The Uncertain Future of Superman, Kingda Ka, Top Thrill 2! 👀 Six Flags 🎢
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Top Thrill 2, Superman Escape From Krypton & Kingda Ka, 3 Strata coasters that all have rumors swirling around them about their future! Is it the end of a era for the Strata Coaster? I share all of my thoughts with you regarding these 3 mega coasters and WHY I am honestly a bit concerned for their future! I am hearing Concerning Rumors Regarding The Six Flags Theme Parks Strata Coasters!
Would Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Magic Mountain and Cedar Point all decide to remove their 400ft tall + roller coasters someday?
Now that the Cedar Fair management is running the new Six Flags theme parks, anything is possible!
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Brandon, how are you? Great video as always. Sorry I do not know all the parks like you do because I’ve not been all them but again this is just my opinion, but I respect yours that is if these guys flags in Cedar fare are really competitors why would you merge in my opinion they should be broken up Because if you have more competition when that drive prices down for all of us to consumers? More independent parks and so forth. Also, in my opinion, I don’t think these rides are going anywhere anytime soon, especially Kingda Ka!
If Great Adventure removes Kingda Ka and Zumanjaro it would be doing the park a huge disservice. I would literally want Kingda Ka to be redone
100% there would be no point going to Great Adventure when there would be better parks nearby.
I am 1.5 h from Hershey, Great Adventure, Dorney, and SFA. To lose Kingda Ka legit makes Hershey the absolute leader and I’d probably go there more often even though their passes are more and it would only get me into the one park.
The only thing that would give Six Flags the edge at that point would be that I could go to three different parks in my area. But is that worth it when they would in my mind all be second to third tier parks when Hershey is right there?
I’d say only if I’m planning a trip elsewhere but at the moment my mom and sister have done marathons in all the states with a Six Flags park so I probably won’t get to another park (they are trying to do a marathon in every state; I’m trying to get to all Presidents homes priorities have to be made).
@@ninjagirl226aint no way Dorney and sfa is better than great adventure lol
@@Patexer I think it’s Debatable without Ka. SFA is out of the picture; I agree it’s a plus of having a six flags pass that I can go there but not a reason to get the pass.
But Dorney has a solid lineup. Steel Force vs Nitro I think is a wash. Medusa vs Hydra is also a wash if not I lean towards Hydra mainly for the pre lift hill inversion. Talon vs Batman is leaning towards Batman but man the low to the ground moments on Talon are cool and it’s a longer ride. The dark night vs Mad Mouse - I’ll give it to the dark night for the pre show but apparently most the effects in the ride are broken so yeah. Thunderhawk vs Runaway mine train are the original coasters; Thunderhawk is more ridable but I enjoy the scenery at Great Adventure.
The random coasters are kind of left at this point with Possessed being not my thing (I don’t like launches or going backwards). And Iron Menace being pretty good minus the last 5 s of the ride; it also feels short. I also will add Dorney has a better flat ride collection. They also were able to complete their 2024 addition and it looks awesome especially right now during Haunt whereas Flash hopefully will be completed next year.
Now Great Adventure had a lot of filler. Yeah they have more but Green Lantern is kind of awful. I don’t think Superman is that good especially compared to Batwing at SFA or Superman at Great America (the trees and music really help). I don’t care for rides like Joker. Harley Quinn is for kids. Skull Mountain is kind of fun especially with the music idk it’s funny to me. Jersey Devil is also legit but I would put it on par with Iron Menace in terms of enjoyment so it doesn’t move the needle.
El Toro is the only ride in that park that really moves the needle without Kingda Ka. But I and also going to comment this; I think that if they remove Kingda Ka for maintenance reasons El toro is next because it’s probably just as much of a maintenance headache and has definitely been a PR nightmare the last few years. People keep complaining that it’s rough and ride ops are shocked to hear it’s my favorite ride in the park because of how rough it is.
But like I said in my first comment I’m more comparing Great Adventure to Hershey. And in that regard Hershey blows Great Adventure away especially without Ka. I’m sorry.
I put SFA as third (bottom), tier Dorney at low second tier, Great Adventure as is at a low first tier (bordering on second tier because to be honest I like King’s Dominion more but I mentally can’t put King’s Dominion in my top tier), and Hershey with as a first tier.
@@ninjagirl226 eltoro looks fantastic. I hope they deal with eltoro and ka for atleast a couple more years until I get to the park lol.
