prozach626 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 ^^ MVP (most valuable poster) of the day, right there!
Vonni Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Jetscream was located on what was the Super Sports Cars ride, which is now currently the home of Batman. Ninja was installed in a spot that was the original home to one half of the River King Runaway Mine Train - which is now Big Bad John in Arkansas. The year that Ninja was installed (1989), Jetscream was moved to Astroworld and renamed the Viper. The Jetscream plot of land was left vacant ride-wise, until Batman was installed in 1995. As someone mentioned earlier, they moved a round tent to that location, which was home to "The Carrot Club" (meal and show) and also a frequent dance party location as well. Wasn't there a local TV show filmed here? Anyone remember the name? Thank you for the info!
JonR Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Rode Jet Scream 5 times on opening day. Worked in the sit down restaurant (DJ's Diner) that is now Johnny Rockets. DJ's Diner opened in 1984 same year as Rail Blazer accident. DJ's Diner had tables from the Admiral. The Admiral was run by Six Flags for a couple of years before it was converted to a casino. I used to ride the Admiral when I was a kid, but never when it was docked and run by Six Flags. The food stand by Jet Scream was Potato Patch and had fresh cut fries. I remember all the teens and tweens would hang out on the weekend at the dance club. I think I worked in every food location in the park during my 4 summers there. I also was fortunate enough to ride the Viper at Astroworld during a work trip. Astroworld turned out to be really fun mix of unique rides. Can you say Ultratwister! I've got a couple of stories about riding the Jet Scream, but I'll leave that for another post.
SixFlagsAstroworld Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 He guys, speaking of Jet Scream, I found a frisbee yesterday. A Jet Scream merchandise!
pixelated85 Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Jetscream was located on what was the Super Sports Cars ride, which is now currently the home of Batman. Ninja was installed in a spot that was the original home to one half of the River King Runaway Mine Train - which is now Big Bad John in Arkansas. The year that Ninja was installed (1989), Jetscream was moved to Astroworld and renamed the Viper. The Jetscream plot of land was left vacant ride-wise, until Batman was installed in 1995. As someone mentioned earlier, they moved a round tent to that location, which was home to "The Carrot Club" (meal and show) and also a frequent dance party location as well. Wasn't there a local TV show filmed here? Anyone remember the name? I totally remember this show. Channel 11, I believe? On Saturday nights? The name was something very stereotypical, very clubby. Wish I could remember it. I remember tuning in once or twice and it was SO AWKWARD.
pixelated85 Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Jetscream was located on what was the Super Sports Cars ride, which is now currently the home of Batman. Ninja was installed in a spot that was the original home to one half of the River King Runaway Mine Train - which is now Big Bad John in Arkansas. The year that Ninja was installed (1989), Jetscream was moved to Astroworld and renamed the Viper. The Jetscream plot of land was left vacant ride-wise, until Batman was installed in 1995. As someone mentioned earlier, they moved a round tent to that location, which was home to "The Carrot Club" (meal and show) and also a frequent dance party location as well. Wasn't there a local TV show filmed here? Anyone remember the name? I totally remember this show. Channel 11, I believe? On Saturday nights? The name was something very stereotypical, very clubby. Wish I could remember it. I remember tuning in once or twice and it was SO AWKWARD.
jrkstl Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 ^^ MVP (most valuable poster) of the day, right there! Ha! Thank you for the info! You're welcome! The name of the "dance club" was "Tremors." Still can't remember what the local TV show was called...
theymitbgi Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Wasn't the title of the show pretty generic? Like "dance party live from tremors"? I believe Rik Idol aka Todd Newton from from Hot 97 hosted.
SteveStL Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 Wasn't the title of the show pretty generic? Like "dance party live from tremors"? I believe Rik Idol aka Todd Newton from from Hot 97 hosted. Rik Idol good god, how cheeseball
SixFlagsAstroworld Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 29 more days left of the off season. Did the Fireball even arrive yet?
FaithPlus1 Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 29 more days left of the off season. Did the Fireball even arrive yet? Should be on its way. I think someone spotted it being pulled by a semi truck down the highway.
Nrthwnd Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 29 more days left of the off season. Did the Fireball even arrive yet? Should be on its way. I think someone spotted it being rolled down the highway. Fixed.
SixFlagsAstroworld Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 ^ That was hilarious. "Honey! Watch out for that giant wheel!"
HWFan Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 26 days left. Stop scaring me. Seeing Colossus rotating today was scary enough.
SixFlagsAstroworld Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 What's even more scary? Holiday in the Park!
Nrthwnd Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 ^ That was hilarious. "Honey! Watch out for that rolling coaster!" Fixed.
Peeps28 Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 Rolling roller coaster. Lol. I might be a little late on this discussion but are we calling this a roller coaster?
Nrthwnd Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 ^ No. On page 616, the attraction is announced, and they definitely changed their "terminology" for what was coming to SFStL. As they did for any other of their parks that was getting a Larson Loop. This was just for fun.
Nrthwnd Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 ^ That's cool. I think the funniest of course, is when they first tried to pass the loops off as actual coasters in their advertising, etc.
Peeps28 Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 Are season pass deals basically over for this year. We usually have our gold passes purchased by now. Always buy the 4 pass deal. But always significantly cheaper then what i see now.
Vonni Posted February 29, 2016 Posted February 29, 2016 The fact that SFStL did NOT market Fireball as a Coaster made the addition so much easier to swallow, personally! I was probably more happy than I should have been.
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