California's Great America

2017 California’s Great America Demon Re-Ignited Haunt Teaser

<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;12157" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-12157" style&equals;"width&colon; 603px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170619-Californias-Great-America-Demon-Re-Ignited-Logo&period;png"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170619-Californias-Great-America-Demon-Re-Ignited-Logo&period;png" alt&equals;"170619 California&&num;039&semi;s Great America Demon Re-Ignited Logo" width&equals;"603" height&equals;"597" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-12157" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-12157" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Original Teaser Logo &lpar;June 2017&rpar; ©California&&num;8217&semi;s Great America<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><P><P>The running joke is that planning for Haunt starts as soon as the previous years event is over&comma; and in a way&comma; it is true&period; The teams at each of the parks plan year round for the Haunt festivities&comma; and California&&num;8217&semi;s Great America made a brief teaser back in early June that was later deleted for what we can expect when Haunt starts September 22&comma; 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When the Demon roller coaster first opened in 1976 by Arrow Dynamics at California&&num;8217&semi;s Great America&comma; it was under a different name and layout then we all know it today&period; By the 1979 season&comma; the ride was re-themed with rock work&comma; lighting&comma; music and formerly underwent the name change to the Demon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Throughout the Demon roller coaster&&num;8217&semi;s history&comma; various elements have gone &&num;8220&semi;missing&comma;&&num;8221&semi; but the underlying spirit of the classic ride remained&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Over the summer a logo popped up on social media with a &&num;8220&semi;Demon Re-Ignited&&num;8221&semi; theme with a note that this is a new Haunt project&period; So what could it mean&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Demon Re-Ignited Possibilities<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>At the time of the teaser&comma; we foresaw two possible paths for Demon Re-Ignited&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>1&rpar; California&&num;8217&semi;s Great America could re-ignite some of the original themed elements of the ride&period; This would include fog in the tunnels&comma; blood red colored water falling out of the rock formation by the corkscrew and a unique logo&period; To really solidify the new theme&comma; the park could bring back a remastered soundtrack with additional storyline elements&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2&rpar; As the parks move into a new era of how the guests consume entertainment&comma; Haunt could be a good time to test out the new virtual reality &lpar;VR&rpar; technology to help tell the story&period; Guests have the option of either riding the Demon Re-Ignited with or without the VR headgear&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After extensive testing of the VR system on roller coasters at both Canada&&num;8217&semi;s Wonderland and Cedar Point&comma; ride operators have gotten extremely efficient at making sure the VR experience does not interfere with the guests wait&period; Testing the system during Haunt would allow the park to see how the system as a whole handles the change&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We were hesitant at trying a VR experience on a roller coaster&comma; but having done so&comma; it is an extremely FUN way to ride and give the guest a new experience&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Our Prediction<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>We asked some of the local fan experts for their thoughts of the new Demon Re-Ignited at California&&num;8217&semi;s Great America&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;cgaweekly&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">CGA Weekly<&sol;a>&&num;8211&semi; &&num;8220&semi;When Demon Re-Ignited was first posted&comma; I was very excited because I believed it would mean the old effects were returning&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>HangTime News- &&num;8220&semi;I first thought of how the Demon at Six Flags Great America is &&num;8216&semi;enhanced&&num;8217&semi; during Fright Fest&comma; so I thought that the CGA version could be enhanced with fixed lighting and special effects to set the Halloween tone&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Most people&&num;8217&semi;s guess at the time would be a launch of VR on Demon&period; However&comma; we did not see that being feasible for Demon Re-Ignited&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Demon&colon; Reignited Announced<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;12794" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-12794" style&equals;"width&colon; 788px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;170824-Californias-Great-America-Demon-Re-Ignited-Logo&period;png"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;170824-Californias-Great-America-Demon-Re-Ignited-Logo&period;png" alt&equals;"170824 California&&num;039&semi;s Great America Demon Re-Ignited Logo" width&equals;"788" height&equals;"668" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-12794" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-12794" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Official Logo &lpar;August 2017&rpar; ©California&&num;8217&semi;s Great America<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>While we did not run this story when it originally &&num;8220&semi;leaked&comma;&&num;8221&semi; it now has officially been announced that Demon&colon; Reignited will return the lights&comma; fog&comma; music and blood-red waterfall to the iconic Demon roller coaster&period; We are excited to see the return of the original thematic elements that give the roller coaster some of its former <del datetime&equals;"2017-06-19T18&colon;24&colon;24&plus;00&colon;00">glory<&sol;del> gory effects&comma; and what better time to implement them then during Haunt&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&ast; If you liked this post&comma; join other readers who have signed up to for our <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;newsletter&sol;">free Newsletter<&sol;a>&&num;8230&semi;because then you will never miss another update&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

Justin

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