SFA no hope for coaster in 2002.?

Intamin Fan said:
John9411, here's the list including the kiddie coaster. The Typhoon Seacoaster is not a coaster. admit you're wrong

Intamin Fan: FYI, I never even thought Typhoon Seacoaster was a rollercoaster in the first place. Technically the do have nine rollercoasters, but only eight are operating. I now realize I did not say that one was in storage, I am so very sorry (note the sarcasm).

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A Vekoma SLC would do Nebraska wonders! :-)

Ok, i should be the one to complain. Geuss what my home park is? Whalom Park!!! Complaining about not getting a coaster, be thankful you have a coaster to ride. If you don't care, I'll take Wild One and bring it back to where it belongs, Boston. Think about having clones, and how the only none-clone coaster within three hours of me is S:ROS and Cyclone@SFNE. If you want something to look forward to, then I tell you some of the info about SFA I know. Your park, Six Flags America ,is in plan to get one of the two Arrow mine trains Six Flags owns(Rockin' Roller Coaster or Excalibur).

For the last time the Six Flag's coasters for 2002 are all in the open now:

Enchanted Village-Wild Mouse and water coaster(sounds more like a log flume)

La Ronde-B&M Inverted(Vampire)

Six Flags over Georiga-B&M flyer(Superman:Ultimate Flight)

Six Flags Elitch Gardens-Zamperela Volare

Six Flags New England-B&M floorless(Batman Drak Knight)

Six Flags Mexico-Morgan Hyper(Superman The Escape)

Waner Bros. Movie World-B&M Floorless(Superman:Ride of Steel),B&M Inverted(Batman:The Pursuit),Venkoma Super Invertigo(Twister),RCA wooden twister(Wild Wild West)

Six Flags Marine World-Modified Intamin Impulse(V2)

See that's the thing.SF wants to give SFA the used coasters while their favored parks keep getting the brand new B&M's.How many used coasters have they had in the parks 20 year history? so far 2 Python and Wild One. Wild one is the parks first coaster of course and is what actually kept the park alive long enough for premiere/SF to get a hold of it python was one half of SFGADV's Lightning loops which was removed in 93 to make way for B:TR.Back before the premiere/six flags merger there were not all that many SF parks so during the time warner period they decided to clone the B:TR's for each park now when premiere bought wild world back in 91 no one ever thought it would become a SF park 8 years later and premiere didn't have the cash needed for the park to afford the more expensive rides which is why AW ended up getting rides like Mind Eraser.AS AW they never had a chance to get anything by B&M and now they have that chance if SF would just give it to them.

A coaster that's been sitting in pieces in the weeds for 4 years is not a coaster you can ride. Therefore, it doesn't exist.
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The word "definitely" is definitely the most misspelled word on the buzz.

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It exists, it is just in storage and not being used.

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A Vekoma SLC would do Nebraska wonders! :-)

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BATWING FAN SFA:

You have 2 excellent wooden coasters, an excellent invertigo, a soon to be excellent LIM (i don't see why it wouldn't get lap bars and all the rest would), a flyer which obviously you like, and one of the best steel hypers in the world. I promise you you will get your B&M soon enough but I would be in hog heaven if I could live close to SFA, because not only does SFA have a very high quality collection but you also have SFGAdv, Hershey, PKD, Dorney in close vicinity to you. And just in those 4 parks you have 5 B&M's, all of which are damn good. B&M's aren't the end all of coasterdom, but even if they were, you got a ton near you. SFA will get theirs, but until then, get out and have some fun on what you do have.

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If the shoe fits, find another one.

That's the thing,even though those parks, SFGRADV, Hershey and Dorney are within a 3 to 4 hour drive I don't get out to those parks.I'm limited to only SFA and at most PKD if I'm even lucky enough to go down there every other season so most of my time is spent each year at SFA.The main problem is that I don't drive to the park instead I relie on friends who I visit the park with for transportation to and from the park,the only way I can get out to PKD for example is if I go with my family.On average what's the exact driving timke from the DC area to SFGRADV ?

I got from Annapolis to SFGAdv in just over 2 hours, which should actually be about the same to PKD if I remember correctly. Maybe you can cajole your parents to get up there instead of PKD this year... ;) And also, i assume if you have a season pass you can get into SFGAdv free...

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If the shoe fits, find another one.

SFA Season passes are gladly accepted at Great Adventure.
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The word "definitely" is definitely the most misspelled word on the buzz.

