Six Flags Fiesta Texas (SFFT) Discussion Thread

[bert425]

Jeffrey just announced that starting today SFFT is offering “enhanced flash pass entrances” that appear to be sharing the entrance with new single rider lines on 4 coasters:

 

iron rattler, Goliath, roadrunner express, and boomerang 

 

and he hints “more to come”

 

wOOt!!

[Sportsdude360]

On 3/4/2022 at 7:12 PM, bert425 said:

Park President Jeffrey Siebert just tweeted out the following Friday night gift.

all I can say is holy crap does this look good.

 

I'll be down in July to ride this bad boy!!! Looks FANTASTIC!!

[bert425]

Per Park President Jeffrey Siebert's twitter update, the Midcourse drop is now complete!

so a big portion of this beast is complete, and only 21 more sections of track to install and they'll have full circuit!

can't wait.

 

[southpuddle]

Looks steeper (and longer) than Yukon Striker’s post-MCBR drop… Not that that’s saying much  Impressive considering the smaller stature of the ride in general. Should provide a good pop of air!

[Nrthwnd]

#SoJealousHERE  It's looking pretty kick-A right now.

Thanks for posting the update, Bert! And SF:FT too!

 

[mikeykaise]

Love the track colors, the support columns doesn't look right against the sexy gray/red combo of the track.

[rachelmadcow]

Why does this have midcourse but emperor does not

i dont know exaclty but looking at the pictures they appear to be close or identical in length and height. 

Funny name 

 

I need to go to SFFT but it's all the way in San Antonio and Texas is huge. Everything is so far apart in the south im getting used to it.

[bert425]

5 minutes ago, rachelmadcow said:

Why does this have midcourse but emperor does not

i dont know exaclty but looking at the pictures they appear to be close or identical in length and height. 

Funny name 

 

I need to go to SFFT but it's all the way in San Antonio and Texas is huge. Everything is so far apart in the south im getting used to it.

it's a custom design. . so the 2nd half is different than any other Dive Coaster.

it's the 1st of it's kind with 7-across seating as well. . .

[jarmor]

13 hours ago, rachelmadcow said:

Why does this have midcourse but emperor does not

i dont know exaclty but looking at the pictures they appear to be close or identical in length and height. 

 

For capacity.  If I can send a train out in 30 sec vs 60, with a mid course, then add the mid course, as SFFT gets more coaster rider traffic than seaworld.

[southpuddle]

A Six Flags park sending out a train in 30 seconds

This is the same park that had their star attraction (IR) running one train on a Friday during spring break last week. There was a 3-hour line and filled entire empty rows from the singer rider line rather than try to find groups of two from standby. That MCBR is there only to feature a second near vertical drop. Capacity is the last thing on their mind. 

[bert425]

Popped into SFFT yesterday after a day at SWSA for the Seven Seas Food Festival.

I'll have way more pics up later. . but damn, does Dr. D's Cliffhanger look INCREDIBLE in person, and they have so much of it done already!

 

[CP_RULES]

Can you see it from the entrance? Would love to see that perspective. Looks great! Thanks for the update.

[bert425]

44 minutes ago, CP_RULES said:

Can you see it from the entrance? Would love to see that perspective. Looks great! Thanks for the update.

ABSOLUTELY

 

new park skyline:

 

[bert425]

I've updated my Trip Report thread with my stop at SFFT on Sat afternoon.

LOTS of pics of Dr. D's Cliffhanger, as well as a look at the updated Sangerfest Halle
 

 

 

 

[KBrylczyk]

Shamelessly stolen from a Reddit post -

The airtime is gonna be wild!

[bert425]

^ yup!

 

I believe that's the final airtime hill as you come out of the helix and into the station.

[jarmor]

Those vest restraints gonna prevent that airtime lol.

[DILinator]

I'm definitely excited about my second ever trip down to SFFT, and my son's first ever trip there (and Texas, period) in June for the Roller Coaster Rodeo! I've always loved this park since my first visit back in 2003 (probably the "best" SF park overall, IMO), and it's only gotten better since then from what I've seen and heard! I'm somebody who doesn't hate on Dive Coasters to begin with (or the vest restraints), so Dr. Diabolical's definitely looks amazing to me, and I can't wait to help christen it in a few months! 

[ryder]

I'm going again this summer as well, and it'll be my first trip there since 2001.  Last time I was there, Joker's Revenge (the backwards Arrow) was still a thing. 

Do they still have that cliff/fireworks show?

[bert425]

31 minutes ago, ryder said:

I'm going again this summer as well, and it'll be my first trip there since 2001.  Last time I was there, Joker's Revenge (the backwards Arrow) was still a thing. 

