GoBears Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Thrillseekers (the gift shop Goliath will exit through) opened up today. It includes Goliath apparel (shirts, hoodies, jackets), hats, cups/mugs, lanyards, keychains, pins, and gladiator themed costume pieces. Also, there WILL be an on-ride photo. The photo booth is located inside the gift shop. Overall, it looks much larger on the inside than it originally seemed in my opinion. It's not overflowing with unnecessary and irrelevant things, it's strictly all Goliath. That's good to hear. I looked at the Goliath merchandise in Carousel Plaza Gifts last week and none of the T-shirts looked that great. I saw one shirt that was decent, but the image was the old rendering of Goliath's drop with the wooden supports instead of the steel. Hopefully there's some better ones in Thrillseekers since the merchandise is just exclusive to Goliath. Do we know where the on-ride camera is going to be yet? My guess is either at the bottom of the first drop or the exit of the Zero-G stall since it enters a tunnel. I can see them placing it right under the roof of the tunnel. Another good place is the bottom of the dive loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicweasel Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 So is it confirmed that there is no pass holder preview day on the 30th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) Considering that they haven't even started testing yet... You probably know where that sentence is going. EDIT: Maybe not. Who knew? Edited May 25, 2014 by A.J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Volunteer riders needed for Goliath on Friday, May 30 for commercial shoot. Riders must: - Be at least 18 years of age - Be available to be at Great America this Friday, May 30 at 8:30 a.m. OR 1:00 p.m. - Be able to ride Goliath multiple times, back to back If you are interested, send an e-mail with your head shot, height, shirt size, contact information and preferred time (8:30 a.m. or 1:00 p.m.) to OfficialSFGreatAmerica@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumba830 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Wait...so this commercial shoot has all it's information out and it's on the 30th. But they still haven't put out any information regarding the Media Day on the 29th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewman35 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Wait...so this commercial shoot has all it's information out and it's on the 30th. But they still haven't put out any information regarding the Media Day on the 29th? Well, this commercial shoot is trying to get members of the public to do it. They don't have a list of people or anything. For the media day, it's not for the general public, so it's possible the people going to it already have some info, and even if they don't, the park knows who they are so they can get them the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumba830 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 ^Everyone I know that is attending the media day hasn't gotten any information, which is why I was a little confused by this all. But it makes sense in the way of getting the public in on this all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) I know I have to show up at 3am on May 29th. That is all I know about media day, and having done enough of these, that's usually about all the info I get. Most of the time I'm lucky to know what entrance to use. I'm sure the park will send info to Robb that will in turn be sent to everyone going from CTPR. Edited May 25, 2014 by chadster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmfoxfire Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Thrillseekers (the gift shop Goliath will exit through) opened up today. It includes Goliath apparel (shirts, hoodies, jackets), hats, cups/mugs, lanyards, keychains, pins, and gladiator themed costume pieces. Also, there WILL be an on-ride photo. The photo booth is located inside the gift shop. Overall, it looks much larger on the inside than it originally seemed in my opinion. It's not overflowing with unnecessary and irrelevant things, it's strictly all Goliath. will there be swords too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil009 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 there better f*cking be swords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercoaster5 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Becuase its six flags they will probably have Goliath shirts with goliath from SFMM on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goooose Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 That 3 am event is for club tpr riders. Ots an ERR. Media day is crom 9am until 1 pm may 29 with ribbon citting at 10am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrooper Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 That 3 am event is for club tpr riders. Ots an ERR. Media day is crom 9am until 1 pm may 29 with ribbon citting at 10am. Did you type this with your eyes closed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Becuase its six flags they will probably have Goliath shirts with goliath from SFMM on them No, they'll at least use a different wooden coaster. Probably Rolling Thunder. That 3 am event is for club tpr riders. Ots an ERR. Media day is crom 9am until 1 pm may 29 with ribbon citting at 10am. In English, please? I'm dumb but I'm not that dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Becuase its six flags they will probably have Goliath shirts with goliath from SFMM on them Six Flags has done similar things in the past, I remember when B:TR debuted at SFMM the tv commercials used footage from SFGAM's Batman. I remember getting to the park and wondering why the track was grey and thinking what crazy special effects they must've used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intaman Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 That 3 am event is for club tpr riders. Ots an ERR. Media day is crom 9am until 1 pm may 29 with ribbon citting at 10am. This 4am event is part of the larger media day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercoaster5 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Anyone have any pictures of the train on the track?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I just don't think I understand how this thing is supposed to be up and running in five days from now when it's not even 100% tracked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck funny Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 will they have Goliath Speedo s ? Tallest woodie in the tri state area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterjunkie1975 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I just don't think I understand how this thing is supposed to be up and running in five days from now when it's not even 100% tracked. Agreed.....won't they have to complete a certain amount of test runs/hours in order to get the ride certified before opening it up to the public? I can't see that happening in five days if they have'nt completed tracking yet. Unless they do test runs throughout the night for the next five days. Anywho...I am excited to see the POV of this beast in the very near future and even more excited that I will be making my first ever trip to Great America later this year and will get the opportunity to ride Goliath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatAmerican2234 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 will they have Goliath Speedo s ? Tallest woodie in the tri state area? Did you just... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturosim Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 How do you think Goliath will stack up compared to the other Iron Horses? Having ridden Iron Rattler, I obviously have high hopes for Goliath but I feel like the ride's gonna be too short! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djboss302 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 How do you think Goliath will stack up compared to the other Iron Horses? Having ridden Iron Rattler, I obviously have high hopes for Goliath but I feel like the ride's gonna be too short! Goliath is a wooden coaster, not an iron horse. I think it will be all kinds of awesome, to answer your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I just don't think I understand how this thing is supposed to be up and running in five days from now when it's not even 100% tracked. Agreed.....won't they have to complete a certain amount of test runs/hours in order to get the ride certified before opening it up to the public? I can't see that happening in five days if they haven't completed tracking yet. Unless they do test runs throughout the night for the next five days. Usually it's something like 200 hours per train, and there aren't even 200 hours between now and the preview later this week so I'm not sure how that's supposed to work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroGravity55 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Mt. Olympus put the Timberliners on Hades 360 two days before opening and somehow got the ride to pass the state inspection in Wisconsin and opened the that death trap of a roller coaster to the public on opening day. I don't know if the requirements in Illinois or Wisconsin are different, but I couldn't imagine each states requirements being that much different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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