Six Flags Fiesta Texas (SFFT) Discussion Thread

Eh....I don't know about that. I'd love to know the source of Screamscape because as we all know, their information may not always be accurate. I hate to be a Debbie Downer but without Screamscape citing it's source, it's still hearsay in my book........but it still looks pretty tall to me just not convinced it's 200ft (199ft) as claimed.

In any case, I just saw a couple of new pics of Sky Screamer on the SFFT Facebook page and it looks awesome. Very nice addition to the parks skyline.

[coasterfreak101Gimme Some Candy!]

Yeah, I just rode the 90-footer at Coney Island, and just by comparison that really doesn't look twice as tall... I mean, if the park says it's 200 feet tall, then it is. But I was under the impression that SFFT and SFGAdv switched their models, with SFFT now getting the 140-footer and SFGAdv getting the taller one.

[vacoaster09A donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

After seeing that picture above I am convinced that it is 200ft. (or 199 as scream scape reports). That Quarry Wall creates such a perspective differential. SFFT has always been a park that has interested me. I love the uniquness of that Quarry and I want to visit this park one day. I'll probably wait till Rattler reopens next year.... I have feeling it will be the surprise hit coaster in the U.S. for 2013 when it opens next year I can't wait.

So does anyone know if the Sky Screamer rides have a similar type of lighting system for night time operation like the Windseeker type swing rides? I assume that they don't but I was just curious. The Cedar Point Windseeker looks awesome at night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_VZOHn5CjY

[jps2942 + 2 = donkey!]

So does anyone know if the Sky Screamer rides have a similar type of lighting system for night time operation like the Windseeker type swing rides? I assume that they don't but I was just curious. The Cedar Point Windseeker looks awesome at night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_VZOHn5CjY

I guess it will have a lighting system like the other 2...


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Cool deal. Thanks for posting the video. Looks pretty good to me.

Here's another picture of Sky Screamer from SFFT Facebook page.

[texcoasterBonafide Donkey Expert]

I wonder if the GP will be confused about Sky Screamer & Scream!, the names are very similar.

They could've changed Sky Screamer's name to something else.

I like SkyScreamer name. The General public is stupid, I heard people say they just rode Mr. Freeze at Fiesta Texas.

SkyScreamer was the name of the first gen drop tower at Astroworld. Since most park-loving Houstonians head to SFFT now, that should make the confusion even worse.

SFFT: come ride the new SkyScreamer!
GP from Houston: Hooray! I wondered what happened to it! Wait... that's not the SkyScreamer, that's the Gunslinger on a stick!

Anyway, the Astroworld version had a story to go with the name: The SkyScreamer is a bat-like winged creature that swoops down from the sky and picks up unsuspecting people, takes them high into the air, and then with a siren-like WHOOP WHOOP, he drops them. The SkyScreamer drop tower had a whoop-whoop siren that sounded before the cars dropped. On opening day, they sold foam visors that said SkyScreamer across the bill. There were eyes that stuck out above the bill and bat-like black wings that stuck out from the sides.

[jps2942 + 2 = donkey!]

Yes the GP from Houston is bad... On April 1 I walking past these people that were saying lets go ride Bamboo Chute over there! Talking about Bugs' White Water Rapids!

LMAO!!!! I haven't heard that reference in a long time.

[Me007goldI Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

Looks like Skyscreamer is testing. Drove by the park today, and the "carriage" was at the top of the tower, didnt see it spinning but I could have missed it.