Do they still have that cliff/fireworks show?

they've improved it for a Fireworks in the Round show for the 30th Anniversary.

it only runs on certain nights tho.. so you'll have to check the schedule with the park


https://www.sixflags.com/fiestatexas/events/seasonal-fireworks

[bert425]

Per Park President Jeffrey Siebert - the circuit is now complete!  

With Golden Bolt.

 

oh, he also says "a major reveal" is coming soon!

 

larger versions of the pics Jeffrey shared:

 

 

[Invertalon]

So I finally made it to SFFT after some 20 years or so of wanting to get to this place... Not sure what took so long, but better late than never!

We visited this past Sunday (April 3rd)... We paid our $30+tax to park (oof!) and arrived to a beautiful site of an empty parking lot… Not even a full row of cars, which much like Sea World the prior two days, resulted in walk-on rides of everything in the park our entire visit. So that was awesome...

Arrived right at rope drop, so after a quick look at Dr. Diabolical with it’s baby-poo support color (sorry, I hate it), and we headed to Iron Rattler… Which was not yet ready… So we went to Roadrunner for a quick ride (modern mine train, OK for what it was) before waiting just about 5 minutes for Iron Rattler to open. Hopped on the backseat and we were off on the first train of the day.

I was excited for this RMC given it’s unique layout and placement. The first drop was amazing, but the rest of the ride that followed was just kind of ho-hum. Super smooth, a fun barrel roll up to the cliff and a great drop back down, but when we hit the break run we both agreed it was OK. Honestly, out of all the RMC’s ridden, probably at the bottom? Again, not a bad ride, but I think I find every other one I’ve been on more exciting/fun in some way. This list includes for reference Wicked Cyclone, Goliath, Storm Chaser, Vengeance, Joker & Twisted Colossus.

Next up, Superman... I always recall the battle between Batman Knight Flight and Superman as who had the bigger loop from my early enthusiast days… Fun times. This ride is probably the one I’ve been most looking forward to riding on this trip, honestly, next to Stingray at SW… So I was really excited. Always liked floorless coasters and was curious if this or BKF/Dominator would reign supreme. We walked right on row 1 and off we went… What a great layout! The ride didn’t disappoint and the dives off the cliffs, the epic G-Roll and flow of elements was really fantastic. I liked the small pop of air going into the turn after the loop, which was not expected. A touch rattly, but it’s also some 20 years old now so I won’t hold it against it. At the end of the day, I still can't chose which I prefer between the two floorless monsters, and that's a good problem to have. Loved Superman!

Headed over to Poltergeist and really enjoyed the theming, the ride was running great and probably the best ride I’ve had on one of these Premiere bowls. Super smooth, insane head choppers. Good fun.

Wonder Woman was next, which to be honest, I was not really excited for. This would be my first single rail RMC (we just missed the one at CGA by a few weeks). These rides look uncomfortable, but I went in with an open mind anyway. I crammed my 6’5” frame into the restraints (not really that bad, actually) and off we went. It was about exactly what I had expected… It was super fast, filled with extreme forces and felt like a wild mouse on steroids… Not rough per-say, but the train didn’t really track well and sloppily kind of clunked around the course. It was better than expected, but not something I cared to ride again during our visit. Just not my cup of tea. I think the larger variants like at Great Adventure and Magic Mountain would be better, for sure. So I look forward to trying one of those ones out (planning to be back to SFMM this fall). 

Batman the S&S 4-D freespin was next on the roster… God, I really hate these rides. Tried the one at Great America (Joker?) and hated it, but thought I would give it another try… But a big fat nope. These things just suck in every way and I hate how these are the new boomerangs popping up everywhere. I absolutely love/adore X2 and what it does, for comparison, but these are torture traps with absolutely no good qualities. Moving on…

Took a quick lap on Pandemonium, another two rides on Superman and finished the day out on Goliath at the front of the park. 

We spent just around 5 hours total in the park before heading out.  Liked the park a lot and pleasantly surprised that even for as dead as it was, the park ran at least two trains on everything (except Iron Rattler at 1 train due to off-season work). But things were clean and the park as a whole looked great. A bit hot in the Texas sun with a lack of shade and typical Six Flags black top to help roast you in the 88 degree heat. Glad we finally made it here! 

 

Some pictures from our visit below:

 

[bert425]

you didn't ride any flats tho? 

Daredevil Dive is GREAT (when it's working) and I love Pirates of Deep Sea (on boardwalk) and Hustler (super unique teacups ride).

The Batman at SFFT is the 1st S&S they built, so at least it's not a clone, and it does tend to flip more than the other copies.

