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I’ll be interested to see how that ride looks in the area. I heard that construction will begin in May in hopes for a late June/early July opening. I’ll be excited to watch this ride get built. I bet it’ll be noticeable from the interstate since it’s 40ft tall and on a hill.

I hate to say it bro but I don’t remember a single time that Jim Reid Anderson talked about beautifying the parks. It was the additions post Sky Screamer that really made the Illinois section look themeless. Fireball replacing Rush Street Flyer and the removal of Tidal Wave really have made that section look terrible. Something my partner and I were talking about that we liked the sound of is if they did replace the log flume with one of those Zamperla flume/family coaster models. That way the area could be opened up and maybe connect the path over there to Britannia to create better flow for the park. The two sections I’d really like to see addressed first would be Britannia and the Illinois section. The Illinois section is the worst-looking section of the park I think, and I’d love to see Tidal Wave’s spot finally filled, perhaps either with a large flat ride or a Power Splash. I’d also love to see Fireball removed for a new beer garden or restaurant or something, especially with the sheer amount of super loops being removed from the Six Flags parks. Other than that, I actually would like to see the Britannia section get a refresh, and I think that’s coming with Rookie Racer, the Carousel renovation, and the removal of Dragon’s Wing, Go-Karts, and Excalibur. What I hope for, and what I think is most likely for next year, I think we will finally see a few sections of Titan Track on Boss (since the queue is getting reworked this year) and a flat ride replacement for Excalibur. Call me crazy, but what I’d actually love to see is Supergirl being moved to the spot of Excalibur and being rethemed to Highland Fling, then have the Moon Cars return to the park where Supergirl and Dragon’s Wing were, or just across from where Rookie Racer will be since we don’t know exactly where it’s going yet. Along with that, I’d love to see a new restaurant where that pizza joint is and see a refresh of those games and another drafthouse or something.

That may be the case. However, we’ve been stuck with Six Flags CEOs for the past ten years that valued allocating funds for cheap new rides to each park rather than allocating funds to park upkeep and beautification projects. It’s just nice to see leadership in place that values the importance of park upkeep and atmosphere again.

Wow! I am so happy to see so many projects getting done at Six Flags parks! I love seeing the kids coasters and interactive attractions, but I love these infrastructure improvements. Ramar posted these pics of one of the new seating areas, and this looks great! I bet this will get a lot of use. He’s also shown that Joker’s Jinx’s sign and trains are in the works of being repainted as well as thematic elements around the kid’s area.

Same! Quite a few of the Six Flags parks have been working on numerous infrastructure and beautification projects and I’ll be excited to see what else Six Flags St. Louis has in store. I don’t know if my boyfriend and I will be able to make it out for opening weekend, but definitely the weekend after. I’ll be excited to see the progress on Rookie Racer. Looking back at the concept art, it looks like they’ll build a little plaza for it as well as a viewing/seating area beside the coaster. I really hope they reroute Boss’ queue to have its entrance at this plaza.

I'm really excited for this! Yes, it looks to be a smaller water coaster and it does look to have a weaker layout, but even a weaker water coaster is still better than 80% of waterslides. With the Six Flags additions being made for this year, I think it is important to remember that Six Flags originally said they weren't adding anything at all for this year so... If anybody watched the full livestream, they also made sure to highlight the attention being given to the park's landscaping, overall appearance, and atmosphere. They are bringing in a new landscaping company to improve the park landscaping, they are going to be repainting buildings and rides throughout the park, they are adding new shading structures and seating areas, they have created new shows and they are improving current park events as well as adding some other new festivals. I know that this park has a long way to go to be a GREAT park, but any improvement is good to see at this park. I went back in June on a layover in DC, and I enjoyed the park the day that I was there. The new park president has been at the park for nearly 30 years, and his Facebook page seems to indicate that he is dedicated to improvements around the park.

