jray21 Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 (edited) Not ride or park related, but there is a Texas Land and Cattle restaurant right next door that serves some of the most amazing smoked sirloin. Also, the spicy caesar salad and loaded sweet potato is really good ! Edited April 21, 2013 by jray21
SFOverTexasFan Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 Hey guys! just decided to do a small trip report and some updated pics on Texas Skyscreamer. I was out at the park today 4/21/13 for a couple of hours and got some nice pics. This report will include pics of ShockWave, Mr. Freeze, Batman, and the New Texas Giant. Enjoy! As you can see in this picture, foundation work has begun next to Skyscreamer. What could it be? Maybe and entrance house I'm guessing? As for the structure of the ride, it doesn't look as if much or anything has been done since my last trip report, which was last week. In this picture you can see the gold star which will be placed on the top of the Texas Skyscreamer 400 feet in the air! This photo advertises Skyscreamer opening Summer 2013. As I was taking pics a maintenance crew walked by and I over heard them saying that something would open in late May. I'm just gonna assume they were talking about Skyscreamer. That would make sense cause I've read reports of the ride opening by memorial day weekend. Ok, on to Batman. He looked to be running really good today. Just check out this awesome photo of Batman flying by! One of Batman's two corkscrews. Blastoff!!! Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast towers 242 feet above the park. However the train typical reaches a height of 218 feet leading to conflicting statistics. Mr. Freeze flying through the over bank turn at speeds of 70 MPH! Fact: Superman Tower Of Power is the tallest ride OF ITS KIND in the world, standing at an impressive 325 feet tall! One of my favorite coasters ever. ShockWave is so much fun! Plenty of airtime on this coaster! ShockWave also ranks among the top 50 steel coasters on earth by Amusement Today. It is said that ShockWave pulls more G's than any coaster on earth. Reports have shown ShockWave can pull up to 5.9 G's in the double loops. Wow! And of course, You can't go to SFOT and not check out the New Texas Giant! Giant features a 79 degree first drop. It currently ranks as the worlds 5th best steel coaster by Amusement Today! New Texas Giant features turns that exceed 90 degrees! Six Flags is know for their rides, but if you just look around beyond the rides you will notice that the park is very beautiful. SFOT is the original Six Flags park that features a lot of history. Does anyone know where to find the footers of the old Big Bend roller coaster? I do! The footers still remain in a hidden area of the park. I will take pics next time and show them to you. Thanks for reading guys! GO BIG! GO SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS!
BigBomer Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 ^ I swear if I didn't know better I'd think you are a PR guy.
RandallDuell Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Yah, either the term 'fanboy' has a new spokesperson OR there's a very spunky SFOT employee posting here! Either way, great update - it does seem like TX has the two most underrated SF parks...or, maybe now, they're properly rated?
SFOverTexasFan Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Haha not a PR guy or an employee. I just love the place. I don't think anyone would understand how much I love that park and other Six Flag parks. I go almost every weekend.
chadster Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Yah, either the term 'fanboy' has a new spokesperson OR there's a very spunky SFOT employee posting here!
chadster Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 ^I've been ridin' her dirty and puttin' her away wet
ernierocker Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 ^Good call. Skyscreamer should look mighty nice in that corner of the park. It will be weird to not see the parachutes in the skyline anymore, though.
angrynerdjosh Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 I'm pretty sure they are in the creek that runs between aquaman and the perimeter fence. I took a picture of them last year to show my dad. He loved big ben but I was too small to ride it. If you walk from the st looie airplanes east behind aqua man they are on your left.
chadster Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 ^Huh? I heard through a source as I um, *didn't* go to the park this weekend that we should see the crane together and pieces flying by mid week.
pitcher9 Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Texas Sky Screamer is going very vertical, very fast; complete with swings being installed! It looks awesome! Very vertical! The swings are being installed as well!
angrynerdjosh Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 . Six Flags is know for their rides, but if you just look around beyond the rides you will notice that the park is very beautiful. SFOT is the original Six Flags park that features a lot of history. Does anyone know where to find the footers of the old Big Bend roller coaster? I do! The footers still remain in a hidden area of the park. I will take pics next time and show them to you. Thanks for reading guys! In response to this. That was a lot to edit on a cell phone. I'm going to SFOT 5/3. Hopefully NTG doesn't have an insanely long line.
chadster Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 ^ah, makes sense now, 5/3 is a school trip day so alot of it depends on how long they stay.
Mrlittle Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 ^^^ Sweet, thanks for the pictures. Maybe a late May opening is possible.
Sportsdude360 Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 It's about time. I was beginning to think they would never finish that silly thing.
pitcher9 Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 I work within half a mile of the park so I will check on it again when I get off work and post more of the progress. They did that much in less than 6 hours so I can only imagine what more they'll be able to get done today.
angrynerdjosh Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Thanks for the pics. I can't wait for this and Iron Rattler this summer. Any word if they are doing the USB photo pass again? You buy their USB drive and use it for ride photos all year long.
chadster Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 ^yes. Titan's photo system is currently down for refurbishment. I still wouldn't look for Sky Screamer to open before mid June as even once the tower is erected, there is a ton of work, training, cycling, and inspection that has to be done to it.
angrynerdjosh Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Its OK. I use it at every SF to add to my ride pic collection.
vacoaster09 Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Texas Sky Screamer is going very vertical, very fast; complete with swings being installed! It looks awesome! Great... should finished in about 2 weeks.
BrandonR Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 I'm pretty sure they are in the creek that runs between aquaman and the perimeter fence. I took a picture of them last year to show my dad. He loved big ben but I was too small to ride it. If you walk from the st looie airplanes east behind aqua man they are on your left. Yes Big Bend's footers can be found there. I have a picture near the end of this article: http://www.guidetosfot.com/features/rideretrospective/bigbend/
angrynerdjosh Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Are big Ben and the whizzer sister coasters?
BenFreeze Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Are big Ben and the whizzer sister coasters? No, one is a clock tower in London, not a coaster! Just kidding, but no, the two have completely different layouts.
SFOverTexasFan Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 During my trip report yesterday the Skyscreamer tower was not as tall as it is today! That was fast!
TXThrillster Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 Forget yesterday ... more like this morning! I was on 360 headed to work and saw the tall crane, on the way home I saw a red tower close to the same height as Mr Freeze I was shocked at how high it was so fast and that they've attached the rotating structure already. AMAZING!
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