chadster Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Saturday's are never a good time to visit SFOT if you want to marathon rides. With the revamped fright fest, people are packing in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 For those curious as to exactly where the new attractions will be placed next year, I was able to confirm with the park that they are going in Flashbacks former home next to Texas Sky Screamer. The frisbee will seat 40 and the wheel will seat 48 giving both the ability to munch people. I feel "munched" already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texascoaster89 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'm really looking forward to the frisbee. SFoT has done some very good things in the past few years, let's hope the trend continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) As near as I can tell, the wheel will be like Spinnaker on steroids. I can't wait!!! Edited October 6, 2015 by Sportsdude360 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonR Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Catwoman's Whip = Return of the Spinnaker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmik72 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 This was before the zombie lunged at us with a chainsaw as soon as the flash went off! me and sportsdude360 at Piggy's Bloodshed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmik72 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I'm really looking forward to the villains invading Gotham City and I hope they are going to have a specific gift shop where you can buy merch of these great rides! Look forward mostly to Catwoman Whip as the Spinnaker was one of my favs back in the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I'm really looking forward to the villains invading Gotham City and I hope they are going to have a specific gift shop where you can buy merch of these great rides! Look forward mostly to Catwoman Whip as the Spinnaker was one of my favs back in the day! It DID live on for quite a while at Fiesta Tx (as Wagon Wheel) before disappearing a few years back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I'm really looking forward to the villains invading Gotham City and I hope they are going to have a specific gift shop where you can buy merch of these great rides! Look forward mostly to Catwoman Whip as the Spinnaker was one of my favs back in the day! The truth is you have no courage to ride the Riddler Revenge. So, for you, it's Catwoman Whip all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmik72 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I will ride The Riddler Revenge too! There was only one complaint about Fright Fest that I had. Friday was Fright Fest Hell and me and my friend didn't get in til 7:30. That wasn't the problem, the problem is even though the dining passes are good til 7:30, on Fridays they should be used til an hour before the park closes. I don't want to have to pay extra, if I have a dining pass, that's ridiculous . That's what really Grinds My Gears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosoraptor Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 A few observations from a visit this past Saturday (10/10/2015), -Ride employees seemed friendlier and more engaging than my usual experience at Six Flags parks, but it was my first visit to this park in many years so I suppose it could just be a regional thing. Some of the added friendliness and crowd pleasing by the attendants did further decrease operational times, which I have mixed feelings about. -Scare actors seemed really into it right when the event started around 7:00 pm, but as the night went on I noticed more and more of them huddled in groups of 2 or 3 just chatting. -Wait times in the morning were low with almost all waits being under 30 minutes. By the time fright fest started all lines on major coasters were an hour or longer. Food and beverage lines were also quite long (except for the healthier choices food stand in the Texas section). I thought this was a bit ironic. -I tried out the platinum flash pass ($90 per person) for the first time with mixed results. The ability to use it on New Texas Giant and Battle for Metropolis was really nice, but Skyscreamer was closed. No flash passes work on Judge Roy, Shockwave, and most of the flats. I would say it was probably worth it for the amount of times we rode New Texas Giant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Just saw a new video on youtube showing the Zamperla Endeavor we are getting next year. That thing looks amazing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmik72 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 This is to the guy who mentioned the scare actors huddled in groups talking, I had noticed that the Friday before last and thought it was nonsense. They wanna talk, do it in the backstage areas and not in front of guests as that takes away the scare factor. They say they will scare everyone but if they out there talking to other actors, hardly scary. For the love of all things scary, quit chatting with other actors while you're "on stage." The people screaming will thank you for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RissaBooBissa Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 It's a shame the actors aren't fully involved (if that's the right term). I've been meaning to hit up Fright Fest since I have never been... Any progress on the new flats? I'm assuming no, but this thread needs more activity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texascoaster89 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Yeah it's pretty dead in here I flew up to King's Island and Cedar Point this weekend. I checked out our Fright Fest