In addition, purchase before October 28, 2012, and get upgraded to Gold passes! The ghetto safari was a JOKE, and it's cool to see the park try to put some lipstick on the pig.Magic Mountain (Los Angeles, CA): If you buy four our more Thrill Passes ($64.99), you’ll also get a FREE upgrade to a GOLD PASS which includes a FREE Hurricane Harbor Pass and a FREE Season Parking Pass with every Thrill Pass when you purchase by January 6, 2013.ĭiscovery Kingdom (Vallego- Near San Francisco/Sacramento, CA): Buy four season passes for $54.99 each and get FREE Parking and FREE Holiday in the Park tickets. Sure, they could add a wing coaster, or try to coax B&M to develop a 4D, but I think the time between coaster for one of the flagship parks is a good indication that the next one is going to be a real winner. They have one of the best woodies on the planet, a B&M Flyer, the first floorless coaster in the world, a really good hyper, and the second best standup coaster in the US. To add to the list of new Six Flags attractions, Six Flags America announced the addition of Bonzai Pipeline, a collection of 6 trap-door water slides.Īs far as the complaints about Great Adventure, what do you want? The park already has the world's tallest and the Western Hemisphere's fastest roller coaster. Will it be a lame strobe effect, or something more elaborate like Manta? A lot of this ride is going to hinge on what happens in the tunnel. It's obviously not Intamin or B&M, but also does not look like it's a Premier coaster either. Also, it's not clear who the manufacturer is for this coaster. To top it all off, this complicated launch section is not near the station for the ride, so if there's a problem, the ride has to be locked out at the station, and someone's got to walk all the way over to the launch track. Not only does it have to launch backwards at the right speed to not roll back through the loop, but it has to give an extra forward boost to get the train over the top hat. Second, it has a launch that requires a high level of precision. First, it's has LIMs launches, which Six Flags has demonstrated they cannot maintain (Superman the Escape, V2, The Chiller, Mr. However, a coaster like this is almost guaranteed to be trouble from day one. They could have said, "one of the tallest looping coasters in the world," and have gotten the same effect.Īs far as Full Throttle itself, if this were being built by any other theme park company, I'd be impressed. If the coaster isn't the tallest, fastest, or has the most inversions, there isn't a real record to claim. It really bothers me when theme parks make up their own records. "We are intently focused on all options, including dark ride options," he said. And even dark rides might be on the traditionally-coaster-focused chain's agenda in the next few years. Reid-Anderson also said that while Six Flags hasn't announced any water-based attractions in its US theme parks this year, that doesn't mean the chain is keeping wet rides only on the Hurricane Harbor side in the future. Doing the math, that's about $60 million annually across the chain for everything. Reid-Anderson said the company is spending 9 percent of its annual revenue on capital each year, with 60-65% of that going for new rides and attractions. Not the word I would have used in describing a wood track with an inversion.)īoomerang (it's the former Flashback from Six Flags Over Texas) (Weber called it "a beast" on the conference call. With four overbanked turns and a barrel roll. The Rattler will become the Iron Rattler, with a steel rail overlay on the wooden structure, a la Texas Giant. (replacing Flashback and the Texas Chute-Out) Texas Sky Screamer (400 foot Star Flyer - tallest swing ride in the world) There'll also be a zipline over the safari area. Safari Offroad Adventure - open-air vehicles go offroad through the park's safari section. IgNIGHT - a new laser and pyrotechnics show Here's the new line-up for Six Flags' top parks:įull Throttle, Billed the "World's Tallest and Fastest Looping Coaster," this triple-launch coaster will include a special effects tunnel, a backward section, and will run over the ride's signature loop, as well as looping through it. announced the chain's new rides for the 2013 season. Six Flags Chairman, President and CEO Jim Reid-Anderson, and Six Flags Chief Operating Officer Al Weber, Jr. Robert Niles Six Flags announces new rides for 2013 season August 30, 2012, 7:00 AM
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