SFGAm's website updated

Six Flags Great America updated their website tonight with the press release for the new ride. Just thought you all would like to know.

thanks for the heads-up.... and you created a login id just for this announcement? ;)
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"It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone"

Thanks! I've been checking that site often just in case its been updated! Now it finally is!

Is there a horseshoe in every SUF coaster? i wasnt sure and i saw that this element will be on the SFGAm coaster. I was just wondering...

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Surfs up in Hollister, CA! Later Dudes...

Capacity: 1,100 riders per hour

ouch =\
*** This post was edited by Kaldaim 2/9/2003 12:02:19 PM ***

Kaldaim said:
Capacity: 1,100 riders per hour

ouch =\
*** This post was edited by Kaldaim 2/9/2003 12:02:19 PM ***

S:UF at SFOG loaded pretty slow and the queue fills real quick. But at least it loads faster than Deja Vu. ;)

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On the website it says that our drop is 109 feet and that the one in GADV is only 100 feet. I realize that this might be another Six Flags website mistake, but it may not be. Also it says that GADVS has three trains of seven rows. Then it says ours has two trains of eight rows. I don't see this being a web site mistake because they have altered the pph on both the websites accordingly. Does this mean that we will get the new loading system and they won't?

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*** This post was edited by S&Spowerhouse 2/9/2003 12:28:09 PM ***

The facts are correct S&S - the new one will be taller, the trains will be longer, there will be less trains, there will be only one station, and the ride will induce less G-forces than previously.

Yes, but I am talking about the difference between the GADV and GAM supermans, not the one in Georgia.

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If the stats on that press release sheet are correct, this is 38 feet longer than the other 2 S:UFs. Also, I can't believe that SFGAm's S:UF will only have 2 trains and 1,100 riders per hour. Do they not realize that SFGAm is one of the most crowded parks in America, and that they need all the capacity they can get??

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Rest in Peace - Shockwave - 1988 - 2002
"My other car is a B&M Floorless."

Horseshoe element any1??? Is there anything else new on this ride than the others???

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Surfs up in Hollister, CA! Later Dudes...

SFGAdv's and SFGAm's are clones. There are no new loading systems for either ride. Both will run two trains with eight rows each. The capacity you see listed (1100pph) *may* be a bit of an underestimate, but it's probably accurate. I don't know what B:TR's theoretical capacity is, but its actual capacity should match up with S:UF's actual capacity fairly well.

-Nate

Agreed, coasterdude318. These two rides are very similair, in many respects.

Holister, what the heck is a horeshoe? Consisdering that everyone else has totally ignored your posts, are you sure you know what you're talking about?

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I hear America screaming...

(SF)Great American said:
Agreed, coasterdude318. These two rides are very similair, in many respects.
Holister, what the heck is a horeshoe? Consisdering that everyone else has totally ignored your posts, are you sure you know what you're talking about?
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I hear America screaming...

The element the train is in in the following picture of X-Flight is what Vekoma calls a horseshoe.

http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery920.htm?Picture=1

According to RCDB, all of the B&M flyers have a horseshoe. I guess those sweeping turns at the end of the ride are the horseshoes on S:UF.

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You can put it on the board, yes!

I believe the horseshoes on S:UF are right after the pretzel loop. well, not right after, but after it turns and dives, it kinda sweeps up near the lift.

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-Bob (formerly Coaster Jedi)
Matt the mutt 1989-2003
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