I meant to come look at this thread after the announcement of Rookie Racer, but then I forgot. I am so glad that the park is finally getting a coaster for kids. Six Flags St. Louis is my boyfriend and I's home Six Flags park and we both thought Rookie Racer is the perfect addition for the park. Honestly, I'm glad to see them removing the upcharge attractions. I actually love the idea of them creating a new mini-area next to this ride in the next couple years. I hope that this means they'll reroute the queue of The Boss. If the coaster goes where the park said it would during that ACE event, then I'd have to imagine that they'll need to reroute the queue of The Boss. I could see them creating a plaza next to the new coaster and moving The Boss' entrance there.

I'm starting to wonder if that large building behind Fireman's Landing is a 2023 or a 2024 addition. With the building fully erected, I would think that it is a 2023 addition, but when my boyfriend and I were there on Thursday, we were able to get a glimpse in the building and there is nothing inside that we could see.

God I wish this place would be the next Carowinds.

I think the Vortex plot will be reused in 2024. I think 2023 will be an off year for Kings Dominion with a new thrill ride coming to Jungle Expedition in 2024 in preparation for the Volcano replacement in 2025 for their 50th anniversary. I think Jungle Expedition was a good fill-in while we wait for the Volcano replacement. But I think I'm going to have to say that I think this project will be a Titan Track creation. I feel confident in GCI's ability to make a ride that can be distinguished from Prowler. I think it can be distinguished the same way that CCI was able to distinguish Legend from the Raven and then those same engineers distinguishing Voyage from Raven and Legend.

Woah! Who does Cedar Fair think they are actually sending something new to one of their smaller parks? Have they forgotten it's been two years since Kings Island added a coaster?

Understandable on why you would like to wait. However, I’d hardly call it remote since it took us just an hour and a half to get to Adventureland afterwards. Plus it’s within a day’s drive of multiple other midwestern parks. But we definitely want to go again this summer after Matugani opens and next year when Yuta Falls opens. I mean I feel lucky that we are only five hours away from Lost Island. It was definitely worth the drive.

Went to Lost Island last week for the first time! We absolutely adored the park! The park exceeded our expectations (waiting for a quip like "how high were your expectations?"). We spent about three hours at the park and the only reason we left was because we wanted to get to Adventureland early enough to marathon Monster. But anyways, we loved Volkanu and Amara Aviators. We really wanted to ride Rokava and Mura Fury, but they were closed for the day for technical issues. That being said, that's just one more reason to go back later this summer to visit. Nopuko was definitely not the worst SLC I've ridden. It was actually pretty smooth and fun aside from the two jolts at the top of the rollover; the trick is to ride further back in the train. We did notice that it seemed to run insanely fast for an SLC. Another quick note: we noticed something odd about Matugani. We noticed that there was strips of paint missing along the track where the wheels run. I think it is quite possible the coaster may have started testing, so it'll probably be open by August. Some quick thoughts about the park overall: Aside from the parking and admission prices, everything was priced very fairly. Food was cheap and good for a theme park, even the alcohol prices were not incredibly high. I love the original themes. I am in love with the Tamariki mascot. Everything looks stellar in the park. The architectural styles throughout the park are gorgeous and everything looks great put together. I especially love the look of the buildings in Udara and Yuta realms. The layout of the park is amazing and I loved the placement of the rides. I love all the lookouts at the water, including the area in Awa that includes the bar and a couple snack places. There is a nice seating area that overlooks the water with cool lighting and some areas for the kids to play while the adults rest. Plus I love how the rides are laid out in the Udara realm; the atmosphere will be electric when all the rides are running at once in that area. The landscaping will be gorgeous once it has a chance to fill out. Each realm had at least a dozen trees planted, and they will definitely add to the atmosphere here in a couple seasons, especially in the Yuta realm. However, the paths are pretty unshaded by the trees at this point in time. But that's not a huge surprise since it is a brand-new park. But a nice, added touch is that they made sure to include some slight elevation changes throughout the park so that it isn't completely on a flat field. There's also a couple of areas where they put little streams that run near a path. Overall, the landscaping looks great and I'm excited to see it grow. Overall, the park is off to a decent start. I know the low attendance is a bit discouraging now, but I think it is for the better that the attendance is kinda low for this season, only because it is giving them a chance to work out the kinks in the operation of the park before massive crowds come. I think people would be a lot more disappointed if they came out to the park in droves this year as opposed to next season. Especially with Yuta Falls opening next year since it will be the main water ride of the theme park. I think people will be really impressed next season when more of the landscaping has started growing in a bit more and when every single attraction is open. But as the park is now, I was perfectly satisfied and I'm excited for everybody to go out and try it!