Would be a massive mistake to remove such a unique attraction like Kingda Ka that gives so much publicity to the park. I'd happily ride a giga if it replaced it but I don't want it to happen
If they were going to build a Giga then I have some questions about timing. Like they would most likely have to take out green lantern and maybe the parachute tower and twister with it. Then of course you would have to take out zumanjaro and Ka. That seems like a TON of things to do next year. Also we know these coasters take years to plan which they wouldn’t have for this unless they cooked something up fast.
If they wanted an L shaped giga like Fury they would, but there's enough room around Ka for them to do a straight out and back giga like Orion, plus there's room behind Toro where they could have the giga go behind it
@@namevone yeah but the leaks are saying all of this other stuff with it.
I hope Kingda Ka stays, reimagined or not. Got my first ride on it ever this year and I loved it. Green Lantern can go in a scrap heap though - that thing was rough.
Wicked Twister opened in 2002! Cedar Point has never open brand new coasters 3 years in a row!
I personally haven’t been to Magic Mountain but I won’t be surprised if Superman Krypton Coaster goes away
SSMM is my home park and Superman Escape from Krypton is not a great ride. Its never open and needs to go away.
ngl this would be an idiot move to remove one of a kind attractions like this, for example, a one of a kind attraction like Volcano getting replaced with a basic frickin winged coaster
It's actually a launched wing and there are only one maybe 2 of those in the US, but cry I guess
I wish they would give 2024 intimin a shot at refurbing King Da Ka. Companies change and I think it would be worth the risk for them given how big of a hit intimins coasters are. They've gotten substantially better at building more reliable coasters. At least from what I've observed.
However, if they showed up with a Fury 325 level giga in it's place that tops out over 100mph, that would be cool
They also are not accountable when they mess up. The reason Cedar Fair stopped working for them was because they did not honor their contracts when parts failed due to design flaws. Generally this would be pro-rated, but if Intamin said a part had an operational life expectancy of 10,000 rides and the part failed before that despite being maintained, they are expected by contract to replace that part on a pro-rated basis at least. Or if a part flew off despite being maintained to their spec and injured someone, they would be expected to share in the liability on some level because either there was a design flaw OR they we incorrect on maintenance requirements. This is ALL included in contracts - but guess what Intamin has not done lately - either of those things.
At Universal they CHARGED Universal millions for THEIR design flaws on Hagrid's and Velocicoaster despite being required to cover it under their contract, at least that is what I have heard. It is why Universal will no longer take bids from them on future attractions. Neither Cedar Fair or Universal wanted to litigate it, but they let others know and decided to end relationships.
So that is why Intamin does not get a shot.
Imagine you just bought a new car. It comes with a 5 year/60,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty. You maintain it according to the maintenance schedule you received from the manufacturer. You have documented all the maintenance. You have operated it in parameters. At 20,000, the engine fails and needs to be replaced. Instead of honoring the warranty, the manufacturer charges you thousands to rebuild the engine or replace it. Would you do business with them again?
For warranties like that, there are protections in law. For coasters, it is different this has to be built into the contract - but the only way to remedy that is to sue and a company might be vindictive if you sue and stop selling you parts (which I have heard Intamin has threatened for those complaining about this and threatening to sue).
So how much would you want to do business with them and how much would you want to rely on them for parts if a coaster has already achieved 4x or more ROI?
Superman's days are numbered I think it will get retired before Viper does. I hope the keep the structure for the drop tower ride. It got extended life when the canibalised the parts from Tower ofTerror. At least I got to take my kids on both sides before it's gone so they could experience front and reverse launch.
Unfortunately, if Superman goes so does Drop Of Doom. CF isn't going to allow a 400ft lawn ornament the way the previous SF would.
@@JohnnyRobertsJr-d7y they could just leave drop of doom like dreamworld did with giant drop
@@masongamerd2981 if the structure is sound enough without Superman. Remember, things get more complicated with earthquake regulations
@@JohnnyRobertsJr-d7y this is true
I don’t see those wild rumors about the strata coasters closing for good becomes a reality because they’re so iconic to the parks. This is insane!
yeah but $1.2 million a year for maintaining one attraction is a lot of money.
Because of what Ryan said about possibly wheel toe angles being problematical on TT two possibly causing the stators to be damaged. Remember, we talked about the signs of tape on them. I’m betting they do a single launch adding vertical LSM if needed to make it over the top then just extend the layout into Green lanterns area. That would be sweet!
