CaptainUnknown

It's the Jeffrey Siebert effect.

At least the park's final day went better than Valleyfair's last day of the season on Saturday night. They deserved that, at least.

Any idea where this section of track will be placed on the layout?

While I am excited and I am trembling, the latter is because I have a cold. Depending on how this looks and when it'll actually open, I'm looking at taking a 12 hour detour into Arlington next year at the start of my main coaster trip.

It's more of a Six Flags cutback kind of situation. Land was cleared, signs teasing a new attraction were in the park. Maybe it's still on? Maybe Vekoma needs some more time with the design?

It's still just a five year deal. Unless they've always done five year deals, they could be evaluating what to do with the IP going forward.

I wonder how much is management vs training. Bugs can happen anywhere with improper cleaning, but I still can't imagine 5 inches of coleslaw on my arm. That would have to have gotten into the glove as well, right? *Side-eyes bacon pretzel fury, or whatever it's called now*

Per several reports across social media, Pantherian has opened.

The park has announced that it will be closing half of the water park on August 10th to be bulldozed for 2026 water park expansion. More details to be announced at a later date. With how much land they're clearing and how early the work is starting tells you just how large the scale of this investment will be. I wonder how much will be new versus relocations from Six Flags America.

Looks fun. It'll be interesting just how much themeing the ride will have when it opens.

This makes me a little sad I skipped the park when I was in the San Antonio area in November 2020. The when I was there was ultimately why I skipped it.

I'm just hoping it's open for Haunt as I'd love to get back on it.

On weekdays, there's a sign that the queue closes as early as 9pm. For my 2 days at the park this week, it closed at 9 on Tuesday, about 9:30 on Wednesday. Standby hovered around 2 hours all day. FL+ 30-45 minutes. And standby is mostly uncovered. Side note: AlpenFury was my 300th coaster.

Water Park additions usually have a higher ROI than roller coasters. It's a cheap way to get a lot of people into the park. Also, 2027 would be the park's 50th operating season since it didn't open during 2020.

Ozzy Osbourne, 76. I heard while in line for Wonder Mountain Guardian.

Yesterday was my first visit to the park. Ride of Steel is great. Bookended my day by riding back, then front. Weird seeing Batman and Wonder Woman merch in its gift shop with no S-shield in sight. Rode Predator front row and the retracked sections are bizarrely smooth. Boomerang crew didn't realize a couple restraints didn't unlock and left the riders there for a couple minutes. Saw Mind Eraser test, but don't know if it ever opened or not. The park has an interesting layout and an identity crisis. Be interesting to see how the merged company takes it going forward. Also, the slice of pizza I got next to Predator was better than I thought it would be. Cost was still outrageous, though. It was also my first time using my Valleyfair branded pass at a Six Flags branded park.

Hell yeah! Now stay open until I can ride on the 22nd/23rd.

Only 2.5 hours, even with bad ops? This makes me feel somewhat better about my trip in a couple weeks. This park will be my first stop after an early flight into BUF. There's a good chance I'll be awake 24 hrs straight by the time I get into the park. Should be able to speed run through and get to my hotel and crash.

Weird Al on his Bigger and Weirder tour. Getting out of the venue was a nightmare, though.

Alternatively, I might suggest Little Amerricka. Maybe 15 minutes out of the way, could speed run in under an hour (with rerides), and have a much better time.

Fellow American also visiting for the 1st time in mid-july. Heard there's a marketing shoot scheduled for July 1. But I also heard that official media day just got postponed. I don't know either date of that or if marketing filming has been delayed. Fingers crossed for us all.

For what it's worth, all US Intamin straddle coasters are down right now. DarKoaster, Wave Breaker, and Arctic Rescue. Not sure if it's related.

Because it would be an Orion-sized troll towards enthusiasts and it's fun to watch people's heads explode.

...it came from Six Flags Great America. I doubt they'd want it back.

Is Howl-o-Scream a separately ticketed event? I'm looking at going on a Saturday in early October.