coasterbill Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Those things have been gone for years, but they did replace the seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zand Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, coasterbill said: Those things have been gone for years, but they did replace the seats. Right...forgot Great Adventure doesn't half ass everything like SFNE. More like 2/3rds ass. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Yet another "Riddler Revenge" without the necessary possessive inbound. 4 hours ago, bert425 said: ^ it would make ZERO sense with the coaster. . but Orange & Green are Aquaman colors. The re-theme into Bizzaro made no sense either. Man do I miss the days when Six Flags didn't try to be "DC Comics the Amusement Park." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 The ride never made sense. It was originally themed to the old west but also Greek Mythology and had the very “western” color scheme of a Mountain Dew ad. Everyone needs to just give up on waiting for anything ever in the entire history of this ride with a sideways horse on the station to make sense. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Exactly. Who gives a shit what the theme or color is. The ride is great and its not going anywhere and its getting a paint job which will extend its life even further and everyone should be happy about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, coasterbill said: The ride never made sense. It was originally themed to the old west but also Greek Mythology and had the very “western” color scheme of a Mountain Dew ad. *shrug* It made more sense than a comic book character in the Old West section. From the original press release announcing the ride: Quote Once a beautiful woman, Medusa was punished by the goddess Athena for her indiscretions and turned into a hideous monster. She had hair of snakes and the power to turn men to stone with her electric eyes, and was hunted and conquered by the brave Perseus. This made her one of the most famous beasts of Greek mythology. During the Gold Rush era, legend has it that she was banished to a deep, solitary gold mine. Although no miner was brave enough to seek her, they believed in her presence and named this wicked place "Medusa's Mine." This is where riders will begin -- in the Old West, known as the Frontier Adventures section of the theme park. Unlike the cowardly gold miners, brave park Guests will seek fame and triumph like Perseus before them. The twisted mass of green steel is the demon they must conquer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 14 minutes ago, Mike240SX said: Once a beautiful woman, Medusa was punished by the goddess Athena for her indiscretions and turned into a hideous monster. She had hair of snakes and the power to turn men to stone with her electric eyes, and was hunted and conquered by the brave Perseus. This made her one of the most famous beasts of Greek mythology. During the Gold Rush era, legend has it that she was banished to a deep, solitary gold mine. Although no miner was brave enough to seek her, they believed in her presence and named this wicked place "Medusa's Mine." This is where riders will begin -- in the Old West, known as the Frontier Adventures section of the theme park. Unlike the cowardly gold miners, brave park Guests will seek fame and triumph like Perseus before them. The twisted mass of green steel is the demon they must conquer. This sounds like it was thought up by a crackhead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Despite not making sense, the coaster really did need a paint job and an upgrade in general so I am happy to see this. Tatsu is finally getting painted too (I never thought I'd see the day), so Nitro's day will come... eventually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I wish Nitro was getting the paint instead of Bizarro, but if they want to perform the work now it makes sense since Nitro will be running for Holiday in the Park. Having the DC Comics themed ride behind the western themed area is puzzling, but I do enjoy the ride and it rarely has a line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xVicesAndVirtues Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 For a park with so many "don't smoke marijuana" signs, they sure do seem to like green. But in all reality this coaster looked terrible this year so I'm glad it's getting repainted and I don't really care about DC comics or the fact that it's far away from the other DC comic themed stuff. If I had to choose I'd rather it be called Medusa again because it makes me feel old when I mention Medusa East and Medusa West and these damn kids don't know what that means. Can they just call it The Riddler and avoid any awkward lack of possessive noun grammar and leave the possessing to Dorney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njcoasterguy34 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Why is it they can't use possessives anyway? "Riddler Revenge" is such an awkward title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garet Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 3:58 AM, bert425 said: ^ it would make ZERO sense with the coaster. . but Orange & Green are Aquaman colors. I mean both Riddler/Aquaman are coming up in movies. I wouldn't put it past Six Flags to name it Riddler for 2022 for a quick promotional boost when The Batman comes out and then just change a few signs in December 2022 to Aquaman and have another tie-in boost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 El Toro update: There are new black steel ledgers on the first drop, first two camelback hills, and the rolling thunder hill. Work has been progressing non-stop since the ride closed. Photo credit (best I can tell): Joel Noufe from the CJ's Crazy Coaster Crew Facebook group. