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It wasn't bad. It seemed to fluctuate, as did the sprayers. In A

^ Cameron has riden both.

And having riden neither of them..... X-Flight is pretty forceful. It didn't knock your socks off, but the elements were so well paced, you don't really have time to sit and wait for the next one. I wouldn't say disorienting at all, unless maybe you're at the back of the train and you can't see where you're going really well. They've got a winner.

This morning, SFGAm opened up their newest addition, X-Flight, for the media to check out. It officially opens to the public May 16th. Cameron and I came away with a few thoughts summed up by Cameron best, "It's good and it doesn't hurt." Which obviously refers to the coaster that was removed. X-Flight, is compact, full of elements, and the head and foot choppers really make it special. Oddly enough, one side gives you a much more interesting ride than the other, but we'll let you figure it out on your own! The dive element to start it off, gets the pace going right away, and is a major eye catcher as you walk down the midway. From there, it is element after element, until the very end. The ride is short, but I found it to be pretty much spot on perfect for timing. I'm not sure you could do much more in 1) the foot print X-Flight sits in, and 2) any more elements might be too many. The keyhole element is obviously the main attraction, and really ends the ride nicely before the small helix of death (which is pretty forceful). Surprising to me, was all the water elements. The misters at the end of a dive, past the "garden hose sprayers", and the misters through the support after the keyhole. Cameron like the tons of floaty air time, and felt it had a good mix of positive and negative Gs. This B&M rides really smooth and quiet. Like scary quiet. The seats are comfortable, as are the restraints. Cameron and I found the back of the ride to be a bit more forceful, but it was pretty good through out the train. Speed is much faster than what the off ride videos appear to show. It does really pace through the course well. The wing rider coaster is truly fun, and very re-ridable. It'll be interesting to see how much different the elements and ride are as the sun goes down, and the lights turn up. Even the queue was well thought out, and really interacts with the entire ride. It's pretty cool to be able to stand in the base of the control tower (which is actually outfitted with personnel), look up, and watch the train roll through the keyhole element. And beware those "garden hose sprayers." They're pretty powerful. I got a nice soaking standing in the queue while waiting to take a picture. Cam and I want to thank Brandon, Amanda, and Nate of Six Flags for everything. But enough of my yammering, let's get on to the video and pictures! Cam, where are we? Six Flags, silly! It must be X-Flight's Media Day! The cadets march out to get this party started. At ease. The Sarge let's us know how this is going to roll. Hank Salemi letting us know which way to the entrance. Ribbon cutting! Confetti must mean one thing.... we need pyro too! Here's part of the queue. With more pyro. Best part of the queue is the walking through the tower, looking up, and watching this. Noted! Again, the queue really interacts with the ride. This is great vantage point towards the end. And up and into the station...err, hangar! Here's some coaster porn for you. I like Tension Cylinders. Here's coming out of the dive. Through the first roll. The roll again. Loop back. Loop back. The Keyhole! Through the misters. Keyhole again. Hot and wet. More train porn Wheel Porn. Baby. Off into the sunset. Cam and I give it two thumbs up!

Uploading vids now. Cam is still taking pics. This ride is awesome!

Honestly, when I joined TPR, I think I had 23 credits to my name. I jumped to over a hundred in a couple of years, and then just didn't care about counting anymore. I was in it for the people. Met way too many cool people through TPR to worry about counting coasters.

Added this to the Rules Sticky. Honestly, it's like any other thread. The more content you provide, the better the reception to your thread you'll get. If you bombard the forum with threads of one and two pics, and nothing else.....1) you'll gain no following, and 2) you'll be on the fast track to being fed to the bantron.

Nice pics Jer. I can't wait to get over there nice and early Thursday for Media Day. The cameras are all charged up and ready to go. Standing on the ground, the layout didn't do much for me. But after watching the test video on the Tribune, I'm a bit more excited to ride this one.

Wing riders aren't going to have the rotational part of the ride, obviously. X (and now X2) ride rough. It got better when they updated the trains a few years ago, and if you sit on an inside seat, but I still found it to be a little too much for me. At least for multiple rides.

I don't even remember him.

^ Train course is not changing. It will go under X-Flight's transfer tracks, etc. They are literally relaying the tracks as they were before construction began. It's easier to remove them, and then relay them, then to have all that equipment drive over them.

I know this is trivial, but the train tracks aren't being reworked. Just relaid in their past configuration.

Cam has already offered up one of his free tickets from the Season Pass Holder booklet....so I think it'll happen. I totally forgot about the kiddie credit! We need to have a bash here, so I can pimp them out!

Sorry guys, I'm staying home. Gotta watch the kids. Waiting for my perhaps one and only chance to go to the park on Media Day.

Supposed to beautiful out this weekend. Anyone going???

Just sayin'.

Awesome! My Dad has pics of this coaster it's first year at SFGAm.

Only one that was banned and keeps re-registering new accounts to post links to other websites, and news items. So, if you must know the background, that's why I'm "prickly." Could this possibly be a mess? Maybe. But Eddie and Jobo? Does anyone even know who they are now? They're doing Safe Auto spots for cryin' out loud. And on a Thursday? Before 7AM? I used to trek out for Mancow spots when he was huge here in Chicago. You'd get to wherever they were, and at most you'd have a few hundred people. At most. Most of the time, it was a dozen guys staring at each other. EDIT: Didn't realize that it coincided with their first weekday opening. OK, this could be a mess. If you can get through the traffic on 94 around Gurnee before 7AM. Isn't staffing rather sparse too? How many rides could be open for this? Glad I live just south of the park and don't need to use 94....just in case.

That's a news release fit for a tiny blog about SFGAm..... Yeah, they don't pull enough listeners to even make this that news worthy.

Kelp. Seaweed? No. Kelp.

Wait, the keyhole element is complete????? There was no way that was getting done in time....

It's fun to be free. To be on the move.

Leave A Legacy will never see the light of day in this recreation...if I ever work on it again. Twins have arrived, and there's no time for anything but feeding, sleeping and changing diapers.

^ Need to know more about the PC specs, than just the op system, before we could tell you. RCT2 is always going to be the safer bet, however.

^ It's the staying power of TPR that will self-promote the Exchange. As all the crappy little kiddie run sites die off (which they inevitably will), it'll get more traffic. I foresee it being the place to get all downloads as files slowly start to disappear from other sites. And, of course, the school breaks will feed it's activity.