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Is there a source on that because I highly doubt Kärnan and Monster would cost the same. After a quick search on Google, I found that Kärnan was build at a cost of 26 million euros. (Source) While Monster costs around 9 million USD. (Source) I meant Karacho and not Karnan costing around 9M. I hadn't looked up the info recently, both K names. my bad.. Infinity coasters have a broad range of cost. Smiler cost 18M Pounds(22+M USD) - 98H,3838ft long, about 53mph, 14 inversions. Karacho (LIM Launch) cost 7M Euros(7.8M USD) - 98H, 2300 ft long, 62mph, 4 inversions Gold Rush - 5M euros (5.6M USD) - 108ft, 1312 ft long, 2 inversions

Agree, but the problem at SFMM is that, for several rides, it's hard to tell what kind of state the line is in until you're well into it. Goliath and Apocalypse are good examples, but also Batman, Superman, and Riddler to a certain degree. OMG yes especially Goliath. It's impossible to see anything until you get to the drink machine which is like halfway I avoid Goliath b/c of that and waiting for it over 10 minutes isn't worth it. It's just not a good hyper, a drop that is wasted b/c its meager angle, no airtime on the hills, mid course "come to a complete stop run", etc... There is reason the builder just has 4 or 5 coasters installed.

The old fashion way of eye balling a line and having experience of previous waits for that distance in line is more reliable than modern tech...Lol. I have had many times where people see the wait time listed on the sign and are about to turn away and I tell them it's not nearly as long, the sign is way off. Not having enough staff is across SF parks from my experience, not just MM. Look how the 2 chains run the staff on their respective B&M wings, Gatekeeper vs Xflight or TTD vs Kingda Ka. SF would be incapable of cranking train out like they do on Maverick with 6 train operations.

So... Wonder Woman is a screamer?? You will have to ask Gal Gadot's husband.

Okay, more what one may call "European parks" flat rides Zamperla is selling more stuff in the US lately, I think the Luna Park showcase of their rides is helping and Owa should boost that more. I really like the Zamperla rides I have been on. I wish SF would buy more Endeavours and try out a Hawk, Power Surge, and the Super spin. Air Race's also looks cool or in the same genre SF could try a Gerstlauer Sky roller or Sky Fly. Never been on Fabbri rides, but checked out their website and they have some interesting looking stuff, some of it is similar in concept to Zamperla's. Mondial has some interesting things that Cedar Fair is trying like the Inferno(CA Wonderland 2017) and Top Scan(KB 2017). The Mondial Tornado and Super Nova also seem like good rides. I'm still hoping somebody buys a Huss 2nd gen Enterprise.

Don't necessarily trust the times. I was there multiple days in May and at points Ninja popped on the app at 45 minutes. I was in the area on 1 occasion just getting off Tatsu, going to Superman and there was probably 30 to 40 people in line, no way it was 45 minutes. I have had numerous experiences of already being in line for the ride that the app is showing a way longer wait for than what I am experiencing.

VR opens with the park. I went to it 1st 1 visit and got on 2nd train of the day. The early entry for Gold Pass you will see on the far right after going thru security. They have a gut that scans your pass to make sure it's Gold. Then at 10am they let you thru the barred gate with the standard pass scanning to enter. Then, they hold you in an area just past the gate. Early entry for rides is suppose to be 1020am, it was not on time every day I went.

Wow, that's an interesting list of "most want to hit rides." Ninja and Viper will be probably walk ons or 5 minute waits. Revolution just go to it first when the park opens unless you want to wait hours later in the day.

Non traditional flats? What would that be? SF is a creature of habit and cloning. Only 3 SF parks are without Sky Screamers and I would bet GAm and MM will get them soon. SF is likely going to keep on installing Giant Discoveries, 3 in the last 2 years. Another staple flat ride that many patrons like. I expect they will come up with a new clone ride for the super loop. They may have topped off after 8 in a 2yr span and none last year. Of course they did take a yr break in sky screamers after installing at least 1 every year for 5 years and then went back to it in 2017.

Infinity coasters built like Karnan,Karacho, Smiler have 960/hr capacity and not the 500/hr of Monster. The have 4 trains with 16 passengers per train and not 3 trains with 8 passengers per train. Gold Rush runs 20 passenger trains with 800/hr capacity. Infinity coasters are never going to be line eaters, but Monster is the absolute low end of capacity.

The launch system of the trains accelerates to a speed that allows them to just scale the hill. A ride computer regulates the amount of energy transmitted for each launch. Beyond operator inputs, the computer also receives signals from inductive sensors near the top of the hill detect when a coaster passes by. The sensors are spaced a equal distance apart and thus the computer can calculate velocity by measuring the time interval. If calculations show a train has gone too slow or too fast, the computer tells the launch system to increase or decrease speed of the next launch. The computer evaluates speed of the last three trains and calculates an average. This determines speed of the next train. So if three consecutive coasters are filled with lighter weight passengers, then a bunch of heavier total weight passengers fill the next one, that fourth coaster probably will be a roll back. If you ever go on a slow day you may notice that CP will leave 2 or even 3 middle rows empty if the crowds are so light that trains are not being filled. This is to keep passengers per train more consistent and with the calculations described reduce the chances of failed launches.

What? Batman is probably the smoothest coaster in the entire park. GAdv Batman is rough compared to other Batman's...SFMM is butter. I have ridden Batman's at 5 parks in the last 10 months and GAdv was near the bottom of the smooth list.

