acq10uaz Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 Starflyers seat belts remind me of airplane seat belts - in a way. You have a thick belt buckling the bar to the chair itself. Then there is one that goes across your chest area. Its a very comfortable experience.
jzoole Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 If this 240 foot upgrade means that they have swapped models with SFFT, and Fiesta will be getting the shorter version (AFTER they had a press release advertising the new ride to be taller) then I have to say, that's a quite a BS move on Six Flags' part.
cal1br3tto Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Will this have locking restraints? I don't think the chest belts on these kinds of rides feel restrictive at all, as I don't even think of them while riding.
rcdude Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 ^^I believe that SFFT was advertised as getting a 200 ft. model, so I highly doubt this is a ride swap. More than likely, Six Flags just decided that it would be better for marketing to get a taller ride, as the park already has a number of tall attractions and a 15 story model wouldn't look too impressive. Unless I am mistaken, a 200 ft tall model at SFFT will be the tallest (or second tallest) ride there so there isn't much purpose to make that one taller. Whatever the height, I'm just glad SFGAdv is getting some non-coaster rides, as I found the park seriously lacking in that department when I visited this past summer.
cal1br3tto Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 ^Despite the many credits at SFGAdv and the well-known flat ride deficiency, our day was so relaxed and well-planned that I still rode more of the other attractions there than I have bothered to at several (most?) other SF parks.
deguy123 Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 I made the trip over to Great Adventure on Friday October 7th to finally get my Green Lantern credit! Gay day was originally supposed to be in September as a private event but was moved due to rain, so it was open to the public also. The lines were not as bad as I had thought or heard during Frightfest plus with the Out event so I was surprised that the longest wait was about 30 minutes. The park was actually doing a great job with moving the lines compared to other times I had been there, most of the hold ups where stupid people not paying attention. Also I haven't actually been to Great Adventure at night in a long time so Nitro/El Toro were AMAZING for night rides. We didn't do any of the Frightfest events, but I'm thinking I want to go next year and check them out. Green Lantern was the only new credit and as far as standups go, I'd say its my favorite but still not a big fan of standups. I've ridden Mantis, Shockwave(KD) and Cobra(La Ronde) before and none of them have impressed me. The Green Lantern seems very loud but maybe that's just me.
coasterfreak101 Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 ^Back it up there - SFGAdv does a gay day?? Consider me excited for next year.
YoshiFan Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 The first Friday night of Frightfest is usually very empty, this year they were actually going to be closed that night but I guess because they moved the buyout, they decided to open the park not just for those attending the Gay night. I was there today and I agree that they really tried to keep the lines moving. I wasn't sure how great operations would be since I thought it might be difficult to find enough ride ops to work on a Monday in October but everything was running the maximum amount of trains and they had both sides of Rolling Thunder and the Skyway open plus the Log Flume. I was very impressed.
deguy123 Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 ^Back it up there - SFGAdv does a gay day?? Consider me excited for next year. Yes they have one it's a private event from http://www.twisterlife.com. They have been doing it for about 8 years or more now.
Topdrag Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 I think we might need to start seeking some wind here in the Twin Cities if anyone knows what I mean.
Chroniq Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Did anyone make it Fright Fest on Saturday or Sunday last week? I'm just wondering how the lines were. We are headed out there tomorrow and with great weather (plus bad weather today and it being closer to Halloween, I'm wondering how busy it will be. Anyone have a prediction?
Hercules Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 My guess is that the printing company messed up on the signs just like they messed up on the signs in Kingda Ka's station. Surprise! Great Adventure is really getting the shorter model!
PSiRockin Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 I went Sunday. Bad lines, Nitro, Bizarro, El Toro all had lines slightly beyond their ques. Mortuary Manor was an 80 minute wait. It was a pretty good trail though.
Chroniq Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 ^Thanks.. We are thinking of going gold flash pass and based on what you are saying that seems to be a good choice.
Schotcher Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 ^Thanks.. We are thinking of going gold flash pass and based on what you are saying that seems to be a good choice. Prepare to finish the park in 2 hours my friend!
Chroniq Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 ^Thanks for the advice about lines yesterday.. I figure it might be helpful to share my experience for anyone else traveling to six flags this year during fright fest. Saturday was a beautiful day in the 60's but a little windy. Before noon every ride was nearly a walk on except for Green Lantern (new) and Superman as always (slow loading). By 1:00pm every major coaster except for rolling thunder had hour long waits. By 3:00pm nearly every queue was completely full By 5:00pm The parking lots was completely full and El-Toro had an extended queue pushing all the way back to the Medusa Bridge. That wait had to be at least 3:00 hours.- Nitro backed up to near the Batman entrance and the season pass processing line was 2+ hours. I guess the moral of the story is, if you want to ride everything and have a relaxing day at the park this time of year then gold flash pass is your friend.
larrygator Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) ^Thanks for the advice about lines yesterday.. I figure it might be helpful to share my experience for anyone else traveling to six flags this year during fright fest. Saturday was a beautiful day in the 60's but a little windy. Before noon every ride was nearly a walk on except for Green Lantern (new) and Superman as always (slow loading). By 1:00pm every major coaster except for rolling thunder had hour long waits. By 3:00pm nearly every queue was completely full By 5:00pm The parking lots was completely full and El-Toro had an extended queue pushing all the way back to the Medusa Bridge. That wait had to be at least 3:00 hours.- Nitro backed up to near the Batman entrance and the season pass processing line was 2+ hours. I guess the moral of the story is, if you want to ride everything and have a relaxing day at the park this time of year then gold flash pass is your friend. Sounds typical for this time of year. Thanks for confirming, Edited October 22, 2011 by larrygator
coastercrazy 9 Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 I found this in my studies,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrB6TZDRYfg&feature=related
acq10uaz Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 It looks like whoever bought Chiller before backed out of the deal. I guess that it was pretty obvious sense its been sitting in storage down the street from the park since it was taken down. http://www.italintl.com/detail_page.php?record_id=1546 Could they spilt the sides apart? Like could Robin be sold somewhere and Batman sold to another park? Because I think that would be the best bet for any park looking into it.
A.J. Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Could they spilt the sides apart? Like could Robin be sold somewhere and Batman sold to another park? Because I think that would be the best bet for any park looking into it. Not likely. The support structure is designed to support both tracks at once. It's a little misleading because Batman's top hat supports are blue while Robin's cobra roll supports are red - but they're not separate structures - You can see how the half loops of the cobra roll are supported by the same structure supporting the top hat.
DJeXeL Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 New supports would need to be fabricated by Premier. (Which I guarantee they wouldn't mind doing if the price was right) Even though they are separate tracks, they shared some supports. Edit: Beat me to it!
acq10uaz Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Thats what I figured but I wasn't quite sure. Oh well. I doubt any park will be buying this soon then.
DougMJr Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 I'm unclear to why the heart line rolls were removed... I read somewhere that they feared the train stalling if the LIMs failed, but to me it looks like the train would stall after the roll. Was it an issue with forces? Were the rolls uncomfortable?
Geauga Dog Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 I only got to ride Robin: Chiller back in 2005 since Batman was closed with no train on the track. It was definitely one of the surprise coasters of my trip back then as I thought it was great. The roll, IMO, was the best part of the ride, especially going backwards. It was not uncomfortable at all thanks to lap bars only.
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