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Park News - (2/3/12) One of the latest updates to the Great Escape Central forum warns guests to get their fill of the Bobsled in 2012… because it may not be around much longer. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard rumors of this coaster’s pending demise. It was even rumored to be removed this winter at one point to allow for the waterpark expansion, which turned out not to be necessary after all.
    Now it is possible that this could just be The Great Escape’s version of Cedar Point’s Disaster Transport, which is often rumored to be on the chopping block virtually every other year, year after year.  Time will tell… but just in case, do get your rides in this year… you never know when they will decide to close it.
    (1/13/12) The Great Escape has launched a new park logo this season (see it here on the official website)… and a slight name change, shortening the park’s name to simply “Great Escape” and using the Six Flags font. Seems almost like a work in progress, as I wouldn’t be surprised to see “Six Flags” dropped in front of Great Escape in a year or two if they finally have decided to officially “Flag” the park.
    (12/29/11) Six Flags Great Escape Lodge has launched a new logo this week on Facebook which has adopted the Six Flags font.
    (8/23/11) The Great Escape Lodge has posted to their Facebook page that “big news” is coming soon for the indoor waterpark resort.
    (7/5/11) While I have yet to hear anything serious from my sources about this, there is a big rumor going around the ‘net claiming that The Great Escape may be either put up for sale, or that another player may have made Six Flags an offer to buy the park. As far as I know, no deal has been struck yet, but I’ll do some digging and see what can be found out.
    (6/28/11) Locals tell me that the price of parking at The Great Escape has to $13 this past week.

2012 - Alpine Freefalls - (9/2/11) Good news for The Great Escape, as I’ve been told that nothing is expected to be removed to allow for the new slides to be added, so the Apline Bobsled should be safe for now.
    (9/1/11) Splashwater Kingdom will add two new thrills in 2012 with Alpine Freefalls. This will include thw Twister Racer mat slide and the Cliffhanger free-fall speed slides, featuring a “Skybox” drop capsule.

    (6/14/11) A new off the wall rumor has come in claiming that The Great Escape may be looking at removing the Alpine Bobsled in order to make more room for a waterpark expansion. Of course this does seem entirely plausible, as the ride is located next to the waterpark and has been bounced area from park to park (3 in total) since it was first built at SFGAdv in 1984.