Sportsdude360 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 A few pics I took today. More later. New Years Eve at SFOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 SFOT: Christmas At The Southern Palace photos. Excellent 35 minute show with a live band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 New Year's Eve at SFOT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotologist492 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 @Sportsdude360 - awesome photos! Thanks for sharing! This park has really come a long way with HitP since I last saw it in 2001! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Latest Aquaman Power Wave update!! 20230128_122019.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Aquaman Power Wave pics!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 If a full-size Aldi can be built in a week down the road from me, I don't understand how this ride is taking literal years to be built. I'm not kidding about the Aldi, either. It was a dirt pit for a while, then the construction equipment showed up in early January. It opened ten days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarFlags Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 hour ago, KBrylczyk said: If a full-size Aldi can be built in a week down the road from me, I don't understand how this ride is taking literal years to be built. I'm not kidding about the Aldi, either. It was a dirt pit for a while, then the construction equipment showed up in early January. It opened ten days ago. Zadra was built in 9 months and half of the ride fell over halfway thru. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 hour ago, CedarFlags said: Zadra was built in 9 months and half of the ride fell over halfway thru. While it was being built, thus not fully structurally sound, and as the result of a pretty serious storm, so yeah not the same. Aquaman is taking forever because SF gives zero shits about opening rides with any sort of promptness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Great news guys!! Looks like Aquaman Power Wave is going to be opening in 2020!! Yeah Baby!!......... Oh wait 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarFlags Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 2 hours ago, AmyUD06 said: While it was being built, thus not fully structurally sound, and as the result of a pretty serious storm, so yeah not the same. Aquaman is taking forever because SF gives zero shits about opening rides with any sort of promptness. Was no shade on Zadra at all. My point was: a MUCH larger scale project was completed, even with a major set back, in less than half the time that this glorified shoot-the-chutes ride has taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 12 hours ago, CedarFlags said: glorified shoot-the-chutes ride Hey now, I've been on Pulsar at Walibi Wavre. These things are WAY better than any Shoot The Chutes ride I've been on. I would happily marathon a Powersplash any day while I would happily walk right by a Shoot The Chutes. I say this after I almost didn't ride Pulsar because I was being a pansy about getting wet. I was essentially shamed into going on the ride because I was afraid my socks and underwear would get squishy. Pulsar ended up being one of the highlights of that entire Europe trip and it has a refreshing splash rather than a "soak you to the bone" splash. If you want to get drenched you go stand next to the splashdown pool, but if you're in the boat you get a very fun thrill, a surprising amount of airtime, and a nice splish of water to cool you down. SFOT still sucks, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeykaise Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I think the biggest reason for the delay was originally they weren't going to include the turntable (which would be horrendous dispatch times) and after they got to building it Six Flags was like yeah go ahead and give us the turntable after all so then they had to wait on the turntable from the manufacturer, good idea to include it but stupid to decide not to include it from the get go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarFlags Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 3 hours ago, mikeykaise said: I think the biggest reason for the delay was originally they weren't going to include the turntable (which would be horrendous dispatch times) and after they got to building it Six Flags was like yeah go ahead and give us the turntable after all so then they had to wait on the turntable from the manufacturer, good idea to include it but stupid to decide not to include it from the get go. That makes A LOT of sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 5 hours ago, mikeykaise said: I think the biggest reason for the delay was originally they weren't going to include the turntable (which would be horrendous dispatch times) and after they got to building it Six Flags was like yeah go ahead and give us the turntable after all so then they had to wait on the turntable from the manufacturer, good idea to include it but stupid to decide not to include it from the get go. You know as well as I do (and the rest of the y'all wackadoos here) that the turntable will be used for the first year until they take one boat into permanent "maintenance" (read - parts bitch) and they're stuck with one boat that still needs to be spun around every single cycle, resulting in even longer cycle times and lower capacity. It's the Six Flags Way*. That being said, we also all know that when your ride is complete you're still going to be sitting in the boat for five minutes until they finally check and clear the second boat to rotate you back into the station. It's the Six Flags Way*. * - Does not apply to SFFT. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarFlags Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 22 minutes ago, KBrylczyk said: You know as well as I do (and the rest of the y'all wackadoos here) that the turntable will be used for the first year until they take one boat into permanent "maintenance" (read - parts bitch) and they're stuck with one boat that still needs to be spun around every single cycle, resulting in even longer cycle times and lower capacity. It's the Six Flags Way*. That being said, we also all know that when your ride is complete you're still going to be sitting in the boat for five minutes until they finally check and clear the second boat to rotate you back into the station. It's the Six Flags Way*. * - Does not apply to SFFT. And the both boats will have plenty of open seats since there's no grouper and the ROs are only allowed to open the gates for 3 seconds. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotologist492 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 13 hours ago, KBrylczyk said: Hey now, I've been on Pulsar at Walibi Wavre. These things are WAY better than any Shoot The Chutes ride I've been on. I would happily marathon a Powersplash any day while I would happily walk right by a Shoot The Chutes. I say this after I almost didn't ride Pulsar because I was being a pansy about getting wet. I was essentially shamed into going on the ride because I was afraid my socks and underwear would get squishy. Pulsar ended up being one of the highlights of that entire Europe trip and it has a refreshing splash rather than a "soak you to the bone" splash. If you want to get drenched you go stand next to the splashdown pool, but if you're in the boat you get a very fun thrill, a surprising amount of airtime, and a nice splish of water to cool you down. SFOT still sucks, though. From what I have heard, the powersplash model ride can also operate year-round as a dry ride by simply emptying the splash pool. It is basically a roller coaster with a splashdown option. But as far as water rides go, I like the idea of not being completely drenched (unless I want to stand by the splash pool area). At any rate, I look forward to riding this in the next year or two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 6 minutes ago, Lotologist492 said: From what I have heard, the powersplash model ride can also operate year-round as a dry ride by simply emptying the splash pool. It is basically a roller coaster with a splashdown option. But as far as water rides go, I like the idea of not being completely drenched (unless I want to stand by the splash pool area). At any rate, I look forward to riding this in the next year or two. I asked about this at Winterfest. . and the park rep I was speaking to did not know if SF had a version that could operate year round (when I told him that Pulsar can operate without the splash to keep it going year round). he agreed that it would be great to have it running year round and said he'd ask that question when he got back to Dallas. not sure what the end answer was tho. and yes, Pulsar barely got the riders wet. . it just misted us every time I rode. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garet Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 ^ Lotte World Busan is a year round park, temperatures have been pretty low and as far as I'm aware, as well as looking at the schedule on their site, their Giant Splash is open for the winter season. Looking at it on YouTube, they're running it with the splash though even in Winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert425 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 and we have an opening date (finally) (saw this in a tweet from American Coaster Enthusiasts & the park) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 It's been confirmed to open for Spring Breakout!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sportsdude360 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Harley Quinn Spinsanity permanently closed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sportsdude360 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Aquaman Power Wave exclusive ride times for Members and Pass Holders start this weekend!! And YES!! I will be there!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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