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Man I miss the Freezer launch tunnel lights.

That is what prompted me to say what I did. That was the speculated removal. It finally clicked in my head that's going to be just as easy to see being removed as it was when it was installed.

Just a reminder - if Superman is our removal it should be incredibly visible.

Oh no what aren't we getting

Six Flags has now tweeted out that opening day will be March 20th. Edit: Actually the entire summer calendar is on the website. 9pm summer closes return July 2021.

I really liked the subtle changes to lights at Justice League this year. And the relighting of American Thunder was very nice - it's so much better this way. Also I'm in love with the new entry plaza - it's so much more versatile with theming. And if they're thinking on lighting up Log Flume as well I encourage it. And I assume MT is mine train - I've wanted holiday touches to that for years. Other parks dress up their mine trains. I wonder what a green thought bubble could contain It appears parks are still announcing operating season changes.

Have they gone back to this for HITP? They had stopped it and only ran an hourly sanitation cycle at some point during the summer. On other matters assuming my assumption is correct I'd imagine the calculus of opening a park even for a couple weeks that hasn't been open since April (Discovery Kingdom) is a bit different than adding ~8-10 days with only a drive through to a park that's been open since June. For one of those parks ANY revenue is a positive move, for the other it's a lot of hassle for only a little possible gain - and the park is literally less than a mile from the best drive through in the area. For it to make sense such a call would have been better made in November.

Well there's only been a couple of subjects touched on recently. Vehicular in nature perhaps?

That would be my guess for a Six Flags. The local vaccination levels will determine the occupancy levels allowed. I'd expect masks to be required in 2021 for the whole chain either way.

I wouldn't expect something like Six Flags to check for vaccination. Now Disney? Maybe. Cruise ships? Definitely.

Having some rides open in January-February at SFStL would require a refurbishment schedule like many year-round parks have. That isn't something the park did in 2020. Justice League could probably run given its open date but nothing else has been given its 'offseason' work. But I do agree I'm not sure I'd attend with zero rides.

There's always Mardis Gras in February...

Great America is joining 3 other parks in turning Holiday in the Park into a drive-thru.

Great America has added drive-thru now as well. Apparently this is actually working elsewhere.

I saw a picture of a Six Flags pickup by one of the side gates and it looked like the truck could drive through it. But you probably know better. I didn't know trucks couldn't get under Pandemonium. Without the Pandemonium route I didn't see a way to make a loop that included Britannia and I see you didn't include it either. I considered the Hurricane Harbor gate but there just haven't been any lights until Empire that way so it seemed a slow way to start. Obviously all moot though since nothing's been done beyond Fiesta Texas.

I'm kinda surprised the Holiday in the Park drive-thrus ended up being done at just two parks. I thought after Great Adventure announced it, even though the park is also open for rides on weekends, that it was going to end up being as chain-wide as they could make it. I even tried to figure up how they could route it here at the time GAdv announced it.

Note on the Boomerang and Superman removal proposal: I think you're implying that's a good spot for a larger scale steel coaster - but a hyper (for example) would be able to slot mostly in behind Mine Train along the railroad tracks already, or up and then behind Eagle. And that's a bigger project than a lot of mid-tier park steel projects Six Flags is doing right now. Farewell Josh. He treated everyone he met like a friend, TPR and everyone he met lost a friend today.

Oof. Trolled by a mod

Xcalibur not a HITP ride this year?

Josh is one of the reasons I came to TPR. Get well and godspeed.

Eagle is an ACE landmark. They better not touch it.

According to today's announcement email this will be the last weekend to ride Eagle this season.

Figured out what how the light show and stage shows at Palace are being handled. The stage is still up and rehearsals were going on today. The 5 trees are in the middle of the middle pathway surrounded by the wrapped trees. It might be a little cramped if crowd sizes for either show get big at all this way. And we know at times they have gotten big. Pretty sunset behind Boss because I feel like posting it.

Honestly if money is going to be spent on Colossus lighting something like this would probably be better bang for your buck.

I was only at the park this Sunday and last Sunday. This Sunday was rain-limited and not representative (everything was a walk-on). But last Sunday was all booked up just like Saturday - lines moved pretty well. Batman and Freeze were the longer ones. Freeze is running two trains, but since each cycle only loads up to 10 people right now they've still got the low capacity sign out front. Justice League seems to be having a really rough time right now. I was on it during a shut down and actually got the lights-on escorted walk out of the attraction. And I hear it wasn't the only shutdown.