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  1. What the hell are you talking about, they literally retracked Apocalypse last year. Pretty sure that was only in one spot. They didn't do the whole ride. I bet the vallying was caused by a wheel problem. They happen time to time. That's what happened to Boulder Dash in 07? I believe with the red and yellow trains.
  2. Yeah Apoc is a great ride I enjoyed it but a park with so many coasters probably can't maintain them all. I mean look at rolling thunder, cyclone, and more. Those are just left to rot. Apoc probably received little to no track work since it opened.
  3. A Six Flags park letting a wooden coaster rot? Why does that not surprise me.
  4. Man what is going on here this year. Serious carelessness. I bet you could have gotten a picture or two. Right when it stopped it would take the staff a while to get there.
  5. Theres no way it would valley without something happening. On the first hill to? It goes very fast around there. Must have been a problem with the track or wheel.
  6. I prefer the front on any coaster but the back is definitely awesome, especially at night. Also I always try to sit in the front of one of the 6 cars, the backs are a little rougher and bouncy. The fronts give a much better ride.
  7. BD kicks ass at night. The park also turns off the lights on the partway to the south end so most of the ride is pitch black. I also noticed the trains are looking a little rough especially the green train. I heard a really strange creeking noise from car 4 or 5 up the lift which didn't sound normal. Hopefully they can fix up the trains.
  8. Here are a few pictures of Lake Compounce. New lights on Zoomerang. The Outdoor Stage (which looks like it is being removed(2015 anyone?))
  9. They probably tossed the old trains once the new ones started working lol. Anyway, any seat on Goliath is bad. Even the front. No seat will make you avoid pain. It is the worst coaster I have even been on. Used to be my 2nd favorite in the park too lol.
  10. Yes they are having a media day for Fright Fest.
  11. Ikr it's my home park and the staff is not friendly at all, except for maybe a few of them That's the funny thing. They have some of the rudest staff of any park anywhere. If they had a golden ticket award for the rudest and worst staff and they won I would have no complaints. I would be shocked if they didn't win that award actually. Yeah, that was rather funny. I guess those die-hard (by the way, if any die hard SFNE fans are offended, my apologies) SFNE fans were hard at work. I'm a Bizarro fan, not a SFNE fan. SFNE is like that a$$hole neighbor who has the sweet pool. You put up with the obnoxious behavior because of his pool parties. That is hilarious. Next year he will be getting another pool. With an awesome slide.
  12. Wow they have really made a mess of this classic coaster.
  13. I know, nothing says friendly like being kicked out for taking a picture.
  14. A second tower on DT would ruin the look of the park. It would make the front entrance so ugly, It would look like a tumor on the ride. I am hearing a coaster for next year though.
  15. The top three or five of each category is pretty decent, after that it gets a little weird. I'll have to look at the top 50. Also Bizarro is not absent from the list.
  16. There are updates over at SFNEO, track has been installed from the brakes all the way to the top of the lift.
  17. You go around twice. Blue transforms into green and blue ends with a brake run.
  18. I couldn't tell if the guy was banning me for a year because I took a picture, or if he thought I was trying to hop the fence. At first he didn't care I was taking pictures but then after he said I was not allowed to take pictures of their property. So obviously that is not true. I am still confused and pissed about that, ruined a coaster day for me, I got it reversed though.
  19. Just wanted to let everyone know my ban was lifted and the guy said it was a misunderstanding. Still mad that my day was ruined though.
  20. Here is what I posted on the other forum. So for those of you that didn't know, you are not allowed to take a picture in the park and their property unless you are with friends. This was said by the parking security supervisor. So make sure you leave your cameras in the car because you can't take pictures. So I decided to take a trip up to the park. Hit a few rides on Bizarro, check out Cyclone, and ride what remaining flats the park has. Before I entered, I wanted to snap some pictures of Cyclone during the day. So I walked down the pathway and checked out the construction. I went over to the fence on the park side of the road and snapped a few pics and looked at the ride. All of the sudden a park security guard rolls up and said he got a call from the APD saying that they saw someone hop the fence and was hiding in a bush or something. I told him I am a coaster enthusiast just looking to check out the construction and take a few pictures and be on my way. He said he didn't see anything but wanted me to get in. Drove down, turned around, and went to the drop off lot. He told me to get out and stand around. This is when he called the security supervisor and she told him to do the trespass I guess. So he gets out and gets his clipboard and paper and asks me for a bunch of stuff. They made it seem like a one year ban was nothing and that they are going "easy" on me by only doing one and not one hundred. I was just standing there confused and my mind was blown. All I wanted to do was take some pictures and he said that is not allowed. I said I have been taking pictures of roller coasters for as long as I can remember and at other parks and I just wanted the pictures so I could post them on the fan site. He said you can't take pictures unless you are with friends. He had his buddy come over and talk some more about how a one year ban is fine and seemed like I wouldn't care at all. Like I never go to the park or something. I kept asking I wanted to speak with someone higher up and he said that was me. He was getting rude so I just gave him the info, my pass, and he was off. Went into the entrance area and sat down for a while. I felt like a piece of me was taken. We asked to speak to a manager and they gave us some security guard. She said there was nothing we can do and you can file a complaint. So we got the head of security to come out and talk. She said they were told I was trying to go through the fence or something and was hiding in a bush, which is complete crap. Basically we spent a while arguing about that and nothing was done. Here's the thing though, the cops by the bridge can't see anything. They just saw someone walk up to the fence and vanish behind a bush. They said I was in a bush which is false.Clearly when they saw someone going over there their initial thought was that I was trying to get in. Roller Coasters are my life. I live for them. I am interested in construction and I love taking pictures of them. Why would a coaster nerd with a Bizarro wallet, shirt, coaster counts of hundreds, and a flat out coaster enthusiast try to do anything against park rules? So many others have taken pictures from that area. In fact, the park tweeted a picture of the construction. Did they break their own rules or something? No signs that said anything anywhere, just a fence that was next to a road. And for some reason going up to the fence and looking at a roller coaster is against park rules. Yeah ok. I even told the guy that I have taken thousands of pictures here and at other parks like Great Adventure and Lake Compounce and his response was "We are not Lake Compounce". So yeah this is a massive misunderstanding. If they didn't want me to walk over and look at a roller coaster a warning would have been plenty. Then I would have never done it again. Plain and simple. I really don't see any rules broken here. Is there a sign somewhere that says don't photograph our failed attempt to keep a secret somewhere? I would love to know why the employee thinks that taking pictures is violating the rules too. They even said that I was in a restricted area. Yeah ok, who said. I know inside the fence is but clearly I didn't go through the fence. Unless I transformed into a bug or something. I was there for no more than two minutes and took 10 pictures outside the fence. I think they took this way too far. A warning should be the max consequence even if it wasn't allowed. This whole thing seems outrageous to me, I am going to try to send out a few emails and contact some people to see if this can be fixed, not sure what good that will do. But I literally don't see what I did wrong though. Even if taking pictures is not allowed, why would they ban you for a year? They should probably focus more on people that ride coasters with phones out, line jumping, and more. This just seems outrageous to me.
  21. I was the one that was banned. Just one year. All I wanted to do was on my way in snap a few pictures. I took 10 pictures and ended up being banned. I guess the guard thought I was trying to climb the fence or something (which you can't do even if you wanted to (it's like 10 feet w/ barbed wire)). Totally overreacted and obnoxious. The guy made me delete the pictures too. I'm gonna try to do something about this, pretty crazy.
  22. Yeah the space does not look big enough for TM, and it would make no sense.
  23. Ive seen worse, like putting two boomerangs right next to each other over at SFNE.
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