bigboy Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 If it falls directly onto the former footprint of Flashback, there is more than enough room. About 340 feet from the base of the ride to the perimeter fence. The ride is 200 feet tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy* Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 It would have to fall towards the abandoned shopping area. There may be enough room if they've finished removing Flashback. On the other hand, the old bumper car building is still there. It's possible the building may be hit by a falling Chute Out tower. But they're demolishing it anyway so it may not matter. Most likely they will crash it on Flashbacks former pad. But they should go ahead and let it fall into the Strip Mall too start Demolishing of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zingoman Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 With the ride only being 200 ft tall it won't be capable of landing on the bumper cars or shopping center. They are much too far away. All the details of the event are here. http://www.kvue.com/news/state/173484291.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnychen Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 From this picture you can see that there is plenty of room for the Texas Chute to fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy* Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I want to try to make it there to witness chute out falling. Not sure if I will in time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simaticable Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Not as epic as Space Spirals' but still pretty neat! At least we now know Flashback/Boomerang is now gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narkitty Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I have to admit that video made me sad. Even though I'm really excited to see what SFOT is going to do with all of this new open space in the future, I do wish that Chute Out could have stayed around a bit longer. After seeing/riding it my entire life, it's going to be weird not having it in the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Not bad. That was awfully close to the entry road though, the slightest miscalculation and they would have a disaster on their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrideseeker Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 That was pretty interesting to watch! Sad to see it go, but I'm excited to watch the skyline of the park change. Can't wait for the new hotness!! ~Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberskara Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm thrilled to share that Six Flags Over Texas has donated two of the Texas Chute Out parachutes to Give Kids The World to auction off! GKTW is again giving theme park fans the chance to bid on unique ride memorabilia for a good cause. A red parachute is available in its entirety here and pieces making up a blue parachute are also available. More of the individual pieces will be listed tomorrow, including the center-most ring which comes intact. As we all know, Texas Chute Out was one of the few remaining Intamin Parachute Jump rides, meaning this may be your only chance to own a piece of history. 100% of the purchase price of the chute and chute pieces benefits the mission of GKTW. Thank you SFOT and TPR for your support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy* Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Theres nothing like a good explosion. I wonder if Sky Screamer part are on site yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simaticable Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 ^Doubt it. They'll probably start to show up starting next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Cedar Fair blows up their tower so Six Flags can't stay behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolercstrluvr Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 It would be really cool to have the Six Flags letters from the side of Texas Chute Out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Not bad. That was awfully close to the entry road though, the slightest miscalculation and they would have a disaster on their hands. A disaster being that some metal hit the road? So does this make Texas 2-for-2 in imploding their towers when they're done with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parallax Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Now someone needs to blow up a coaster. Put explosives on the bottom of every support and let it drop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 So does this make Texas 2-for-2 in imploding their towers when they're done with them? 2 for 3. Air Racer was taken down with a crane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CpBluestreakCp Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 This is how all rides should go from now on. It's more entertaining this way than dismantling. It will be great to see this skyline change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Mutts Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 This is how all rides should go from now on. It's more entertaining this way than dismantling. It will be great to see this skyline change. I agree! All tower rides need to go this way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Can you imagine what the people on the highway were thinking when they saw the tower come down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jps294 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Can you imagine what the people on the highway were thinking when they saw the tower come down? Me and my friend was wondering the same. Even with people didn't know what was going on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 This is how all rides should go from now on. It's more entertaining this way than dismantling. It will be great to see this skyline change. I agree! All tower rides need to go this way! Definitely--let 'em go out Texas style, in a blaze of glory! Yee haw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Not bad. That was awfully close to the entry road though, the slightest miscalculation and they would have a disaster on their hands. A disaster being that some metal hit the road? So does this make Texas 2-for-2 in imploding their towers when they're done with them? I mean a disaster as in falling too far to the right. That thing narrowly missed the park fence as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCForce Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Am I the only one who is sad that they removed Flashback before they brought the tower down? The could have engineered it to hit Flashback right between the lifts. Or better yet, blown up Flashback about 10 seconds before they brought the Chute Out down on top of it. All maliciousness aside, it is sad, I rode Texas Chute Out the first time the year it opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I would rather have seen the amazement of Chute Out falling on top of Flashback and smashing it to the ground than having it relocated to Saint Louis, but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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