sfkk Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 To whoever made the argument about SFDL having a large market you made some good points. I would, however, just like to add that the state of New York was one of only nine stayes in the country to lose population between 2017 and 2018, according to the US Census Bureau. Meanwhile places like Texas, Florida, and the Carolinas just keep going up and up. I also see Six having trouble competing with Wonderland to steal an even larger portion of their market then they already have. Not saying it’s impossible, just not something that can be done when one park installs the largest dive coaster in the world and the other puts up a skyscreamer, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnn2031 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Supposedly Sky Screamer was doing some full up operation today. Just in time to crash course train the ops for the weekend opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymouscactus Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Is this thread real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbSteveZ Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 ^ ah crap I can’t believe my one comment about thinking RoS was 20 this year caused such a crazy explosion of banter and argument. That was far from my intention. Viper being a Western New York classic and being the oldest ride in the area, I’m not surprised they did a little celebration for the coaster. They had some cookies, some ice cream, a nice speech from Chris Thorpe and a wonderful op who’s been working Viper for quite some time. But that was really it for the actual celebration which for the record was in Late June. To clarify, no, Mind Eraser did not have a celebration, and no, the ride sign was not painted to celebrate the anniversary. The Mind Eraser and Boomerang signs were both refreshed, and both looked very nice because of it. There was a souvenir cup and a mention of it in the laser show’s opening titles. No cupcakes there. The old sign they used to have hanging under the bridge had a picture of the viper on it, the park map had viper on the front of it with a little logo on it, and the name tags all had the ride on it. I equated it to how Cedar Point gives their employees logos with the new coaster on them the year they open. Looking at how the park operates now - they have a new ride, so that’s on the front page of the park map. They removed the sign under the bridge, so that’s why there’s no mention of it there. They use Six Flags souvenir cups which aren’t specific to the park anymore, so that’s why they don’t have a special cup. And lastly, they now have simply “Six Flags” name tags that have different colors that change based on what I would assume is age. Similar to Wegmans in which 15 year olds got Red name tags, 16-17 had yellow name tags and 18+ had either bronze or black name tags. It’s a quick reference for folks to know certain things related to age like what your hours could be, how late you could legally work, what machinery you could use, etc. Though a post saying “on this day 20 years ago we opened New York’s tallest and fastest roller coaster” would be nice, I’m not expecting a big old party to be thrown or anything like that. Plus, for what it’s worth, there was no signage directly at Viper for the anniversary at all, so to expect some at RoS isn’t something I personally would do. Does that clarify this mess? Hopefully? Maybe? Anyone have cupcakes they wanna share with the class now that we’ve suffered through that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnn2031 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 And lastly, they now have simply “Six Flags” name tags that have different colors that change based on what I would assume is age. Similar to Wegmans in which 15 year olds got Red name tags, 16-17 had yellow name tags and 18+ had either bronze or black name tags. It’s a quick reference for folks to know certain things related to age like what your hours could be, how late you could legally work, what machinery you could use, etc. They've been doing the age group color coded employee badges for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbSteveZ Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 ^ Darien Lake has? are you sure? last I checked everyone's name tags were white until Six Flags came in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjr19 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 This was posted on the park’s Twitter, that lighting package looks AMAZING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagon127 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Yeah that looks awesome! I can't remember the last time Darien Lake got a ride with a lighting package being something worth talking about. A lot of the recent rides are just basic spot lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjr19 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Yeah that looks awesome! I can't remember the last time Darien Lake got a ride with a lighting package being something worth talking about. A lot of the recent rides are just basic spot lighting. Tantrum didn’t even get basic spot lighting, that thing is totally left in the dark at night. Such a shame becuause Gerstlauer coasters can have some impressive lighting packages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnlloyd Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 This was posted on the park’s Twitter, that lighting package looks AMAZING The Six Flags SkyScreamer looks absolutely stunning! I can't wait to make another visit to Six Flags Darien Lake this season in order to ride it at night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnn2031 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Tantrum was optioned as a spec-for-spec clone of Iron Shark on a pretty lean budget. Blastoff had a not insubstantial portion thrown into remodeling that area as a whole. It was supposed to be a done deal for Giant Wheel to get a new lighting package 10-ish years ago when they removed the lights on it but the company supplying it backed out. I'd guess then the funds went into PARC's appetite for digging a financial pit for themselves. I'd heard CNL (the actual property owner at the time) had approved them the money for repainting some of the coasters back then and PARC appropriated it elsewhere. Herschend probably might have been a good bet for sprucing up the place (Rowdy's and Blastoff were their handiwork), but they weren't going to splash around a lot of their funds when they didn't own the place and were trying to buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haymaker Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Yeah that looks awesome! I can't remember the last time Darien Lake got a ride with a lighting package being something worth talking about. A lot of the recent rides are just basic spot lighting. Rolling Thunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagon127 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 My problem with that, is that i think Rolling Thunder and similar rides to that, are rather ugly looking rides. The lighting package doesn't impress me like skyscreamer does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haymaker Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Tantrum was optioned as a spec-for-spec clone of Iron Shark on a pretty lean budget. Blastoff had a not insubstantial portion thrown into remodeling that area as a whole. It was supposed to be a done deal for Giant Wheel to get a new lighting package 10-ish years ago when they removed the lights on it but the company supplying it backed out. I'd guess then the funds went into PARC's appetite for digging a financial pit for themselves. I'd heard CNL (the actual property owner at the time) had approved them the money for repainting some of the coasters back then and PARC appropriated it elsewhere. Herschend probably might have been a good bet for sprucing up the place (Rowdy's and Blastoff were their handiwork), but they weren't going to splash around a lot of their funds when they didn't own the place and were trying to buy it. PARC painted Boomerang and Viper. Cant remember if it was them or Herschend that started ME and ROS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbSteveZ Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 ^ RoS was before the boomerang refresh, Mind Eraser was after the fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rol23per3 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Friday May 17th 2019 Predator is up and running!! Blast off still not operational Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Predator is up and running!! Yay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbSteveZ Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 ^ what a shame that the park opened another coaster after a minor refurbishment. How dare someone be excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jconsolmagno Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Friday May 17th 2019Predator is up and running!! Blast off still not operational Great to hear, didn't ride it during my visit in 2018, but excited to see what they fixed later this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbSteveZ Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Six Flags Darien Lake’s response to “no music in the park” is my favorite quick fix ever: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipdimartino Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 At those all over the place? Are they playing music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbSteveZ Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 ^ they were only by the SkyScreamer and yes they were playing music - but it was only an hour or so long playlist because as I’d walk over there I had to of heard the same song at least 3 times over the course of the half day I was there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagon127 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Its probably likely those were just set up for the special ceremony they had for the opening earlier that day, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbSteveZ Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 ^ I wouldn’t be surprised, but the weird thing about them was their placement. The opening ceremony bit happened in front of the ride, with refreshments and what not closer to Tin Lizzy’s. These speakers were off by the camping entrance and motocoaster. This would make me think at bare minimum they had another set up by the ride itself, or something like that, as those speakers wouldn’t have made for a great PA system with where they were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryonisys Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I can't imagine those would stay out too long, those aren't speakers that would do all to well in poor weather, but it's nice they had some music going yesterday at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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