Zachary has the audacity to come on here with his little laughing emoji and make fun of me for reporting on BGW and making comments in support of said park. And he claims to be the BGWFan. What a joke!!
News Project 2027/Skyland/Purple: Bakunawa (Mack Giga Shuttle Xtreme Spinner)
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My take on Bakunawa is that it is a gimmick ride, but at least the gimmick sounds like it would be fun to ride. I never got the appeal of Ka and think Dragster is just as bad. In my take, both rides cheated their way to the "top" of the coaster wars because nobody ever had the guts to build a real Strata Coaster.
Bakunawa is not what I would want to have been built. I want a more traditional wooden coaster or a proper giga coaster. But seeing it come together has still been cool, especially because it feels like it has some interesting and original ways to experience the ride.
Bakunawa is not what I would want to have been built. I want a more traditional wooden coaster or a proper giga coaster. But seeing it come together has still been cool, especially because it feels like it has some interesting and original ways to experience the ride.
They already did that on Barrels of Fun. Athough contols is enclosed unlike Emperor.
That’s what happens when you make a coaster that should’ve had a solid 90-120 seconds of track from drop to brakes end up having barely a minute of ride time in that span of track. Orion would likely be viewed better if it was a longer ride.
As for Bakunawa, I imagine as its shuttle that’s not going to be as big an issue as this is the first shuttle giga to be built.
That last sentence. I scroll these forms and watch people get way to emotionally invested in other's opinions of this ride. lol
I'm kind of in that middle ground. I love the slop nickname, and refer to it as Slopspire thanks to @northdetective, but at the same time, I don't "hate" the ride. It does look fun. I just think we could have benefited significantly more from many other options. Like a Premier AlpenFury style coaster... If I had the money I'd pay for it myself for the park to build it. lol
Technically there’s Tower of Terror (and Superman EFK if we wanna open that bag of worms lol), but they were also barely more than very tall flats.
Yeah, I am a defender of this ride essentially on the grounds that when I got off TT2 the first time, my thought was verbatim "this is like the most evil flat ride ever built." It (and Ka I assume which I never rode) doesn't register like full fledged standard coasters to me which is fine! I don't even go here so I don't have a dog in this race.
I do think calling it slop is annoying, but if they don't theme it and leave a giant hole in the station then they are being lazy and they should be judged for that. Is it what the park needs? I don't know. They literally didn't need Flash and they stuck it there, like they did Siren's Curse at Cedar Point, probably the same exact circumstance, so they don't appear to take much care in forethought or planning stuff like this. The ride isn't slop, they just aren't good at working the PR of last-minute decision making.
I do think calling it slop is annoying, but if they don't theme it and leave a giant hole in the station then they are being lazy and they should be judged for that. Is it what the park needs? I don't know. They literally didn't need Flash and they stuck it there, like they did Siren's Curse at Cedar Point, probably the same exact circumstance, so they don't appear to take much care in forethought or planning stuff like this. The ride isn't slop, they just aren't good at working the PR of last-minute decision making.
Does a ride like this logically make sense really anywhere though? Lets just be glad it exists. If anywhere it deserves to be at Great adv, they have the space and they lost a main draw/wow factor and thyre in the process of rebuilding. No other park has any of those.
As others have said, supporting that roof does cost more, so they aren’t being lazy. I think they made a stylistic choice with the station that’s just…not great (IMO) when there were so many great thematic choices to make.
I'm waiting to see what the final result will look like before I decide how I feel about it. We really haven't had any real concept art for what the station, queue, or entrance will look like. I don't think the gap in the station is ideal, but I still think they can make it work. They've had a lot of time to really nail down the details, and that was one of the big things they talked about after the ride got delayed. So I do have some legitimate expectations for how the ride will be presented. I'm not expecting anything crazy, but a similar level of detail as Iron Menace is more than fair in my opinion.
For the record:
I’m talking about the opening over the track to “build anticipation” over an enclosed shipping container, or underwater cave, or something like that.
