ScreaminNewEngland Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 what rides did they take? Facepalm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiMiT Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Wait, there's already construction happening? At a Six Flags park?! I'm actually surprised to see this much track already in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ONE Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 SFNE sent me the POV today, so here it is up on our YouTube channel: This ride looks more impressive everyday, Hopefully this park doesn't suck like Sfgam does now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Hopefully this park doesn't suck like Sfgam does now! This park re-writes the rules of suck. Six Flags Great America can only hope to one day attain such a legendary level of suck. I expect the ride to be great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aCoasterStory Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I just saw a picture the park posted on twitter and was shocked at how much they already had tracked. Also, that drop is all kinds of steep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 If we have anyone that is interested in going to the Fright Fest media event on the 27th and writing a report for TPR, please drop me a PM. Give me a little bit of information about yourself. Links to your social media pages would be helpful as well. Twitter, Instagram, FB, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcoaster Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Just got around to seeing the pov and Holy Crap! This thing looks like it is going to haul some serious ass. That double down looks like stuff of legend. I will be making the three hour trip next year to marathon Bizzaro and Wicked Cyclone all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschu Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 If we have anyone that is interested in going to the Fright Fest media event on the 27th and writing a report for TPR, please drop me a PM. Give me a little bit of information about yourself. Links to your social media pages would be helpful as well. Twitter, Instagram, FB, etc. What media event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necoastergp Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 If we have anyone that is interested in going to the Fright Fest media event on the 27th and writing a report for TPR, please drop me a PM. Give me a little bit of information about yourself. Links to your social media pages would be helpful as well. Twitter, Instagram, FB, etc. What media event? Fright Fest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschu Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 If we have anyone that is interested in going to the Fright Fest media event on the 27th and writing a report for TPR, please drop me a PM. Give me a little bit of information about yourself. Links to your social media pages would be helpful as well. Twitter, Instagram, FB, etc. What media event? Fright Fest I know that, but Rob said media event. Is there a media day for fright Fest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoulderDash Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yes they are having a media day for Fright Fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I know this is all subjective, but I feel like Wicked Cyclone could be the best RMC to date. If anything, it looks like it will have the most air time! I wish SFNE wasnt so far away! I would love to experience WC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glucky11801 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I made a trip up to SFNE yesterday. I needed to validate my 2015 Season Pass. It was a great deal- during Labor Day Weekend you could get a Gold pass with free parking at all parks for only $49.99 each. Such a deal- and I will be using it a LOT next year! Since it was raining in the morning, I was hoping that the crowds would be non existent, and was I ever right! Everything was a walk-on, except NESS which was about 30 minutes. It was my first time riding, and I enjoyed it, although I would have preferred to circle around going forward instead of backward. The view of (Wicked) Cyclone below is amazing! Speaking of Wicked Cyclone, the lift hill and first drop look SO sexy! I can see why RMC likes to get this done right away. It really builds up excitement. I can't wait until next Spring! I finally rode Goliath with the new train, and I think I have a new LEAST favorite coaster. SUCH PAIN!!! And realizing that you have to go through it again backwards is pure dread. Let's hope that they modify the train somehow. I can't imagine anyone re-riding it in its current state. Bizarro was a walk-on (!) and I rode in the very back and 2nd row. It was great, but much rougher than I remember. It feels like they should put new wheels on the trains. I never felt those vibrations before on any of the other Intamin Mega Coasters or Millennium Force. C'mon, Six Flags, show some love (and get rid of those trains with the audio not even working)! Finished off the day getting credits on Pandemonium (not enough spinning) and Gotham City Gauntlet (surprisingly intense), and left at 5:30. There didn't seem to be anyone coming in for Fright Fest. Speaking of which, the decor didn't look all that great to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Wow...that POV is insane! This more than likely will be my first RMC coaster ever as it is the closest one to me. Looks like it will be a doozy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglefan9727 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Speaking of which, the decor didn't look all that great to me... My wife and I went this past Saturday and I have to agree with you about the décor. We were not impressed with it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 (edited) Let's hope that they modify the train somehow. I would modify it by dumping it in the river and putting the old one back on. There isn't one thing about the new train that I like better than the old train. The ride's just as unreliable