coasterfreak101 Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 What in the WORLD is that support coming from the top of that turnaround?? That thing is ugly!
-Edge of Beast- Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 I never realized that oddly angled support on the turnaround. I guess they had to make it like that since Iron Wolf's old station used to be below that portion of track. Looks pretty cool actually.
RaptorBoyASU Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Here's another from this weekend from over by Roar's entrance. There seems to only be a few pieces of track on either side of the station left to go in place. I like the paint scheme! Apocalypse.....now
vacoaster09 Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 I love the look of this coaster. Also the skull's facelift is great. They filled in the mouth and the eyes. They also updated the colors on the facade. It looks great and looks like a real mountain that just happened to form a skulls face naturally. The whole ride actually blends in well with the area which is what I had hoped for.
liftsifter Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Looks great! can't wait to see how the EPIC theming looks on this amazing coaster. Â Even if they choose to keep the supports maroon, it fits the theme just fine.
alilstronger Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Coaster looks great! Can not wait to visit this summer and ride it!
Skycoastin Steve Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Well it looks like I'll be stopping by on May 25 to ride this on my way to Hershey. Wish I could say I was excited about visiting the park, but it's really just a credit run with a ride or two on Superman thrown in.
bubala Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 The last piece of track was installed on Apocalypse at Six Flags America today! I just happened to be standing there right in front of the ride while they were bolting together the final piece of track! It was a good day! Â Here are a few pics! Â -Jason The last piece is lowered into place. Bolting the last piece into place. Putting it all together! A panoramic shot of the whole ride all put together. Sorry about the choppy panorama. I'm still learning how to use that feature!
Ed Farmer Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 Looks great. Looks like this is what you get in terms of new US B&M installations that don't depend on visuals or placement for a good ride experience.
Geauga Dog Posted April 2, 2012 Posted April 2, 2012 The ride looks very good. Seems to fit well in its location and should offer ten times the visuals that you couldn't get at Great America.
bubala Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 It looks REALLY GOOD! I was surprised at how well it fits into the space. It's very pretty now too. Looks so much better than it did at SFGA.The fresh paint and and new colors really give it a dramatic look. I am actually looking forward to riding it now. I wasn't too excited about it before I saw it today. Â -Jason
KDCOASTERFAN Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Now let's hope that the park makes up for a decade's worth of no significant additions & follows up with another new ride next season.They still need a replacement for two face after all & were supposed to get a coaster a couple years back for the "tween" market after all.
FLIPDUDE Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 I haven't been following this project and I don't know what page all the details are on... Is this a regular sitdown coaster? Because I could be wrong but it's been a while since B&M built one of those!
A.J. Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 No. It's a stand-up coaster, specifically Iron Wolf from Six flags Great America (B&M's first coaster as a new company), relocated.
mikeykaise Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 such a pretty paint job and what a fun looking ride it is.
StarWars Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 I don't know if this has been answered or not, but are they going to put a roof over the station?
kingdakacor Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Now is this B&M's first Stand up coaster or first coaster all together.
vacoaster09 Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 I don't know if this has been answered or not, but are they going to put a roof over the station? Â Yes there will be a roof over the station. The station will probably be the highest station at the park (typical B&M style) where you have to climb steps to get the platform. Â The trains are ready from what I've heard too. I assume that park is getting all the electrical together and construction of the station will be in full swing, and landscaping and themeing around testing. The park has plenty of time to have this ride ready for opening. Good Job SFA!!!!!!
vacoaster09 Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Sorry for double post but P.S. Wasn't this coaster in Richie Rich that's a cool random fact they can tell people. They now have two coasters that have been in movies. Apocalypse in Richie Rich and Wild One in Game Change.
alilstronger Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Now let's hope that the park makes up for a decade's worth of no significant additions & follows up with another new ride next season.They still need a replacement for two face after all & were supposed to get a coaster a couple years back for the "tween" market after all. Â I agree! But I will admit I like they have taken the time to get their park back into some sort of good shape. Compared to years ago this park has did a 180 degree. Now, they have their self together lets get some new rides in!!
vacoaster09 Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Exactly there is no way the park would survive by adding new capital when their operations and guest service was poor. They had to get that in order first. Good service sells and keeps guest coming back and never gets old. Rides and their popularity sometimes do!
RaptorBoyASU Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 I thought the service was pretty good on Sunday when I was there. The ride ops weren't exactly "speedy" but they were polite and had good guest interaction. Â I do find it a bit funny that this is the first coaster in 10 years, and it's a 20 year old coaster.
palmerleeberry Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Very nice that they bolted the final piece into place. Now all that is lefted to do is get the station finished, set out the queing lines, put the trains on the track, and open up the ride to a kicking and screaming public that wants to send a message to Six Flags Headquarters: Do it again next season! Put in another ride ( or two, or even three) so this once bastard child of the Six Flags family can prove that this Six Flags park should be on everybody's list. And I do mean "child" because young children often gets hand-me-downs from their older siblings, and this coaster is a hand-me-down from Six Flags Great America ( we were suppose to get another hand-me-down from Astroworld years ago, instead all we got was scrapped metal - but that's water under the bridge now). But it is what this park needed and I cannot wait to go up their this summer and ride it ( you'll know it's me in the queing line; I'll be doing the kicking and screaming part). Â "I could be kicking and screaming for him to come back to bed, but I'm a pillow and I'm proud!"
vacoaster09 Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 RaptorBoy which ride crews stood out as the best and which ones do you think could improve?
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