Wait I could totally see them use a shipping crate for the station bc its thematically consistent with the teasers so far and also consistent with how cedar fair may go abt theming (constantly using rustic theming and a lot of simular assets (ie "easter eggs") gives a good impression for the park/ride itself (aka decent atempt at theming and immersion in the queue line) while also being relatively inexpensive for regional park theming, for example)
They could do the ol' tin box queue house like they have at Flash and pass it off with some decals
When I heard Mike say the station will keep the open top, my very first thought was they were designing a cargo ship designed station with a loading bay in the middle and the roof panels are the bay doors opened. I figured they’d add some sun shades over the top for added shade once they realized the sun is probably going to be too much in July for guests and ride ops.
Another thing: six flags absolutely needed a gimmick type attraction to draw attraction world wide. As much as I’ve continually said they need a ride like thrill glider or werewolf gorge or big bear mountain or velocicoaster etc …. Those are everywhere now. That wont draw the same type of
they are hoping for with Bak. So it makes sense why they went this route.
They also went this route without taking up literally any of the space previously occupied. Leaving massive land for more flat rides or family coaster in the pier and all of golden kingdom and Rolling Thunder plot.
The verdict is still out on Bak but I will say the few times I was in hurricane harbor this summer, in every queue I was in, guests were talking about it. Stating excitement, fear, commenting on its imposing status and the occasional curse word regarding the drop.
And that’s the water park
In my opinion if they built just Bak and the pier and didn’t add anything for another 5-8 years … this would be horrible.
But if they add something again in 2-3 years this ride will probably be an absolutely amazing addition. One I personally dk if I have the stomach to ride but I’ll happily watch others take on the challenge from the ground
Another thing: six flags absolutely needed a gimmick type attraction to draw attraction world wide. As much as I’ve continually said they need a ride like thrill glider or werewolf gorge or big bear mountain or velocicoaster etc …. Those are everywhere now. That wont draw the same type of
they are hoping for with Bak. So it makes sense why they went this route. They also went this route without taking up literally any of the space previously occupied. Leaving massive land for more flat rides or family coaster in the pier and all of golden kingdom and Rolling Thunder plot.
The verdict is still out on Bak but I will say the few times I was in hurricane harbor this summer, in every queue I was in, guests were talking about it. Stating excitement, fear, commenting on its imposing status and the occasional curse word regarding the drop.
And that’s the water park
In my opinion if they built just Bak and the pier and didn’t add anything for another 5-8 years … this would be horrible.
But if they add something again in 2-3 years this ride will probably be an absolutely amazing addition. One I personally dk if I have the stomach to ride but I’ll happily watch others take on the challenge from the ground
I realized my therapist wasn't listening to me because she texted me this the other day
I guess it's okay because it kinda feeds into the delusion that I'm handling this well even tho we've had entire sessions about slop spire
I guess it's okay because it kinda feeds into the delusion that I'm handling this well even tho we've had entire sessions about slop spire
This coaster will probably make the best use of its height more than any other coaster in the world. That outer bank at the top, slowly gliding through with only having a lap bar will be insane. Facing the sky, the ground, viewing the park from 375 ft. The floorless design will make you feel like your floating being super exposed to the elements and with only a lap bar you feel so free putting your hands in the air. I would expect the air time to be huge when falling back down the tower may be the best drop in the world. This coaster although a “gimic” will offer a coaster experience unlike we ever seen before. If a retrofitted ka, or another strata was never going to happen, this is a pretty solid replacement. We also never seen a ground up coaster of this scale built since Ka itself and in the current days of “new family coasters” it’s pretty impressive we are getting something so tall. But, this is only filling a hole that was lost and park still needs more investment to make up from all the removals and have a better coaster line up than before 2024.
The gimmick is this might be the scariest most nerve wrecking coaster to get on. This seems to have all the most terrifying parts of the S&S swing at triple the height. Opening up the roof seems like a move to crank up the intensity and nerves even higher.
