grsupercity 9 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Just something I noticed. I was looking at the original Six Flags Dubai when I noticed a coaster that looked familiar in one of the concept arts. [attachment=0]sfd.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=1]maxxforce.jpg[/attachment] I wonder if Maxx Force was planned for a while and Six Flags decided to move it to this park? Maxx Force was designed to fit that tiny parcal of land. It was gonna launch over the train tracks but they rerouted the train to keep the launch around ground level. This coaster was 100% designed from the ground up for this park. Link to post Share on other sites
thrillrider 1 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Speaking of maxforce, what's with the lack of Construction pictures? Have not seen a single picture of the progress since October Link to post Share on other sites
RollingCoasting 0 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Amusement Insiders recently posted a construction video. Ride has not yet gone vertical, but footer and site work is being done. Link to post Share on other sites
thrillrider 1 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 The park just released a p.o.v of the new coaster on Facebook. Looks great, although a bit on the short side. See it here... Link to post Share on other sites
RCTycoonClassic 0 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Obviously short, but it looks insane. Especially the way the train flys under the RR tracks during launch. Link to post Share on other sites
jlp94 0 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I'm definitely interested to see how a real POV will compare to the animated one. Hopefully the queue line will have some of the racing-style decorations as well, similar to how the station itself looks! Link to post Share on other sites
coasterbill 338 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 This ride looks great. Come on Frontier... hit us with one of those $20 fares to Chicago. Link to post Share on other sites
bluestreak 0 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Already looking into hotels thanks to this ride. Can't wait to get back to SFGAm even though I was just there in October. Link to post Share on other sites
DBru 7 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I’m so excited to see another super intense launch coaster coming to the US. I’m generally unenthusiased by the “triple launch” trend... Link to post Share on other sites
ytterbiumanalyst 0 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Already looking into hotels thanks to this ride. Can't wait to get back to SFGAm even though I was just there in October. That's smart. Availability for July should still be pretty good right now. Link to post Share on other sites
PKI Jizzman 20 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Haven't been to GAm in a couple seasons and I'm looking forward to this coaster that's adding to the park's line up. Just hoping downtime is kept at a reasonable level. Link to post Share on other sites
9Armgeddon4 0 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Good news HITP will be back in 2019. There’s a post on SFGAmWorld that confirms this. Link to post Share on other sites
coasterbill 338 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I feel like Holiday in the Park probably exceeded their expectations. Obviously I have no way of knowing what their expectations were but of all the cold weather parks it seems like the wait times and crowd levels at Great America were WELL above the other parks the vast majority of the time and I don't know how it would have been possible for them to project that (because it's insane). I mean, the place looked like this on a 19 degree night and I lost count of how many times Raging Bull posted wait times in excess of an hour on hilariously frigid nights. In my non-professional opinion, that event isn't going anywhere ever. Link to post Share on other sites
jlp94 0 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 ^ Having gone to Holiday In The Park many times, I can tell you right now one of the main reasons rides like Raging Bull have such a long wait is because they ran one train on it the whole HITP season. The only coasters running more than 1 train were actually Joker and Dark Knight, so hopefully they learn from that this coming November/December Link to post Share on other sites
ytterbiumanalyst 0 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Even so, you have to actually get enough people in the park to form a line of that length, so hundreds of Chicagoans were unfazed by winter (which is completely unsurprising if you've ever met a Chicagoan--they talk about snow like Texans talk about secession). Link to post Share on other sites
RaceBoarder 0 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 ^ Having gone to Holiday In The Park many times, I can tell you right now one of the main reasons rides like Raging Bull have such a long wait is because they ran one train on it the whole HITP season. The only coasters running more than 1 train were actually Joker and Dark Knight, so hopefully they learn from that this coming November/December Umm, they ran Bull with multiple trains during a good chunk of HitP, up to and including 12/30... Same thing with X-Flight.... And Batman... But I'm sure you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night The event was tremendously well attended. Until the public quits showing up on "good weather" days, this event isn't going anywhere. Yes, the park will close due to "weather" (low attendance) several times each HitP season... But the park will make $TEXAS on days where it's 30*F and sunny.... Link to post Share on other sites
jlp94 0 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 ^ Having gone to Holiday In The Park many times, I can tell you right now one of the main reasons rides like Raging Bull have such a long wait is because they ran one train on it the whole HITP season. The only coasters running more than 1 train were actually Joker and Dark Knight, so hopefully they learn from that this coming November/December Umm, they ran Bull with multiple trains during a good chunk of HitP, up to and including 12/30... Same thing with X-Flight.... And Batman... But I'm sure you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night The event was tremendously well attended. Until the public quits showing up on "good weather" days, this event isn't going anywhere. Yes, the park will close due to "weather" (low attendance) several times each HitP season... But the park will make $TEXAS on days where it's 30*F and sunny.... That's good to hear. Maybe they did run it with multiple trains for the last half of the season, but I don't remember it being that way. Link to post Share on other sites
coasterbill 338 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Six Flags New England and Six Flags America run one train on everything and the lines rarely exceed 5 minutes (except for of course on Thunderbolt where the wait time is 25 minutes all day every day regardless of season of crowd size). Those events are obviously considered to be successful. Every northern park pulls trains off of most of their coasters for Holiday in the Park (Great Adventure always runs one train on Superman and Lantern) and on most days they're all still between 0-5 minute waits. Great America is killing it. Link to post Share on other sites
_FuryBull_330_ 0 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 The construction of Maxx Force has started to go vertical, the supports and the track will most likely go up fast. Also the ride is confirmed to have two trains with 16 seats per train. Link to post Share on other sites
bluestreak 0 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 The park posted a couple pictures of vertical construction on their Instagram story. Link to post Share on other sites
prozach626 79 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I'm not trying to complain, but I was surprised at how short the ride was after watching the recent POV rendering. It's like Mr. Freeze short. Link to post Share on other sites
ytterbiumanalyst 0 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 That's how they get the force to the maxx! Link to post Share on other sites
thrillseeker4552 41 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 At least there isn't a single dull moment on the coaster. They use every inch of track to their advantage. I suppose I would rather have a short coaster that kicks a$$ than a long, drawn-out snoozefest. Link to post Share on other sites
TurnOfTheCentury 0 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I'm not trying to complain, but I was surprised at how short the ride was after watching the recent POV rendering. It's like Mr. Freeze short. Actually looks shorter than Mr. Freeze (which I love). The launch looks great on this one, and the ride elements look fun (but, yes, it does feel short). Link to post Share on other sites
SteveStL 0 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 The preview video from August made it look much longer for sure, looks like a great ride though Link to post Share on other sites
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