Now, this may sound a bit BOLD for the new Six Flags chain, but hear me out on this.
What if, and this is a BIG what if, Six Flags Magic Mountain decided to give Superman: Escape from Krypton a much-needed fixer upper?
Just imagine, Intamin working to make the ride more consistent, improve the theming in the queue line and loading station, adding lap bars to both sides, and modernize the launch so it would actually hit 100 mph as well as actually going up to the 400ft mark.
Siren's Curse had nothing to do with TT2 - it had to do with getting a paid for coaster up and running as quickly as possible without causing a change in plans for a park. No other park had a space that they can quickly turnaround.
I have my sources too - and I have heard they have a fix with Zamperla that they are confident in. They also love that Zamperla took responsibility - which Intamin usually REFUSES to do. Intamin does not honor their contracts - I have been told this by people from the old Cedar Fair parks, from the United (Sea World) parks, and from Universal. IF they mess up, they charge you for the mess up - at least in the US they do. There are laws in Europe that prevent them from doing that there, but they are no longer liked much in the US because they just do not stand by their products or live up to their contracts.
The reason Cedar Point went with Zamperla is because it was a partnership and Zamperla showed a willingness to be accountable and fix issues, absorbing the costs specified in the contract.
Cedar Fair has had a similar issue with RMC. RMC decided to play the blame game about Steel Vengeance - but they KNEW all the parameters when they signed the deal and agreed to the terms. Then they accuse Cedar Point of numerous issues that they were aware of as a manufacturer before ever signing the deal. RMC and Intamin can choose not to sign those deals, but they didn't. They wanted the prestige.
Zamperla wants to grow. They want to learn. They want to be better and they want to be a good partner to parks. They have been learning from what Intamin has built so they can build and improve upon the designs, but it takes time. The Lightning Trains are first gen - and real world did not agree with the models, so they have had to make adjustments and do real world testing.
Siren's Curse is not a big mover of people. It has decent, not great, capacity. Siren's Curse is a bonus - and they will also have a coaster in 2026, though I hear it is a record setting water coaster to replace Snake River. I have heard it is a Mack, though lately there has been some chatter Premier might be designing it.
You think that’s why even universal seems to have step down from Intamin, almost every coaster in epic universe is a Mack except 1 Intamin family coaster. This seems interesting and if true I would feel the same way and wouldn’t buy their products. Sadly I feel as if the entire coaster community goes off of emotion instead of actual reason.
Wicked Twister opened in 2002
I do agree that regardless of what happens, that it’s good there is a new management team that is really trying to clean up the parks. I mean, who’s tired of hearing the company being broken and on the edge of bankruptcy? And then the whole place gets shut down and bulldozed just to have some homes built…. Those rumors really sucked when sfmm’s lease was ending and that was a thing 😅
A lot of us just knew this MERGER was not going to turn out to be a good thing in the end !
if the merger didnt happen, then Six Flags would have gone under.
I think wicked twister opened up in 2002 I believe
While not a strata coaster, I fully expected Xcelerator to have been the first to go.
If they remove Superman, it will provide a hole lot more space for a giga to go in its place. Maybe a giga that will take the current record Fury 325
I mean when cedar fair took over Paramount parks, they took out a lot of attractions to try to cut back park operation costs. During this time, they also slowly fix up the parks, and then start bringing in new attractions. Superman at Magic Mountain is also on the plot of that big bear mountain theater which was torn down. Notice superman sits on that mountain from the theater. I feel that new attraction will take the space of Superman.
Cedar Fair has been looking to nerf Great Adventure since 2005. I guess this may possibly be the beginning of the end.
I thiink you are right about this, between the operation cost, age, and high risk of issues, they may pluck those rides. Not to mention who knows why other undisclosed issues they discovered with structure of TT2 that could be really detrimental.
It's funny you should bring this video up because I was watching a video from Airtime Thrills where he discussed whether these rides would be going or not, and he strongly believes that they won't. So now it's only a matter of time until we see who's right and who's left in the loading station.
Comment section: 100% emotion, 0% business knowledge.
Magic Mountain local here. Superman needs to go. Not because the ride is bad (it is), but because it's obnoxiously loud. Literally like a fighter jet engine. You can hear that thing from the fucking parking lot. I feel badly for the poor staff working there who have to hear that thing screech by every 5 minutes.
