Six Flags St. Louis (SFStL) Discussion Thread

[kidcoaster 2]

Wow! Those look evil!

[YoshiFan]

Yeah those trains look very uncomfortable even if the ride layout was tame compared to a regular stand up coaster.

[gerstlaueringvar]

I used to think they were making a wrong choice taking out the stand up trains, not anymore right at the second when I saw the photo

[A.J.]

You think those looked bad? What would happen if they put more sinister-looking trains on an Arrow Corkscrew?

 

Oh wait - Worlds of Fun did.

 

[gerstlaueringvar]

^I think the kids might get hang on the restraint and pass out lol. Thank god the seats have wrist belts.

[SteveStL]

I rode the Rail Blazer once or twice back in the early 80's. It wasn't too exciting and rather boring. For those who didn't have the opportunity, don't feel like you missed out on anything special. *yawn*

[StLCPfan]

The whole thing about Rail Blazer was that they reopened that track of the mine train that had been closed for several years, and the park had a "new" coaster. It wasn't exciting, just RADICAL and UNIQUE. They overhyped the ride for sure.

[tombstone07]

If anyone interested on the work for the ride here are two pics from there facebook page.

[scbt]

Jeez, after seeing those trains, it's not really not all that surprising that someone fell out, those look really unsafe!

[SFZIP]

The Rail Blazer has the shortest life span of any ride in the park's history, it opened on June 17, 1984, the accident (ejection) happened on July 7, then the ride was closed until mid August for modifications (including seat belts), then it operated the rest of the season, which by that time is basically just weekends only.

[IronWolfman]

^It didn't have those waist seat belts before the ejection?? No wonder! That makes it too easy to fall out of those trains...

[Vonni]

I hope that those old movie sets come down with the Hannibarrels. They are so ugly!

[Grant45]

I would like to see them do work on the whole area around the new tsunami soaker, like Maybe add a new shop.

[Woodie Warrior]

It's Six Flags. The park would make the area look nice if corporate gave them the cash, but I'm pretty sure the ride is just going to be plopped down on the blacktop and given a standard queue. Nothing fancy.

[SFZIP]

^It didn't have those waist seat belts before the ejection?? No wonder! That makes it too easy to fall out of those trains...

 

When the Rail Blazer opened it had a belt that went from the knee bar to the bottom of the shoulder harness (see the picture a few pages back), after the accident it got waist seat belts and a bar on the outside so you couldn't fall out the side (like what had already happened), in the picture of EXT at WOF on the last page it has waist belts, did it always, since it went upside down or were they added after the accident at SFOMA?

[prozach626]

It's Six Flags. The park would make the area look nice if corporate gave them the cash, but I'm pretty sure the ride is just going to be plopped down on the blacktop and given a standard queue. Nothing fancy.

 

I'm pretty sure you're right.

[thrillrider]

I thought you guys would like this picture of the parks mine ride with stand up trains.

[rcjp]

If in the medieval age they had had access to such torture devices who knows what they would have done....

[GigaG]

Mine train to standup coaster? While I know it was a new concept at the time, it seems completely and utterly stupid and idiotic today.

[Vonni]

Mine train to standup coaster? While I know it was a new concept at the time, it seems completely and utterly stupid and idiotic today.

 

 

As rough as The River King Mine Train is today, just imagine how it would be if it had remained a Stand Up! Oh goodness!

[HWFan]

As bad as it might look now, at the time, people thought it was amazing. My mom was telling me about how everyone wanted to ride it. She was actually in line when the accident happened. Her and her friend who had talked about it for a long time were really disappointed, but looking back at it, I don't think she missed anything special.

[Coaster19]

That is really cool. I did not know what they did or how it used to be one. Thank you for sharing.

 

Third cars looked so uncomfortable!!

[Vonni]

I just had a thought. I've heard people say that the GM of SFStL (his name escapes me at the moment) has said that he wants a better course for the Moon Cars, and that the Go Karts will not be around very much longer. I bet when the Go Karts are removed that is where the New Moon Cars Course will go. I think that's a good area of the Park for them.

[IronWolfman]

^I think if they move the Moon Cars, they should replace it's old spot with a kiddie coaster.

[SteveStL]

Makes more sense to put the Jr. Coaster around Bugs Bunny Land. If they tear down Screamin' Eagles first queue house (no longer used) and use the surrounding space wisely it would provide enough room for something custom.