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Here's a quick construction update. Not a lot has changed from the last set, but you can see some minor changes. Testing is also well underway.

Here's a closer look at The Joker Testing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOzpfCEDsno

Times unfortunately have changed. We live in a time with information is literally instantaneous. I've become inpatient myself. If I want to know the weather for this weekend I no longer have to wait for the paper to get delivered. I can look it up right from my phone. If a marker is seen inside of a park, we as coaster enthusiasts, want to know immediately if the park if building that much rumored Giga Coaster. I remember back in the day waiting to watch the Six o'clock news to find out what the latest coaster at Magic Mountain was going to be. Now a days I just log onto the interwebs and you guys tell me.

You really live up to your name.

They are having to replace a gear on the lift. It should be back up soon.

What was SFOT thinking hiring a bunch of "dummies" this season. Man! These things are lazy! The queue has started to take shape. Water Dummies have also arrived on site which is a great sign of testing to begin soon. There is still a lot of work to be done on the site. Memorial Day Opening is looking promising. PC OverTexasThrills.com PC OverTexasThrills.com PC OverTexasThrills.com

Left Hill work is being done as we speak... The trains are assembled and on the track. They should be testing soon. PC Over Texas Thrills

Wow! I'm glad to see testing going so smoothly. It's been a long time coming.

Well, SFOT is in Arlington TX. I think you may want to check out the SFFT thread.

The park is doing a ton of painting and freshening up but all you can find to discuss is a T-shirt that a shop had? Give the parks some credit. This shirt isn't going to stop you from coming and waiting in line to ride The Texas Giant over and over again. This shirt is to bring in the Spring Break crowd which started yesterday. Take a deep breath, the park caters to other people besides yourself.

When was the last time the park used the Music Mill Amphitheater?

Along with the pictures from the construction tour above, I also took some pictures of the new set up with the Galactic Attack VR experience. Some things to mention. The barcodes are gone and you no longer need to calibrate your headset. The headset now uses the phones camera so you can see out in front of you while sitting in the station. As soon as you get up 3/4 of the way up the lift, you enter a worm hoe and the whole VR takes over. It's really cool.

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Six Flags will eventually start building major, large scale coasters again. . . I mean, sooner or later they are going to run out of flat rides to install. You guys need to start understanding how the park's budget works. If they built a large multi million dollar rollercoaster that flipped you a million times over again and went a 1000 miles per hour, after the newness wore off you'd be complaining that the park "still looks old and outdated. This ride needs to be repainted, and the trash can over in the area of the park needs to be replaced." Six Flags has come up with a business plan to add something new to every park every year. Now whether you a agree with it it or not, doesn't matter, it's not your company. Whether it will pay off, time will tell. Parks are looking into cheaper, smaller footprint rollercoasters and attractions. Six Flags is one of the companies that is definitely investing money into these types of rides. Big sprawling roller coasters, may initial bring in big crowds, but eventually the hype dies down and it the cost to maintain the ride start to level out with the profit the ride is making the park. Six Flags has invested a lot of money into their seasonal events like FF and HITP. So rather than spending a whole lot of money on a huge ride, they've spread out their budgeted money for "smaller" new rides, park maintenance, and additions to the seasonal events. If you've followed IAAPA at all this past year, there have been several ride manufacturers that have developed rides that I could see Six Flags bringing into their park in the near future. As far an over coaster community, I think 2018 looks VERY promising. Cedar Faire is spending a good amount of money on a couple new coasters as well as Herschend Family Entertainment. What does Six Flags have in store for 2018? We'll see in September. *Fingers Crossed*

I like where your head is but the spinning effect would be lost with the vertical spinning of the ride.

BOTH signs are installed!

No because on their website it shows a picture of only one sign but you know what from I saw from picture it might be two you just never know if it is one or two. From what I've been told from friends that have been on the construction site, they only had one sign, but it does look like their are additional mounting brackets.

Here is another one for your viewing pleasure. I think it looks great!

Here's a closer look at the Joker sign.

So far two are open and three under construction and 1 testing phase. Idk how many more in the coming years. I'm sorry which one is testing? The one that is testing is in Japan nagashima spa land. But all the ones opening at six flags this year are still under construction still. The one at Scot is getting closer and closer each time and say to the testing phase opening is expected in mid to late May of this year. It's fine. Signs up. So the signs up on the joker?? Did you take a picture? Give it 30 seconds and it will be all over Social Media. SFOT just Tweeted about it.

So far two are open and three under construction and 1 testing phase. Idk how many more in the coming years. I'm sorry which one is testing? The one that is testing is in Japan nagashima spa land. But all the ones opening at six flags this year are still under construction still. The one at Scot is getting closer and closer each time and say to the testing phase opening is expected in mid to late May of this year. It's fine. Signs up.

So far two are open and three under construction and 1 testing phase. Idk how many more in the coming years. I'm sorry which one is testing?

Probably every park except Great Escape and SFA. SFA will get theirs once SFGAM gets tired of it. I'm sure SFMM will get one that is twice as big, and it shoots flames as you flip over one of the ravenclaws.

Well this year they are putting in as many as you posted asking the question. Three.