 

glad you had  great day tho. . . . low crowds is perfect. . and good on you for skipping Boomerang (LOL)

[Invertalon]

Daredevil Dive was open, but did not ride. I don't do particularly well on spinny flats, so tend to avoid them. Girlfriend got in line for it, but it was probably the only thing with a sizable line the entire day so she bailed... Also, I saw Pirates, but thought it was one of those 'upside down' fun house things (silly me for not doing my research better!), I was unaware it was a shoot-em-up dark ride. Would have checked it out if so! haha

Yeah, I toyed with the Boomerang just because... But I'm never that desperate for any credit, nor do I care about that, so I tend to avoid SLC's/Boomerangs and now add S&S Freespins to the list...!

But yeah, our two days at Sea World and SFFT were absolutely great in terms of crowd levels and such. At the end of the day, I actually preferred Sea World, believe it or not, but both are killer parks! 

 

 

 

[teacherkim]

4 hours ago, Invertalon said:

So I finally made it to SFFT after some 20 years or so of wanting to get to this place... Not sure what took so long, but better late than never!

We visited this past Sunday (April 3rd)... We paid our $30+tax to park (oof!) and arrived to a beautiful site of an empty parking lot… Not even a full row of cars, which much like Sea World the prior two days, resulted in walk-on rides of everything in the park our entire visit. So that was awesome...

Arrived right at rope drop, so after a quick look at Dr. Diabolical with it’s baby-poo support color (sorry, I hate it), and we headed to Iron Rattler… Which was not yet ready… So we went to Roadrunner for a quick ride (modern mine train, OK for what it was) before waiting just about 5 minutes for Iron Rattler to open. Hopped on the backseat and we were off on the first train of the day.

I was excited for this RMC given it’s unique layout and placement. The first drop was amazing, but the rest of the ride that followed was just kind of ho-hum. Super smooth, a fun barrel roll up to the cliff and a great drop back down, but when we hit the break run we both agreed it was OK. Honestly, out of all the RMC’s ridden, probably at the bottom? Again, not a bad ride, but I think I find every other one I’ve been on more exciting/fun in some way. This list includes for reference Wicked Cyclone, Goliath, Storm Chaser, Vengeance, Joker & Twisted Colossus.

Next up, Superman... I always recall the battle between Batman Knight Flight and Superman as who had the bigger loop from my early enthusiast days… Fun times. This ride is probably the one I’ve been most looking forward to riding on this trip, honestly, next to Stingray at SW… So I was really excited. Always liked floorless coasters and was curious if this or BKF/Dominator would reign supreme. We walked right on row 1 and off we went… What a great layout! The ride didn’t disappoint and the dives off the cliffs, the epic G-Roll and flow of elements was really fantastic. I liked the small pop of air going into the turn after the loop, which was not expected. A touch rattly, but it’s also some 20 years old now so I won’t hold it against it. At the end of the day, I still can't chose which I prefer between the two floorless monsters, and that's a good problem to have. Loved Superman!

Headed over to Poltergeist and really enjoyed the theming, the ride was running great and probably the best ride I’ve had on one of these Premiere bowls. Super smooth, insane head choppers. Good fun.

Wonder Woman was next, which to be honest, I was not really excited for. This would be my first single rail RMC (we just missed the one at CGA by a few weeks). These rides look uncomfortable, but I went in with an open mind anyway. I crammed my 6’5” frame into the restraints (not really that bad, actually) and off we went. It was about exactly what I had expected… It was super fast, filled with extreme forces and felt like a wild mouse on steroids… Not rough per-say, but the train didn’t really track well and sloppily kind of clunked around the course. It was better than expected, but not something I cared to ride again during our visit. Just not my cup of tea. I think the larger variants like at Great Adventure and Magic Mountain would be better, for sure. So I look forward to trying one of those ones out (planning to be back to SFMM this fall). 

Batman the S&S 4-D freespin was next on the roster… God, I really hate these rides. Tried the one at Great America (Joker?) and hated it, but thought I would give it another try… But a big fat nope. These things just suck in every way and I hate how these are the new boomerangs popping up everywhere. I absolutely love/adore X2 and what it does, for comparison, but these are torture traps with absolutely no good qualities. Moving on…

Took a quick lap on Pandemonium, another two rides on Superman and finished the day out on Goliath at the front of the park. 

We spent just around 5 hours total in the park before heading out.  Liked the park a lot and pleasantly surprised that even for as dead as it was, the park ran at least two trains on everything (except Iron Rattler at 1 train due to off-season work). But things were clean and the park as a whole looked great. A bit hot in the Texas sun with a lack of shade and typical Six Flags black top to help roast you in the 88 degree heat. Glad we finally made it here! 

 

Some pictures from our visit below:

 

Glad you enjoyed your day, it's so interesting to me how everyone's tastes run (which is a good thing or we would all line up for the same ride, lol) I've ridden about a dozen RMC's loved IR and WW (the one at GAdv is way more rattly in my opinion) but floorless coasters, including Superman are often just eh, one and done for me. Agree with Bert you should have definitely hit Pirates of the Deep Sea and they have a good log flume too.