and the capacity is the same but the ride went from very smooth to arguably the roughest coaster in the park. The thing that absolutely kills me is how much extra effort they put into this new train. They could have been lazy like they are with everything else and just left the ride alone and done nothing and it would have been great. The one time Six Flags decides that they should spend a ton of money on new trains for a coaster just because they want to improve the guest experience (not because they want to market it as something "new") it absolutely ruined the ride AND caused the newest coaster in the park to be closed for half of last season. This may be the dumbest thing Six Flags New England ever did and that's saying something. Let's hope they do the right thing in the offseason and abandon this awful idea. Sure they sunk a lot of money into them but going forward the much better option is to put the old train back on. That being said I have zero confidence that this will happen. It makes way too much sense for Six Flags New England to even consider it. EDIT: This park has 2 coasters (Mind Eraser and Flashback) that could actually benefit from newer trains that already exist for each type of ride. Only Six Flags would completely ignore both of those problems and instead invest in terrible new trains for one of the best rides in the park. And they didn't just do this once... they did it with Bizarro too. Edited September 23, 2014 by coasterbill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastKid Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Let's hope that they modify the train somehow. They could have been lazy like they are with everything else and just left the ride alone and done nothing and it would have been great. The one time Six Flags decides that they should spend a ton of money on new trains for a coaster just because they want to improve the guest experience (not because they want to market it as something "new") it absolutely ruined the ride AND caused the newest coaster in the park to be closed for half of last season. But isn't this whole "crappy new train problem" more Vekoma's fault than SFNE's? Or am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Let's hope that they modify the train somehow. They could have been lazy like they are with everything else and just left the ride alone and done nothing and it would have been great. The one time Six Flags decides that they should spend a ton of money on new trains for a coaster just because they want to improve the guest experience (not because they want to market it as something "new") it absolutely ruined the ride AND caused the newest coaster in the park to be closed for half of last season. But isn't this whole "crappy new train problem" more Vekoma's fault than SFNE's? Or am I wrong? I'm not sure since I don't know who approached who with the idea but I'll never understand why SFNE wanted to change them in the first place. By the way, before someone point this out I do realize the irony in the fact that in the Cedar Point thread I just posted that nobody should worry about the new trains being rough because the park and coaster designers know what they're doing. This seems to be exactly the opposite of what I'm saying here but there's a big difference between Cedar Point working with B&M on a B&M coaster and Six Flags New England working with Premier on a Vekoma ride. Six Flags New England has a history of horrendous decisions and cutting costs whenever possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx24 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 ^I never experienced the old trains, as my first visit to NE was this summer, but for what it's worth, I didn't find the train on Goliath to be uncomfortable in the slighest. It's my second favourite coaster in that park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 ^I never experienced the old trains, as my first visit to NE was this summer, but for what it's worth, I didn't find the train on Goliath to be uncomfortable in the slighest. It's my second favourite coaster in that park. I've noticed that there are a few seats that aren't so bad. The further you are from the catch car the better and even sitting on the inside versus the outside can make a difference. Unfortunately there's no choice of seat (obviously... it's SFNE) so it's basically just the luck of the draw. Most seats seem to be terrible though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx24 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 ^My friends and I got front row, and I sat on the outside (seat closest to the airgates) I thought it ran very smooth for being a Vekoma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcoaster Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 ^My friends and I got front row, and I sat on the outside (seat closest to the airgates) I thought it ran very smooth for being a Vekoma. Yea I enjoyed our ride that day, but in classic GIB fashion when we went to ride it again, it was down. It was easily my second favorite coaster in the park next to Bizzaro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glucky11801 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I suppose part of the reason that my ride was SO bad was that I was in the last row, as luck would have it. Maybe I'll try another row next season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gecomet92 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Everyone has to remember SFNE was suppose to get Deja VU from magic mountain with new trains from the beginning. But I'm pretty sure something got delayed and Goliath opened with the old trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCF Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Everyone has to remember SFNE was suppose to get Deja VU from magic mountain with new trains from the beginning. But I'm pretty sure something got delayed and Goliath opened with the old trains. Because the new trains gave problems. That's pretty much when they should have scrapped the trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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