Remove The Tower Of Doom at SFA.
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Do they still have all those deadends that lead to know where?
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Last season, they managed to get 4 sides running for a press day, but never all of them (5).
I suppose this type of the ride requires much maintenance.
rail junkie said:
I think that they should remove The Tower Of Doom at SFA. Since they can only run 2 sides of it.It's not the same when when only 2 sides are running. I think that SFA should get a nother drop tower like the the one that PKD is getting. Or like the Doctor Dooms Free Fall at IOA in Orlando.
when Tower of Doom was installed it was as high as the county permitted them to go, which I believe is 165ft. When it was installed , S&S wasn't a player then. There's a computer glitch that shuts down the 3rd side, and the park apparently cannot get Intamin to be able to fix it (look at most 2nd generation freefals from intamin and you'll find at least 1 side if not more, in-operable).
currently SFA can only build to 200ft high, so the 305ft drop zone isn't an option.
SAM
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never met a coaster I didn't ride (except Junior Geminii) :(
LocoDriver said:
IMO SFA has a lot of problems. This is only one of many that face this park. I've not been there since 2001, but the park staff sucked and the landscaping left a lot to be desired.Do they still have all those deadends that lead to know where?
you missed a great 2002 season, trash removal issues were addressed, staff attitude, and attentiveness increased considerably, and signage, and services (bathroom attendants) were upgraded.
As for the dead ends, they're still there, and the park knows that. there are other parks that have dead ends Great Adventure, Magic Kingdom, Disney MGM, even good-ole Cedar Point has one!
Sadly SFA was built on farmland, and traditionally farmland is swept free of trees, and rocks. Gladly, the remaining land the park has to expand into has a plethora of trees in it.
SAM
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never met a coaster I didn't ride (except Junior Geminii) :(
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There's only three dead-ends in the park. They are: a) in the Southwest Territory at Wild One b) in Coyote Creek at Mind Eraser and c) at Batwing. Give it time, I'm sure it'll be fixed. For those who don't know, there's supposed to be a 10-year plan of expansion. We're only to year five.
The one thing to remember about Tower of Doom is that it still a) scares most people b) still scares me a little bit and c) doesn't really feel all that different than a tower that is higher, except for the view. I've always thought the "perfect" solution would be to add some more height onto the top of the ride, but I don't see that ever happening. Besides, if you want a tall ride, go ride S:ROS:)
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Sam A. Marks said:
staff attitude, and attentiveness increased considerably, and signage, and services (bathroom attendants) were upgraded.They did increase and that is appreciated, but they still have a long way to go.
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The water park is also a dead end. The only place where there isn't a dead end is right in the middle of the park...kind of hard to have a dead-end in the middle of the park. These issues should have been addressed a long time ago by Premier or SF. Especially considering that they should not be extremely difficult/expensive solutions.
Sean
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As to why it can't operate all 3 sides who knows? but one thing I've noticed is that sometimes the middle seat is shut down,other times it's the side facing two face that isn't operating & either way it's a real problem with capacity.
I've been stuck on the top of the ride myself back when it was running at full capacity as well & it must've been like 10 minutes before we dropped but it seemed like an eternity to me & I once saw them try to operate the 3rd section only to see it get stuck about halfway up the tower resulting in the ride being shut down for a good while,if you look closely at the top of the tower you'll notice that the side not running usually has the carrier unit stranded at the top with the car at the bottom of the tower.
In all reality, I don't really care if it is replaced or not. It is fun as is.
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freakylick said: These issues should have been addressed a long time ago by Premier or SF. Especially considering that they should not be extremely difficult/expensive solutions.
I don't think you understand how the county works, when it comes to new pathways, and things like that. The park actually had to submit plans to simply put a lane for a trolley to run from the distant parking lots to the main gate, then they had to have a public hearing, and a vote by the park and planning commission!
The day that Six Flags opened in 1999 they had a fiasco in the parking lot, cause the 2nd parking lot wasn't paved, and they couldn't park cars fast enough to keep them from overflowing onto the main road outside, causing massive back ups.......WHY?
The county wouldn't let them pave the 2nd lot until they could prove they needed it.
The delay in opening by one week was pretty much the counties fault too! they issued stop work orders for the ENTIRE PARK when anything questionable was found during periodic inspections, so basically they found problems with the fencing in the kiddie area, and had to stop work in gotham city, till the kiddie land issues were addressed..................
So......it's not as easy as it looks to simply flatten out and pave new walkways.
SAM
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never met a coaster I didn't ride (except Junior Geminii) :(
LocoDriver said:
IMO SFA has a lot of problems. This is only one of many that face this park. I've not been there since 2001, but the park staff sucked and the landscaping left a lot to be desired.Do they still have all those deadends that lead to know where?
I urge anyone that didn't try the park last year, to give them a shot this year. The last time I had been to the park it was Adventure World, I went back last season and enjoyed it. In fact, I read a lot of the negative messages about the park and was extemely discouraged when I went and fiqured I would never go back. Well, I ended up buying a season pass and renewing my season pass at the end of the season. Generally going every other weekend. Can't wait for 2003 to open. The season kept getting better and better as it went along. July 4th weekend was one of the best.
As for TOD, yes it does only operate two sides, but it is one of the more popular rides in the park so I don't see it getting removed anytime soon, also, it doesn't take that much space up. Besides, why remove a ride like TOD when you still have plenty of park to expand on.
*** This post was edited by coasterguts 2/16/2003 10:06:50 PM ***
And while SFA has still got a way to go in terms of infrastructure and staff, they have come a long way too. By no means perfect, but an *improving* park...and that's a good TREND to start when you've already got a line-up of wood AND steel like they have...the way I evaluate the park's upper- and mid-level management is by watching those aspects...;)
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