Six Flags Over Georgia announces flying coaster

LOL, you're like the first person ever to say the Vekoma flyers were reliable, congrats (unless I somehow missed some sarcasm there).

How can you blame SF for the seats not reclining properly, delayed openings, etc?  That's like saying Deja Vu opened late because SF messed up again.

Please tell me where you came to the conclusion that SF messed up the flyers, not Vekoma?  Unless you'd like to include Paramount messing up Stealth as well, considering that flyer is just as big of a headache as the SF ones...

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"That's BS you MF! They're WT!" -- CP's R&D team

How did SF come up with this pic is it just cropped, or does B&M have a prototype of ride.

http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/020122/036954i.html

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Army Rangers lead the way

That is a picture of a Vekoma Flyer w/ some Photoshop editing of the track color.  I can't belive SF would do something like that!  I mean, they never use different coasters when marketing a new ride!

The flyer will have a tunnel!!! If you look at the picture with the pretzel loop and see the piece of track on the right, their is a tunnel.

Legendary, I was NOT being sarcastic...first time for everything, LOL.  I have NO problem with the way the seats reclined...station, lift, all the same to me.  And the rides were VERY innovative, although IMO BatWing had the best ride "experience".  But Stealth's first season ended with double-training, right up to closing - the line was VERY long, but kept moving.  X-Flight double-trained when we were there (on a weekday, no less), and I really had far fewer problems with SFWoA than most, but I understand they were single-training most of the time.  When we went to SFA, the ride-op told me plainly that they NEVER operated both sides on weekdays, regardless of the almost 2-hour waits.  I took one ride on BatWing and went to the 20minute line for S:RoS, again and again...(happily, because S:RoS kicks ALL other coasters IMO, and this one is supposed to be the weakest of the three....scary!).

I guess I just accept that prototypes and innovations will come with delays, and thought that Vekoma had really gone "out on a limb" with these things.  But, once up and running, I heard very little about "down-time" and PLENTY about the excessive waits...that's what I hold SF responsible for.  When you're pounding your chest about the FANTASTIC new ride (and the flyers really were), try to keep the lines moving so everyone can get a couple spins.  If you're going to only run one side, don't bother with the dual loading stations...just my opinion...

I DO hold Vekoma largely responsible for the DelayJa Vu fiasco, that was their bad by all accounts. 

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But I think that the REASON they couldn't run three trains, recline on lift (meaning slower dispatch times) is all Vekoma. 

I was at PGA opening day 2001, which was a Sat., and Stealth opened 30mins late (didn't they have like the entire offseason to fix it? :)), ran one train, and had the SLOWEST moving line ever.

Conversely, I DID wait 1hr 45min for my first ride on X-F, but that was full queue spilling out onto the midway, and loading half of one train with FastLane users.  They WERE running two trains and it was Thursday, July 2nd (same day TR:TR was "announced").

Anyway, I think most of the problems with the flyers were Vekoma's fault.  Did Batwing every run two trains with guests? 

BTW, I agree that Batwing has the best surroundings.

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"That's BS you MF! They're WT!" -- CP's R&D team

How tall is Air? Because i live at SFWoA and rode x-flight (115 ft) i have also been on batwing (115ft) i want to see a flying come out with a 160 or 150, is that 2 much for a flying??
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Cedar point, where else will you find 15 great coasters! NYankees1325, someone IM plese, i need to talk to someone bout coasters!

Hopfully PKI will get somthing like this in the next 4-5 years!  WOW looks great!  Those seats look awseome as well as comfy!  It'd be great to get one for my room!LOL
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Mr. Moss: I dont think most of the so-called GP give half a rat's arse *what* a ride is called. Why do I say this? Only because of the countless times I've heard people refer to the former Giant Coaster now @ SFA as the "White One" as opposed to its given moniker the "Wild One". Like all that Ultimate Flight crap will be cut and people will just call it Superman.

Joe C.: I believe ARROW came up with the suspended coaster!

RGWood: I actually thought the best parts of the Vekoma flyers were when we were on our backs. I guess the "flying" gimmick isnt for me.

Joe Legend: I saw Batwing run two trains exactly ONCE
jeremy

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First of all people need to quit complaing about complaining.  Everything on earth can be complained about.  I could complain and say that a Dodge Viper has very little trunk room, but I would still take one in a heartbeat. 

However some things people complain about is just silly or ridiculous.  Anybody looking at the layout of a ride and saying good or bad is insane.  The layout has NO bearing on the ride.  take Shivering Timbers-the most boring layout in the history of the roller coaster, no theming, no special paint, nothing and yet that ride ranks consistently in the top 5 of every wood poll. 

Next-Stats have little bearing on the quality of a ride.  Virtually every highly rated wooden coaster is under 140'. 

Magnum-which is 1 or 2 in ALMOST every poll is only around 200'

Next-Most people will ageee-comparing unfinished coasters is simply ridiculous. 

So let people say anything they want about coasters(please dont rate yet to be built rides), after all that is the WHOLE POINT of this message board. 

just my $.02.

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so there will be no flat rides???  ahh :( i'm still glad we have this coaster, i mean what is everyone's prob, that pretzel loop will be awesome, just imagine a couple of inches from the ground at some 40 mph, AWESOME

Superman is the perfect branding for this type of coaster..only hope the guys at B+M attach red capes to each car

I like that last idea :-)  I now just wish I lived in Georgia.  And England.  And Germany.  Hmm... I'm gonna need a lot of houses.

LOL!!  You have posted for everyone to visit your site like a million times in the last few days, on here, and other boards.

You're funny. :)

BTW, the enlargement shows a part of the ride that *could* be in a tunnel, but I think it's the ditch shown in this image:

http://www.sendpix.com/albums/020124/151939000000f9579a57bf33b356a1/

I'm thinking it will be coming from behind a hill, and not a tunnel.  I wish it was a tunnel though!

PS Props to Bob Armstrong for the awesome SUF pics!  Hope he can keep us updated regularly.  :)

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"That's BS you MF! They're WT!" -- CP's R&D team

If you read the first line in the Six Flags press release it says that it is the first flying roller coaster. Now how can it fly if it roles?
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Why is everyone complaining!!  Its pissing me off because they shouldent even be getting anything since they got Acrophobia and Deja Vu just previous year before.  You guys should be happy.  I know i am, that ride looks awsome!