bonsaiisuperstar 0 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Friend RMC on Facebook. They post pictures and updates quite a bit there. Link to post Share on other sites
DanM64 0 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Anyone else planning on getting to the media day event via mass transit? I will be leaving St. Louis at 3pm, arriving in Chicago (union station) at 8:40. From there I will take the UP-N train north to the Waukegan station arriving around 10:50 pm. From there I will take a 15 min taxi to the park. With the park closing at 10, does anyone know a good place within walking distance of the park to hangout in till the event at 3:30? I would like to avoid sitting in the six flags parking lot. Just a word of advice for the Metra train. Buy a round trip in Chicago before you leave unless you have cash. The ticket window in Waukegan closes around noon, and Metra think it's still 1989 so only cash fares are accepted on the train. The ticket window in Chicago will accept any credit cards, though. Link to post Share on other sites
Thrilryder29 1 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Anyone else planning on getting to the media day event via mass transit? I will be leaving St. Louis at 3pm, arriving in Chicago (union station) at 8:40. From there I will take the UP-N train north to the Waukegan station arriving around 10:50 pm. From there I will take a 15 min taxi to the park. With the park closing at 10, does anyone know a good place within walking distance of the park to hangout in till the event at 3:30? I would like to avoid sitting in the six flags parking lot. Just a word of advice for the Metra train. Buy a round trip in Chicago before you leave unless you have cash. The ticket window in Waukegan closes around noon, and Metra think it's still 1989 so only cash fares are accepted on the train. The ticket window in Chicago will accept any credit cards, though. Thanks for the heads up Dan. Looks like I will be hanging out at the Avalon from 11:30-3:30 am. The email I received from sixflags said that the gates open at 4 for media day invites. Link to post Share on other sites
GoBears 0 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 There appears to be some fog/mist effect at the bottom of the first drop into the tunnel. Nothing major, but you can see it at the 1:00 minute mark in this video. You can probably feel that mist more coming out of the zero-G stall into the tunnel though. Link to post Share on other sites
KingRCT3 0 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Or the tunnel was set on fire. By the way, what's up with those ugly Six Flags stickers on the train? Is that permanent? Hope they're only for the media day. EDIT: This is a beautiful screenshot: And you can clearly see the twist -then- the drop of the dive loop. Edited June 17, 2014 by KingRCT3 Link to post Share on other sites
glouthan 0 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 ^It does look like smoke.... The stickers I believe are to advertise the ride as Six Flag's coaster, so they get credit on the news stations. They put same type of stickers on Full Throttle, but then removed them shortly thereafter. Just got an email from Katy Enrique, stating the check-in time will be from 4am-noon. Link to post Share on other sites
GoBears 0 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 The more I look at it, that's a pretty weak fog effect if it is indeed fog. Maybe it is smoke. It could be something temporary like what they did to BTR's station with the mist effect in 2012 or 2013 (I forget if it was for its 20th anniversary or BTR Backwards). Link to post Share on other sites
Jodon 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I will be attending Goliath's media day and will be live tweeting my day in the park. You can follow along with my day on Twitter with the user name: @jon_winters. Link to post Share on other sites
EricGarbo 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 First ride on Media Day. It was incredible! Link to post Share on other sites
Jodon 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Just got off the first ride of the day on Goliath. What a great ride. The first drop is fantastic and the zero g stall is so bizarrely unnatural. Can't wait to ride it again. Link to post Share on other sites
Erik Johnson 7 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) Good ride! Not as intense or forceful as the other Rocky Mountain coasters, but it had some really amazing elements. The hang time on the zero-g roll and dive loop is quite crazy! It is a very graceful ride that does not beat you up or wear you down like some other wooden coasters. The leg bar on the restraints is more comfortable when compared to Outlaw Run's. They form around you shins instead of being a solid bar. With that said, it is pretty much unforgiving for bigger riders. Edited June 18, 2014 by Erik Johnson Link to post Share on other sites
EricGarbo 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 ^ Aww yeah I see myself in that train. There's typical Media Day slowness going on but it would be great if the other train was on the circuit just to move people a little bit during this downtime. Link to post Share on other sites
Erik Johnson 7 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 A few more photos. Link to post Share on other sites
Erik Johnson 7 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 A few more We see you second train! Blink, and you might miss it. Link to post Share on other sites
kristenstep23 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I was all good till "unforgiving for bigger riders" sounds painful. Link to post Share on other sites
rcjp 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Nice pictures. It's interesting to see that, on the storage track, it sits on its upstop wheels like el toro. Maybe outlaw run also does but, if so, I hadn't noticed it. Link to post Share on other sites
Thrilryder29 1 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Best part of Goliath. Link to post Share on other sites
Jodon 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Hey, I'm in the picture of the first train. It truly is a great ride. Not as out of control as Outlaw Run, but it has some great elements. I've gotten rides in the back and the middle and they are very different experiences. I actually thought that the middle was more intense than the back. You really get snapped into the zero g stall which is such a great element. Unlike anything I've ridden before. Link to post Share on other sites
Erik Johnson 7 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 The ride is running better now. We rode in the back car and the airtime is getting much more pronounced. My favorite parts are still the dive loop and the Zero-G. The hang time is just insane. See anyone you know? Link to post Share on other sites
Thrilryder29 1 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Being a single rider has it's advantages sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites
GrapesLie 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 ^ OMG it's GOD! Link to post Share on other sites
EricGarbo 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 HOLY CRAP. The station is silent. It sounds like a wheel ripped itself apart. Confirmed: I saw the wheel. Polyurethein ripped off the wheel. Link to post Share on other sites
VF15 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 ^ So, what exactly happened? Link to post Share on other sites
EricGarbo 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 The train exited the dive loop and on its way up into the zero g stall poly started ripping off of a wheel which made an extremely loud noise. When the train returned to the brake run one of the cars was bouncing like a wheel was lopsided. They moved the train to the transfer track and lowered it for repairs. Link to post Share on other sites
rcjp 0 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 ^That's quite unfortunate. Have they already run the second train? Link to post Share on other sites
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