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Intamin Fan said:
SFA Season passes are gladly accepted at Great Adventure.

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Haha, I worded that poorly. I should have said "I assume you have a season pass, so you can get into SFGAdv for free.

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If the shoe fits, find another one.

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BATWING FAN SFA said:
How many used coasters have they had in the parks 20 year history? so far 2 Python and Wild One.

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No comment here on Python, but I gotta say something about Wild One. While it "technically" is a "used coaster", I don't consider an 85 year old John Miller coaster (with a major redesign by Herb Schmeck in 1932) relocated (i.e. saved) from a closed park (Paragon Park) in the same classification as I would consider a coaster moved from one park to another because it was either a) replaced with something newer or b) lost popularity at its original home.

Using that classification, I would take a used coaster any day if it were the likes of Knoebels Pheonix, SFA's Wild One or even Lakemont's SkyLiner (all which were relocated / saved from defunct parks... or "used" as you seem to call them)

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"I wasn't always this cynical, but then I started kindergarden..."

And Wild One has been modified over and over and over over the years. Not just at its current location but at its previous locale. Is it a used ride? yeah, i suppose you could say so, although its vastly different from its first incarnations. Does it matter? No, because its a damn good ride.

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If the shoe fits, find another one.

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from the sounds of it, SFA seems like one of SF's higher up parks that will continue to rise in the ranks. just be patient. SF is cutting back on spending and the economy isn't exactly perfect to be adding a major expansion to a park. just because you're used to getting 4 rides in three years doesn't mean that's that way its always going to be. I think that MM is about the only SF park that got a new ride every other year throughout the 90's. even GA had a couple lapses throughout the 90's and they're only second to MM. you'll get new rides and when you do they'll be good. just wait.

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-Bob
Knott's Berry Farm Cuba ~South Park
"Your proctologist called, he found your head!" ~Jerry "The King" Lawler

Man, I used to care about a park having cloned coasters, but recently I realized it doesn't make a single difference. Leave SFA alone. I live near the park and love it. Who cares if there is or isn't a used coaster of two. Hey, if your park receives an excellent used coaster, is it bad just because its used? No. It doesn't bother me that our park isn't getting anything big this year (exception: Jokers Jinx lap bars). After 5 years getting a new coaster or coasters each year, an off year is not that bad. If you haven't been to SFA before, go sometime this year. You might enjoy yourself with their great coaster collection and wonderful assotment of rides.

Just defending my hometown park : )

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Gravity is your friend!

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FYI, SFMM opened 7 coasters in the 6 years spanning 1997-2002. I just hope the flats come next...we need them desperately!

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2002 - the year of IB's LoCoSuMo!!

I'm not complaining one bit about Wild one,it's a great ride and one of my favorite wooden coasters in the park second to Roar that is and yes it is ok if they take a year or two off,I'm not complaining about that either but as for the rides that are planned for the near future they don't look all that good compared to some of the other SF parks possible future plans.For example: SFNE- after getting B:DK this year plus already having the most popular version of the S:ROS triplets will probably be making more money for SF,so to continue that trend they will probably be giving them more better rides in the future.The way I see it ,and this is just my opinion here,is that when one park becomes more popular due to it's rides then that park gets usually but not always a little more attention in the future.Just who decides what park in the chain gets what rides each year is it up to the individual park or the corporate management of the company?

They're still useable, that's why Six Flags is keeping them, otherwise they would just be desposed. Almost any coaster can be restored, which will probably happen to it as well. Take the Lincoln Park Comet, it's been there for over 11 years unused and tampered, do you think it is forever unridable and Litt-A-Merrika wan't to drop on a block of concrete and put it on display?

So many of us have said that we wanted the park to take a year off and concentrate on making improvements in appearance. It's time for us to put our money where our mouth is. I have no doubt that a new attraction will come through next year. I wouldn't worry about what's being added in the future either BFSFA, because the park is desperately in need of some more family attractions like a ferris wheel, wild mouse, or a junior coaster. With the exception of Wild One, all of SFA's coasters are very agressive. And remember, that they can make substitutions like they did with Batwing. The one thing that doesn't come up often either, is that the waterpark is in serious need of an upgrade. I would hope that would come true in the future also. Finally BFSFA, corporate is in charge of new attractions, not the parks themselves.
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The word "definitely" is definitely the most misspelled word on the buzz.