Six Flags America (SFA) Discussion Thread

That's an easy challenge, I actually really enjoy Mind Eraser in the front.

 

Front row of Roar with your eyes open? I could see that on Superman because the height scares people but Roar, really? They need better people running their social sites. They missed the mark when trying to fool everyone with Wahoo River and the crypt keeper pics too.

I too really like Mind Eraser in the front. I'm one of the few who do not get torn up by the ride.

Mind Eraser cool in the front but riding anywhere else is a suicide mission.

Mt last Mind Eraser ride was in the back and much more comfortable than the front. And actually the forces -- not necessarily the shaking like a nervous little dog -- are mildest in the middle, for the same reason enthusiasts usually want the ends on most coasters. Of course my last ride was also with a hat and hood in December, so more comfortable than any ride in the summer.

The woodies are OK anywhere but a wheel seat. Don't be lulled into false security on your first Wild One ride though, it lives up to its name about 2/3ths of the way through. A couple months ago someone said front and back on Superman are about the same. Yeah right. I rode back when they had VR in the back and it was a good thing I knew the layout. It can throw you into the lap bar recovering from the hills, especially the one between the helices.

I really like Renegade Rapids there too. Some actual rapids and you don't get hardly wet unless someone pays to soak you with the water cannons. I've seen better raft rides on this forum, but it's different than most.

They're trying to kill people with their challenge

Mind Eraser will truly live up to its name.

Are they also assuming there will be no lines so you can just stay on and marathon Mind Eraser?

I wonder what they could be trying to tell us. The logo is from a pontiac firebird and the calendar has august 16th (National Rollercoaster day) circled. I'm gonna go with the wild guess of a Brand new coaster with a firebird themed train.

The 'last chance for thrills' and the circled date is what intrigues me most. What is that eagle glued on? Almost like they are paying homage to Iron Eagle? Hmm.. let's have some fun with this.

I don't think it's got anything to do with Iron Eagle. It appears to be the 1968 Pontiac Firebird embelem (example below)and it appears to be on the gas tank of the car.

Was Firebird or Firehawk one of the names on the survey? It sounds familiar.

I'm pretty sure Firebird was a name on the survey. I'll doublecheck.

...I'm gonna go with the wild guess of a Brand new coaster with a firebird themed train.

I'm going with the wild guess of... no.

Idk... I just don't see SFA getting a new coaster right now. Do they need one? HECK YES!!! Do I foresee it happening, no.

That being said... If I am wrong, and it is going to be a coaster... I foresee it being an RMC conversion of Roar with a Firebird theme?

My guess is . . . on August 16th, Roar will be no more

And a Firebird rises in it's place

A Phoenix, if you will.

My guess is . . . on August 16th, Roar will be no more

 

And a Firebird rises in it's place

I hope you are right. Maybe another clue next week.

Firebird was indeed a name on the survey. From the looks of it, they want to use it on an inversion heavy coaster.

I'm betting right now that is going to be a Skywarp model.

^ I politely disagree. I believe they are putting the skywarps in parks with minimal space and space is no issue at SFA.

^ I politely disagree. I believe they are putting the skywarps in parks with minimal space and space is no issue at SFA.

Skywarps are going to be everywhere, it has nothing to do it with space. It's that they cost 2M and SF can call them a coaster. They will be the new superloop of the chain. With 3 variants hopefully SF mixes up the models.

The small indy parks should jump all over buyung Skywarps, as well as RMC Raptors. Getting both over a 3 or so year period would be a nice 1,2 for places like KK, HW, Compounce, etc..

Can anyone link me to this ride name survey? I haven’t gotten any surveys despite telling SF to send me all their notices they have.

If you put your real age in that may be a factor because I don't get them either but here's the link:https://feedback.sixflags.com/advisorypanel/startsurvey.aspx?s=heroes&cid=%%cid%%&e=sjackson%40son.umaryland.edu&utm_source=surveyemails&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:&utm_campaign=2018-01%20Heroes%20and%20Villains%20Survey%20-%20Wave%209

^Thanks! Interesting that they included Marvel characters, I wonder what they're trying to achieve with that since SF has never mad a marvel-character themed ride (to my knowledge). Plus, I'd assume that obtaining the rights to use a Marvel character would be pretty expensive.

I don't think they're going to add one. I think it may have just been for the purpose of seeing which characters are more relevant.

Which Marvel character did they add?

^It was pretty much all of the Major ones give or take a few characters.

I took a brief visit to the park today and it was pretty crowded. It happened to be a company day for Lindsay automotive. To make maters worse Halfpipe, Zoomazon Falls, Bonzai Pipelines and the slides at the pool were all closed. The wave pool was also closed for an extended period of time due to someone getting sick. Around 5:30 a very weak storm rolled in and drove a decent portion of the crowd out of the park. This led to the dry park being much more manageable. Outside of atrocious single train ops on ROAR, everything was fine in the dry park.

BTW, the electric work seems to be done.

^ I politely disagree. I believe they are putting the skywarps in parks with minimal space and space is no issue at SFA.

Who knows what the real thought process is in reality. Think about it... These are small flat rides that only have one train. The capacity is low. So these may do better at smaller parks like a Discovery Kingdom or America. Also, lets keep in mind the Skywarp added to Discovery Kingdom is one of the first in the USA. They may want to see if the public is even going to be interested. They may since its new.

Also, this park may have a lot of land but how much of that land is actually available for turning into midway? That is something that most of us do not know.

https://queue-times.com/parks/42/queue_times

Queue times is saying Batwing is operational. Can anybody confirm that it has reopened since being closed for a while?