Rollercoaster Rider Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 I heard that American Thunder wasn't even supposed to go to SFSTL either. Corporate was forced to move it there because of construction restrictions at SFNE. Don't know if that's true or not, it's just what I heard. Maybe it was planned for SFFT and they moved it to SFStL cause of Goliath?
gerstlaueringvar Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 How about a Chance hyper? They could get a bigger one than Lightning Run and name it Goliath lol
traincrossin Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 I thought SFStL was supposed to get Raging Bull but SFGAm got it instead? There was even merchandise for it that was sold.
SFZIP Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 Goliath at SFOG that opened in 2006, was purchased by Premier several years earlier when they were on their major roller coaster purchasing binge, it was intended to be built at SFSL sometime around 2002 or 2003, it was put on hold and never built until Premier decided to put in a bigger park when they were trying to save themeselves as a management team. American Thunder was in no way a replacement for the intended hypercoaster, Shapiro's management team was the one that purchased AT and from what I understand was not intended to be built at SFSL, which is why construction didn't start until around October, why the ride didn't open until June and why the Moon cars have the track layout it does. While it would make sense if there was a ride trade done late by SF corporate with SFSL and SFNE in 2008, which could be why SFNE never had the proper permits for The Dark Knight coaster and why the ride was never built there, I don't know if it's true or not that they were the park originally intended to get American Thunder.
SteveStL Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 Sounds like most of time the fate of SFSTL hinges upon a flip of the coin or maybe a heated game of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors'.
Woodie Warrior Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 Sounds like most of time the fate of SFSTL hinges upon a flip of the coin or maybe a heated game of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors'. It's sad that this is funny yet true at the same time.
simaticable Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 I imagine in the eyes of Six Flags, the park is just there, and it's not their number one priority to give them the best rides they could get.
Rollercoaster Rider Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 I imagine in the eyes of Six Flags, the park is just there, and it's not their number one priority to give them the best rides they could get. Maybe St. Louis's MSA Isn't that strong or their ROI Isn't major?
ZeroGravity55 Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 Besides SFOT, SFSTL is only original SF owned park. You think they take a little bit more pride and making sure one of their original parks was one of the best. It seems that SFOT got the great rides and SFSTL got the great management. Corporate is going to put the rides where the money is going to be made, so something tells me this isn't a flip of a coin, but it has something to do with the lack of profit SFSTL produces. I don't know what type of numbers the park has in attendance/profit, so this is just pure speculation on my part.
SteveStL Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 I would guess Attendance and Revenue is probably very consistent from year to year. A steady profit but not a Cash Cow.
ZeroGravity55 Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 ^ Didn't realize that. Thanks for correcting me!
Woodie Warrior Posted December 3, 2013 Posted December 3, 2013 I heard we were going to get the Dark Knight coaster, but American Thunder didn't get approved at SFNE so it was sent here and Dark Knight went there (and eventually got sent to SFM). I guess for once the park had a bit of good luck.
Zcev5454 Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 If anyone doesn't know this, the paintball fields in the eastern fields of the park and the boneyard are open throughout the winter time. Just saw a picture of it today and it reminded me.
Vonni Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 I just wish we could get SOMETHING of signature at our park. At least we can say we have one of the prettiest parks in the chain lol!
SFZIP Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 The Hannibarrels were demolished today, a couple of pictures are up on the parks facebook page https://www.facebook.com/sixflagsstlouis, the Airbrush location that was next to ride is also gone.
Woodie Warrior Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 So they AREN'T tearing down those western facades?
cal1br3tto Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Wow, don't think I ever heard that American Thunder was intended for SFNE. I'm really glad it ended up here instead, but now I kind of wish they'd also put in a clone of it at SFNE.
SFZIP Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 So they AREN'T tearing down those western facades? There is no way the western facades are not coming down, if that was the case the Hannibarrels could have been removed years ago, maybe the park is going to carefully remove them to use them elsewhere? Since the facades are left over Time Warner theming it's actually quality themeing that likely wasn't cheap to put up back in the mid 90's.
gerstlaueringvar Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Wow, don't think I ever heard that American Thunder was intended for SFNE. I'm really glad it ended up here instead, but now I kind of wish they'd also put in a clone of it at SFNE. Or... Put a SFNE Bizarro clone at SFSt.L
ArizonaGuy Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 The Hannibarrels were demolished today, a couple of pictures are up on the parks facebook page https://www.facebook.com/sixflagsstlouis, the Airbrush location that was next to ride is also gone. Nice to see some work going on the in park. Although it's not going to be a huge addition/upgrade like the RMC Iron Horse treatment or a new (or slightly used ) steel coaster..........it's nice to see that they are still improving the park year after year. Hopefully they'll spend some of the off season sprucing up the other areas of the park that might need it.
Vonni Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I'm really excited to see what this area of the park is going to look like next season! Definitely a step in the right direction with FINALLY taking out the long closed Hannibarrels! Wow, don't think I ever heard that American Thunder was intended for SFNE. I'm really glad it ended up here instead, but now I kind of wish they'd also put in a clone of it at SFNE. Or... Put a SFNE Bizarro clone at SFSt.L Now that is one hand me down I would be completely fine with lol!
Rollercoaster Rider Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I heard we were going to get the Dark Knight coaster, but American Thunder didn't get approved at SFNE so it was sent here and Dark Knight went there (and eventually got sent to SFM). I guess for once the park had a bit of good luck. The Dark Knight? Hasn't SFStL suffered enough? I'd take the Boomerang over the Dark Knight.
GwaziBSRider1 Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Oddly enough, that particular Dark Knight is the best by far. Probably because it's at SFM, where they actually give a damn. lol
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