SteamedHams Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Just now, coasterbill said: Do they still have that train? No clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsupercity Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Would look good on the hill at SFSTL. If they don't have the original train have Vekoma make a new vest train for it But Frontier City one of the few smaller Six Flags parks without a Boomerang already so that would make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo77 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 On 1/21/2022 at 10:13 AM, grsupercity said: Would look good on the hill at SFSTL. If they don't have the original train have Vekoma make a new vest train for it But Frontier City one of the few smaller Six Flags parks without a Boomerang already so that would make sense Darien Lake is an option and it would fit right in to that stellar lineup LOL. I’m pretty sure the original train is long gone now. They doubled down with trying to make the new train work but I’m glad it’s done at SFNE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zand Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 8 hours ago, Sluggo77 said: Darien Lake is an option and it would fit right in to that stellar lineup LOL. I’m pretty sure the original train is long gone now. They doubled down with trying to make the new train work but I’m glad it’s done at SFNE. You just made me realize...Goliath is being relocated to Darien Lake right next to their Boomerang and Ride of Steel is being relocated to SFNE so they can have two Intamin hypers. It all makes sense! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zand Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Track still looks less f*cked up than Manhattan Express...salvageable for sure. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfan1988 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 That's some sweet looking spare parts that my home park bought! I guess, they must be sending the rest of the ride to Darien Lake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcenter Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Dang! Goodbye Goliath! Feels like we just got you and it's already time to say goodbye. Makes sense though as it was often down for repairs. Still, I've never heard my wife scream as loud as she did the first time she rode Goliath... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelwee Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Never got to ride this one. It was already gone by the time I visited SFMM for the first time, and it was SBNO during my trip to SFNE last summer. I guess I'll just have to catch it at Darien Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zand Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 You have a much better chance if you take the brief flight/ride to the backwoods of Idaho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 While the ride wasn't the greatest, I will miss how it looked on the park's skyline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainUnknown Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 ^A polished turd is still a turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 This park removing two major inverting coasters in one offseason is rough though… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike240SX Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 3 hours ago, coasterbill said: This park removing two major inverting coasters in one offseason is rough though… Maybe I missed something, what's the other one? The standard boomerang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garet Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 ^ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike240SX Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Ah...haha yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsupercity Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Why are they removing the super loop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zand Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 23 minutes ago, grsupercity said: Why are they removing the super loop? All those big pine trees behind it got blown onto it during a storm last summer and bent the hell out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo77 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 2/4/2022 at 8:53 AM, grsupercity said: Why are they removing the super loop? This was after they started clean up but you can still see some of what happened. Crushed the ride pretty good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsupercity Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 26 minutes ago, Sluggo77 said: This was after they started clean up but you can still see some of what happened. Crushed the ride pretty good. crazy to me that insurance wouldn't replace the ride. Shoot they could replace it with a the larger model and advertise new Englands largest looping ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Major disclaimer: I don't actually know this to be true so I'm ENTIRELY pulling it out of my ass but my guess is that when a park builds a ride, they depreciate it and probably use a modified accelerated depreciation schedule if they can get away with it. Insurance probably covered this, but it's not like they valued it the same as a brand new super loop. It's a six-year-old ride. It probably makes more sense to them to take the cash, write it off as a loss and then apply it to a marketable new addition down the line than take the cash and then spend more money out of pocket on top of that to buy a new ride that nobody cares about that nobody will realize is a new ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo77 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 35 minutes ago, coasterbill said: Major disclaimer: I don't actually know this to be true so I'm ENTIRELY pulling it out of my ass but my guess is that when a park builds a ride, they depreciate it and probably use a modified accelerated depreciation schedule if they can get away with it. Insurance probably covered this, but it's not like they valued it the same as a brand new super loop. It's a six-year-old ride. It probably makes more sense to them to take the cash, write it off as a loss and then apply it to a marketable new addition down the line than take the cash and then spend more money out of pocket on top of that to buy a new ride that nobody cares about that nobody will realize is a new ride. Same guessing boat but I’d think it would be in the vain that you just stated or that the insurance company would require they use the funds toward a direct within reason replacement. This wasn’t a planned ride removal so it could also take some time to get a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 6 hours ago, Sluggo77 said: This was after they started clean up but you can still see some of what happened. Crushed the ride pretty good. Whew, glad I got that credit before they scrapped that roller coaster. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Our sunset dumpster ride on it was really pretty elite… 10/10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Ride legit smelled like garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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