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Because they provide a decent ride (although rough) in a small amount of space while being reliable and quick to dispatch. Perfect for any small park. As for a B&M invert at SFNE, keep dreaming.

NBC is saying 1 hour until rain reaches the park. Lets up that helps the crews.

Local news resuming. They're saying everything south of the cut in the boardwalk is a total loss. NBC NY is also saying the fire departments cannot put this fire out. They are going to let it burn out, and try to keep it contained. Like a forest fire.

6:35 2013 2012

Reporting 80% of the boardwalk is destroyed.

CBS NY weatherman is saying rain will hit Seaside Heights in 2 hours. I was seconds too late from catching the graphic. Its a small cell of dissipating thunderstorms, but he's pretty confident they'll make it to the park!

Governor is on the way. It started near the ice cream stand.

This is the scariest thread on TPR.

MF and Bizarro take the top 2 once again...

Rolling Thunder crossover hill on El Toro.

Comet at Great Escape for me too. But is it even worth a thread? I'm sure 90% of people are going to say the Cyclone.

Dragon Coaster (Rye Playland) About 75 rides (17 in one day) Bizarro (SFNE) About 45 rides Mad Mouse* (Quassy) About 20 rides

GIB feel unsafe on the towers if you're not restrained tightly. You feel like you're going to fall out. Being 200 feet in the air doesn't help either.

Classic, white, wooden coasters. The whole thing is attractive.

Did I miss something? How is Cyclone going to get higher ridership? What I would like to see what SFNE do is cut down ALL those trees in that one specific area and put in a couple more coasters for the park as SFNE is my home park as well.... Because the rumored SkyScreamer site is where Catapult was, which is right next to the Cyclone. During, and now without Catapult the Cyclone never had more than a 20 minute wait. A popular ride will bring more guests in that area.

Looked fine to me. Every park got something interesting. Not a crappy restaurant or show. Yes, Discovery Kingdom got a show, but the full time schedule makes up for it. Shows true commitment by Six Flags, especially since SFDK is one of their lesser parks. Both Goliath and Medusa look like tons of fun. Those g's through Goliath's final turn look like they could cause gray outs. SFNE is my home park, and the SkyScreamer looks great. Should be a popular addition, since the area parks don't have anything remotely close to that height. And it'll be good to see the Cyclone get a higher ridership, maybe enough to get the park to run both trains most days.

Wayyyyy overdue update to the park website: https://www2.sixflags.com/newengland Amazing. I absolutely hated the old layout. Everything important (park map, hours) was in smaller print than the legal mumbo jumbo at the bottom! Just wish there was a link to the park's Facebook! Kudos to Six Flags. This is great. Also, any other SF park have this update? I checked 3 other SF parks and they weren't updated.

The back seat of boomerangs pull some nice g's going through the reverse loop. I also like the height factor in the back when you're going up the first lift.

I, personally, have not. But after hearing about Magic Mountain's Green lantern being reviewed so poorly, I don't see Six Flags copying their mistake. I would like to try a ZacSpin someday.

I think we're getting a Massachusetts/New England SkyScreamer. Why else would the park be pointing out Massachussetts landmarks? As for a ZacSpin in Flashbacks spot it seems pointless. Why would Six Flags replace an old, painful, low capacity ride with a new, painful, low capacity ride? And before anyone posts it, I wouldn't consider Goliath any of those. It's a fun, relatively smooth ride (this is Vekoma) that has quick attendants.

True. That might be why the park wants to keep Flashback. Nothing else (coaster wise) could fit there and it keeps the coaster count up.

Scared by the Sound will not be returning to Playland this Halloween season. Instead, it will be located in Cortlandt, NY, about 45 minutes north of Playland. The attraction is now indoors, in the former Training Zone. This is a great turn around after last year's hurricane Sandy destroyed many props. Like always, there will be new scenes and props added this year! Tickets are now 15.50$ and you can download a 1$ coupon online. For anyone who hasn't been, I totally recommend trying it out! It's not as good as Lake Copounce's Graveyard or Six Flags' Fright Fest, but it's less expensive, less crowded, and is still a great haunted attraction! http://www.scaredbythesound.com/

I always wanted them to remove Flashback and the Cyclone to make room for an insane Intamin pre-fab woodie. Paint it green and call it The Big Green Airtime Machine. An over-banked I-beam RMC version of the Cyclone would be great too.

Quassy, unfortunately. You can only go on the Wooden Warrior so many times. However, it's been nice seeing the park progress through the years. I remember when Saturation Station only had the main play structure. I recall riding the Mad Mouse on my mom's lap as my first big coaster. Then in later years going there on school trips and birthday parties we would all ride the swings and try and make a chain by grabbing on to the seat in front of us

Vekoma! Not really, Intamin get's my vote. IMO, all B&m's ride the same. Same layout for hyper/giga coasters and same inversions for everything else. With Intamin nothing rides the same. Every coaster is different. Once you've been on one B&M, you've been on them all. Heck, 80% even have the same curved first drop!