Deja Vu at SFGAm NOT open!!

Oh dear, such silly people.....

Bob O: "Again typical six flags BS!!!"

Sure thing! I just remembered that it was the park's fault that the ride can't run properly in cold weather, thanks, Bob...

XtremeTheme: "That is a bunch of crap! What were the afraid off? V2 valling? LMA What a bunch of BS. BTW it was about 41 last night and S:UE was open in a silght rain untill the park closed at 8:30PM due to the weather."

V2 was not down because of weather, or the fear of it "valling", whatever that means?

StealthmF5m3: "This is horrible news. I would be pissed off if I went to Great America today to ride Deja Vu and it wasn't open, and same with Vertical Velocity. Why would Deja Vu and Vertical Velocity be closed and all of the other rides be open?"

They would be closed because they obviousley had their own problems. What does that have to do with the other rides being open?

sfdl dude: "Actually, coasters are not supposed to run under certain conditions... whether or not that is the case here, I don't know. This includes temperature and wind speeds [that I know of...] but Ia m sure there are other factors as well..."

What's this? An intelligent post? Amazing.....

SFGA2001: "I heard that Deja Vu can only run in +65 degrees. That is how it was designed, is what the lady said. It's designed pretty cheaply if you ask me. And what was with V2? There didn't appear to be any reason for it not being open. I feel bad for the people that payed $41 to ride Deja Vu and then it wasn't open. Is that false advertising? They specifically said on the commercial opening ct. 6. I think it would be, seeing as how it never did open."

65+ degrees? Ridiculous. And as for there not appearing to be anything wrong with V2... Did you notice where the train is parked?

Bull fan: "...There was absolutely no reason to be there. What a waste of time and money."

No reason? There were plenty of other rides, attractions, and shows open. Bull was open, I would think that would make you a little bit happy? I was there today and had a lot of fun!

Bull fan: "Screw this park (intended phrase heavily toned down so it will not be deleted!! I traveled 80 minutes (almost 3 hours round trip) by myself to ride this ride, and I see a sign by the ride that says "Due to current weather conditions, this ride is not operating." What kind of a ride is this -- does it have to be 75 degrees and sunny to operate? And they have commercials for it!! And guess what ... the weather gets CLDER as fright fest progresses!!! h, and of course V2 is down all day. This place is a joke. No season pass for me next year. What a joke."

Once again, the park's fault. It was running Thursday and Friday, and I'm pretty sure it was not 75 degrees and sunny either day. And of course they have commercials for it! I don't mean for this to come as a surprise to you, but when a park gets a new ride they usually advertise it and make commercials for it! I'm sure you'll be missed by everybody next year, including myself.

These posts have been very disappointing. From previous threads, most of you seemed like respectible and intelligent people, but reading some of your posts this evening made me think otherwise. You should all know and relaize that  it's not the park's fault! You people really need to think about what you're posting, and perhaps wait until you've calmed down.....

*** This post was edited by Long Live The SKY WHIRL on 10/6/2001. ***

Long Live The SKY WHIRL: Totally agree. I'll admit, I'd be dissapointed if i went. However, V2 and Deja Vu aren't the parks only rides. If this was the case in a park with 4 coasters, then yeah, i'd be mad, but you gotta realize it's not the parks fault. Think about it this way...If V2 and Deja Vu weren't constructed this year at all, you'd all be happy with what there was. The park has 3 B&M's. Heck, if everything else in the park was closed other than Bull, Wolf and B:TR, then I'd still go, don't know about the rest of you though.

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*** This post was edited by RagingBullGuy on 10/6/2001. ***

I totally agree with you Long Live THE SKY WHIRL.  I don't understand why it's so hard for some people to grasp the concept that parks actually sometimes have real reasons to close rides.  It's not like SF arbitrarily closes rides to piss off their guests.  I'm sure if it was at all possible and/or safe Deja would have been open today.  From what I've heard lines elsewhere, including Bull and Batman were extremely short, so be happy with what you get and stop complaining!

nicely said i think. that's fine if u think sfgam is a joke. then don't come there anymore, then there'd be one less insensitive vulgure guest to deal with. do u think the park is making a conspiracy against the guests? i dont think so, the point of the rides is to bring in people and increase revenue. Sfgam, as someone smart would recognize, does not control the weather and did not make the deja vu the way it was. if they had a choice they'd have it set to run in -100 degree weather (over exaggerating of course). stop blaiming the parks for things that are beyond their own control. if ur gonna whine and complain about it, then stop goin to the parks cause ur no true coaster enthusiest if ur just gonna cry about things. i'd think u people would be more understanding and smart about these things. sfdl dude and long live the sky whirl are the only two users that have rational thoughts and explinations...i'm glad to see some people having them...

I also agree with Long Live THE SKY WHIRL, RagingBullGuy, and sfgamchick! The lines were extremely short. You got to like that. Was I dissapointed that Deja Vu wasn't open, yes. Did I let it ruin my day, No. I went on with the day and had  great day winning a huge stuffed animal and going on Roaring Rapids in 60 degree weather. That was fun. So como'n people, stop your whining! I don't know about you, but I'm sick of it..
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oh and sfgamchick and ragingbullguy have rational thoughts too, that's good!

