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No Titan today. They should have already gotten the lift hill chain in but they still need to probably recertify the ride if they haven't already. Yesterday was the last day the park is closed until September so daily operations now. They also have to train an entire Titan operation crew. Staffing is a huge problem but school is almost out. Some rides don't even open with how bad staffing is currently. It will get there. Maybe tomorrow, maybe a few more days. Trains are in storage still though. Also some more concrete pouring about to happen on left side of Aquaman splash trough. My guess is August 5th opening date on the park's birthday.
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They were also running black and blue New Texas Giant trains at start of year but now it's been red and blue trains for a little bit. Black train is out of commission. Off the ride completely and not in storage. You can also see train #3 of Runaway Mountain driving down the road with the employee entrance. The shell of all 3 cars are visible right next to the road and employee entrance. The restraints are off of that one. Also they took down all Titan refurbishment signage around the path to New Texas Giant Flash Pass entrance @skyrocket010. They even started to run Sidewinder a little bit which did not run for the duration of Titan being down.
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Does any other theme park share the same "general area" with not only just one but two professional and major sports teams. Six Flags Over Texas is in the same block as Choctaw Stadium aka the old Texas Rangers ballpark from 1994-20whatever. They built the new insert insurance company name here across the street from the old stadium. Dallas Cowboys stadium is a block past that. The only other park I can think of is California's Great America and San Francisco 49ers. Traffic from the park on games days is the spawn of the perfect storm. Tomorrow the Texas Rangers play at 6:05 pm. Six Flags closes at 9, Yeahhh this is not good.
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Just got back from Pirates of Speelunker Cave preview. Overall pretty good. It is a continuous loading platform with a single dinghy. 1 boat is 2 people x 2 people and they are pretty small compared to the old Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure. Remember that one where they had 2 big boats joined to form 1 train? This one is just 1 small boat per train. It seats 4 big people but smaller guests can fit 3 to a row. It is not a 2-side alternating platform anymore. They used the left side for scenery. The ride ops were dressed like Pirates today but towards the end of the day they were training the employees assigned to this ride and they had special uniforms. All ops get Hawaiian shirts. It even has that new ride smell. The queue line theming is unbe-freakin'-lievable. Best queue theming at SFOT. The new wood smell even smells like a pirate stranded on a beach. Season Passes have its benefits. 2-3 hour lines on every ride today but only 5 minutes for this one. Mentioned above by @bert425 yeah the POV shows it. You would not expect this level of theming from 1. Any Six Flags park 2. THIS Six Flags park. 10/10 calming dark ride. It's air conditioned and you get a little wet (giggity) on it to cool off in the scorching Texas heat. Pictured: Little of Pirates queue and station. I'm still giddy that Single Rider Lines are back.
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Friendly reminder that Pirates of Speelunker Cave opens to the public in 24 hours and 13 minutes! Single Rider Lines are back. Mr. Freeze is open. Busy weekend ahead with the Boston Red Sox in town. Saturday's game is a 6:05pm start with Six Flags closing at 9 for the TRAFFIC JAM FROM HELL! LEAVE THE SIX FLAGS PARKING LOT TO GO TO 6 MORE PARKING LOTS! Want to go half a mile in 30 minutes? WELL WE GOT THE ROUTE FOR YOU!
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These photos are from last year. They were in the parking lot and it looks like the old track designed for single car ops? January-March of this year I saw them installing a metric butt-load of wiring for the electronics of the ride. You can see the crew working on the ride when the park is open on weekdays. April-May of this year they have gotten LOTS done. But are they close? No they are not, are they closer than January? Eons. The main progress I've seen is the concrete. It will get there. This project has gone through a global pandemic not to mention 3 company CEOs and 3 Park Presidents when SFOT appoints a new one.