RideOfSteel

Only Six Flags would be tacky enough to leave a dumpster out where guests can see it. Classy.

Is anyone at the park right now? If so, how busy is it?

^I'm wondering if we got the same one. The concept I got seemed cool but not life-changing and amazing.

^There are quite a few big coasters that have constantly moving cars. Hollywood Rip Rid Rocket uses this. New Texas Giant used this system for a couple months. It is perfectly safe. All restraints are checked whether the train is slowly moving or completely stopped. I have never seen cars on TDK dispatched without being checked,

^^ The dispatches were great for all the coasters. No stacking for anything. Even Hydra, which is a really short ride, and takes a while to park the train between cycles was not stacking. Plus, you could leave your bags in the bins that the employees closed during the cycle. The attendants were also working together, if one finished their half of the train they checked the other attendants side, to quicken dispatches. In the morning, Thunderhawk had only one person checking restraints and he still cycled the train faster than the Rolling Thunder crew ever did.

I spent an amazing day at Dorney Park yesterday, and it showed how much Great Adventure needs to improve on.

-The rides were operated so much better at Dorney.

-There were so many more food options at Dorney, and they were so much better priced.

-Every ride ran from opening to close without any issues.

-There were tons of family rides including two train rides.

I may switch from a Six Flags season pass to a Dorney pass next year.

^Elitch Garden's top spin was awful... Uncomfortable and boring. I'm glad to see it go.

This is likely RMC's fault because A. They use cutting torches to take off the old wood. and B. Something similar happened on Goliath I think

The Goliath fire was on the roof of the station. It didn't have anything to do with the coaster.

^^I also wonder why Six Flags is going with the 20/24 seat version of the ride instead of the 32 seat version that Larson offers. Great Adventure could really use those 8/12 extra seats.

^I really wonder about the quality of their rides. Within a couple weeks of opening, the El Loco in Japan had a minor accident, resulting in the ride being closed since March. Also, the Tranan trains colliding... and all of the downtime their launched coasters have.

Hopefully Batman will be a good coaster and an improvement to Intamin's design, but I won't believe it til people ride it.

^Not exactly. Instead of ending in a brake run, the blue track changes color and leads right onto the green lift. After completing the green circuit it enters the station, and the train leaving the station is blue. It's basically one coaster, with a second lift in the middle of the circuit. If you watch the video of it this should be more clear.

Also, RCDB is not always right when it comes to small details, such as number of trains. Most likely this ride will have 3+ trains, not two as posted on there.

I don't understand why the ride isn't going to open until late spring. These rides should only take a few days to set up and test.

Waiting for Zumanjaro to open was frustrating, and I hoped that the park would have learned from that and planned to have it ready for opening day.

Everybody always asks for inverting flats - and now that one is announced everyone complains. I think that for what it is, Looping Dragon will be a fun ride, and it will help to complete the Golden Kingdom area. I'm worried that the capacity will be a bit too low for Great Adventure, but I'm sure they'll have an efficient crew running the ride.

The permanent versions actually look REALLY nice. And they don't have the awful cage over the riders or cables going across the ride.

La Ronde is rumored to get a dark ride/walk through attraction.

I actually agree with Six Flags. Their dress code doesn't allow violent images or text, and this is definitely violent. I don't think that's appropriate attire for a family friendly place.

^Lagoon loaded two cars at a time, and had a separate unloading area for Spider. I doubt it hit the full 930 riders per hour, but the line never stopped moving. If Hershey operates the ride without stopping the cars in the station (similar to The Dark Knight), they could probably dispatch a car every 17 seconds. So I wouldn't be too worried about capacity.

Here's a couple of stats on the ride:

Length:1,391.1 ft

Height:50.8 ft

Inversions:0

Speed:37.3 mph

Duration:1:10

Max Vertical Angle:50°

Dimensions:67.3 ft x 142.4 ft

Capacity:930 riders per hour

Those Maurer spinners are a blast! They don't look like much, but I think they are the best spinning coasters out there (I have yet to ride a Mack model though). The lighting also looks really cool. Should be a fun, popular attraction to the park.

Just rode Zumanjaro.... While I thought it was an amazing ride, I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't stronger airtime. We waited from about the point where the building started, and it took an hour.

New least favorite ride: Half Pipe at Elitch Gardens. When I first rode it two years ago I didn't think it was bad, but this year it was absolutely terrible. First you get stapled by an extremely uncomfortable restraint, and then the actual ride is extremely bumpy. The SLC at that park is awful too, but I would much rather ride that than Half Pipe.

^I just saw that posted on TPR.

Is there a chance that the ride may be open to passholders tomorrow and Tuesday?

Wow, the park really looks amazing in those pictures!

not Blue Fire...

This should be another easy one.

Super easy. Banshee.