When I heard this news, I was devastated… There are no Schwartzkopf coasters anywhere near me aside from scorpion… And I loved that ride… I don’t care how small or how old it is. It’s still smooth and pack up punch. It is absolutely fun… What a shame Bush Gardens is getting rid of another great coaster.
Fantastic look back at what was my first upside down coaster too! It really was such a great coaster especially as a youngster! Thanks for the memories 👍
@@StorybookAmusement Back then the only coaster that went upside down in Europe was Revolution at Blackpool and that was at the other end of the country to me.
I have the same story with Rock'n'Roller Coaster at Walt Disney Studios. It was my first upside down coaster and thus had a special place in my heart, so I was devasted when they announced it would be rethemed. As you said, it's the little details that bring back nostalgic memories, and hearing that soundtrack, the sound effects and seeing those strobe lights in the show building was what made the experience. Whilst I still honor the track layout for intruducing me to thrill coasters, I definitely still miss the old theme. As for Scorpion, I really hope it gets reloocated and that its replacement hold up to what Scorpion was.
Mate, you saying this being your first upside down coaster ❤. My first was this models sister coaster, Schwarzkopf Looping Star at Dreamland Margate in England back in 1986. I've had the opportunity to ride both many times here in the UK and in Tampa. And I think the Looping star may be a little longer. The Scorpion is that bit more intense and whips you, especially if sitting at the back ❤. Shame it's going ❤ another classic put in the vaults of time. R.I.P Scorpion x. You was fantastic and will be missed.❤❤
This is really sad, but look on the bright side: this coaster will most likely be relocated. However, I know it won’t have the same appeal. Many people have memories on this ride just as you said. I, unfortunately, don’t have the memory of that. My first looping coaster was actually Rock N’ Roller Coaster at WDW’s Hollywood Studios. I was tricked into riding it by my mom, but I loved it!!!
Clearly not a unique story, but Scorpion was my first upside down coaster and will always have a special place in my heart. It's a shame I wasn't able to make it one last time, but it makes me happy to see others appreciate it too
I've been riding Scorpion for 30+ years... recent rides have led me to believe the ride needs repairs the park is unwilling to make. The block zone after the final helix barely slowed the train down this weekend. The two unbanked turns into the station were at speeds I've never experienced.
Going on Saturday August 31st to give it a few last rides. This was my second looping coaster, Python was my first earlier that day back in May 1988. I can recall in the 80s there being a huge line to ride. My sister and I were terrified of it since it went upside-down. My grandfather hoped right on and said it was a good ride and we should try it. It didn't get us off the wall from watching it. I rode it a month ago and it still gives a good ride. I will be sad to see it go. Now the closest Schwarzkopf is at Six Flags over Georgia. The Riddler Mindbender is OK, not as good as this, however.
Have fun on your final rides! Love that story about your grandfather. Mindbender is good, but not as intense after the recent refurb. I love the woodsy setting though. RIP Scorpion.
@StorybookAmusement Thank you. They will be bittersweet. The woodsy setting on Mindbender is nice, but the pacing seems a bit off and it seems to ride harder than Scorpion. The New Revolution at Magic Mountain was alright, a good first effort. I rode Olympia Looping twice in Berlin in Dec 1991 and had a blast. I would love to stumble across that again. Keep riding!
Call me crazy, but I think having a classic Schwartzkopf at Knoebels would make a great addition to the park. They need a new steel coaster to complement Impulse.
My first upside down coast was montu, my dad and brother all peer pressured me to ride it. So i did, then i rode on kumba, then cheetah hunt, then shiekra. No regrets
Camelot Theme Park in the uk had this model of coaster too it was very good, it moved to scotland but that park is also closed now according to rcdb it is at Dalmaland croatia as Big Blue.
From what I hear, this was last minute and the ride only has 2 weeks at most left in its current state. Now about the safety and derailments of other rides, I will say this, I went to the park the day after Jetline at Grounalund derailed, they had this ride closed when I went and had workers inspecting it. I hope phoenix rising will last 44 years as long and they keep the loop of this coaster somewhere in the park.
Great points. I have no doubt Busch Gardens did their due diligence making sure the ride was safe all these years. I never felt unsafe riding it. Let's hope they keep that loop! (If the coaster isn't relocated)
You know it was a good ride when it was still relatively smooth during its last rides. I got a final ride on it last week and it was as good as it’s ever been…even smoother than Kumba.
