Let’s not forget that the United Parks straddle coasters all had to abruptly close and that happend right before SFNE pulled the plug on a 2025 opening, likely due to those same issues.
News Project 2026: Quantum Accelerator (Intamin Multi-Launch Straddle Coaster)
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I do wonder if the restrictive restraints were a concern they had prior to the straddle closure, and used the closure (which I’d assume they had no way of knowing would be so short lived) as an opportunity to address it.
It’s almost certainly either that or they came to this conclusion after the closure, QA did have a media day set after all. Generally not a good idea to postpone those outside of weather unless you absolutely HAVE to. The most recent (and worst) case of a media day delay that wasn’t weather related I can think of is Zumanjaro’s, having been cancelled the morning of media day due to the fact that state approval on the ride hadn’t come through.
It’s almost certainly either that or they came to this conclusion after the closure, QA did have a media day set after all. Generally not a good idea to postpone those outside of weather unless you absolutely HAVE to. The most recent (and worst) case of a media day delay that wasn’t weather related I can think of is Zumanjaro’s, having been cancelled the morning of media day due to the fact that state approval on the ride hadn’t come through.
I heard there was a recall on this model early 2025 right before it opened which closed all models. By the time the recall was fixed it wasn't worth opening for the season.
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TheCoasterNerd
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I'll be riding this saturday & i am very grateful i was invited to media day on 4/16! i'll be sure to keep everyone updated on everything.
Damnit. I was gonna go up today but I told myself to wait until next week for the official opening
Congrats SFNE
Finally riding this ride feels downright surreal. I tripped and ate shit getting out of my one ride in row 6 (I’m actually in the first photo on that Reddit post lol) but the ride is excellent. Exactly what the park needed and I like it a lot. I need more rides to truly judge it fully but I really like it.
Which of the other US straddles do you have @Thrills & Chills WQAQ? First thoughts on comparisons?
It really does look excellent!
It really does look excellent!
It doesn’t have much airtime, but there are some surprising pops of laterals. The theming is very well done. It’s a solid addition to the park, but probably not something I’ll ride every visit.
It is better than Darkoaster. I need more rides tho. It has weak air, but it’s a family coaster so I’m not expecting anything crazy. Regardless I love the ride.
I will say I won’t be getting a front row ride till after media day unless by some miraculous chance th camera mount isn’t there but I digress you get the point. Ride is fun, go ride it, I’ll have a full write up review on Thursday sometime.
Heading out to media day right now! My live ride is at 8:50am!!
After 7 rides across the train today, I think up front is better. And I am FIRMLY in the belief that this is absolutely the slam dunk six flags New England needed. The ride is absolutely fantastic and I cannot wait to ride it more!
My full writeup will be available hopefully around 7pm est tomorrow night via my college radio station.
i need to sleep now as i am actively hallucinating from the lack of sleep ive gotten but hey i have class till 9pm so i am cooked.
i need to sleep now as i am actively hallucinating from the lack of sleep ive gotten but hey i have class till 9pm so i am cooked.
Of all the other North America straddle coasters, this one definitely rides closest to Darkoaster. A little slow on the first launch, but the second one makes up for it. The track between the first and second launch is very twisty, after the second launch is more speed with pops of airtime. The layout is quite interesting, but could have used more rockwork or other landscaping features to interact with (see Jet Rescue, Sea World [Australia] or Juvelen, Djurs Sommerland [Denmark]).
Definetly a more interesting layout than Artic Rescue (Sea World San Diego); Artic Rescue is a bit repetitive. This is a very different ride experience than Wave Breaker: The Rescue Coaster (Sea World San Antonio), that ride is much more focused on speed and hills.
The lap bars are taking a long time to release, the other train is past the second launch before the parking train releases the lap bars. (Train is parked for ten seconds, the ride is waiting for the gate to close behind the train.)
Despite the delay in opening, the ride appears to be having some new ride issues, maintenance has been hanging out at the ride.
The display cabenets in the queue are nice enough, but they seem a bit empty.
Since the train is in a triangular plot of land, there are plenty of places to observe the ride off ride, but still will take some effort to get good photos as the midway is lower than most of the track. I guess that is great if you want undercarriage photos though.
Bad news if you are over 6' 5", they have the dreaded maximum height stick, not sure how strictly they are enforcing it. So far, I only saw one person get turned away due to having legs that did not fit under the lap bar.
Big fan of the fog, hopefully this will be maintained.
Although perfectly functional, the break run evacuation platform looks like temporary scaffolding.
Definetly a more interesting layout than Artic Rescue (Sea World San Diego); Artic Rescue is a bit repetitive. This is a very different ride experience than Wave Breaker: The Rescue Coaster (Sea World San Antonio), that ride is much more focused on speed and hills.
The lap bars are taking a long time to release, the other train is past the second launch before the parking train releases the lap bars. (Train is parked for ten seconds, the ride is waiting for the gate to close behind the train.)
Despite the delay in opening, the ride appears to be having some new ride issues, maintenance has been hanging out at the ride.
The display cabenets in the queue are nice enough, but they seem a bit empty.
Since the train is in a triangular plot of land, there are plenty of places to observe the ride off ride, but still will take some effort to get good photos as the midway is lower than most of the track. I guess that is great if you want undercarriage photos though.
Bad news if you are over 6' 5", they have the dreaded maximum height stick, not sure how strictly they are enforcing it. So far, I only saw one person get turned away due to having legs that did not fit under the lap bar.
Big fan of the fog, hopefully this will be maintained.
Although perfectly functional, the break run evacuation platform looks like temporary scaffolding.
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We’re unfortunately dealing with some issues of putting up my editorial piece on QA to my radio station website. Sorry for the delay.