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Park News - (6/1/09) Wild Adventures has been taking a survey about some new ride ideas lately. According to our source they ask opinions about four new attraction ideas: Mammoth River (Family Raft Slide), Racing Slide (4 lane mat racer), a collection of new Family Thrill Rides (Junior Coaster, Orbiter, Screamin’ Eagles, Fireball as well as a new animal exhibit) and finally Night Fire, a new Nighttime Spectacular that would mix lasers, projections, lighting effects and fireworks. Looks like the new owners are looking at almost any and all possibilities right now, except for adding a large new coaster.

2010 - 3 New Rides, Cheetah Renovation and More - (11/3/09) Wild Adventures has issued a press release following their 2nd year of ownership by HFE to talk about all the improvements made so far and there are still many more to come. First up will be more landscaping, pathways and over 400 new trees being added to beautify the park. They also confirmed that Cheetah will undergo “a million dollar renovation” to improve the ride experience. This is on top of the previously announced 3 new rides on the way, as well as 20 concerts.
    (10/7/09) An ad Wild Adventures is sending out shows pictures of the new attractions coming in 2010… including a shot of the former Jack Rabbit from Celebration City. Looks like we know which coaster it is. They are also promoting the "Anastasini Family Circus" and something called the "Rainforest Experience" for 2010 as well. While we’re talking about fun stuff at Wild Adventures… why not check out their Fobia event happening right now. Check out all the details here.
    (10/2/09) Wild Adventures has confirmed to us that the three new rides, a Scrambler, A Flying Scooters and a new family roller coaster, will all be coming in from Celebration City. That would pretty much narrow things down to either the Jack Rabbit (Miler) or Thunderbolt (S&MC Hurricane). Somehow I don’t think the park is going to get the Ozark Wildcat, though it would be nice… since they’ve already got the trains.
    (10/1/09) Wild Adventures has announced plans to hold 20 concerts at the park in 2010, with the list including REO Speedwagon, Styx, Third Day, Steven Curtis Chapman and more. The park will also add three new thrill rides, though they didn’t give any details, and will also host a Kidzpalooza event over the summer. Independence Day Weekend will also be huge, in addition to the largest fireworks show in South Georgia or North Florida, the park will also bring in Kaptain Robbie Knievel who will attempt to jump the lake.
    (8/19/09) Wild Adventures has confirmed that the Cheetah will be begin renovations to Cheetah this November to “create a smoother and more enjoyable experience for guests.”
    (8/18/09) I’ve been sent a picture showing off the one Ozark Wildcat train on site at the park. I’ve also heard a rumor that we may see a few other kiddie rides from Celebration City make their way down to Wild Adventures for the 2010 season as well.
    (8/8/09) I got an interesting rumor for Wild Adventures this past week. While visiting the park one of our readers was told that Cheetah would be getting an extensive rehab over the winter months, replacing most of the wood sections and retracking it to give a smoother ride. Given Herschend’s relationship with GCI, it would only make sense that they will likely be bringing in an official GCI work crew to do the work.  This is where things get very interesting however, as they were told that the park has actually brought in the old Millennium Flyer train from the closed Ozark Wildcat coaster (Celebration City) but was unsure if they would be using it on Cheetah or not.  (Anyone know how many trains Ozkard Wildcat had?) 
    To date only coasters built by GCI have ever been allowed to run GCI Millennium Flyers, while Cheetah was one of the very last coasters to be built by CCI.  From what I’ve been told previously, GCI would refuse to sell their M-Flyer trains to run on any other manufacturer’s coaster. So this begs the question… if GCI comes in and rebuilds all of the track on Cheetah, would they certify it to run the existing M-Flyer trains?  Some similar questions have also come up regarding the massive 5-year project GCI is doing to rebuild Thunder Road at Carowinds as well.