I took my kids to Busch Gardens last year - it reminded us all of Sooperdooperlooper at Hersheypark. There’s been rumors Hershey may end up removing it within a decade, largely due to inability to maintain it properly any longer.
@@sharkheadism - If it’s impossible to find parts (especially instrumentation) then it may require a complete re-engineering of the ride to adapt to whatever replacement parts are available. So it may be technically true you could continue to run a ride if you were willing to spend millions to re-engineer - but it’s more accurate to say the ride is no longer able to be maintained because there are no spare parts available. If they sell the ride and it reappears somewhere else, then it wasn’t shut down due to lack of availability of spare parts. If it gets cut up for scrap it may have been closed due to unavailability of spare parts.
@@MrCusefan44 Parks have their own machine shops and machinists on hand to make parts, and other companies will supply parts for rides whose manufacturers who are no longer around. You can keep a ride going indefinitely this way, the park has to ask itself if it's worth all the man-hours to keep an old ride going that normally only has a station wait.
@@sharkheadism - Um…while some of what you say is accurate, you still are only paying lip service to the reality that cost matters. And while I don’t work in an amusement park, I have direct experience in maintenance in heavy industry which informs my opinion on this. My entire point is that the man-hours to re-engineer the ride, or program a CNC to make an obsolete part, or whatever other excessive man-hours of labor is required is THE EXACT REASON why obsolete parts can kill a ride - the massive cost to replace what was once a cheap spare part is not worth it. As a simple example, I’ve had to have tradesmen put at least 50 hours into redoing a panel with a Schrader air valve because the original valve was obsolete and the only viable alternatives were significantly different sizes. Between parts and labor it was probably a $10K job as opposed to a $25 one. I would bet the cost ratio on something like an obsolete drive chain on a roller coaster would be somewhat similar, and doubt ANYONE would think it was reasonable in any way to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to replace a $20K chain. Is it more reasonable to say that the ride closed due to obsolete spare parts, or unwillingness of the park to spend the money to maintain the ride? I’d say it’s fairly obviously the former - and that the latter obscures reality. You are arguing for the latter. It is an absurd position.
@@MrCusefan44 _you still are only paying lip service to the reality that cost matters_ I've been saying that the whole time. The problem isn't fabricating or sourcing replacement parts, it's the man-hours needed to do so. Eventually a park realizes it's spending a ton of money on a ride that's not very popular, so it gets pulled.
I’m honestly devastated. While scorpion isn’t a milestone coaster for me, it’s a genuinely awesome ride with some great sustained forces. I actually like it more than sheikra because of the better pacing it has. Long live scorpion and great video
They need to make a tribute video for it like Carowinds did for Thunder Road several years ago. I'm sure Scorpion being part of a large corporation such as Busch Gardens means it was very well taken care of for its life, same can be said for Shockwave and Mindbender. AATL and Silver Bullet are more off hand, and relocating makes things worse, which is a big issue for AATL. I hope Scorpion's life continues, because of its legacy and current condition.
@@StorybookAmusement That's what I was pointing at, because AATL was in horrible shape to start with. The park in Mexico supposedly never maintained it once, which is also why ol' Laser Loop is in such bad shape. Scorpion just got repainted within the last 5 years or so, so it gets maintained very regularly. I'd hope to see it at a small park somewhere, like one of the Fun Spots, or perhaps Knoebels or Holiday World.
I think Python was my 1st looping coaster but scorpion was my 2nd, my 1st ever coaster was Florida Hurricane at Boardwalk and Baseball and I just got to re-ride this 3 years ago at Magic Springs as Arkansas Twister
Pretty sure it was this one actually back in the early 90s. Prior to that was only a local wooden death trap at whalom park up here in MA. I remember thinking i was a total badass after riding scorpion and python… which i clearly was.
So sad. Wish they would have given us more than 2 weeks of heads up. I couldn't make it this weekend and leave on vacation Thursday. But, I rode it 12 months ago but didn't 6 months ago when I was there again because it had a 25 minute wait. Wish I would have. Such a good ride. I hope they replace it with something similar honestly.
They definitely should've announced this sooner. It's been an icon in the park for so many decades. It may be small, but it deserves a proper sendoff. Sorry you didn't get to ride it on your recent visit!
