Six Flags Over Texas (SFOT) Discussion Thread

[XII]

Wonderful. The slowest Six Flags park in the United States (La Ronde is in Canada) decides to remove a car from their most popular coaster, decreasing capacity and causing their operations to get even slower. Way to go Six Flags Over Texas.

[El Toro_Ryan]

Wonderful. The slowest Six Flags park in the United States (La Ronde is in Canada) decides to remove a car from their most popular coaster, decreasing capacity and causing their operations to get even slower. Way to go Six Flags Over Texas.

 

From what I understand, RMC told the park to remove a car from each train. I'm not sure why but this usually has to do with structural concerns.

[Ed Farmer]

Here's the deal. I know because I have many resources at the park because I grew up here. This is going to fall on Six Flags shoulders. Unless their lawyers are incredible. The hydraulic device that keeps the restraint system in place did not fail, even if it did, it has 2 back up systems to keep it in place. The odds of that are very extreme obviously. The ride ops were actually told to try and pin large size riders in because of the sue happy society of fat people feeling shammed at theme parks. The woman literally slipped out like a bar of soap because of her massive girth against the restraint and designed air time hills. The restraint returned to the station STILL locked in it's place because it never malfunctioned, this was proven. It's unfortunate what happened, but it's going to fall to Six Flags for falling to public and social media pressure. Ever since the accident, I've ridden the ride many times and felt perfectly safe before and after the accident. I've also seen a ZERO tolerance policy on if you're too fat to ride, you're not riding. So all the clues are there to exactly what happened for the public to see if you're not in the know. Their just now allowed to openly speak publicly and say "She was too big to ride." Because why? You'll hear cries and screams of discrimination and an interview of someone drinking their 6th Coke of the day from a Mega Gulp on why they think it's discrimination.

 

is this post real

[coastercrazy216]

^Although it is a little bit politically incorrect, essentially is he's totally right and none of his facts are incorrect.

[Nickstroberg]

I'd say the post was a little harsh. But, he knows exactly what he's talking about. If Gerstlauer(?) goes down for this bullshit, it'll be as big a tradgedy as the Mindbender's(Edmonton) derailment causing the downfall of Schwartzkopf's(?) business, although it was PROVEN the park was entirely at fault. Damn shame in both cases.

[coastercoaster5]

HEY!

 

What is closed during december at the park?

 

Same goes for SFFT.

[disneyfreak1986]

^ I don't know what all is closed at SFFT for HITP, but at SFOT as far as I can remember the rides closed are all the water rides, Batman, Mr. Freeze, & the Oil Derrick. Batwing & Crazy Legs will be closed on certain operating days while open on other days. Also, this year the looping starship will be closed. Everything else should be open unless the weather is too cold.

 

Your best bet for finding out what rides will be open for both parks during the event is to check the park website. They will post a list of rides open for HITP on their website closer to the event.

[coastercoaster5]

Thanks! I actually found the ride list on their website for HITP

[Vonni]

Why do they close Batman and Mr. Freeze during HITP?

[bigboy]

To get a head start on the short turnaround for rehabbing rides for the next season.

[coastercoaster5]

Ah i see. How crowded does it get late December on a weekday? A day where it open in the middle of the day for some reason

[chadster]

^^^Batman and Freeze don't have wheel heaters in the station nor do they have a set of 'winter' wheels for batman, thus they start rehab early on those rides. There has been discussion about adding wheel heaters and the larger wheels, but we've yet to see them installed.

 

^At night it gets moderately busy, Saturdays forget it.

 

Wonderful. The slowest Six Flags park in the United States (La Ronde is in Canada) decides to remove a car from their most popular coaster, decreasing capacity and causing their operations to get even slower. Way to go Six Flags Over Texas.

 

From what I understand, RMC told the park to remove a car from each train. I'm not sure why but this usually has to do with structural concerns.

 

This ended up being a park decision. We may see full trains again next spring.

[coastercoaster5]

How does the 5 train operations effect the experience?? also does NTaG run differently in the winter??

[GwaziBSRider1]

NTaG ran wonderfully last winter when I rode it.

[webgoof]

How does the 5 train operations effect the experience?? also does NTaG run differently in the winter??