They can remove Kingda Ka after I get to ride it. I haven't made it to New Jersey yet. It would be cool to see them put a new launch system on Superman at Magic Mountain
I really don’t see Kingda Ka going anywhere. At least not as of right now. Perhaps give it 5 or 10 years and we could potentially see the ride close and hopefully be given the TT2 treatment but by a different manufacturer, considering how badly Zamperla messed up with TT2 and how they’re trying to get it fixed (Hopefully they go with S&S).
If Green Lantern is leaving, however, then that could be a perfect opportunity to have the new Kingda Ka be extended into that plot of land, and give it some really unique elements, including what could potentially be the world’s tallest non-inverting loop at around 250 feet. As for Green Lantern, we can have it sent over to Six Flags Darien Lake to replace Viper, after which it would be converted into a Floorless. It replaced an old Arrow looper when it was moved to Great Adventure, so why not have it replace another?
As for Superman: Escape from Krypton, yeah… I think it might have to go. Truth is, it’s not all that impressive to begin with anyway. As for what could replace it, I think a B&M Wing Coaster could fit in rather nicely in that plot of land. Of course, we gotta keep the Superman theme as well. Question is, what name should it be given?
Extend Kingda Ka yes, but leave Viper at DL alone. That Arrow looper kicks any B&M standup’s rump any day!
@@darkridedan1 I did mention Green Lantern being converted into a Floorless there but you do have a point. Viper is actually too precious to remove. I guess instead we can have the B&M Stand-Up relocated to Valley Fair (and converted to a Floorless of course) since Corkscrew is the only coaster they have with inversions. A B&M would do wonders for Valley Fair, regardless of it being a re-located ride.
They could put that coaster where where grizzly run used to be
With it converted to a floorless of course
They could also send it to michigans adventure
I hope they remove viper before Superman. Maybe they could convert it to a modern LSM launch and give it something along the lines of Intamin ultra surf trains.
I honestly predict that they'll get rid of Superman since it's been down most of the time for years, (like 5 years ago when I was there) is a shuttle coaster and is actually only a giga shuttle at that since it only goes up 328' up that spike, and it never went much higher since it never went over 100 MPH. However: TT2 or Kingda KA will end any time soon.
TT2 needs another season for a chance at operating with it's large investment, three launches and two gigantic drops, and Kinda Ka has been operating like a charm recently as the world's tallest and currently fastest operating coaster with a hydraulic launch to boot. So for those reasons alone I don't see TT2 or Kinda Ka going anywhere soon, but see Superman @SFMM as being much more likely to be replaced.
Tony Clarke said TT2 "will" (yes, he used the word "will") open in 2025. This can be seen in WFMJ's youtube vid "Siren's Curse tilt coaster opening in 2025". This also means Siren's Curse was not a replacement for TT2. I think Siren's Curse is at CP to sell tickets and season passes to those who doubt TT2 will open next year. While your reason for not giving sources is understandable, it also means the "I have sources" claim could be used to bluff. I am NOT saying you are doing that but that some people might.
El Toro Ryan did a video where he said Intamin did look to reimagine Dragster but wanted to extend the layout. Cedar Point would have had to remove Iron Dragon, which they didn’t want to do. If this is true, what if Intamin reimagines Kingda Ka, and extends the layout into the Green Lantern plot of land? What is the possibility this could be an option?
I feel the decision on KingDa Ka isn’t finalized yet and probably won’t be till mid to end July and is relying heavily on the outcome of Top Thill 2.
Ka isn’t going anywhere soon
It's really hard to say especiallyif we look at down time. For example xcelerator at knotts goes down all the time for long periods of time. Last time it was for almost 2 years but that ride keeps coming back. I can see the possible end to tt2 with the large problem it has now. Superman will definitely get the ax soon as it's the last one left. Not to sure about ka though. Especially the rumors that 3 rides may leave. If a giga does get put into Ka's place why not just go up another 100 feet. Could you imagine b&m first strata Coaster lol. Or maybe the first RMC Trex.
Wicked Twister opened in 2002, and Top Thrill Dragster in 2003. Back to Back Years.
This could of been at worlds of fun, valleyfair and kings island
Could they not just remove the Launch track, station and extra track and keep the top hat to keep zoominjaro
The only reason that I want to ride Superman is that I haven't yet been on it. I am afraid of coasters that go backward. 🤦🏽♀️
Kindda ka is the only reason I still go to Great Adventure.