@@StorybookAmusement Yeah, bit of a disappointment but what can you really expect from Seaworld these days. I should have went today but just not worth 4 hours of driving both ways by myself. I'd like a simple, family thrill coaster to replace it. Just like Scorpion. A Vekoma family boomerang with a roll, or an Intamin family coaster like Gold Rush, or a family wooden coaster from Gravity Group that like half encloses Pantopia and interacts with the train that runs past Scorpion.
i wish i could have said goodbye... it was closed when i visited in 2023. i hope it at least finds a new home somewhere instead of being demolished like sand serpent
@@johnfoltz8183 I forgot about the Six Flags ones. Those are all at least still decent. And New Revolution has updated restraints and a smoother track.
😅 I think I read somewhere they wouldn't be compatible on Triple Loop's track, but I'm not sure. But really, forget the trains! Get that track to my back yard, stat!
@@StorybookAmusement Interesting, thanks! I'm just a HUGE Indiana Beach fan (from 650 miles away!), and want so much for that investment to pay off. Sad to see another Schwarzkopf bite the dust. If you can get it set up in your yard, I'll come and happily pay-per-ride :)
You're much more optimistic than I am. It seems like they're keeping it open long enough through a busy holiday weekend and calling it quits after that. Just my take.
I will say. As much as it's sad. It's definitely time for it to go. I was there today and it overshot the brake run multiple times. At one point on Friday it just didn't stop at the brakes and flew into the station and up the lift before stopping. Something is up with the brakes and I bet they can't get parts for it. I would be shocked if they run it this week because if they do it 100% will not last to the 2nd. It's that close to being dead. It's basically crawling itself to keep running
I rode it a few times during my visit in May. I was pleasantly surprised how well it was holding up. But it doesn't surprise me one bit to hear it has some issues. I'm glad Busch kept it running for so long! Must've been a lot of work these past few years.
Busch Gardens just announced Scorpion's final day has been pushed back to Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024! Go get your final rides in if you can!
My son and I rode it on Friday only to learn the next day it was closing.... it was my first loop coaster as well as my sons. Im heartbroken.
The fact that it transcended generations was special! Love that story
@@StorybookAmusement Indded my friend. I loved that it was both of ours first looper! Great video.... still watching!
Thank you!
That was my 1st one too!!😢
I never got to ride it…😢
When I heard this news, I was devastated… There are no Schwartzkopf coasters anywhere near me aside from scorpion… And I loved that ride… I don’t care how small or how old it is. It’s still smooth and pack up punch. It is absolutely fun… What a shame Bush Gardens is getting rid of another great coaster.
We should all chip in and buy it 😅
Closest to FL would be riddler mindbender at six flags over ga
@@StorybookAmusementwe need a coaster on the fl keys! I'm in😅
@@StorybookAmusementyessss
Fantastic look back at what was my first upside down coaster too! It really was such a great coaster especially as a youngster! Thanks for the memories 👍
I wouldn't have expected this to be yours!
@@StorybookAmusement Back then the only coaster that went upside down in Europe was Revolution at Blackpool and that was at the other end of the country to me.
And now you have Smiler (plus many others)! Wild how fast that happened.
@@StorybookAmusement It took a while but once we got going the parks here rapidly improved. Shame I can’t say the same about the weather.
This was very well done especially from when the sudden news as announced to when this video came out! Awesome job!
Thank you!
I have the same story with Rock'n'Roller Coaster at Walt Disney Studios. It was my first upside down coaster and thus had a special place in my heart, so I was devasted when they announced it would be rethemed. As you said, it's the little details that bring back nostalgic memories, and hearing that soundtrack, the sound effects and seeing those strobe lights in the show building was what made the experience. Whilst I still honor the track layout for intruducing me to thrill coasters, I definitely still miss the old theme. As for Scorpion, I really hope it gets reloocated and that its replacement hold up to what Scorpion was.
I was so confused until I realized you were talking about Paris, not Orlando. 😅 But that's a special memory!
This was my first upside down coaster back in 1993. Can't believe it's still open
Not for long! 😅 Thanks for watching
Mate, you saying this being your first upside down coaster ❤. My first was this models sister coaster, Schwarzkopf Looping Star at Dreamland Margate in England back in 1986. I've had the opportunity to ride both many times here in the UK and in Tampa. And I think the Looping star may be a little longer. The Scorpion is that bit more intense and whips you, especially if sitting at the back ❤. Shame it's going ❤ another classic put in the vaults of time. R.I.P Scorpion x. You was fantastic and will be missed.❤❤
Looping Star looks fun! So sad to see these going away one by one, but It's been great hearing all these memories. Thanks for sharing!
