9Armgeddon4 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 ^ That was a very wise choice. I heard from somebody on SFGAmWorld that BTR and The Dark Knight Coaster are the only coasters open today. Looking at the app it looks like most of thrill rides are closed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingCoasting Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 The only rides that ended up opening were Columbia Carousel, Rue Le Dodge, TDK, Whirligig, Winner's Circle, and Justice League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Yeesh. Looks like SFSL had rides closed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Yeah, that’s pretty alarming. Great Adventure and New England have run every single coaster in their HITP lineup in colder weather (32 degrees, sunny and not windy). Unless they just chose to do that because the park was empty and they didn’t care (which is likely since it’s Six Flags) then it doesn’t bode well for Holiday in the Park. Was there ice overnight or something (that wouldn't have melted if it never got above 32)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Management was probably using the weather as an excuse to save labor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingCoasting Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 According to Marcus LeShock, there was a lot of ice. I'm at the park today and a lot more things are open. Raging Bull, Batman, Joker, V2, Demon, Dare Devil Dive, Lobster, Chubasco, Mardi Gras Hangover, and a few others opened today after being closed yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 They probably didn't run the rides because the attendance these couple weeks is very low. You save on labor and you potentially cut down on maintenance costs if cold weather makes you replace things more often. Plus I watched a maintenance worker stand at the American Thunder control panel at SFSL for an hour or more (the ride was estopping because the trains were coming in late and the computer's timer was flagging it) during- I'm guessing they don't want to spare workers for something like that in cold weather until the event starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9Armgeddon4 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Peppermint Swirl is the cutest teacups name ever. Fixed that for you. Terror Twister II is the best teacups name ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Peppermint Swirl is the cutest teacups name ever. Fixed that for you. Terror Twister II is the best teacups name ever. The lights, music and fog.makes it the best teacups ride ever period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9Armgeddon4 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 So true. I can’t wait to see what the park does for Peppermint Swirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Peppermint Swirl is the cutest teacups name ever. Fixed that for you. Terror Twister II is the best teacups name ever. Just Googled that, and that is amazing. Love it. I've only ever been to SFGAm in the summer, and also one visit in the winter in 7 degree weather for Goliath construction tour. From what it looks like, though, they're doing a good job with their special events in the fall/winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingCoasting Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Holiday in the Park guide is up https://static.sixflags.com/website/files/sfgm_hip-guide.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingCoasting Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Marcus LeShock posted an amazing video on Twitter of the HITP lights from above. Go check it out: Looks amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropDeadFuzzy Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 https://i.redd.it/i55sas05j5021.jpg Look who is at the park!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9Armgeddon4 Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 HITP Trip Report Today was my first ever HITP visit and it was great. The park did a very good job decorating the park. I was able to on every coaster and thrill ride that was open twice. Overall the park wasn’t too busy even though the weather was nice. I can’t wait to get to the park in December after today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 My mind was blown by the images and videos from Great America. The fact that they made a light tree on the drop tower and then pixel mapped it to coordinate with the (also pixel mapped) lights that totally surround Chubasco is ridiculously cool. I feel like if people show up on a day where every outdoor coaster is unable to run they'll still walk away loving this event (plus they still have flats, Chubasco, Justice League and Dark Knight). Also even though I'd imagine it's one train ops across the board it was awesome to see Raging Bull hit 70 minutes. The fact that people turned up to the event on a 50 degree night is hardly proof of concept but everyone should be happy with what they saw yesterday. Frontier Airlines, if you're listening hit us with one of those $15 sales to O'Hare, please and thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceBoarder Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 My mind was blown by the images and videos from Great America. The fact that they made a light tree on the drop tower and then pixel mapped it to coordinate with the (also pixel mapped) lights that totally surround Chubasco is ridiculously cool. I feel like if people show up on a day where every outdoor coaster is unable to run they'll still walk away loving this event (plus they still have flats, Chubasco, Justice League and Dark Knight). Also even though I'd imagine it's one train ops across the board it was awesome to see Raging Bull hit 70 minutes. The fact that people turned up to the event on a 50 degree night is hardly proof of concept but everyone should be happy with what they saw yesterday. Frontier Airlines, if you're listening hit us with one of those $15 sales to O'Hare, please and thank you. They did have 99% off yesterday. EWR -> ORD not on that list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9Armgeddon4 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 According to the app the park is closed today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 My mind was blown by the images and videos from Great America. The fact that they made a light tree on the drop tower and then pixel mapped it to coordinate with the (also pixel mapped) lights that totally surround Chubasco is ridiculously cool. I feel like if people show up on a day where every outdoor coaster is unable to run they'll still walk away loving this event (plus they still have flats, Chubasco, Justice League and Dark Knight). That's an awesome use of the drop tower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 My mind was blown by the images and videos from Great America. The fact that they made a light tree on the drop tower and then pixel mapped it to coordinate with the (also pixel mapped) lights that totally surround Chubasco is ridiculously cool. I feel like if people show up on a day where every outdoor coaster is unable to run they'll still walk away loving this event (plus they still have flats, Chubasco, Justice League and Dark Knight). That's an awesome use of the drop tower! Here in SFSL ours is sitting with just a white floodlight shining on it. Jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntaminLove Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I went to the park on Friday and I was very surprised with how much effort was put into Holiday in the Park. There are a ton of lights and light protection on Chubasco is really cool. The only area without lights is Yankee Harbor, but that's okay. Overall the shows are pretty good. I hate Christmas music, but still found them to be enjoyable. I didn't leave myself much time for rides so I rode X-Flight once and Raging Bull three times. Both were walk ons, running well, one train and slow ride ops. I had a good time and plan on going a few more times. I took pictures, but don't have time to edit and post them. Side note, there are some Maxx Force pieces in the back parking lot and more rebar cages at the construction site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G$ Kurt Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 So a couple of really quick thoughts. I went on Saturday night and while I overall had a good time I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed. There were some logistical issues like running out of souvenir hot chocolate cups. This is understandable and all but then to have only one stand offering paper cups (all the other stands were only offering refills for cups they had sold out of) didn’t make any sense. The light show is massively disappointing and beyond tacky. I expected to see the whole area have dancing lights to a festive theme, what I saw was a giant video wall of Santa doing “the nae nae”. And my last point, and this opinion I got from comparing the experience to the much smaller Six Flags St. Louis. But Great America is just a little too big for this event. It’s impossible to avoid the dead space and closed rides in between areas. This hopefully will get better as the event grows year to year. Again we had a good time, and top points to the Santa meet and greet on the train. That was really well done. Hopefully next year once Max Force is done they can have the train and the observation tower open for this event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 My Six Flags Great America survey is about rides - more specifically about the RMC Wonder Woman. I'm on my 5th question about how I think that type of ride would fit in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntaminLove Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 A raptor clone makes sense. The park has been saying they are out of room for about 20 years. Most of the coasters are medium to small in size. A raptor could fit in the space occupied by Buccaneer Battle. The Demon Funnel Cake stand and/or the Hometown Park rides could be removed depending on the coaster placement. Pretty much the same area where Railblazer is at CGA. The raptors look like good rides so it would be cool if the park got one eventually. The capacity is my only issue, but I could always ride it when the park isn't busy. We'll see if this park or another in the chain gets a raptor clone in the coming years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Hopefully the park about five hours south will get a raptor clone. They're in need of it a little more than SFGam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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