ilrider Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Read to Succeed got extended to the 14th. Ugh. Hopefully most people used theirs already. We'll be there at chain drop for Eagle blue tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribar Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I'm honestly glad that it'll find a new home. Despite its historical value at the park, its glory days are certainly well behind it. I rode it once in 2005, and I don't remember much about the ride, but it was not my favorite by any stretch of the imagination. If the ride gets any type of rehab (whether it's refurbed trains or new paint) it's a welcome improvement. It's supose to get new trains if I remember correctly New trains won't help a mediocre ride one bit. Most of Iron Wolf's roughness comes from its trains. New trains would help alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six Flags Enthuseast Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Rebuilding the trains with some new parts would probably do miracles! I wonder if any trackwork would be needed in order to improve the problem, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 New trains won't help a mediocre ride one bit. Cool, but the ride isn't mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffyTiffy Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Eagle Blue was running backwards yesterday, and it was such a surprising ride! It wasn't rough at all to me. There is nothing like it that I have been on. The first drop is so funky going backwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombi3elephant9 Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I kinda fell happy about this. Iron Wolf was my least favorite ride in the park because of it's roughness. I'm happy to see what they will put in next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCody Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I remember when Iron Wolf first went up. Me and my 12-year-old buddies couldn't wait to ride the OMG STAND-UP COASTER at SFGAm. It was the hot ticket that year. Sunrise, sunset. Weirdly, I remember being unimpressed with IW even then. I naively thought we'd really get to stand up in the car with unsupported legs (what if you faint?!) so the ratcheting bicycle seat thingy was a letdown. This has been Old Person Storytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 This has been Old Person Storytime. I was bummed when they got rid of Z Force. I loved that ride, so Iron Wolf has always been a sore spot for me. I won't miss it. Crotchety Old Man Story Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCo Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 ^ ^^ Damn kids... I say "good riddance" as well. And to all our friends at Six Flags America: I am so very, deeply sorry. Typhoon SeaCoaster, we hardly knew ye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesthyrian Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I still miss Shockwave.. hahah but not as much as I enjoy Ultimate Flight. Still, the news of Iron Wolf being removed and AE running backwards again have pretty much made up my mind about going to Great America this season. So if it closes Sept. 5th then does that mean we will have no "Predator" branded Iron Wolf at Fright Fest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilrider Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Eagle Blue was running backwards yesterday, and it was such a surprising ride! It wasn't rough at all to me. There is nothing like it that I have been on. The first drop is so funky going backwards! We just rode it this afternoon (it's been 20 years for me since I last rode backwards). Eagle really isn't rough at all except for the end of the double helix. It's running well this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanaj15 Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Why would SfGam do this? If anything, i would either improve it, or not do anything at all. It's the original B&M stand-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netdvn Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 The SF plot seems to be thickening. Last year, SF started throwing curveballs left and right with their gifts for the 2011 season. This year seems the same assuming that SF will continue with their "Go Big" additions in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traincrossin Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Why would SfGam do this? If anything, i would either improve it, or not do anything at all. It's the original B&M stand-up. No one besides us dorky coaster enthusiasts know that it's an original B&M coaster, they don't even know who B&M is. All they know is that it's a mediocre ride that bangs you around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbydinn Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 While the Blue side of the Eagle may be running backwards for now, I’m hearing that SFGAm may push this experience into being a promoted extra feature for the summer of 2012. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrykoala2112 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 That is probably what they will announce on September first. I rode American Eagle yesterday and the blue side's line was at least 30 minutes longer than the red side's line, so people are really excited to try it backwards. But might I add, I rode the blue side before when it went backwards, and it's not as good as it use to be. It's trimmed to death now and it nearly stalls on the final airtime hill. Still a neat experience though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubala Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 It looks like the Site Concept permit that SFA submitted was approved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liftsifter Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 In the Employee lot, there seems to be a bunch of yellow equipment, which I can only assume is for both Wolfie, and for the Splash Water Falls area, as that has now been completely blocked from view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGAm Shock Wave Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 ^ You have an interesting definition of completely blocked from view. Nothing in or around the Raceway/Splashwater Falls area has changed since June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liftsifter Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 The only true view of the former SWF area is through the smokers area, and Cole and I both could to get a good look unless we either jumped, or stood on the benches, where you could see all the equipment left over from SWF. And to those that think that the raceway has a chance of re-opening, it doesn't. The park is beginning to remove the run rail. In other news: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmS2XSHsi8w "Welcome to the Demon CLAP CLAP I'm gonna have you screamin' CLAP CLAP I promise." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGAm Shock Wave Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 ^ You can still look through Raceway's queue building, and over the RC boats and cars, plus riding the Railroad, and technically you can still see from the smoking area. It will just be tinted green from the screen they put on the chain-link fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 David, I love you for uploading that. Eagle Blue is amazing backwards. Thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commando Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Speaking of American Eagle, any one else have one of the blueprints they are selling the park? I got last week and it is huge! Now I just need to get it framed an on my wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Raging Bull Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I took this from Screamscape... and I know Screamscape isn't right about a lot of things but I gotta feeling about this rumor. Six Flags has just filed for a new trademark on the name X-Flight, which sounds perfect for the rumored B&M Wing Coaster for 2012 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaweetDude04 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Wouldn't Six Flags still have the trademark for X-Flight? The flyer at SFO/WoA was called X-Flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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