coasterbill Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 You're right, but it would be so... so ugly. And since the park is slowly improving I'd like to see them fix up their current ridiculously ugly path before they add more ridiculously ugly paths that people will then complain about.
Highridin Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Bad thing is that they will probably do the new path perfect, and leave the old one as is...lol
Password121 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 I was at the park for a good while today. Overall it was a good day; more crowded than I expected for a Monday, but nothing too ridiculous. One train ops on all coasters, Superman, Batwing, and Wild One could have befitted from two train operations greatly. Noticed some retracking on Wild One, which was running fairly well. Superman was hauling today, greyed out in the first helix for a few seconds. Â Jokers Jinx was down today. I walked around the perimeter and noticed it was actually missing about 2/3 of a support on the backside, with the base of the support in the ground and the top portion suspended in the air, clamped by what appeared to be a ratcheting rope or band of sorts. Honestly I've never seen something like this before. It looked like it was forcefully removed (not clean) from the footer, which was very easily visible from the path to Superman. Anyone have more info? I can't imagine this is a quick fix by any means.
Highridin Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Didn't notice it. I'm stopping by the park on Wednesday or Thursday to see how the new rib platter is (I have the meal pass). Nothing like living less than 3 minutes from the park. All coasters seem like they are hauling right now. Hope they stay the same. Also didn't get head or neck destroyed on Roar or Mind eraser (that's a first for the latter). Wonder what's going on with JJ? Going to check it out.
Oryp Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Jokers Jinx was down today. I walked around the perimeter and noticed it was actually missing about 2/3 of a support on the backside, with the base of the support in the ground and the top portion suspended in the air, clamped by what appeared to be a ratcheting rope or band of sorts. Honestly I've never seen something like this before. It looked like it was forcefully removed (not clean) from the footer, which was very easily visible from the path to Superman. Anyone have more info? I can't imagine this is a quick fix by any means. Â I was there on Friday and took some pictures of Joker's missing support. It doesn't look good. There were some straps around the top of the support and the one next to it. Here's the footer end. Oof.
coasterkid124 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 ^Woah... That doesn't look good at all. It doesn't seem like the support was torch cut by hand. Sometimes when coasters get older, in high stress sections the fasteners get a little bit loose and need tightening. It might be possible that one sheared off and the weight of the support caused it to collapse like that. They will probably need to get a new one and inspect the rest of the bolts.
coasterkid124 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Or maybe it's going to another park? Â That's probably not it. In normal deconstruction, normally the highest points of the coaster are taken apart first (usually track). Not only that, but the support wouldn't be cut like that. It would just be unfastened from the footer.
mike541x Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Honestly I'm not surprised. I remember two summers ago, my friends and I were watching Joker's Jinx and couldn't help but notice how much that support shook every time a train went through the cobra roll.
Jcoaster Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Yea you can kiss Joker's Jinx goodbye until July at the very least.
coasterkid124 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Were there ever anchor nuts on that support or were they recently taken off?
coasterbill Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Regardless of the circumstances that may not have even been the parks fault, this is just the most SFA thing ever.
boldikus Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 That's a bummer, I liked Jokers Jinx (though to be fair I have no idea when I'll be back down to this park). Good ride though, imo.
Genx24 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Damn. The best chance I had at finally riding a Premier spaghetti bowl looks like its on the chopping block. My guess is it'll be SBNO all season.
11slataus Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Regarding the path issue between Batwing and Mind Eraser...I just can't see that happening. Not because there's no space between Mind Eraser and the rapids, but just the path itself. That would be an INSANELY long path with nothing on it. Maybe 6F would at most add a bathroom and a restaurant, but there's no way there will be any attractions, at least not for a while. I just can't imagine even Six Flags making a new pathway with absolutely no incentive to use it. Â It would be good for future expansion, true. But for the time being I can't see it happening. I mean, look how LONG a path that would have to be! They would need a massive 5-year addition plan to make that worth it.
Vtafro Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 No idea how long joker's jinx will be down, but long enough that they put something on the website. Â THE JOKER's Jinx Temporarily Closed Minimum Height: 54" This ride is temporarily closed. Only a twisted mind could devise twists like these.
ajfelice Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 Regardless of the circumstances that may not have even been the parks fault, this is just the most SFA thing ever. Â I challenge you to not always bash Six Flags either directly or passive-aggressively at every corner. Parks deal with these significant downtime issues on a periodic basis. A great example is Kings Dominion's problem on I-305 in 2013 that caused significant downtime for the month of August and a short time after.
Rollercoaster Rider Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 And Speaking Of Kings Dominion. Â Think back to 2006 when Paramount was probably going to send Flight of Fear to another Paramount Park. It wasn't until mid August that the ride reopened. So from April? to August it was just SBNO.
I305forever Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) I still don't understand what happened to the support. Did it just fall off? If so, I don't think I would want to ever ride it again. Edited April 10, 2015 by I305forever
ArizonaGuy Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 By looking at the picture it was cut right above the footer but unbolted at the top. More likely there is going to be another support fabricated and installed to replace the old one. Or just like Goliath at SFFT, the bottoms of some of the supports that corroded in water during Hurricane Katrina were cut off and new steel to bolt down to the footers were welded back on before the coaster was put back up at SFFT.
A.J. Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 By looking at the picture it was cut right above the footer but unbolted at the top. More likely there is going to be another support fabricated and installed to replace the old one. Or just like Goliath at SFFT, the bottoms of some of the supports that corroded in water during Hurricane Katrina were cut off and new steel to bolt down to the footers were welded back on before the coaster was put back up at SFFT. To add to this, for those of you who don't have the Roller Coaster Database in your bookmarks, Goliath at Six Flags Fiesta Texas was relocated from Six Flags New Orleans.
Rayj Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Did anyone go to the park today? The park was empty and only 4 coasters were open so the park closed at 3.
Highridin Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Kind of the same thing yesterday. The weather has been miserable.
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