last week and it was much better than the last few years, but man...Cedar Fair nailed it at King's Island...it was AMAZING just to be a patron who didn't do haunted houses. I've been around the country this year. I've hit Valley Fair (meh) SFGADV (Pleasantly surprised at how well they operate for a Six Flags park) King's Dominion (I-305 doesn't disappoint and staff was awesome) King's Island (Great collection of rides, The Beast and Diamondback are fantastic) and Cedar Point (The obvious king of the parks and coasters). I'm trying to get to Magic Mountain this year and I'm headed down to Fiesta Texas next week. With all of the observations I've made between Cedar Fair and Six Flags and compare them to our park. Our park is really improving and it seems headed in the right direction. Great Adventure was being run like a Cedar Fair park which was pleasantly surprising, I really hope this becomes more of a norm for other parks including ours. We have a lot of improving to do, and I hope they make those changes. We have a good year coming up with new flats and hopefully there's rumblings of a new major coaster coming because we sure need it. I'm hoping that one of our Texas parks will step up their game in the coming years to compete with Cedar Fair better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Flat ride construction will not start until mid to end of November. Currently a haunt occupies the space where they will go. Gotham will close as per usual the day before Holiday in the park which gives construction a green light to move full steam ahead. The land is already flat and cleared out so it'll mostly be digging a hole for the floor drop, pouring footers, and bolting the new rides in place along with a major rehab of the troika into spinsanity. The Halloween event this year has been packing them in. Sunday was wall to wall people with maybe 150 open parking spaces in the super far back. The changes they made this year have been paying off as they are being rewarded nicely with high attendance. There have been several reports that patrons are making false reports about the scare actors (touching people, harassing people, etc) and due to that they've had to change their procedures. So if anything you can blame the patrons more than the park, the park is just protecting themselves from negative publicity from false accusations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 The weather has certainly been good to the park the last several weeks, but that's about to change. The rain is supposed to move out in the late afternoon on Saturday, so that night might be one of the best to enjoy Fright Fest without the shoulder to shoulder crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Heck, I'm thinking Friday Just got the flash flood watch alert on my phone. Now the question is, where in the hell are we going to put all this water that's coming over the next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texascoaster89 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Looks like the park will end up flooding again by Runaway Minetrain, Shockwave, and Mr. Freeze for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 My spidey senses tell me the weatherpeople have over exaggerated once again and we will see pockets of light to moderate rain for short periods of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 My spidey senses tell me the weatherpeople have over exaggerated once again and we will see pockets of light to moderate rain for short periods of time. we haven't had rain at my home in over 3 months. . and it has POURED today. now, the graphs I've seen have shown HOUSTON getting nailed, but they are predicting up to 15" this weekend in the Hillcountry and East of I35. . . so I'm thinking it's gonna be a hell of a storm system, but maybe won't get up to Dallas. but we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andysol Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Hey all- new here- good to see a six flags over texas forum! Raining like crazy- I'm a new season pass holder and went for the first time last Saturday- haven't been to Six Flags previously in over 10 years (but do have season passes to Universal in Florida and WDW). Really enjoyed my visit back to the park- forgot how pretty it is with all the trees (Vs Uni or WDW). I was planning on going Sunday- but with all this rain, thinking that might be a terrible idea. If it's not raining Sunday, will parts of the park be closed off for flooding? Historically, that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasParkman Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Chadster was a little premature- We are getting Rain- heavy in some spots. SFOT may flood. I live close to the Park and it has rained heavily. In his defense- the weather people get it wrong a lot in DFW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 My spidey senses tell me the weatherpeople have over exaggerated once again and we will see pockets of light to moderate rain for short periods of time. Yeah, I think the airport is closing in on 5 inches since 3:00 yesterday afternoon. Light to moderate for sure. The rain is supposed to start clearing out late in the day on Saturday. The flooding goes away as quick as it rises, so as long as they can clean it up in a reasonable time, I wouldn't expect anything to be closed Sunday. If tonight and most of tomorrow are a rainout, Sunday crowds could be pretty heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 KDFW reports 2.87" and the sun is breaking through in Frisco. Lewisville hit close to 5, like 4.5 or something. Somehow we've managed to turn this into the weather channel thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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