Enchanted Forest Fanatic Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Visited Lightnin' Loops (aka Diamondback) at Frontier City today. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 I always like Lightnin' Loops. Fun little ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 On 6/8/2020 at 9:03 PM, Enchanted Forest Fanatic said: Visited Lightnin' Loops (aka Diamondback) at Frontier City today. Cool! Any chance you can take a bunch of pictures of the ride for us if you go again? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coliwood_studios Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 We will be at Frontier City the last week of July (just waiting for reservations to open) and we'll take plenty of pictures and a video. On a side note: We reserved several Six Flags parks for this summer's trip with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 That would be great! We want to do an update on our Lightnin’ Loops spotlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddox121 Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Sad the upper loop is gone, i think Six Flags should buy out Elitch Gardens and relocate the two coasters back to GADv to mark the grand return of the Lightnin' Loops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlumeOp1974 Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Lol. Theres bad juju with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJoe87 Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) Howdy! We visited Frontier City a few years back; worth the drive....really a nice park. TBH, the relocation of the “Blue/Lower Loop Side” to Frontier City was our primary reason for visiting the park. (well, & to do a bit of storm chasing, too). Having ridden the “Red/Upper Loop” as LL and then again as the relocated “Python”; the opportunity to ride to “other side” was NOT going to pass me by. We made about 10 or so minutes of OFF-RIDE video of Diamondback during our visit to Frontier City & hanging-up in my Parent’s office is a close-up shot of the “Python” in action. Framed and all! Lol. I’d be more than happy to share these items with you for the update. *Trivia* Did you know? The “LOOP” portion of the coaster has undergone significant/obvious track work since being removed from GA . The number of cross ties around the loop have increased dramatically; if memory arrives, the track work took place a few seasons after the relocation to FC had taken place .Little fun fact. let me know if you want any of video clips of pics! Take care! -CJ Mayer *UPDATED* to include the photos we snapped of LL (Upper-RedSide) during our first visit to Adventure World, now known as Six Flags America in 1998. Pics and video of DIAMONDBACK to follow shortly after; Edited August 23, 2020 by ChrisJoe87 Adventure World , Largo MD ( SixFlags America) LIGHTNIN’ LOOPS/UPPER-RED during its final season (1998, I believe) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 That is great news that you were able to ride the blue loop! I will PM you my email for you to send us whatever you were able to take of the ride. We look forward to doing an update to the Lightnin' Loops spotlight soon! Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attended year one Posted August 21, 2020 Report Share Posted August 21, 2020 I found the vintage comercial for the introduction of lighting loops on you tube. I remember seeing it for the first time saying "A 5 story drop and it goes backwards?" I rode that one a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 21, 2020 Report Share Posted August 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, attended year one said: I found the vintage comercial for the introduction of lighting loops on you tube. I remember seeing it for the first time saying "A 5 story drop and it goes backwards?" I rode that one a lot. Do you have the link for the commercial? I would love to see that commercial again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attended year one Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) I kind of stumbled on it when I was looking for info on the haunted castle. I just tried to find it again but was not successful. I will keep looking send it to you when I find it. Edited August 23, 2020 by attended year one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 Was it this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attended year one Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 That one was really neat but not the one I was talking about. The one I found was the introduction to Lighting loops. it was just after the ride opened and no one yet knew that after going through it all, it did it again backwards. I saw that commercial and immediately mowed every lawn in the neighborhood to have the money to go ride lighting loops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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