Project 2019: Finnegan's Flyer (S&S Screamin' Swing)

[Zimmy]

Fungly.

And we have a winner! The Fungly Swings!

 

[Mwe BGW]

will finnegans flyer operate during christmas town?

 

[Jahrules]

will finnegans flyer operate during christmas town?

No official word yet... Seems likely though. Maybe not below certain temps? You're rather exposed on the ride and the swing speed would make for terrible wind chills.

 

[CoasterAuditor]

This is going to be so fun. New favorite flat at BGW almost guaranteed.

 

[GrandpaD]

And we have a winner! The Fungly Swings!

I'll call it Triple F - Finnegan's Fungly Flier

 

[horsesboy]

Any guesses on a soft opening?

 

[Gavin]

Tbh, I’d say late April, early May at the earliest.

 

[BGWnut]

If the media event happens at the beginning of May like I'm currently hearing then it's possible they do some testing with guests the last weekend of April.

 

[Jahrules]

If the media event happens at the beginning of May like I'm currently hearing then it's possible they do some testing with guests the last weekend of April.

That is great news for me since I'm going that weekend.

I'm also going this coming Wednesday

 

[belsaas]

They were testing with Water Dummies today

 

[GrandpaD]

Looking under the swings, it appears some of the dummies were pretty scared.

 

[Jahrules]

@belsaas that is a stellar photo. How did you achieve it?

 

[belsaas]

@belsaas that is a stellar photo. How did you achieve it?

Riding the Aeronaut, shot on my Nikon D70 with a 10-20mm wide angle Sigma lens!

 

[warfelg]

Nikon D70 with a 10-20mm wide angle Sigma lens!

I wish there was a drool smily.

 

[belsaas]

It's like a 14-year-old camera! But I figured it would be fun to take it to the park today and shoot! I'll try to post other photos where appropriate.

 

[Jahrules]

It's like a 14-year-old camera! But I figured it would be fun to take it to the park today and shoot! I'll try to post other photos where appropriate.

Find a good vantage point to shoot cutback yet?

 

[ijerngvidsnvk]

Hopefully the Walls will come down soon, can't wait to see what they'll do with the sign.

 

[Nicole]

The media event will be 03 May in the morning.

 

[Jahrules]

If they do testing with guests how does that typically work? Do they just randomly pull aside some people and say "hey wanna ride this?". I'm guessing either way this testing will be separate from pass-holder "early ride times" (because there are far too many passholders now to do that for "testing").

Do you think they might consider doing separate Early rides for different levels of pass-holder? Or would that get too hard to police?

 

[BGWnut]

Testing with guests is literally just they will open the queue line up and let guests line up. That's pretty much it. After a few hours it will close and then be done for the day. It's not advertised in any way.

I don't recall members being promised to ride it before it opened to the public. Just that they would have members only ride time.

On another note BGW has always had a large amount of passholders. The number has increased recently but they have always had a significant number.