If they do go with something similar to Monster, I just hope they build a dual-loading platform like TTD or Maverick and that they run 4 trains at a time. The Infinity coasters do look like a lot of fun, but they aren't know for their capacity. Gerstlauer certainly would fit the "renewed relationship" that Ouimet was referring to and a vertical lift hill would be a first for SoCal. Also, Screamscape just posted that they are hearing that Knott's new coaster is going to be a Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster project. If this is the case, I'd like to see Knott's get a larger model with 200ft or so drop. An infinity like Karnan, 230ft drop is what you're talking about maybe, just add more inversions than Karnan. Karnan and Monster cost both around 9M. Karnan runs 4-16 passenger trains with 960/hr capacity and Monster 3-8 passenger trainswith 500/hr capacity. I don't see them going with a infinity like Smiler which was around 22M when you do the conversions. Smilers 14 inversions is a bit much.

Expansion at SF parks is rarely about space, it's money and ROI. A bunch of the parks have prime non utilized space.

Unfortunately this will likely happen and SF has hinted at it. Having a dark ride at all parks is fine, but the same exact one, not so much. It's not like putting in skyscreamers or some staple flat ride. Come up with a new concept/theme for 1/2 the dark ride installations would be nice.

I just returned from a Great Escape, SFNE, Compounce, Quassy, SFNJ trip and will be writing up something this week. First RMC conversion coaster ride for me on Wicked Cyclone and I am hooked. While I think an RMC ROAR would finally give the park a coaster I could love, I don't see it happening. ROAR is a cold weather coaster for sure and people will catch on to this only adding to FF and HitP. SFGAm's impulse seems most likely. If they were going to spend money I could see another Joker 4D cookie cuttered in. The easiest way to disperse that crowded parking lot in the park itself is a path between Coyote Creek and the back of Gotham. When they do that they can clear the area for the Impulse or a Joker 4D. It would create some hype and buy a year. Change the restraints on Mind Eraser (which made it a tolerable ride at SFNJ). Drop in some Freestyle beverage stops while they're at it. I would rather see them focus on ride op and food service training, couldn't advertise it, but it would help. I would love for them to partner with Chik Fil A in some way to have them train food staff and run the booths. SFNJ? I think you meant SFNE which has a Mind Eraser invert like SFA.

It's not a rumor actually. Lightning Rod was down for about 2 weeks and many people have commented on the launch being part of the problem. RMC has probably learned their lesson that launch RMC's are pretty unreliable, LR is down all the time, worse than accelerator coasters like TTD and Kingda Ka. LR will go down for days or just not open for the day. When you plan to go to Dollywood your odds of it being down are pretty high.

If you have ridden Superman many times before, it's not worth the likely long wait. Superman is pretty weak compared to other flying coasters

It didn't bomb financially, but I don't think the reception was as good as they were hoping for. Criticially it was torn apart, and the general reception was more meh than say the reception for Wonder Woman has been. Suicide squad did 746M world wide on a comic that was only really known by comic people before the movie. The movie was a rousing success financially. Also, studios aren't concerned about critics so much as people paying to go. For example, The Pirates of the Caribbean movies have been panned by critics for several sequels, but they keep making them b/c people go. This years which was eviscerated by critics has done 650M world wide(still running), which is what the original did in its entire run. The middle 2 of the 3 middle ones did over 1B and one did 900+. 2017 version will do over 700M surely and it's hard for studios to turn down that 750M gross ticket sales which will almost surely put in the top 10 grossing movie of 2017 world wide.

Everybody already know they are getting RMC Hurler for 2018 so it's interesting to do a tease. Any secondary addition if there is one, likely won't be big. They already recently did Planet Snoopy 2013, the water park expansion 2015, and 3 kid rides in 2016. They could add another flat, they added Delerium in 2017

SF has not really missed the boat IMO. The biggest comic book movies the last decade have been Marvel by about almost 3 to 1. Marvel is hitting home runs and DC had less movies, less popular movies, less box office per movie. SF has latched on to the Justice League the last few years with the series of movies coming out. They have put JL theme rides at 6 parks and more will probably come in 2018 They are also on top of Wonder Woman marketing with multiple WW rides in 2017. The movie's success will keep that theming going in 2018. WW sequel is coming, WW will be in the JL movies. It also goes to the marketing of female super heroes being neglected often, they can ride WW train for many a while. If SF had Marvel licensing they wouldhave had a home run for a decade and that has no signs of ending anytime soon. Since 2007 the DC movies have been in order Green Lantern(generally panned) Dark Knight Rises Man of Steel Batman vs Superman Suicide Squad(surprise level of success of a not well known comic) Wonder Woman The last 3 listed were just 2016 and 2017. Marvel in the last decade in order has had in order Iron Man The incredible Hulk Iron Man 2 Thor Captain America Marvel's Avengers Iron Man 3 Thor:Dark World Captain America-Winter Soldier Guardians of the Galaxy Avengers-Age of Ultron Antman Captain America - Civil War Doctor Strange Guardians of the Galaxy 2

Six Flags usually isn't this late. They do tend to hold off opening new rides till Memorial Day for marketing reasons.

The park may clear some, but your wait times may stay the same or even be longer. When rides reopen after rain/thunder they do so with reduced trains. Visited this year and after a rain delay Millineum, Gatekeeper, Rogorou, Raptor went from 3 trains to 2 trains.

They could make every ride have amazing queue's. That important thing is maintaining the queues and things they put there. Disney does a great job with this. Six Flags however does not. You can't really compare anything Disney does to Six Flags or any chain park. Disney is in a class of its own, as a destination park and resort they emphasize customer satisfaction, convenience, organization, operations, etc....unlike a chain park. There is also the fact that SF in all categories listed SF is behind other chains IMO.