ghost Town has ended the season while leaving many employees unpaid for the last few weeks or work. Water and Power service to the park has also been cut for nonpayment.
    (11/10/09) A reader who made it over to Ghost Town In The Sky on the last full day of the season (Nov 1st) reports that Cliffhanger had been shut down once again.
    (8/31/09) Things are not looking good for Ghost Town In The Sky so far. Despite bringing in $1.53 million this season so far, the park has still not been able to cover it’s overhead and operating expenses, of which they have paid $1.845 million so far this year.
    (7/9/09) Don’t look for Cliffhanger to reopen just yet as a bigger inspection and repairs are now needed to get Ghost Town In The Sky’s signature roller coaster reopen again. According to this very detailed article the day after the coaster opened a ride op detected something wrong with one of the coaster train’s seats. The state inspectors were still on site so they were called to check it out, and they discovered a hairline crack in the seat’s frame next to a bolt that attached the seat to the rest of the car. Now it falls upon Rotational Motion who built the custom cars for Ghost Town to come up with a solution.
    (7/5/09) For those curious about what is going on with the Cliffhanger, the release from the park claims that while the ride opened at last on Tuesday, June 30th they had to close it on Thursday, July 2nd  to finalize “minor modifications to the grounds and coaster”.
    “There are minor issues that we ran into after Wednesday’s full-day debut of the coaster.  As we’ve said all along, our guest’s overall experience is our number one priority,” explains Steve Shiver, President and CEO of Ghost Town.  “Although we are disappointed, we will not jeopardize our guests’ safety or experience in any way.” Ghost Town will have the coaster back in operation as soon as possible.

2009/2010- Cliffhanger - (10/19/09) Ghost Town in the Sky’s website has confirmed that FINALLY the Cliffhanger coaster is NOW OPEN! Of course there are only two weekends left in the season to actually ride it… so start planning your trip now before it’s too late!
    (7/4/09) We’ve received a report from Ghost Town In The Sky that the newly opened Cliffhanger will be closed for the entire July 4th holiday weekend. I don’t know what happened, but that can’t be good for it to get shut down so quickly.
    (7/2/09) Great news for Ghost Town In The Sky this week as they have announced that the long-awaited Cliffhanger roller coaster has reopened at last.