I would love to see Ka, the one trick pony, replaced with a Giga. Or converted to a LSM launch with Intamin reworking the track by adding more elements like a larger Storm Runner at Hershey.
The world tallest coaster for a giga, seems like a. Unfair trade
Oh SixFlags was trying to be cheap when they hired a novice coaster company Zamperla to reimagine a strata coaster 😂
If it's in regards to TT2, that was before the merger. So I doubt Six Flags had anything to do with that situation.
Zamperla was selected by Cedar Fair to reimagine Dragster long before the merger.
I agree on all counts and that TTD2 will almost certainly get demolished at some point soon as well as Kingda Ka. If I were the merged company I'd cut losses on both now or next winter at the latest and have their replacements already ready to be built and contracted.
i travelled half way around the world to Great Adventure to ride Ka. devastating if it goes.
It’s it going for at least a few more years
Excellent video! Great information! Thanks!
Cedar Fair should have gotten over themselves and chosen Intamin to reimagine TTD. Inatmin is a proven coaster designer who has gotten even better with time. Instead, they went with the balloon flite manufacturer. 🤪
Again, SFGADv could go a much longer way with the community and make up for their mistake 11 years ago. If they are truly removing Kingda Ka and Green Chang, that leaves plenty of room for Rolling Thunder. It works just as well as a boardwalk coaster as it did a southwest mountain range. Is a giga needed in a park with a hyper, a mini Intamin hyper with wood supports and an RMC raptor? A giga would be as much overkill with the hills as the inversions were here in the 90’s and the park doesn’t have a real wooden coaster.
AGAIN FOR YOU MORONS.............MULTIPLE COMPANIES BID ON THE PROJECT, INCLUDING INTAMIN, TH DECISION WAS MADE BY THE DESIGNS THEY PRESENTED FOR THE REVAMP, THEY WERE ALL VERY DIFFERENT. FYI, INTAMIN HAS BEEN A F8CKING DISASTER FOR CEDAR FAIR.. ARE YOU 12 YEARS OLD AND DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OR JUST A FANBOY THAT KNOWS NOTHING?
I'm confused. Which Theme Park is this making recommendations for?
I'm going a hard no on KK getting removed. Yeah it has it's downtime; but not to the extent that Top Thrill (Dragster) 2 has.
But I will say that Intamin doesn't seem to accept responsibility for their actions (like with I305).
I personally wouldn't mind kingda ka going.Nothing lasts forever so whether it happens now or 10 yrs from now it will eventually go..I rode ka in August and it was terrible,the ride was so rough and rattley it wasn't enjoyable at all..On the other side if ka goes we will probably see a giga replace it
Do you sit in the front or back
Shout out the dippin dots guy 😂😂
I knew it was dippin dots guy!!
I feel like Superman has been closed most of the time I go to magic mountain. (And magic mountain is my home park) The ride doesn’t do anything crazy so I won’t be sad if it’s removed. Giga PLEASE 😭😭🙏🙏💀
Superman is bottom 3 in the whole park.
With Scream and Riddler’s Revenge?
Kingda ka needs tobe rebranded like top thrill 2
We can talk bad about intimin reliability all we want. Did anyone actually think zamperlia was going to be a good choice for TT2
Ok brains,,make vortex at Carowinds a sit down coaster and then take green lantern to Carowinds
Ka and jaro ant going anywhere, zumanjaro is in the process of getting refurbished and ka just got teal train repainted
We know how CF deals with SF parks RIP GL 😢🧐🤨🎢🙏✌️
I’m not gonna lie I’d rather ride a good b&m hyper or smaller intamin then keep top thrill I don’t know who they put so much into it when the maintenance is literally so annoying 😭
The only coasters six flags adventure would need if both green lantern and kinda ka get removed are a B&M Giga or a two hundred foot plus Voyage bye Gravity group both company's have outstanding relationships with cedar Fair and both are high capacity rides with little down time
Why don't they take down kingda ka and go for the record with a T Rex. Why keep a coaster that is yesterdays news. With Falcons flight we need to catch up. A T Rex could be the answer. Yes it is RMC but if we can give zamperla a chance it is time to give RMC another go.
