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beenagins87 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 In my opinion, TLC is different from a complete overhaul and new trains. If it's TLC you're looking for, paint the ride/trains, freshen up the queue, give it a new sign, and make it look as good as the ride can for as little money as possible. Keep the VR, if you must. It would be pretty costly to remove, which makes me think that when it does finally get removed, it will be replaced with something modern and new. Hence another reason why I don't think it's going anywhere, anytime soon. I'm curious where the old trains for SFOG's Ninja are and if we're going to cannibalize them for spare parts. Asking again... any ideas on how the crowds will be the Saturday after this coming Saturday? Is anyone else going to be at the park? Given Six Flags' past, they probably have the old SFOG Ninja trains somewhere and they are using them for parts. I mean they still use parts from Mega Zeph's and Twisted Twins' trains on the Boss' trains. The only new parts train I've seen is one train from Roar. The park didn't get Medusa's trains after it closed and the last Arrow train the park received was the spare for Boomerang. Also weren't the old trains on Blue Hawk Vekoma? If they were I doubt very many parts from thpse trains would work on an Arrow. One of the trains on Blue Hawk was one of the arrow trains from GASM from SFGADV.. It was supposedly the " smoother " train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisGraslie Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 I was checking out Six Flags Over Georgia's Justice League POVs and I noticed that while the screens and scenarios were pretty much the same (except for the extra Lex Luthor scene and the new barking dog silhouette effect), the character animations are a lot more fluid. Ragdoll physics were also added to Joker's henchman and the LexBots now explode as well. I was wondering, since both versions run on the same engine (Unreal Engine 4), is it a possibility that Six Flags St Louis' ride system would be upgraded to match the new versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 It really depends on whether or not the current hardware isn't powerful enough. I have my doubts they'd upgrade the computing power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Of all the trouble they had with Justice League when it first opened, I think its best to leave well enough alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 The cycle time for this closing crew on Freeze is unacceptable. Over 3 minutes - horrible capacity at that speed with one side open. Literally no more than 5 launches in the final 20 minutes, and I only counted 4. No technical issues, only one oversized guest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachir Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 The cycle time for this closing crew on Freeze is unacceptable. Over 3 minutes - horrible capacity at that speed with one side open. Literally no more than 5 launches in the final 20 minutes, and I only counted 4. No technical issues, only one oversized guest. Are there metrics that Six Flags reviews to see how well (or poor) their guest throughput is? I've always assumed yes, but maybe not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Danrarbc Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Did anyone see the Facebook event SFSL just posted? https://m.facebook.com/events/1863626143890908 Spinsanity season passholder preview the 24th and 25th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treburton101 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Does anyone know when boomerang will be back open? Website still says temporarily closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow Dynamics fan Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 In my opinion, TLC is different from a complete overhaul and new trains. If it's TLC you're looking for, paint the ride/trains, freshen up the queue, give it a new sign, and make it look as good as the ride can for as little money as possible. Keep the VR, if you must. It would be pretty costly to remove, which makes me think that when it does finally get removed, it will be replaced with something modern and new. Hence another reason why I don't think it's going anywhere, anytime soon. I'm curious where the old trains for SFOG's Ninja are and if we're going to cannibalize them for spare parts. Asking again... any ideas on how the crowds will be the Saturday after this coming Saturday? Is anyone else going to be at the park? Given Six Flags' past, they probably have the old SFOG Ninja trains somewhere and they are using them for parts. I mean they still use parts from Mega Zeph's and Twisted Twins' trains on the Boss' trains. The only new parts train I've seen is one train from Roar. The park didn't get Medusa's trains after it closed and the last Arrow train the park received was the spare for Boomerang. Also weren't the old trains on Blue Hawk Vekoma? If they were I doubt very many parts from thpse trains would work on an Arrow. One of the trains on Blue Hawk was one of the arrow trains from GASM from SFGADV.. It was supposedly the " smoother " train. When I rode the Blue Hawk last year one of the things that surprised me was that it was running on Arrow wheels on the new Vekoma trains; therefore, I would conclude that there might be other interchangeable parts. It doesn't surprise me if the Arrow train was smoother than the original Vekoma train due to my experience on WOF Boomerang (all around painful). In my view, I don't see the down side of buying the new Vekoma trains for the Ninja. Even if the coaster is only going to be here for less than 5 years, there still lots of Arrow and Vekoma shuttle coasters still in Six Flags line up that would benefit from it after Ninja is gone. Frankly the trains were the only thing that made Blue Hawk tolerable. The layout on Blue Hawk is weird. It is like they wanted to create a big knot out of steel track and it lacks a good airtime drop hill like SFSTL's Ninja has at the beginning. I still prefer the Ninja in its current form over Blue Hawk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Does anyone know when boomerang will be back open? Website still says temporarily closed. Pretty sure nearly everyone is hoping for never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixFlagsAstroworld Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Does anyone know when boomerang will be back open? Website still says temporarily closed. Pretty sure nearly everyone is hoping for never. Although it is one of the better boomerangs I've been on out of all the boomerangs I ridden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vonni Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Has Boomerang's train been put back on the track yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CoasterGuy06 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 One of the trains on Blue Hawk was one of the arrow trains from GASM from SFGADV.. It was supposedly the " smoother " train. They ran one Vekoma train and one Arrow train in 2011 (both were running at Deep South Bash that year). In 2012 both trains were Arrow trains from SFGAdv. I wonder if Blue Hawk's new trains are the old chassis with new bodies/restraints. It would make it cheaper than buying new trains, so maybe more SF parks will upgrade their rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Has Boomerang's train been put back on the track yet? It was never off the track this season. Oh ok. I wasn't aware. Has it been testing at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vonni Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 It ran earlier this season, then it went down a couple of weeks ago. I'm sorry, I must be really out of the loop....so it has been open to the public this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vonni Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 ^ Ok got ya! Thanks for the info and for dealing with my barrage of questions lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 That's why I asked if the park was waiting on a replacement part to come in a few days ago. There are certain things you don't keep spares on hand for, but it can take a few weeks for some things to be manufactured and shipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Maier Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I know JL:BFM is at SFStL . . . . So for those that have been on it . . . what's the experience like? How many times did you ride? How long did you have to wait in line? I'm looking forward to it at SFGAdv (not sure when it'll be open) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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