Great little coaster. We rode it every visit.
Scorpion was my first inversion with just a lap bar. It was so nice to feel the upper freedom vs over shoulder
Wouldn't have it any other way!
This is really sad, but look on the bright side: this coaster will most likely be relocated. However, I know it won’t have the same appeal. Many people have memories on this ride just as you said. I, unfortunately, don’t have the memory of that. My first looping coaster was actually Rock N’ Roller Coaster at WDW’s Hollywood Studios. I was tricked into riding it by my mom, but I loved it!!!
Good on your mom for doing that 😅
Clearly not a unique story, but Scorpion was my first upside down coaster and will always have a special place in my heart. It's a shame I wasn't able to make it one last time, but it makes me happy to see others appreciate it too
I've been riding Scorpion for 30+ years... recent rides have led me to believe the ride needs repairs the park is unwilling to make. The block zone after the final helix barely slowed the train down this weekend. The two unbanked turns into the station were at speeds I've never experienced.
Yikes. Bonus laterals!
Going on Saturday August 31st to give it a few last rides. This was my second looping coaster, Python was my first earlier that day back in May 1988. I can recall in the 80s there being a huge line to ride. My sister and I were terrified of it since it went upside-down. My grandfather hoped right on and said it was a good ride and we should try it. It didn't get us off the wall from watching it. I rode it a month ago and it still gives a good ride. I will be sad to see it go. Now the closest Schwarzkopf is at Six Flags over Georgia. The Riddler Mindbender is OK, not as good as this, however.
Have fun on your final rides! Love that story about your grandfather. Mindbender is good, but not as intense after the recent refurb. I love the woodsy setting though. RIP Scorpion.
@StorybookAmusement Thank you. They will be bittersweet. The woodsy setting on Mindbender is nice, but the pacing seems a bit off and it seems to ride harder than Scorpion. The New Revolution at Magic Mountain was alright, a good first effort. I rode Olympia Looping twice in Berlin in Dec 1991 and had a blast. I would love to stumble across that again. Keep riding!
Call me crazy, but I think having a classic Schwartzkopf at Knoebels would make a great addition to the park. They need a new steel coaster to complement Impulse.
That's a good idea if it is structurally and mechanically viable. Scorpion is a fun ride. I'll miss it.
Move this to valleyfair
My first upside down coast was montu, my dad and brother all peer pressured me to ride it. So i did, then i rode on kumba, then cheetah hunt, then shiekra. No regrets
You either gained or lost trust in your dad and brother that day. 😅 Now _that_ is a good first upside down coaster!
@@StorybookAmusement right after that day i started binge watching roller coaster povs
Montu's officially a gateway coaster
I'm going today to say goodbye. It was my first looping coaster and I'm devastated at the short notice of its closure.
Hope you had a good time saying your goodbyes!
Camelot Theme Park in the uk had this model of coaster too it was very good, it moved to scotland but that park is also closed now according to rcdb it is at Dalmaland croatia as Big Blue.
I was looking at that! I'm jealous 😅
Not one of main coasters I go to when I was in Tampa. But it was one of the first coasters that I have rode when I first started riding coasters
That's a good way of putting it!
From what I hear, this was last minute and the ride only has 2 weeks at most left in its current state. Now about the safety and derailments of other rides, I will say this, I went to the park the day after Jetline at Grounalund derailed, they had this ride closed when I went and had workers inspecting it. I hope phoenix rising will last 44 years as long and they keep the loop of this coaster somewhere in the park.
Great points. I have no doubt Busch Gardens did their due diligence making sure the ride was safe all these years. I never felt unsafe riding it. Let's hope they keep that loop! (If the coaster isn't relocated)
I rode it 5 times yesterday. Never waited more than 10 minutes. Sad they couldn’t give us more notice.
Glad you had the chance to ride it a few more times! Sounds fun
I went Saturday because my mom hates roller coasters but remember going on scorpion as a kid and wanted to ride it again
Sounds like a good time!
What was your first looping coaster?
This one! And my sons! We are so bummed.
If we are talking about looping it is this.
Vortex at kings island
Loch Ness Monster @ Busch Gardens.
Viper at Darian lake
You know it was a good ride when it was still relatively smooth during its last rides. I got a final ride on it last week and it was as good as it’s ever been…even smoother than Kumba.