 

5-car trains didn't affect anything when I was there. Also, have had just as much fun riding in the Winter

[Texascoaster89]

Sorry it took so long to get back. Yes it's real, yes it's harsh because sadly that's just how citizens in this country are right now. It's almost like they are looking for any reason to sue a large well known company. For theme parks like Cedar Fair and Six Flags, it's large people shamming.

[Texascoaster89]

How does the 5 train operations effect the experience?? also does NTaG run differently in the winter??

 

5-car trains didn't affect anything when I was there. Also, have had just as much fun riding in the Winter

 

 

Good to know, I went last weekend around 5pm and the Giant was down for the evening. Saw both mechanics I'm used to seeing walking from the exit with 2 HUGE bags of tools...So I haven't gotten to experience it yet with one less car.

[coastercoaster5]

What temp does it have to be for rides to close? Also, in the really cold, do rides here run, sluggish?

[rmsy]

Also, in the really cold, do rides here run, sluggish?

 

As a general rule, the colder it is, the slower the train is going to travel.

Edited April 29, 2015 by rmsy

[El Toro_Ryan]

What temp does it have to be for rides to close? Also, in the really cold, do rides here run, sluggish?

 

That depends on the ride. Some can run in colder temperatures than others by design or by using different wheel setups.

[GwaziBSRider1]

At SFOT, they start to close rides at about 40-45 degrees (which is typical). When I was there last December, Titan seemed to be the first to close. Of course, they did reopen it once it was warm enough (it was never closed long). I don't think anything else ever closed.

[coasterbill]

What temp does it have to be for rides to close? Also, in the really cold, do rides here run, sluggish?

 

That depends on the ride. Some can run in colder temperatures than others by design or by using different wheel setups.

 

I know this isn't a Great Adventure discussion but I have to ask... does Great Adventure even have a point where they'll close the coasters (besides Kingda Ka)? They seem to completely disregard weather with the lone exceptions being snow on the tracks or lightning in the area. They ran Nitro last week in the sleet. They're awesome.

 

I think it's kind off odd that the same chain that runs coasters in basically anything at Great Adventure seems to be a little more strict at their other parks but being a ride op you probably have more insight into that than I do. Would wheel setups generally be the main reason for this?

[SharkTums]

I think it's kind off odd that the same chain that runs coasters in basically anything at Great Adventure seems to be a little more strict at their other parks but being a ride op you probably have more insight into that than I do. Would wheel setups generally be the main reason for this?

 

If there's anything we've learned it's that Six Flags parks are far from consistent in their policies, operations, procedures, etc.

[El Toro_Ryan]

What temp does it have to be for rides to close? Also, in the really cold, do rides here run, sluggish?

 

That depends on the ride. Some can run in colder temperatures than others by design or by using different wheel setups.

 

I know this isn't a Great Adventure discussion but I have to ask... does Great Adventure even have a point where they'll close the coasters (besides Kingda Ka)? They seem to completely disregard weather with the lone exceptions being snow on the tracks or lightning in the area. They ran Nitro last week in the sleet. They're awesome.

 

I think it's kind off odd that the same chain that runs coasters in basically anything at Great Adventure seems to be a little more strict at their other parks but being a ride op you probably have more insight into that than I do. Would wheel setups generally be the main reason for this?

 

Lol I'm glad you asked that. GADV is super lenient with running the rides and to my knowledge, I don't know of an official shut down point except during thunder storms, downpours, or when the tracks are frozen over which rarely happens. Most of the coasters use faster wheel setups during the colder parts of the season so that they can run without problems even when it's freezing out. The only ride that doesn't apply to is El Toro because it only has one wheel setup for some reason which runs better in warmer weather. Watch it test run on a cold morning and it is scary how slow it runs. However, Toro can still be opened in the cold weather because we just slap some test dummies in the seats and there are tire drives on the final hill into the brake run to give it the extra boost it needs on those first few test runs. But after the wheels warm up a little, it's fine.

[chadster]

I think it's kind off odd that the same chain that runs coasters in basically anything at Great Adventure seems to be a little more strict at their other parks but being a ride op you probably have more insight into that than I do. Would wheel setups generally be the main reason for this?

 

If there's anything we've learned it's that Six Flags parks are far from consistent in their policies, operations, procedures, etc.

 

This.

 

The steel coasters will shutdown around 42 degrees, wood can go lower to near 36. Flats typically close near the 34 mark with the exception of SkySkreamer. I mean who wants to ride that at night when it's 34 degrees?