Anybody planning on going to the park soon? I think my boyfriend and I are gonna head here in mid-July in hopes to catch Matugani. Plus for when more landscaping is in place and such. The company in charge of floral design mentioned that only about half of the landscaping is in and that more should be planted within two weeks.

Alright guys: opening day has passed and the new park map was released! The two biggest things to note are that the map even mentions the new for 2023 attraction, meaning that I think this will finally mean something large for the park. Also Rock’N’Tug appears to have been removed from the map and has the same question mark where it used to be. I’m not expecting anything too big here. I think best case scenario is either a Larson drop tower or a Zamperla midi discovery revolution. But I think it could just be another family ride, maybe a Ferris wheel.

So the park just did a Facebook Live where they went around the park talking about different projects for 2022 as well as 2023. Here's a few notable updates: Cheddar Chase will be the main new dry ride for the year and they plan to open it up in June, but not this opening weekend. Rampage received over a million dollars in work this offseason. The old water fortress was removed and will be replaced by a brand-new attraction by the end of this season, meaning the park will have made both a major dry park addition, a kiddie ride addition, and a waterpark addition for this year. The park has started construction on a major new addition behind Rocket Racer for the 2023 season. They have equipment onsite and they said you'll be able to watch the construction over the summer. Given most of their construction projects don't start until well into the offseason, I think it is a good sign that it is something major being added, probably for the waterpark since it is behind Rocket Racer. That being said, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it'll be a water coaster. My bet would be that it'll be something like Thunder Rapids at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.

Holy Toledo this looks awesome! Seeing everything up close and realizing that it is actually happening is awesome! The themeing in the Mura fire section looks absolutely incredible! Plus that Yuta section looks amazing, especially the rockwork going on around the super flume! I think a July 4th opening is a lot more achievable than a June 3rd. I'm going to go out on a limb and say the first season will probably be... rocky. Probably about on par with Six Flags Magic Mountain with the common complaints being a lack of shade and a lack of marquee attractions. However, for a brand-new park opening up, their lineup of flagship attractions is impressive: a massive dark ride, a massive super flume, an Intamin Accelerator, a Vekoma SLC, an S&S Space Shot, and a splash battle! This is awesome! I think the park will find massive success once it builds its river rapids rides as well as those two other planned coasters.

Wow I know this ride is only 150 feet tall, but it certainly looks massive!

This is fun! Six Flags Magic Mountain released a full view of the layout of Wonder Woman: Flight of Courage. It looks like the new additions to the layout are another off-axis airtime hill and an overbanked curve into the brake run. Another thing to note: doesn't it look like the queue building is being expanded upon? Either way, I'm very excited for this addition and its marvelous to see Magic Mountain getting another ride that has a large amount of airtime. I loved Jersey Devil and I can only imagine that this version will be just as good if not better.

