Six Flags Great Adventure (SFGAdv) Discussion Thread

[Rider117]

It was confirmed at Eastcoaster that Chiller's roll's will be removed for a "hump".

[SharkTums]

^LAME!!!!

 

Let the new credit debate begin!!!

[FLIPDUDE]

Whatwhatwhatwhat?!?! removed for a lame little hill?! The roll is the most fun part! What the hell are they thinking?

[DerekRx]

^^Please, like the ride will actually ever be opened! Another 3 years they'll probably remove the whole thing and throw in one of them spinning family coasters.

[christianscoasters]

Well, at least it will have some airtime .

[CycloneMan]

It was confirmed at Eastcoaster that Chiller's roll's will be removed for a "hump".

 

Chuck, you were there? I didn't even see you!

 

-Dainan "Two new credits!" Rafferty

[Tanks4me05]

Well, there is only one thing I can say:

 

You have got to be kidding me. Shaprio and gang should definitely have a better reason than "it's not family friendly".

[Homer]

It was confirmed at Eastcoaster that Chiller's roll's will be removed for a "hump".

Wow... this sucks, REALLY sucks...

 

And there is no real reason for its removal, is there?

[IwantRevenge]

Well, at least it will have some airtime .

 

Haha agreed

 

i'm actually happy to see those things gone, going backwards on robin was the most insane experience of my life, It hurt my neck even,that why I only rode it twice. I'd rather have good airtime than painful inversions.

[itsme102]

Oh come on! Those zero-g rolls were great. I dunno why but there was something about that inversion that I liked. Replacing them with stupid "humps" is a real downgrade in my book.

[alpengeist04]

I can see this being Chiller's last chance. If it has major downtime this year, I think it will be removed in 2008/09 and replaced with a family ride or coaster. ...just like Derek was kidding about, or was he kidding.

[Darien Laker]

It's a good thing they removed those OTSR's. These new "humps" will probably provide some nice air time.

[larrygator]

I'd be curious in hearing the real reason from SF for the change, not speculation.

 

Personally I expect as much air as you get on the KK bunny hill, which is zilch. These new humps might be unpleasant going backwards.

[GAcoaster]

Well, there is only one thing I can say:

 

You have got to be kidding me. Shaprio and gang should definitely have a better reason than "it's not family friendly".

 

From all accounts this is to fix the design flaw exposed last year with the incident. Apparently the rolls were putting too much stress on the train (as well as the riders). The decision may have been more on Premiere's part than Six Flags since the ride has been a lemon since it opened and they were probably threatened with legal action if they didn't do more to fix it.

 

Of course now it will also not be able to get stuck upside down in the rolls with passengers stuck.

[Tiburon503]

I think Six Flags *should* have removed B&R:TC, and sued Premiere Rides. Since its inception, the ride has been plagued with issues. It missed its entire opening season (minus 2 or 3 days in 1997). The ride is popular and intense, but I think Kingda Ka fills the void Chiller's removal would create. I simply believe Chiller will never perform reliably like its brothers in St. Louis and Texas. With all the rides being removed from SFGAdv. this off-season, I'd rather see Chiller join those ranks and utilize that cash to improve and/or fix some of the flats (like contracting Intamin to fix the Enterprise for starters).

[RollerC]

I think Six Flags *should* have removed B&R:TC, and sued Premiere Rides. Since its inception, the ride has been plagued with issues. It missed its entire opening season (minus 2 or 3 days in 1997). The ride is popular and intense, but I think Kingda Ka fills the void Chiller's removal would create. I simply believe Chiller will never perform reliably like its brothers in St. Louis and Texas. With all the rides being removed from SFGAdv. this off-season, I'd rather see Chiller join those ranks and utilize that cash to improve and/or fix some of the flats (like contracting Intamin to fix the Enterprise for starters).

The last thing we need is SF sueing another great coaster company into bankruptcy.

[coastermaster07]

I think it would be really kool if they re-modified it- Ihave'nt been on it but it looks fun

[joedonuts1011]

This sucks!

 

Considering I only got to ride the Batman side maybe twice (with the OTSRs), and every other time was the Robin side, with the lapbars.

 

The ride is great, and the zero-g roll is amazing when you go backwards. Maybe the trains should be modified...NOT THE COURSE!

[MattJackson]

Yeah, I will definately be missing the 0-g rolls on the rides, but it's not that bad. We'll get over it. It's like the double dip on Colossus being removed for another block. The 0-g rools will be removed for hill. Of course they say that Colossus sucks now, but I don't think that B&R will suffer as bad as a fate.

[Jayjay719]

Atleast Great Advanture isn't getting rid of Chiller, for now anyway.

[crazyrider06]

Atleast Great Advanture isn't getting rid of Chiller, for now anyway.

 

you would be excited about that lol but thats ok cuz i am too

[haux]

Does anyone know if the hill will be straight or slightly twisty with some banked track because the zero-G rolls were heartlined? Does that make any sense?

[ElToroExtreme]

Most likely it will be banked because te tracks DONT line up!!! So yea!!!

[MattJackson]

Yeah, the hills will be slightly banked to the left, then a little to the right.

[Hercules]

^^Please, like the ride will actually ever be opened! Another 3 years they'll probably remove the whole thing and throw in one of them spinning family coasters.

 

Exactly what I think, but everybody calls be looney.