SteveStL Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Bad PR for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWFan Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Sorry. One last thing: Shout out to Screamscape for very dramatic but lacking-facts post. #ThanksLance Actually some of his post sounds pretty accurate. And if superman does reopen, I wouldn't be surprised if it were only 2 or three cars. Well, for starters, we have a great maintenance division, so his comments about their aptitude are not appropriate. Second, his whole thing about JLBM isn't rooted in facts. Things with that ride have absolutely nothing to do with the park being handed a ride from "HQ" (lol) without the proper maintenance budget. The main problems have to do with the ride system and hardware/software itself rather than a lack of maintenance. To quote a Sally Corp VP who I was texting with yesterday, "It's been a rough journey, but I think we finally have it now." (The rest of the conversation included some details, but I'm going to leave it at that for now.) Especially as more JL rides are built, it will only mean better upgrades to reduce downtime for us. Yes, Superman & Boomerang are having longer term issues it seems, but Tidal Wave is an issue that came out of the blue and is being corrected as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 The lighting package on that star flyer is great, but I'll gladly settle for Cedar Fair better than average lighting. Yes, you'd love a Mercedes to replace your crappy old 2003 cobalt, but let's all come back to earth and be content with a nice Honda Accord, before we go shooting for the moon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vonni Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 ^ It would be nice to see it run at full capacity again. I haven't seen every car in use at once in several seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Baelfael Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Superman requires a minimum of 3 cars to operate. I'll never not be curious about details like this. Why? My knee-jerk guess is that the counterweights (which I'm literally guessing exist, I really don't know) can only be configured to deal with 3 cars at minimum, but I'd love to know for sure. Is there a decent source for technical information on theme park rides? It feels like it should be trivial to get information on these more-or-less off the shelf rides, but maybe the potential audience is too low for anyone to bother publishing it. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Long Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I have a question and please forgive my ignorance- this year I am a first time gold dining pass holder and I have a few questions concerning the use of the dining portion of my pass after the schedule changes for fright fest and shorter hours etc. 1) is the blue bottle for refills good until the end of the year (in this case January?) 2) do they change the hours that the dining pass is able to be used or are you just out of luck after fright fest starts and the park opens with only the last half of the dinner/snack period available? I am asking about Fridays in particular, the other days are pretty much the same just shorter hours. December will be a new thing since they don't open til 2 pm. any Ideas - I guess I could go to guest relations and ask too.. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixFlagsAstroworld Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I have a question and please forgive my ignorance- 1) is the blue bottle for refills good until the end of the year (in this case January?) 2) do they change the hours that the dining pass is able to be used or are you just out of luck after fright fest starts and the park opens with only the last half of the dinner/snack period available? 1) the souvenir bottle should be good throughout the rest of 2016 including HITP 2) I'm pretty sure the Dining Plan doesn't change during FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kevin Long Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 just got back from the park and this happened - also the list of broken attractions keeps expanding... no shows - no train - if your not a thrill rider or a get wet rider there is not a lot to do in the park these days. sucks being too fat to ride the good rides Kevin tidal wave open I guess they fixed the leak people riding 5 attractions down - getting to be a pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trololzilla Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 just got back from the park and this happened -also the list of broken attractions keeps expanding... no shows - no train - if your not a thrill rider or a get wet rider there is not a lot to do in the park these days. sucks being too fat to ride the good rides Kevin Highland Fling was down for the day for a minor issue, but it should be back up and running by tomorrow. The Railroad's been down for a fair while now, but they actually did have it do a cycle today around the park to test it and I'm sure it'll be open within a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARLEYGUYJB Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I have a question and please forgive my ignorance- 1) is the blue bottle for refills good until the end of the year (in this case January?) 2) do they change the hours that the dining pass is able to be used or are you just out of luck after fright fest starts and the park opens with only the last half of the dinner/snack period available? 1) the souvenir bottle should be good throughout the rest of 2016 including HITP 2) I'm pretty sure the Dining Plan doesn't change during FF. Since the parks hours change during Fright Fest, they do change the hours for the Season Dining Pass hours. I don't remember what they change to, but they do change the hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARLEYGUYJB Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 It looks like September 1st will be the big 2017 announcement for all of the Six Flags Parks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thread Killer Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 just got back from the park and this happened -also the list of broken attractions keeps expanding... no shows - no train - if your not a thrill rider or a get wet rider there is not a lot to do in the park these days. sucks being too fat to ride the good rides Kevin Look on the bright side Kevin, they only have room for 3 more broken rides. Hopefully they will fill those slots with the good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 ^lol I wasn't going to say it. I'm going to throw my money in the hat and my guess is S&S Free Spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARLEYGUYJB Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 ^^^^That's what I'm thinking too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 ^lol I wasn't going to say it. I'm going to throw my money in the hat and my guess is S&S Free Spin. And since it seems Tidal Wave is not being removed, I'm going to guess it will go up on the hill just past it. It would be cool to have a season of no removals and only an addition lol! The only other logical spot I could think of is removing the Axis Arcade and putting it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Where is the Axis Arcade? Is that near the Palace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 ^It is between Ninja and Joker. It is the building that Joker exits into, and it was one of the old Skyway stations back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Ah, OK. I know what you're talking about. That seems like it would be a decent spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroGravity55 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 So if the park does get a 4D Free Fly, I wonder what they're going to name it considering they've already got a Batman and Joker themed ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 "Free Spin" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomPoster32 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 So if the park does get a 4D Free Fly, I wonder what they're going to name it considering they've already got a Batman and Joker themed ride? TWO FACE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroGravity55 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 ^ I like it! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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