I agree, even about Kumba. I'm a Kumba defender, but Scorpion was running amazingly when I last rode it in May.
I took my kids to Busch Gardens last year - it reminded us all of Sooperdooperlooper at Hersheypark. There’s been rumors Hershey may end up removing it within a decade, largely due to inability to maintain it properly any longer.
It's not that parks can't maintain old rides, they can't justify continuing to spend the money to maintain them.
@@sharkheadism - If it’s impossible to find parts (especially instrumentation) then it may require a complete re-engineering of the ride to adapt to whatever replacement parts are available. So it may be technically true you could continue to run a ride if you were willing to spend millions to re-engineer - but it’s more accurate to say the ride is no longer able to be maintained because there are no spare parts available.
If they sell the ride and it reappears somewhere else, then it wasn’t shut down due to lack of availability of spare parts. If it gets cut up for scrap it may have been closed due to unavailability of spare parts.
@@MrCusefan44 Parks have their own machine shops and machinists on hand to make parts, and other companies will supply parts for rides whose manufacturers who are no longer around. You can keep a ride going indefinitely this way, the park has to ask itself if it's worth all the man-hours to keep an old ride going that normally only has a station wait.
@@sharkheadism - Um…while some of what you say is accurate, you still are only paying lip service to the reality that cost matters. And while I don’t work in an amusement park, I have direct experience in maintenance in heavy industry which informs my opinion on this. My entire point is that the man-hours to re-engineer the ride, or program a CNC to make an obsolete part, or whatever other excessive man-hours of labor is required is THE EXACT REASON why obsolete parts can kill a ride - the massive cost to replace what was once a cheap spare part is not worth it.
As a simple example, I’ve had to have tradesmen put at least 50 hours into redoing a panel with a Schrader air valve because the original valve was obsolete and the only viable alternatives were significantly different sizes. Between parts and labor it was probably a $10K job as opposed to a $25 one. I would bet the cost ratio on something like an obsolete drive chain on a roller coaster would be somewhat similar, and doubt ANYONE would think it was reasonable in any way to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to replace a $20K chain. Is it more reasonable to say that the ride closed due to obsolete spare parts, or unwillingness of the park to spend the money to maintain the ride? I’d say it’s fairly obviously the former - and that the latter obscures reality. You are arguing for the latter. It is an absurd position.
@@MrCusefan44 _you still are only paying lip service to the reality that cost matters_
I've been saying that the whole time. The problem isn't fabricating or sourcing replacement parts, it's the man-hours needed to do so. Eventually a park realizes it's spending a ton of money on a ride that's not very popular, so it gets pulled.
I was glad I rode it. Such a great Schwarzkopf coaster. It will be missed.
Schwarzkopf made some great rides, for sure. Thanks for watching!
I’m honestly devastated. While scorpion isn’t a milestone coaster for me, it’s a genuinely awesome ride with some great sustained forces. I actually like it more than sheikra because of the better pacing it has. Long live scorpion and great video
I agree. Scorpion was my fourth favorite in the park. 😳 Gwazi, Montu, Kumba, Scorpion. It's a bummer! But thanks for watching!
@@StorybookAmusement never expected anyone else to have it that high like me lol. My order is gwazi montu Kumba cheetah scorp.
@@Thrills_And_Chills_WQAQ I may have been in my feels 😅 That was definitely a biased ranking, but hey it's a personal thing!
They need to make a tribute video for it like Carowinds did for Thunder Road several years ago. I'm sure Scorpion being part of a large corporation such as Busch Gardens means it was very well taken care of for its life, same can be said for Shockwave and Mindbender. AATL and Silver Bullet are more off hand, and relocating makes things worse, which is a big issue for AATL. I hope Scorpion's life continues, because of its legacy and current condition.
I hope it gets a second life somewhere! I'd hate to see it end up in the same shape as AATL though
@@StorybookAmusement That's what I was pointing at, because AATL was in horrible shape to start with. The park in Mexico supposedly never maintained it once, which is also why ol' Laser Loop is in such bad shape. Scorpion just got repainted within the last 5 years or so, so it gets maintained very regularly. I'd hope to see it at a small park somewhere, like one of the Fun Spots, or perhaps Knoebels or Holiday World.
My grandfather was one of the engineers who worked on the construction of this coaster. he and I are very sad to see it go 😔
Oh wow! You have a cool grandfather. Did he work on other Schwarzkopfs?
