El Toro, Announced

ummmmmmmm maybe that new flat will leak out at eastcoaster tommorow?

why would the new flat leak out at eastcoaster? unless you're hiding something from us....in which case, why not just spill it here?

my guess is it would be a ride made from Viper's scrap metal...and even then nobody would ride it ;)

I wish they'd bring the Jump out of rehab so I could *finally* get to ride it. For me personally, it's been the "Flashback of flats", a ride I only got to look at, time after time, sitting idle...

If it was *anything* like the Jump2 at PCW, I really missed out on something special...that was AWESOME! :)

...and if it is anything like Jump at the Puyallup Fair you ain't missing anything at all! ;)

....except perhaps nausea... ;~P

The Jump at the Puyallup was fun to watch at least. :)

I didn't know anything and yes they did announce it at Eastcoaster. It's a Zamperla Rockin' Tug. It will be named Tango.

Jump was a really fun ride. I only got to ride once, but I remember it very clearly. The spinning of the ride vehicles stuck you to the back of your seat, and the dropping and rising caused some air. I wish I could ride it again, somewhere. I liked it a lot...

Wouldn't the Rockin' Tug be more suitable for the new kids area?

Does anyone know if the park is still planning on closing the bridge leading from El Toro to Madusa? It seems like creating a dead end in that area of the park is a bad idea, especially if it is not necessary.

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Yes, the bridge is no more. Guests will have to walk alllll the way around to get to Medusa.

Wow, this thing is going up SO slow. Voyage is going up at Lightning Speed. Even if Voyage was started earlier. It is much longer. Why is it going up so slow is my question. I thaught it was Pre-Fab, Plug & play etc. etc. The name dosen't really fit. :-\

Because Six Flag sucks! lol.

Seriously, the more people you have building a coaster, the more costly it is to build...The faster it goes up, the more expensive.

SF will save a little money by building it to be open before the busy season and no earlier.

SF hasn't really been known for having new rides up and running on opening day, which I think says a lot about how important they percieve the guest experience. If a park advertises a new for '06 ride, guest should be able to ride it if they visit in '06 no matter how early in the season it is. Parks should have their new, heavily advertised attractions open by opening day, period. The good parks realize this and the not so good parks don't care, imho.

ITs hard to get a coaster open for opening day when you are in the north east. Normally during the winter you will have snow and other nasty weather to slow things down.

There is also so early in the season that you can close a whole section down.

You are saying that six flags doesnt care about there guests? what if they closed that whole section off in july. Having rolling thunder,rodeo stampede tweetys round up, taz twister and other rides all closed in july? You would be complaining too.

I just think That for a lot of people Six Flags cant do anything right.

Do the words "Intamin" or "prototype" ring any bells? Cause those are the only instances in with SF has had trouble opening rides on time. The Beemers seem to open just fine.

Doesn't sound like a "Six Flags" thing to me. Now if were talking about capacity issues, then I might agree.

Superman a few years back opened damn near to, if not on, opening day...but even that was a bit of a work in progress...grass wasn't done growing, temporary fences were up...

But the only reason that was up was because the ride was steel and on a small footprint...and that took all winter to do...this is all wood and it's a huuuuuuuuge ride...so naturally it's going to take a while to build!

'Seriously, the more people you have building a coaster, the more costly it is to build...The faster it goes up, the more expensive.

SF will save a little money by building it to be open before the busy season and no earlier.'

Not true. A coaster is going to cost x amount of man-hours to build...and you will pay for those manhours regardless if there is 2 or 20 or 200 people working on the coaster.

On the contrary, it is most likely cheaper the faster you get a coaster built...cranes and heavy machinery are not cheap. The quicker the coaster goes up, the less time you have to pay for crane time, etc.

I would guess it would be in Six Flags best interest to have this ride up and running ASAP after all of the ups and downs with Kingda Ka.

Normally with any construction project, the client is pushing to get the building, coaster, project done, and open so it can start to turn a profit.

They'll turn a profit anyways with the hoards of people going to the park early in the season to ride the heavily-advertised-not-yet-built new ride.

I see your reasoning, but still disagree. If a park wants a ride to be open sooner, then they will have to hire more people to build it. I think it is more costly to hire 100 people for Three months than it is to hire 10 for Thirty months.

This winter has been wonderful for the building of a coaster. It has snowed around here about 4 days so far.

Maybe y'all are right. I'm just saying this is how I see it.