Screams lack of popularity?
It could have to do with the fact that it wasn't hyped all that much. I know they did some advertising for it, but nothing like X and DV.
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Scream Machine said:
Its not anything special and its just slapped in the parking lot. I'm sure its a pretty good ride but I just never thought that really fit in with SFMM's lineup. I personally think they should move it to SFGam for the 05 season. Why? Because a floorless would fit better SFGam's lineup and could save Six Flags capital investment dollars for the 05 season.
i have never read a post so stupid!.......ok i have! but what you said makes no sense. SFMM just got scream!..and they would never move it....and why wouldnt you wait for a custome Floorless like BKF or Kraken?...in say maybe 06.....Possibly O5..plus there would be like the same floorless coaster 8-10hrs away! aka Medusa (East)
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Next, Scream! wasn't built when I was there in 02... duh... so I don't know if I'd like it... But Medusa seemed rather uneventful to me... Then again, I didn't like any of the rides at GAdv very much... nor did I like the rides at MM (yes the both have a couple good ones, but nothing worth another visit)
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kRaXLeRidAh said:
...when you mirror a ride and riders take the elements in the complete opposite direction, the sensations and experience is still quite different.
I think that's nonsense, but I suppose you're entitled to your opinion.
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Soggy said:
Location, location, location. It is WAY off the main loop of the park. People never really linger in the area or feel a strong need to ride it a second time. Add the fact that it has a very high theoretical PPH, and you end up with a short line. It tends to be a crowd pleaser, however, for the peeps who find it.
Absolutely. Last time I went to SFMM, it was much more crowded than I had expected, and I ended up only riding Scream. The folks I was on the ride with had just gotten done riding X, and after the cycle on Scream, all but one of them claimed Scream was the best ride in the park, far surpassing X.
I told them they were high, but they weren't listening :)
Note: These folks also didn't like In 'n' Out, so all opinions are suspect.
Jeff said:
kRaXLeRidAh said:
...when you mirror a ride and riders take the elements in the complete opposite direction, the sensations and experience is still quite different.I think that's nonsense, but I suppose you're entitled to your opinion.
The more I think about it... it would actually make SOME difference: Our body is generally symetrical, but for example when people kiss, it has been studied that the GP tilts their head to the right - so we seem to have some preference as to which we we like to tilt more.
I actually think it makes some difference if the 0G-roll rolls to the left or the right.
On the other hand, this difference is still far less than, let's say, the difference between Batman the Ride or Riddler and Scream.
Just a thought.
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Then again I'm right handed and skateboard goofy foot, so I'm not sure if I'm the right person to talk to about directional preferences.
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Coaster File said:
For one thing X is a tough act to follow. X is still the new ride everybody wants to ride.
Xactly. The fact that the ride is a clone or that there is a floorless at SFMW about 5hrs away has nothing to do with the lack of popularity. The problem is (which isn't really a problem) that X does basically everything that Scream or any other looping coaster and to an even greater extent. My cousin and some of his friends and parents went to SFMM over the summer (they live near San Jose in Norcal) and my cousin told me that after going on X it was like all the other rides at the park were pointless because it does everything they do and more...
The funny thing is, that after I rode X back in April of 02' I had the same feeling. I even lost excitement for S:UF which was opening later in the week on back at my homepark SFOG. After riding it my worries were soothed a little bit that I wasn't completely jaded by X. But since X, nearly every looping coaster I went on for that summer seemed very underwhelming. At SFMM I think this is a feeling many of the guests have. What good is Scream when compared to X, which is taller, faster, steeper, and completely different than anything seen before?
Thats where CP was smarter than SFMM. Since the addition of Mean Streak every ride has had its own unique features the others don't. SFMM has themselves in a bind where anything they build is going to cost a chunk load of cash to differentiate itself from X. In my opinion the only things that would hugely varry from X, that are known designs, would be some sort of mega woodie, like 200ft+, an Intamin Rocket or S&S Thrust Air (which wouldn't exactly be very reliable and SFMM is already full of issues with relaibility), or a straight giga coaster which doesn't help Goliath's cause. Maybe a B&M flyer, but I really think that will have the same type problems as Scream getting attention. SFMM is just plain screwd with X being there. They got the best coaster on the planet, but it's so much better than everything else it hurts itself.
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