Six Flags Over Texas (SFOT) Discussion Thread

[chadsterThe Pony Express can't find my teepee]

^ That's good to hear! I'd say based on what my friends tell me in the Dallas area, that SFOT will be open this weekend, they are closed to the public Friday and I think they too would be very verbal on damage on the FB page and news releases.

Sad that a few people lost their lives.

[cedarpointfangirlAgonizing, I drank too much CP Kool Aid]

Good Ole Johnson Creek. We got pounded here. Had a few tornadoes. Still under a Tornado watch till 1am. I know they said around Six Flags they got almost a foot of rain.

[AllenA07My small thing speaks for itself]

I actually just saw a report on the news about this, they say that it is pretty common that the park floods in that area, and that they are not terribly worried about damage. Still however, in my little area (about an hour and a half north of SFOT) we had about 8 inches of rain today, I'm not sure how much they had by the park but as I understand it they had more then we did. As the above poster said the entire area is under a tornado watch. Fun times!!!

[texcoasterBonafide Donkey Expert]

Please, please, PLEASE tell me that there will be more substantial support added to those turns. There's just no way the current steel-hanging-onto-wood-by-a-few-bolts-on-one-end turn support is adequate.

[larrygatorObsessive Overlord of the TPR Park Index]

Please, please, PLEASE tell me that there will be more substantial support added to those turns. There's just no way the current steel-hanging-onto-wood-by-a-few-bolts-on-one-end turn support is adequate.

There will be more substantial support added to those turns!

You're Welcome.

[A113Holy crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

This picture reveals just how much the drop curves... I think it shows how insane it will be.

[atem122Did Medusa in the front and back]

OK, that picture makes me SLIGHTLY erect.
But yeah, I also share the sentiment that this thing is gonna collapse. I'll trust the engineers, but those over-banked turns REALLY look like they'll need extra bracing. Through an engineer's standpoint, hopefully, but most likely certainly those turns will hold, but from the common sense standpoint, the structure looks WAY too weak. I just hope that it doesn't scare the GP off from riding, because if I didn't know how much science went into coaster design, there's no way in hell you'd get me on that.

[A113Holy crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

I confess I don't trust this really advanced technology to be constructed on a used Dinn Structure...

[triggernelBonafide Donkey Expert]

I like how close the tracks come to eachother at the bottom of the first drop.

Looks kinda interesting!

[eskater132Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Donkey.]

Just speculation.