Six Flags America - Farewell Tour 2025

The good Superman is in New England. Granted they could put this Superman with the one in Darien Lake since it is a mirror image. That would be sort of cool.

I just want them to move Batwing. Flying Dutchmen are the best flyers.

Just a small correction for you... Superman in SF New England is not a mirror image. It has a unique layout. You're probably thinking of Superman at SF Darien Lake, which is a mirror image to the Superman at SFA.

And I agree, putting the two mirror image coasters beside each other would be awesome.

Read the post above yours again, Travis. ;)

LostKause:

And I agree, putting the two mirror image coasters beside each other would be awesome.

not as cool as two Magic Kingdoms side by side. 😂

Side by side Superman > side by side dumbo

When they build Magic Kingdom 2 I hope they orient it so that we end up with four Dumbos side by side.

4D Dumbo

I'm never going to get that complete lap on Superman, am I?

Jeff, I feel like I should know this ... but was it indeed your first lap when the chain broke, or had you already been on it ?

That was it. Never made it around, never went back. I think it was 2000.

> RRR

Looks like they are really trying with Superman.

Vekoma Gen 1 flyer era is done. I'd still rather hop on one of these than almost any B&M flyer, those pretzel loops just aren't for me.

Sucks. But kudos to the park for acknowledging it.

Thanks to Vekoma for being innovative. Batwing was the on flying dutchman coaster i've been on and I enjoyed it! Back in 1999 I remember being at Paramount's Great America in California and watching Stealth testing. I'd love to see it relocated somewhere.

I remember flying to CA when Stealth opened and absolutely loving it. Maybe it was the newness, the uniqueness, I don't know. But every ride on every Vekoma flyer (and B+M) including the relocated Stealth, has been nothing short of awful. I cannot stand flyers, no, not even the almighty Tatsu.

I've mentioned before that my first ride on a flyer (Batwing) was incredible. I lined up for it again within minutes, and my second ride was...ok. I realized quickly that the initial thrill of simulating human flight on a coaster was a novelty, one that immediately became uncomfortable after my adrenaline lessened and I knew what to expect, allowing me to take in the experience a little more pragmatically.

A few years later I rode Superman at SFGAdv and enjoyed it a bit more because the layout refined the flying sensation a little better, but the pretzel loop was awful.

Then a few years after that I rode Nighthawk and, except for the credit, regretted it wholeheartedly.

Sucks.

My first ride on X-Flight at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure still remains as one of my all-time favorite coaster rides. Nothing could have prepared me for the 'lie-to-fly' element on that very first ride at the top of the lift.

I never got to Six Flags America to get the Batwing credit, but I always enjoyed X-Flight and then Firehawk when it moved to Kings Island. The novelty wore off after the first year or two of riding it in Aurora, but even after it moved to Kings Island I still thought it was a good ride. Meanwhile, Nighthawk at Carowinds was so rough, once the few seconds of 'lie-to-fly' thrill ended and it started going down the first drop, there was nothing enjoyable about it.

Vekoma Flying Dutchman coasters are probably the only kind of coaster that scared the hell out of me, every time I rode one. And not in a fun way, but in a "I wish this ride would end, I am going to die" kind of way.

However, I see the value in the ride. People lined up for them. I hate to see the last one close forever.

I always gave Six Flags America a bad rap. I haven't been there in probably a decade. The last time I went, it was a pretty bad experience, and I regretted going there instead of another park. When I heard the news of the parks demise, I kind of didn't care.

But one of the Vloggers I watch (Please Stop Vlogging) went for seven days in a row to say goodbye to the park. He made me realize that the park always had room for improvement, but will never get that chance now because it is closing. He made me care a little more.

It's so strange to me that a park in an area as populated as DC/Baltimore couldn't be very successful. I'm going to blame Six Flags for that. It could have been a very good park with a little more imagination.

They bought Wild World just to close it.

Made what will probably be my final trip to the park yesterday. I was worried things would be in a sorry state with the park closing in a month, but actually the opposite was true. Staffing levels were sufficient, with almost all dining locations and rides open (even water rides like Shipwreck Falls and the Rapids). They had several shows and entertainment offerings for the Halloween season. Guests were well behaved.

I'm sad that it's closing, especially since it seems like management has been really trying to turn it around the past couple years. However, I have to assume they're losing money. It was an October Saturday with perfect weather, yet the park was not busy at all. Most coasters were walk-ons despite single-train operations. Roar was running two trains for some inexplicable reason, and was probably averaging something like 5 riders per train.