^^^ Going off of what you said, well, what the park said. The next two additions will be bigger. I really thought that not all four additions will be ride-based, but I think I could be wrong. We already know about Cheddar Chase, Lil' Tractors, and Rampage is slated to get a ton of trackwork this season. But the park MAY or may not have given away one of the new additions for next year in the most recent post about Cheddar Chase. They posted pictures of Cheddar Chase in the snow in the backstage area, and there was a picture that featured some waterslide pieces in the background. I commented and said, "could those waterslide pieces be another new addition?" The post was removed with a new one created that featured the other two pictures, but not the third. So I'm predicting that the four new additions will be as followed: Cheddar Chase Lil' Tractors A new waterslide for Splash Adventure, probably in the same area as Rocket Racer A new adult-sized flat ride. I wouldn't be surprised if the waterslide will be the next thing announced. The tube that I saw was red, so maybe they'll announce it on Valentine's Day or something. I almost want to predict that it is the slide complex that used to be at Hydro Adventures with Rocket Racer. It was a small slide complex with three waterslides, one of them being red. But at the same time, it was a pretty small structure from an unknown manufacturer, so maybe they wouldn't want to buy it. But in the way of a flat ride, I'm going to predict a Flying Bobs ride. Looking at Intermark, where the park is trying to sell the water ropes course, the website just recently listed a Chance Flying Bobs ride as being sold. It was only $70,000, so that is definitely affordable for the park. Plus it was the one formerly at Fun Spot, so it was definitely in good shape. Just something to think about.

Udara Ride Test - YouTube Check out the testing of probably one of my most anticipated rides in the park! Amara Aviators will be the park's Gerstlauer Sky Fly!

A little blurry, but I took a screenshot of how they are going to position Cheddar Chase. I’d like to make a few comments on this announcement: 1. I love the logo and the name. It’s a unique name for a Wild Mouse and the logo is pretty adorable! 2. I think the location will be good as it leaves room on that plot for a flat ride or two. I love the views that it will give of Rampage. 3. I like that it was a steel mid-level coaster to contrast Rampage and Centispeed. 4. I’m excited to see how they’ll refresh that area as well as how they’ll refresh the ride. 5. I can’t wait to see how they’ll expand that area next. I’m curious to see what those other announcements are. I can’t imagine that there will be four new flat rides added alongside this coaster. I’d have to guess there will be announcements of other infrastructure improvements to the park: maybe a new restaurant, a new game midway, etc. I think my prediction for the four other announcements will be as followed: 1. a new adult-sized flat ride, I would love to see a Music Express type ride or a Zamperla Disco or something. 2. a new restaurant or an area with games. 3. a carousel or a kid’s ride 4. a new event, whether it’s a concert, a 4th of July festival, restarting the fall time event, or a Christmas event. What all do y’all think?

Oh yeah this will definitely be a great addition. I think many of us just thought their next coaster would be a Gravity Group or a Eurofighter because of that ACE event a couple years ago where they said they intended to add a water coaster and a roller coaster by about 2023 and that they were considering either a Gravity Group or a Eurofighter. Really the thing that keeps getting me is that they are putting a relatively small coaster up by itself on that hill. It is a winding path to get up there from the rest of the park, so I kinda figured they'd save that area for a large new expansion when the time was right. I figured a very small coaster like this would be better fit on the flat area where the Space Shot used to be behind where Galleon is now or on the plot of land where Buzzsaw Falls used to be.

Alright if I’m being honest, my immediate reaction was… well it might have been a vocal “f*** me a used wild mouse?” However, I do think this will be a good addition to the park. I would love to see a Gravity Group woodie, but I think it would make way more sense a couple years down the line after they’ve added one steel coaster. Personally, I’d want the GG woodie to be an out and back one that stretches along the parking lot at the front of the park, just so some of the members of the GP don’t get it confused with Rampage. If I’m being honest, I do wish that they’d put a larger coaster in the former spot of Zoomerang, but this is small enough that they can put other new rides up there in the future. Is this the biggest, sexiest addition? No. However, this will expand the dry side of the park and offer a wildly different experience than Rampage and will be a good stepping stone between Centispeed and Rampage. At least we know that at least one new ride will be coming each year for a while. From a recent comment of theirs on Facebook, it sounds like they may be adding a new ride up on that hill in 2023.

I swear if this park puts a wild mouse on top of that hill and makes guests hike up there for a wild mouse…..