Is there any shot this opens this year? I'm headed to the park for a few days in two weeks and I have lost all hope I'll get on this thing. It's a bummer, but with it having only one train I can't say I was looking forward to the line for it.
News Six Flags Great Adventure Project 2025: The Flash: Vertical Velocity (Vekoma Super Boomerang)
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I really look forward to Cedar Fair hopefully taking over the scheduling of new projects at parks.
Don't mind me, just over here salivating at the idea of a ton of legacy Six Flags parks having to file for permission to construct rides before they announce them.
I'd love to know what's going on too. Feels like progress was blazing right along and then, suddenly, came to a halt. Anyone seen recent progress updates posted anywhere?
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It looks like they did a pull through a couple of weeks ago, so I assume it SHOULD be open just in time for Fright Fest.
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Coliwood Studios posted an update yesterday. It looks like they're making some progress. They took the walls down and it looks like they're building the electrical building under the launch. No signs of the trains on the track or work on the station. Hopefully they'll start on those in the coming week or so.
Out of curiosity, why doesn’t Six Flags have to file permission for rides yet Cedar Fair does? Isn’t that requured by the local county/city? Or am I missing something?Don't mind me, just over here salivating at the idea of a ton of legacy Six Flags parks having to file for permission to construct rides before they announce them.
I'd love to know what's going on too. Feels like progress was blazing right along and then, suddenly, came to a halt. Anyone seen recent progress updates posted anywhere?
I don't know the inner workings but I've dealt with plenty of builders who would announce something, then file, just to strong arm the locality into approving plans based on public response.
Think if BGW announced a giga coaster along the Kingsmill property, then filed the information. You would get so many people coming out in support of it and there would be little actual debate on it.
Not that AeriForce One would have been denied, but SFA did a similar thing to Fulton County (?) when they announced, cleared land, and poured footers for it before getting approval because it put the county in a tough spot of not being able to question plans or offer site revisions needed. And then that did happen there was so much outcry about the delays it created.
The Flash logo has been installed on the ride today.
It Looks like a new building or something is being built nearby on the other side of Justice League. (The building in the back is The Dark Knight Coaster.) A large rectangle is marked off in string, it looks like a large concrete slab is going to be poured.
It Looks like a new building or something is being built nearby on the other side of Justice League. (The building in the back is The Dark Knight Coaster.) A large rectangle is marked off in string, it looks like a large concrete slab is going to be poured.
I don’t know if this will meant anything in the next few months, but THE FLASH is no longer listing under the 50th celebration 2024 attractions
Yeah I want to go ride this thing but Rapterra might open first at this rate. Ready for some new Vekoma.
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It’s been removed from new in 2024.
My hope is this will be like the Aquaman thing at SFOT where they delayed it and improved it with the delay. There HAS to be a way to add a loading platform so a train can load while another cycles.
No chance. The difference is that Mack had already designed and R&D'ed the system for that ride, Vekoma hasn't.
Vekoma could though, no?
And Cedar Fair, likely seeing IMMENSE potential out of Great Adventure in the next decade, may see that as a worthwhile investment, no?
I definitely don't think it's likely, but I also don't think there's a reason to rule it out yet.
Confirmed to be moved to 2025 by the park.
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It was inevitable but man this sucks. More flags more fun everybody!!!
I think we should blame the six flags & cedar fair merger for screwing things up
I don’t think the massive spanning corporate transaction is the soul culprit for why this thing isn’t open yet. It seems like the former Six Flags at this point would be to blame for poor planning. The decision to push to 2025 was likely made subsequent to the merger but the guys that took over the C-suite, don’t strike me as fans of opening a new ride in October based on their track record with new rides in the past several years.