Ka isnt going anywhere, makes zero sense to destroy the tallest coaster in the world or the best toy that you have
Why remove king da ka theirs literally nothing wrong with I agree it should a remodel I think it has to do with falcons flight being built maybe I don’t that’s just my theory this is the signature ride at that park it wouldn’t make sense to remove either if they’d have to replace it with something bigger then king plus I don’t think that’s enough space for a whole new ride I hope they don’t actually go through with it
Hi, are all three of them the same manufacturers?
Yup. TT2 when it was first built was by Intamin, before the revitalization by Zamperla.
@@seanlewis1148 thank you!
not the dip n dots guy!!😭🤣 He needs a raise for all the information he knows!
My theory is that six flags has wanted to shut down ka for a long time. But they are waiting until falcons flight opens in Saudi Arabia to close it down so they still have the tallest coaster record in their chain
Mark my words, the second falcons flight opens, ka will be announced to shut down or be modified heavily
Ka isn’t going anywhere for the main reason of zumanjaro is getting refurbished , if they were gonna close them why even bother do anything to jaro, barely anyone rides it so they’d be waisting tons of money
Despite being branded as a Six Flags park, Qiddiya is NOT part of the chain and the only thing they have in common with the rest is the name.
@@SteelRiderCarl really? I was under the assumption it would be technically in the chain, despite not really being run or funded by sf.
Do u know if I will be able to visit it with an all park passport
Staffing issues? We've seen nothing yet. But if we keep pushing more and more immigrant out of the country, it will really throw a wrench in the amusement park industry across the board. Thhoosies better keep that in mind when they vote next month. The staffing problems started after the first crackdown in 2017 - way pre-COVID. COVID did make things even worse though.
Superman krypton barely hits 300 ft doesn't count
Wicked twister was 2002
#SAVEINTAMINSTRATAS
Its not just impressing the shareholders its also the banks are wanting their debt paid back. Cedar Fair as of March 2024 had 2,500,000,000 in debt that was coming due and Six Flags had around the same but was literally leaning toward bankruptcy a 2nd time. They new company really has to seriously cut its costs and tighten its belt or it could be doom for the entire company.
You literally have no idea what you're talking about. You haven't any idea about business & finance. Cedar Fair was not at all in any financial trouble. No, they didn't have 2.5.B in debt coming due., Their notes were staggered. CF legacy parks were producing record results with their Seasons of Fun model, paying debt down judiciously, they could have been more aggressive in debt repayment, but if you understood finance you would know why they didn't. They also re-instituted their dividend. The only issue with the new company is SF legacy parks.SF was producing poor results, regressed to 2017/18 levels, entertained briefly the notion of selling the land under the parks, which was desperate to even entertain and is a long term death sentence. SF needed this merger b/c they were run by fools. There is a reason the new company is run by Cedar Fair people...CEO, CFO and 10 of the 11 executive team.
My family was at Cedar Point about a week and a half ago. While waiting for the first Halloweekends show I overheard a worker talking with a visitor about TT2. Take this with a grain of salt but what I heard was that when Zamperla built the rollback section they built it 5 feet in the wrong direction. This caused the trains to ride hard as they were effectively having to go sideways up and down the rollback. That would explain the photos that show most of the maintenance being focused on the wheels of the cars. If this is true, then the ride was actually fubar'd on construction and there is no way to get it back up and running without taking the entire rollback section down and relocating it in the proper location. I doubt Six Flags and Cedar Point want to go through with all of that, which gives a ton of credence to the thought that the ride will most likely close for good.
Lol....X 100000000000000000000000000000
I don’t trust cedar fair…it’s the new girlfriend that’s toxic, but she’s still pretty
Just like people don't trust Six Flag.
I’m thinking a Giga is coming to Great Adventure soon anyway they are clearing land by Medusa
Corporate greed I feel is going to ruin this new Six Flags. I feel It’ll be ran as an investment corporation with high margins because of low levels of new investment. I have fears of horrifically deferred maintenance, poorer conditions for workers (as they look to cut down on what they spend) so on so forth. I just want a corporation that will look out for its clientele and really invest back into what makes their properties rather than just their investors walking away with a lot of money because that’s what the parks already make. What is someone’s options? Usually it’s a six flags park or drop thousands going to Disney or universal.
BS lmao
Rmc trex taking over king da ka
this was obvious, Sirens Curse is a "buffer" being the trainwreck TT2 is...many overlooked issues and poor engineering per Zamperla..."CP" is pissed, Zamperla looks like a clown show...