GAcoaster Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 The world's first JUMPING COASTER!!! I'll have more pictures (and a short video) later today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 wonder if well see any new coaster parts arriving soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 They're still out for reconditioning, but should be arriving in the next couple of weeks. They still are making final decisions on paint colors and theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 Seeing the pictures is one thing, seeing it in person is kind of sad, with the track all torn up like that. I just got to the park and it's still the first coaster I noticed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 I just posted a little video of Loop #2 coming down. A few minutes later it was completely on the ground: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 Watching the falling loop video was kind of sad. "The Great American Scream Machine" leaves Great Adventure absent of any dignity. I'd love to know how much Six Flags is earning for the scrapped steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southview2 Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 Video wont work for me..making me mad. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 You might need to install Quicktime Player or VLC. It's a Motion JPEG encoded file. VLC can be found at: http://www.videolan.org Easily my favorite media player. It's available in Windows, Mac OS, and Linux flavors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 (edited) Great video, i love destruction and saying goodbye to gasm was fun but im really looking forward to the rise of a new era! any ideas on what colors should be for the new ride , id like to see something bright so it matches the chutes, im thinking red supports and black track and call it flashback, it would have some meaning to it as there was once a stand up 150 yards away or even a paint scheme similar tho the spotlight header for chaos Edited July 29, 2010 by gafreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 Watching the falling loop video was kind of sad. "The Great American Scream Machine" leaves Great Adventure absent of any dignity. I'd love to know how much Six Flags is earning for the scrapped steel. I was bracing myself for feeling really sad about GASM going having been there from the day the first pieces of track arrived in 1988, but after riding it closing night all I can think is that its time has really passed. It was at the point where it was going to require some major track repair as well as replacement trains...just not worth spending the money on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyChrist Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 Without progress, there can be no future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 Well said ^ buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonlee Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 so sad. just found out today. made me sick. it's been awhile since i was on the forums. thats what happens when you don't keep up on things. Every time i went to the park i would ride it. Knowing that someday it wouldn't be there anymore. I didn't know the last time i rode it was going to be the real last time. I was there last saturday and didnt even notice. all i noticed was superman was down and thought to myself the lines on other rides will be long since superman holds alot of people in line for a long time.. but it's true. all good things must end and buddychrist is right. look at all the rides that have gone and new rides took their place. it's progress and it's what Great Adventure is all about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 (edited) I was bracing myself for feeling really sad about GASM going having been there from the day the first pieces of track arrived in 1988, but after riding it closing night all I can think is that its time has really passed. It was at the point where it was going to require some major track repair as well as replacement trains...just not worth spending the money on it. I agree it's not worth the upgrade costs to keep it at Great Adventure. Most of my previous posts laud the Arrow Megalooper's departure. For a park like Six Flags America or La Ronde however, the costs would be trivial for what amounts to a "new to them" marquee attraction. Moving "Goliath" from La Ronde to Six Flags St. Louis or Fiesta Texas for "The Great American Scream Machine" seems like a savvy business decision too. Six Flags Fiesta Texas or St. Louis gets their missing "Hypercoaster", and a smaller park like La Ronde gets a replacement more suited to its status. At this point, it's moot with the "The Great American Scream Machine" moving to that well themed amusement park in the sky. Will the Safari loops be joining its brethren; or will it remain the sole remnants of a once mighty ride? Edited July 30, 2010 by Thunderbolt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 I think the Safari loop will be an orphan. In the interests of speed they seem to be ripping it all apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 (edited) At least there will be the loops in the safari as a reminder to us of what once stood mighty among the skyline, all that remains left tonight is the lift and first loop, my guess is it will all be gone by next weekend! Edited July 31, 2010 by gafreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnerleroy Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 That was easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 You guys are sounding like the people who were glad when the "ugly old eye sores Riptide and Freefall" were removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyChrist Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 I love the insane amount of headbanging in that commercial Of course back then, nobody really knew what "smooth" was on a coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 The worst part on SFGAm's Shockwave version was coming out of the third loop into the brake run. The train exited out the left side of the loop which made the turn up to the brakes even more painful than GASM. Ours was the "improved" version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 I never realized that the logo on the front of the train was the "Ninja" logo before, but said Scream Machine. That shows how down to the wire the change in name was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 I forgot to mention, I posted a bunch of new photos on the GASM page yesterday. Check them all out! Here are a couple of them: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterPete Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 It's crazy just seeing the loop toppled over like that. Thanks for the update. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 You guys are sounding like the people who were glad when the "ugly old eye sores Riptide and Freefall" were removed. I actually wish both "Riptide" and "Freefall" remained. Both attractions were classics. Mark Shapiro ripped them down as fast as possible to save on operating costs. Granted, "Riptide" and "Freefall" had maintenance issues. Despite that, I believe the added experience both attractions offered warranted their expenditures. Then again, an amusement park operator who can't realize the value of the ubiquitous Zierer Wave Swinger remains suspect to me (Disney and Universal are granted exemption). Arrow really did make some bulletproof products ["Log Flume" and "Riptide"], didn't they? They probably should have bought B&M if/when they had the money. And now back to this thread's regularly scheduled programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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