SFNO/Southern Star Saga Discussion Thread

[BiCoastal KidTeh Rockness Monster]

I think I would do anything to ride the pirate ship right now... it looks like it's high enough to skim the water and make a big splash!

Also, am I the only person who thinks that Megazeph looks totally AWESOME with all the water around it? With the track swooshing down toward it and all.

[disneygurlz2sDesperate Housewife Who Wants to Live in THIS Castle!]

OMG That is to sad. It looks really bad. However, I agree with Robb, I tink it will never open, again.
But when it never open again, what will they do with the attractions?

I would have to think that, after being underwater for nearly what? three weeks now, there are few attractions that could be salvaged.

Shari

[Damien666TPR's 1st Furry]

That looks really bad. I remember looking at one of the sites for SFNO and seeing the pics of the park when it was Jazzland and what Six Flags spruced up. Sadly, Six Flags really did make the park look better! It's such a shame for a park to get updated so nicely and now it's distroyed.

I'll take what's left of the Sally darkride, Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness. That sounded like a really fun darkride.

[SFMM rocks my socksWhat would donkeys be like on the moon?]

THAT IS SO SAD . I dont thimk it will open again ethier because it
would cost to much. I just can't stand the fact that it was a great park.

[stingrock23"Excuse me, miss, may I pound my large rooster into your donkey?"]

I can't imagine that it will ever open again.

As to how it was doing before the disaster, it was doing ok, but not great. As much of a tourist city that NO is, it's really not known for coasters, and I don't think the park would have lasted that much longer unless they kept adding nen rides year after year. I don't think NO really had the market for it, considering all of the discounts that were offered throughout the year. It's sad to see the park go, but hopefully a few rides can be saved.

At least I got to ride everything before all this happened. It was nice to have a few good coasters nearby, instead of having to drive to another state. Oh well.

[Coasterkid20Beware of the Magic Donkey at Lotte World!]

I don't know how Jazzland was, but SFNO in 2004 sucked some serious donkey balls. All the rides suck and the park has a sort of half assed themeing to it. It is a shame for the park to get lost but in reality if it had to be any Six Flags park, I would choose it. Mega Zeph sucks REALLY bad, it was so rough and the patended Gerstlaur rattle was just as bad on MZ as any other coaster.

It is a tragedy that the park is likely to be lost, but compared to everything else that Katrina affected, this issue is so miniscule....

[robbalveySite Admin]

^ I have heard that Megazeph quickly went from a very good coaster to something almost unridable. I won't miss that coaster. But when we were there, other than the lack of shade, and lack of enough to do to fill a day, I thought the park was quite nice!

--Robb "The Sally Dark Ride was probably my favorite thing there!" Alvey

[Coasterkid20Beware of the Magic Donkey at Lotte World!]

Robb, in 2004 I have to say I too noted the lack of shade, and the fact that it was like 98 degrees out with unbearable humidity, the untire 3 hours that we stayed was unbearable. I had seen your onrides of Mega Zeph and read what you had said about it being awesome so I thought it was going to be a REALLY GREAT ride, but it just shook, shuffled and bashed you to the point of being unbearable. The park as a whole kinda reminded me of a mix Visionland, Michigan's Adventure and SFKK. It really was a clean park, and in general it was pretty decent looking but the rides were really crappy, and the employees were really dull and kinda mean.

It was a shame, the park had potential but Six Flags royally mucked it up. The entire park just seemed half assed...... kinda sad in one sense, but in the other it isn't a huge loss if it doesn't open again.

[chrisattack16I Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

not much looks like it can be saved. it is more than likely that this park will be stripped and sold as raw real estate, just like astroworld. six flags as a whole is 2 billion dollars in debt already.

[ParkTripsBubbles!]

So will Megazeph be the first of the 'newer' woodies built in the past 25 years that will be demolished?

MegaZeph and Hercules would be the only two.