michaellynn4

Fake news.

My attitude is there are about 15 active posters still left on this forum, so anything that’s going to drive content is welcome at this point, regardless of how many dead horses are beaten in the process.

The more reason to stop giving them your money. It’s a lot more freeing than you think.

Parachutes tower is officially down.

Bert called it. Chupacabra, coming to SFFT next year:

Green Lantern officially being scrapped, not relocated. From Coaster Spot on Twitter:

Bummed about it as well, but it was anticipated. The cables need to be completely replaced every ten years or so, and there was apparently discussion about removing them the last time the cables were redone due to the cost factor. Plus it already cannibalized all remaining parts from other Six Flags sky rides that already had fallen, like SFNE's. That said, if the company was remotely interested in anything other than the bottom line like some other parks, I'm sure they would've been able to figure something out. Another reason why I'll gladly give my money to other parks in the meantime if I absolutely need to scratch my coaster itch.

I mean you do you, but talk about pointless…

The only real way an opinion can matter is when it affects the almighty dollar. I haven’t been pleased with Six Flags for some time now, so I haven’t given them a dime since 2019 and don’t intend to for the foreseeable future, depending on how the next couple of years go post merger.

Personally second-hand responses like that don't hold much weight with me - much more likely that if they DID get a response from someone, that person was also misinformed. All of this is definitely just wait and see, though, agreed.

I think Bert's take is the most likely - a reworking of the ride that keeps some of the original coaster intact. I think that Green Lantern also being referred to as "retired" is most likely just poor wording on the part of PR.

Let's go ahead and actually link the press release info for reference: We'll just have to wait and see. RIP Sky Ride, though. Was inevitable, but bummed to see it go nonetheless.

Hear hear. I imagine it may change a bit for us back in the other direction as our kids get older and gravitate towards the larger stuff, but all depends.

Great Nor'easter rides great for an SLC now, but granted that was a ground-up rebuild. Time will tell with this one I guess.

Funnily enough, I get that way, too. For some reason I do it with animals more. Every time I see someone petting a cat in an older movie I immediately default to remembering that cat is long gone by now.

It's a restricted video. Hosted on a page that limits access. Appreciate you clarifying the content in your second post, but this is why it's always recommended to post a description / summary of a link's content up front within the forum in case the link is restricted, behind a paywall, or deleted. EDIT: I see it's no longer restricted, thanks.

I'm getting really confused as to the direction of this thread... Appreciate the paleo book recommendation though.

Glad you had a good time. I've been trying to keep your experiences with your daughter in mind as we've navigated new ride experiences for my daughter. She, too, is tall for her age but still young (won't be 3 until mid-November but is already almost 3.5ft tall). Fortunately, she's very brave and likes to try new rides, but has stopped short of coasters. We went to Storybook Land here in NJ last week which had a ton of rides she could do, all of which she rode enthusiastically except for Bubbles the Coaster, to which she said to us "I think I need to be just a little bit bigger first". She keeps asking about coasters, though, and asks to watch videos of coasters every now and then, so I figure it's just a matter of time so long as I don't force it.

Plans have leaked, you can find them elsewhere on the internet. Not gonna post them here out of respect for the rules and the Alveys' relationship with the parks.

That's an... interesting layout. Looks like a lot of fun, though. Glad something will finally fill Volcano's absence.

I was actually there yesterday with my mom and 2 year old and we made the same miscalculation. Ended up on the pier with GNE first and didn't realize it didn't open until 5 until after my daughter had already picked out with horse she wanted on the carousel. Ended up being fine, just walked down to the middle one anyway. THIS, however - with all the great pizza at the boardwalk (Mack's, Sam's, Franconi's, etc.), you really chose Dominos? I mean, look, I get how kids can certainly be (and mind you I'm playfully teasing you a bit here), but at some point parents have to prevent them from making terrible, life-altering decisions like eating chain pizza at the Jersey shore.

I see Zach is getting more and more proficient with ChatGPT.

And apparently had nothing else worthwhile going on over the last 18 months for a throwaway comment to live rent free in their heads like that...

I like that these smaller model boomerangs have become more popular in recent years.