@@StorybookAmusement no, he worked for Busch Gardens
@@Ur.Boy_Kevin Gotcha. Still a very cool job!
@StorybookAmusement he also worked on python and kumba!
@@Ur.Boy_Kevin Legend
Sure, I never was a fan, but I still respect it for being my first looper.
Respect [salute emoji]
🫡 🦂
I think Python was my 1st looping coaster but scorpion was my 2nd, my 1st ever coaster was Florida Hurricane at Boardwalk and Baseball and I just got to re-ride this 3 years ago at Magic Springs as Arkansas Twister
Python was scarier to me because 2 inversions > 1. 😅 Kid math! I never got to go to that park! Sounds fun.
Honest to god they should move it to one of the Sesame Place parks or even SeaWorld San Antonio! That park only has one coaster that goes upside down.
I hope it gets a second life somewhere! I'm afraid it's been operating almost daily at a busy park for over 40 years-that track might be done.
6-flags park should buy it. For one of their underserved parks
That would be great!
Pretty sure it was this one actually back in the early 90s. Prior to that was only a local wooden death trap at whalom park up here in MA. I remember thinking i was a total badass after riding scorpion and python… which i clearly was.
Clearly 😎
So sad. Wish they would have given us more than 2 weeks of heads up. I couldn't make it this weekend and leave on vacation Thursday. But, I rode it 12 months ago but didn't 6 months ago when I was there again because it had a 25 minute wait. Wish I would have. Such a good ride. I hope they replace it with something similar honestly.
They definitely should've announced this sooner. It's been an icon in the park for so many decades. It may be small, but it deserves a proper sendoff. Sorry you didn't get to ride it on your recent visit!
@@StorybookAmusement Yeah, bit of a disappointment but what can you really expect from Seaworld these days. I should have went today but just not worth 4 hours of driving both ways by myself. I'd like a simple, family thrill coaster to replace it. Just like Scorpion. A Vekoma family boomerang with a roll, or an Intamin family coaster like Gold Rush, or a family wooden coaster from Gravity Group that like half encloses Pantopia and interacts with the train that runs past Scorpion.
@@jonny-b4954 Love that idea! Almost like a junior Cheetah Hunt. That's a good successor.
I loved scorpion, but vortex was my first big coaster. Its sad when a coaster closes
Ooh at Carowinds?
@@StorybookAmusement at kings island
Gotcha! 😳 That's a big one
i wish i could have said goodbye... it was closed when i visited in 2023. i hope it at least finds a new home somewhere instead of being demolished like sand serpent
🤞 Here's to hoping it finds a new home!
Scorpion was my first big roller coaster.
Likewise! Good times
It's a shame that now the only Schwarzkopf looping coaster left in operation in North America is American Triple Loop at Indiana Beach.
There is revolution at Magic Mountain super Duper looper and Hersheypark. Mine bender at Six Flags over Georgia and shockwave at Six Flags over Texas.
@@johnfoltz8183 I forgot about the Six Flags ones. Those are all at least still decent. And New Revolution has updated restraints and a smoother track.
@@JCBro-yg8vd Colossus the Fire Dragon at Lagoon still operates.
Get those trains to Indiana, stat!
😅 I think I read somewhere they wouldn't be compatible on Triple Loop's track, but I'm not sure. But really, forget the trains! Get that track to my back yard, stat!
@@StorybookAmusement Interesting, thanks! I'm just a HUGE Indiana Beach fan (from 650 miles away!), and want so much for that investment to pay off. Sad to see another Schwarzkopf bite the dust. If you can get it set up in your yard, I'll come and happily pay-per-ride :)
0:15 😴🦂
Slept on 😴
I think they might move it because it is a little weird they didnt give a lot a time to ride it
You're much more optimistic than I am. It seems like they're keeping it open long enough through a busy holiday weekend and calling it quits after that. Just my take.
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Yes 😭
I will say. As much as it's sad. It's definitely time for it to go. I was there today and it overshot the brake run multiple times. At one point on Friday it just didn't stop at the brakes and flew into the station and up the lift before stopping. Something is up with the brakes and I bet they can't get parts for it. I would be shocked if they run it this week because if they do it 100% will not last to the 2nd. It's that close to being dead. It's basically crawling itself to keep running
I rode it a few times during my visit in May. I was pleasantly surprised how well it was holding up. But it doesn't surprise me one bit to hear it has some issues. I'm glad Busch kept it running for so long! Must've been a lot of work these past few years.