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Arockam2, you initially posted a negative post when that was the flow of the conversation, then you reversed yourself when the self-righteous posters came to the board. 

To the rest: For those enthusiasts who traveled a long distance just to ride Deja Vu, it's a bit akin to going downtown for an exclusive art-house film only to find that the film is not there.  However, they are showing some big summer blockbuster film, and hope you're happy seeing that.  Granted, the park has some other world-class rides, but the promise of Deja Vu probably brought many people to the gates (who wouldn't have come otherwise).  I think it is reasonable to expect Six Flags to have mentioned the possibiltiy of cold weather causing the ride not to open in their press release.  The forecast called for very cold temperatures this weekend and Six Flags must have known about the potential for the ride to be closed in these temperatures.  There should have been some slight mention of this so that people would assume to call the park before they headed out Saturday morning.

So, what happens if V2 rolls back? Hmmm... could be dangerous! :)

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Well at one point some other guy came down to the front entrance that had a walkie talkie, looked like the manager. He said that it was too cold for DejaVu to run and that they ran the ride several times and all of those times the ride was "unsuccessful." He said because of the cold the ride does not gain enough speed to "operate as designed." Does that mean it vallies? When I asked him about V2 he said that it had been closed for "several weeks for an entirely different problem." He didn't tell me exactly what was wrong but is doesn't sound like typical SF BS as some would say. They obviously had enough Ops and were ready to run it because there were like 6 employees talking to people at the entrance. Did anyone notice like after 4pm all the employees left and they just covered the station in plastic?

Right, Bull fan. They should have warned people it may not be open.

And Long Live the Sky Whirl, I think 65 degrees is ridiculous too, I'm just saying what the lady there told me. Also, V2 gets stuck there all the time, it always re-opens soo. But today there was not even an attempt to open the ride. Maybe it was something the park couldn't help, but it din't look like it.

Bull fan- You have a couple points in your last post that I can undestand, and I also understand where you're comming from. We have all faced big dissappointments in our lives, but you're whole thing about the park being a joke and the park's fault and this & that were pretty irrational.

Yes IndianaBeachGuy, the train on Deja Vu didn't have enough speed to get up the towers so it vallied(SP?). As for V2 I know, but can't say.
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*** This post was edited by Blink3020 on 10/7/2001. ***

I watched it not makie it far enough up the second lift to grab the cable in the morning and then go half way up thwe loop and valley out, the reason we were told was teh Wind.  They didnt wrap up the train until about 3 o'clock.
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If that is true, then Vekoma sucks at designing coasters.

We allready knew this fact! LMAO I love Vekoma Bashin!
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Well, Whether its a legit reason or not, people are going to be angry about it. They are going to complain, and whine like babies. They arn't going to buy season pass' and they are not going to show them repsect.

...that is fine with me... because Six Flags ends up losing in the end out of there descisions. This situation sounds a lot like FastLane.... If people are going to continually cut us in line, we will just stop going to the park. All these little things Six Flags does, whether its their fault or not, is going to keep hurting them regardless if the reason is "legit" or not. I realized the kind of effects these things really do have on parks after starting my own page against FastLane. People do get REALLY pissed over these things, they travel all this way just to find out a ride is closed. They used to visit a park everyday, but now that it has FastLane they go maybe once a month because they can't stand people cutting them. I am one of those people... they really do piss me off at times. After putting things in prespective, I guess In a way I really don't blame you guys for complaining, but all it will ever do is keep hurting the company until they realize how much it is hurting them... because it's not nescisarilly our problem....

Something like a little warning in advance before you enter the park... maybe letting eveybody know in advance somehow that it would be closed.. regardless of weather, safety, whatever, all it can do is hurt them in the process and we all have to move on...

Alan Jacyszyn
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BOTTOM LINE:  If you travled to the park today like I did, it was most certainly a disapointment.  If you can't enjoy the park without the new ride, then you dont deserve to be taking up  a parking space in the lot.  I understand everyone's frustration, I was quite peeved myself.  I also walked on to the Iron Wolf, Demon, Batman, and get this....THE DROP!.  Doesen't get better than that in my oppinion.  Fantastic trip minus the dissapointment.  -Patrick

Patrick, why can't everybody think like that?

I had fun too, was dissapointed in no v2 or vu but I still had a blast as I haver never been there before, to tell ya the truth I wasn't holdinign my breath anyway, I had serious doubts i would get to ride deja vu.  Anyway the worst part of the day, IT WAS WAY TOO COLD AND WINDY!!!!!

Front seat of raging bull i froze my hands off lol and my legs from the air going up my pant legs as I held my legs up.

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Does CCI know how to make a bad coaster?

ride didn't open today.  the park tried to open it.  people became unhappy.  the park will do its best (plastic around station -- perhaps combined with heaters) to try to open it as soon as possible (tomorrow or monday or next weekend, whenever it can open).

i would like everyone to read the "park policies" page of the six flags great america 2001 park map and guide -- it is extremely helpful.  (due to maintenance and other circumstances ..." and many other things.)

Exactly Partick! The lines were no where to be seen. It was still a great day as usual. Deja Vu will be open another time, so I just let it go and not let that ruin the rest of my day.
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Don't Fight It, Ride It, RAGING BULL!!!!!!- SFGAm