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Can't wait til the "El Toro is not a wood coaster even though its totally made out of wood" crew gets a hold of this one. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfan1988 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Sure looks like they are RMCing it to me... Hope they get it back open soon! Looks like they are making good progress. Been out of the loop for a while on this one, did they ever actually figure out officially what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Yeah did they ever figure out what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 It looks like Jersey Devil will be the first ride in park history with any kind of temperature limit. ... either that or they'll just throw this up outside the ride whenever it breaks so people don't question it since it spends like 50% of it's life broken. Source: Arielle in the ironically named, Great Adventure "Connoisseurs" Facebook group. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 So we went to the park yesterday. Apparently they have some kind of sliding scale weather limit for it and I’d consider it a bonus any day it actually opens for this event. Last night it was 42 degrees and closed for wind, but Skyway was operating. The colder it is, the lower the wind limit and it gets down to the point where any kind of breeze at all, they won’t start it. Just go in expecting it to be closed and be pleasantly surprised when it opens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 ^ Queue-Times shows Jersey Devil opened around 8:25 and I know someone there who saw it going in the final hour. I'm surprised they got it open that late, but it sounds like a nice bonus for those there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_s Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 On 11/7 they ran JDC to close, probably just below 40 degrees, but it had been running all day. Saw one interruption for about 10-15 minutes messing with a sensor connection. I got 8 rides, but still have to ride anywhere near the back, as I overdid waiting out the crowd, and trains were going out mostly empty. My front row solo ride in those temps seemed maybe the fastest, even though it wasn't it still performs OK. This coaster is an interesting comparison to their B&M loopers. Except for JDC having a mix of airtime in with the inversions, they do comparable things. Bizarro (my hero now) is a little longer and Batman is both shorter and not as tall, but I hesitate in calling it "smaller" as it has that big train feel; also Batman is actually the crazier ride of the 3. Jersey Devil is in a sense redundant, and yet very different due to the single rail format. I found the restraints comfortable enough -- far better than some -- but could see if there was much stronger ejector air they wouldn't be. The stall is the best I've ridden yet (of not many), it starts off close to a float but hangs you more as it goes. I'd like to try a floatier one, maybe when running faster this does that. The train cars are really cute, being as small as Lil' Devil's but much more serious at the same time. Speaking of Lil' Devil, got the credit, but the worst of these little Zamperla's I've ridden. Great Chase is also oddly profiled, but in a more fun way, and Cocoa is rather nice, as long as you sit on the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I’m sure Jersey Devil’s only issue will be the startup temperature. They’ll probably run it no matter what after that as long as it doesn’t suffer a long breakdown, but then again… it’s Jersey Devil so it probably will most days. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalsguy601 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Does anyone know if Six flags does a black Friday deal on memberships? I'm only planning on making the trio a few times next year so will probably wait for the best price if there is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Just now, bengalsguy601 said: Does anyone know if Six flags does a black Friday deal on memberships? I'm only planning on making the trio a few times next year so will probably wait for the best price if there is one. Not sure how much better of a price than a $70 Basic Season Pass/$80 Gold Plus Season Pass (if you need all parks) you think you're going to get, but I think I bought mine last year for $60 in mid-December. I can't remember if that sale started on Black Friday or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tndank Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 hours ago, bengalsguy601 said: Does anyone know if Six flags does a black Friday deal on memberships? I'm only planning on making the trio a few times next year so will probably wait for the best price if there is one. Typically they do not. They may call it a holiday sale but it will be the same price you saw the day before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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