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It would have to be built first

Mean Streak is one of the FEW rides where I couldn't wait for it to end. And it's a lonnnnnng ride ZZZZzzzz

Wow so a Morgan hyper was only $7 mil back in the day???

Wow the flooding looks awful, I hope there wasn't much damage

The ride will haul even more a$$ once the paint on the track wears off according to Alan Schilke

So has it ran three trains or consistently dueled since media day??? Actually in line for it again. Now running 3 trains and has dueled 6 for 6 times that I've seen so far!! Sounds like they're getting a nice groove to have it duel consistently.

TC by far!

Geez that sounds just as long as it was for the GP over the weekend

Mmmmmmm Piraten *in Homer Simpson voice*

Sad that they went from getting 6 new coasters in 1998-2001 to receiving TWO hand-me-downs in 2002-2015. I think either an S&S free-fly, a Premier Sky Rocket II, or an RMC iron horse of Roar is highly appropriate for SFA.

It's the shocks in the wheel assemblies. This is what makes the ride feel so smooth. If you notice on all RMC coasters with RMC trains, they always make a squeaking sound going through airtimes hills or really tight turns. This is the shocks keeping the wheels in contact with the track at all times. Oh I see, thanks for explaining this. So then it makes me wonder though about the Gerstlauer trains and what kind of wheel assembly they use Watching vids of NTAG and Iron Rattler i've noticed they're are soooo quiet.

Does the wheel problem also have something to do with the squeaking the ride makes? I've noticed from videos that WC also makes a terrible racket as well

There are four RMC coasters already on the books for 2017, hopefully SFOG is one of them!!!

Apparently someone passed out on the ride, no injuries reported

That's odd, did you ride in the morning? Full train? etc; Cause even the great El Toro isn't at it's best til it has had it's morning coffee lol

Correct. Six Flags is the only company with I-Box rides, but not the only one that can buy one. It's a Six Flags exclusive according to Magic Mountain president Bonnie Rabjohn, the video of her stating this is on youtube if you wanna check it out. It's not, according to RMC. This quote can be interpreted different ways though. "They don't have an exclusive" can mean they don't have a monopoly on the company as a whole, which is why we've seen Outlaw Run and plans for Wildfire. Nothing suggests that Six Flags doesn't have an exclusive on the ibox track. On the flipside Bonnie's comment can be interpreted different ways as well, "it's a Six Flags exclusive" could just mean that they're the only chain with the technology so far. OR it could mean they do have some type of contract with RMC. Parks do this all the time, wasn't there some contract with Busch and B&M preventing other chains from installing dive coasters in the U.S. for a time? It's business

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I just realized that during TC's opening ceremony, Bonnie said the iron horse was a "Six Flags exclusive right now". Which was suspected before but now it's confirmed. Make me wonder how long they have exclusive rights and which parks are salivating at the chance to get RMC iron horsing for their woodies.

Wow, it's been down for an hour? I hope it's not a gum problem again. It sounds weird, but it kind of irritates me to see so many on-ride selfies and customer POVs out there. People just do not follow rules and then when something happens or someone gets hurt, the park has to take all the blame for it. As many coasters as I have ridden, I have never once taken my cell phone out of my pocket to take pictures/videos during a ride. It's just as bad texting/facebooking/instagraming while driving. End of rant

Looks like a much more solid chassis than Vekoma's previous coasters, wonder if it'll ride smoother

Yeah I doubt Carowinds will get anything coaster related for a while until Fury pays for itself

I'm jonesing for more rides on Twisted Colossus, however I'm not going anywhere near the park today. I wonder if TC's wait will reach 3-4 hours. I'm predicting SFMM's attendance will reach the highest numbers they've seen since the early 00's. Everyone, I mean EVERYONE in the LA area is talking about Twisted Colossus. I think it's piqued a lot of people's interest, both the younger generation and the older generation who rode the original Colossus in the 70's.

I don't understand how Cedar Fair can sit back and watch all these awesome RMC coasters go up and not join in. Guess they're too busy planning their next wing coasters

I thought I remember seeing something around the time it was announced that said it was $7 million. I might be remembering wrong though.