It’s also what Fiesta Texas has being doing with their new addition, and in my book, Great Adventure doing *anything* Fiesta Texas does is a win.
News Project 2027/Purple: Delayed “World Record Breaking Coaster" (Phantom Spire?)
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Shocked when I came to this thread and saw actual news instead of the same argument for the 40th time
From the video, it looks like the piece of station track has three contacts for cars, and the locking pins at one end for the transfer track, but it looks like it’s only half of the station track (based on the opposite end of the piece), so I’m guessing we’re looking at 4+ cars per train
Really hope this thing has at least 5 cars to at least match Ka’s capacity on a per train basis. With the switch track I feel it’ll be similar to how Ka operated in the later years if so (which could be a bit brutal when it first opens but better than a single train at least)
That's a really nice track color and should stand out on a skyline dominated by reds and yellows. It's probably still going to be a few months before any of it goes up, but I can't want to see what it all looks like when it's fully assembled.
As for capacity, I'd guess two twenty passenger trains with a sliding station, which is the same setup used for the Mr. Freeze coasters. Those rides can do close to 1,000 riders per hour under ideal conditions, so hopefully this attraction will be in a similar ballpark.
As for capacity, I'd guess two twenty passenger trains with a sliding station, which is the same setup used for the Mr. Freeze coasters. Those rides can do close to 1,000 riders per hour under ideal conditions, so hopefully this attraction will be in a similar ballpark.
I think the park was right that in years time we will see sfga in much better shape then with ka the more you think about it the tower coaster is infinitely more unique then ka was even though it is still a one trick pony it does this in such a better way than ka could.
(no disrespect to the king lol)
(no disrespect to the king lol)
Yeah this I think is a great summary of how Great Adventure fans feel right now. I think the reason many of us feel like this is finally going in the right direction is the level of experience those at the top have now. I liked what Selim was doing (aside from the immediate price hike) the intentions were in the right place but I think the lack of experience was pretty evident. The Cedar Fair team has done this before, the Paramount Parks were also in pretty rough shape when Cedar Fair bought them, fast forward 15ish years and they're all completely different parks now. The fact that this is "been there, done that" for those calling the shots makes me look at this "rebuild" in a completely different way.
El Toro Ryan's video of the track unloading has visible tags with "Mack Rides" on it - they aren't trying to hide it. I'm sure Ryan E is aware the enthusiast community already knows.
This track piece definitely seems to confirm the sliding Freeze style station. I'm worried about the queue design because if the split for the two sides of the station has a significant amount of queue afterwards, that will be a lot of waiting during the equivalent of "one train ops" - the last part of the queue would really stall out. The ideal set up would have the queue run all the way up to a grouper who is sending one train worth of guests to alternating sides so the line moves at a consistent rate.
This track piece definitely seems to confirm the sliding Freeze style station. I'm worried about the queue design because if the split for the two sides of the station has a significant amount of queue afterwards, that will be a lot of waiting during the equivalent of "one train ops" - the last part of the queue would really stall out. The ideal set up would have the queue run all the way up to a grouper who is sending one train worth of guests to alternating sides so the line moves at a consistent rate.
What if this is "Drachen spire: for real this time"
Six Flags Great Adventure - A Major Project Takes Shape | A Major Project Takes Shape at Six Flags Great Adventure
New coaster track arrives at Six Flags Great Adventure, marking the first visible step in the park’s 2027 attraction build.
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It's so great that they're being so transparent!! Love this
Well they did fumble the bag on not being transparent before.....
Like I said with my experience in group sales... if you make a big mistake, fixing the error makes you look like a hero. I'm not saying this is Six Flags' intentions but a sleezy sales strategy would be to intentionally make mistakes just so you can solve them in front of your clients and make the business look great as you "realize the error of your ways". It's the Jimmy Neutron style approach to things
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Looking at Coliwood's video you can see what looks like the top supports for the supposed inverted section.
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It's so cool to see more supports and especially the track arrive. We finally have the colors confirmed! Not gonna lie these colors have "Catwoman Whip" written all over them. But seriously I'm excited to see what they do with the theme. The 2026 boardwalk improvements have me very intrigued.
I don't think it's track length is even going to be longer than FF's second launch, never mind all 3 combined
The reason for the suggestion is due to the double fins that Mack is known for putting on their thrill coasters. While FF has a lot of stators, intamin uses single fin stators as opposed to Mack’s double fins stator setup. So it having just as many, if not more, doesn’t seem that far fetched.
Possible but extremely unlikely. Based on some roughing using google measurements, around 2,200 ft. of Falcons Flight has LSM stators on it. By comparison, I'd guesstimate less than 1,000 ft of this ride will have them mounted, especially given that it will almost certainly be three distinct launch sections rather than one continuous stretch from the station to the base of the tower.