Six Flags Great America (SFGAm) Discussion Thread

[Erik Johnson]

Um, no thank you. This would seriously kill me.

[thrillseeker4552]

WOW! I hope Six Flags does this to all of their Batmans for fright fest or something. I can only imagine the intensity!

[Ed Farmer]

Glad it's only for the upcoming season. Too bad they're doing this- if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The ride is fine as it is.

[BenFreeze]

^That's how I felt about Mr. Freeze, but Reverse Blast ended up being pretty awesome!

[deathbydinn]

^^ Eagle blue is fine as it is, but it's still a hell of a lot better backwards. Batman forwards is great as the best 20 years have proven, but what's so bad about trying something new?

 

Midwest trip participants might not want to get too excited yet. Sounds like it might not be backwards all season.

 

Great Ohio Coaster Club The limited time is specifically not being released yet. It will begin when the season starts and will be at least a few weeks.

[kidcoaster 2]

I may have to make a special trip up early in the season so I don't miss this.

[screaminkid2005]

I feel like they will at least leave it like this for part of the full time season just so they can make some type of profit off of the investment. Who knows, if its popular they might keep it.

[CoasterGuy06]

^That's my thought as well. By announcing an end date they are giving themselves an out if problems arise/it proves to be unpopular. If it is wildly successful they can always pull a Cher and extend the "tour"

[MavRider518]

This sounds really cool. I think I'm finally gonna have to make my first trip to SFGAm for this.

[THE ONE]

Sounds Insane, I wonder if it will be more intense than Mindbender at Galaxyland.

[Rollercoaster Rider]

And Screams & Dreams 3 is going to play this year.

 

A Representative told me personally so I think I can tell it.

[Koasterking48]

Imagine Raptor or even Alpengeist backwards

[Sir Clinksalot]

I'm honestly not so sure how I feel about this. I had a hard enough time riding XLR8 backwards at SFA and I was 9 years younger then. Superman or Colossus backwards is one thing.

 

I'd probably ride it once but that's about it.

[3Mutts]

I don't know how I feel about this, on one had it could be even more intense but on the other it could become less comfortable. I still hope they don't do this with all the B:TRs until they see how this one pans out.

[mightypotato]

Batman...backwards?

[cal1br3tto]

What.

 

I mean I know SF was looking into this, but it's neat that they're actually doing it. Hopefully it lasts until I get a chance to ride it (and if they already know the end date, they hurry up and warn us soon).

 

I guess it's best that they're switching the entire train, lest the station become an awkward and confusing cluster.

[CpBluestreakCp]

At first when I saw this, I thought it was a joke! This should be interesting, though, to say the least.

[jedimaster1227]

With all of the "B&M would never let a park convert their stand-up into a floorless" talk we've all heard over and over around here, I'm surprised B&M is okay with this, as it seems to fall within the same realm.

 

I've never really bought into that rumor because at the end of the day, once a park owns a ride, it isn't in the control of the ride manufacturer how the park chooses to operate, maintain or modify the ride, unless they have some sort of specific contract for those kind of things, which I believe Six Flags handles totally in-house. I'd imagine Six Flags consulted B&M on this conversion, but I can't find any reason to believe that they would need their approval to be able to move forward with this kind of project.

[Rollercoaster Rider]

Imagine Raptor or even Alpengeist backwards

 

Raptor is not going backwards. CP Confirmed it.

[Ed Farmer]

^That's how I felt about Mr. Freeze, but Reverse Blast ended up being pretty awesome!

 

I thought Reverse Blast took what was my favorite part of the ride (shooting up the vertical spike and falling back) and turned it into a mundane stretch of track. Took the oomph out of a launch which didn't have much to begin with as well.

Edited January 20, 2013 by Ed Farmer

[CoasterGuy06]

With all of the "B&M would never let a park convert their stand-up into a floorless" talk we've all heard over and over around here, I'm surprised B&M is okay with this, as it seems to fall within the same realm.

 

I've never really bought into that rumor because at the end of the day, once a park owns a ride, it isn't in the control of the ride manufacturer how the park chooses to operate, maintain or modify the ride, unless they have some sort of specific contract for those kind of things, which I believe Six Flags handles totally in-house. I'd imagine Six Flags consulted B&M on this conversion, but I can't find any reason to believe that they would need their approval to be able to move forward with this kind of project.

 

American Eagle is a perfect example. PTC has stated they do not support their current trains to be run backwards, but SFGAm has done it several times.

[Koasterking48]

Imagine Raptor or even Alpengeist backwards

 

Raptor is not going backwards. CP Confirmed it.

It was a joke. Raptor would be very intense backwards though.

[IronWolfman]

Well, someone from TPR needs to get a POV of this! I felt dizzy on Batman in the 4th row! Too bad I can't ride it now, Colorado has an SLC

[coasterlover420]

With all of the "B&M would never let a park convert their stand-up into a floorless" talk we've all heard over and over around here, I'm surprised B&M is okay with this, as it seems to fall within the same realm.

 

I've never really bought into that rumor because at the end of the day, once a park owns a ride, it isn't in the control of the ride manufacturer how the park chooses to operate, maintain or modify the ride, unless they have some sort of specific contract for those kind of things, which I believe Six Flags handles totally in-house. I'd imagine Six Flags consulted B&M on this conversion, but I can't find any reason to believe that they would need their approval to be able to move forward with this kind of project.

I believe B&M has exactly that contract with every ride they make. They supply life-time warranties with every coaster, only if the park operates it as B&M specifies. Otherwise they lose that warranty. I bet B&M has been highly involved if this is actually to become a reality.

 

And in regards to the Stand-up/floorless discussion, it's probably a lot easier to just turn a train around and switch the lift/anti-rollback dogs around than it would be to completely modify a station and track structure to accommodate floorless trains. Just my opinion.

 

Since I discovered this, I have never been so excited to visit a Six Flags park, let alone ride a Batman clone!

[BenFreeze]

^That's how I felt about Mr. Freeze, but Reverse Blast ended up being pretty awesome!

 

I thought Reverse Blast took what was my favorite part of the ride (shooting up the vertical spike and falling back) and turned it into a mundane stretch of track. Took the oomph out of a launch which didn't have much to begin with as well.

 

Even though I did really enjoy Reverse Blast, I agree with you completely.

 

Still not sure how I feel about the backwards Batman thing, though...