Six Flags America (SFA) Discussion Thread

[vacoaster09A donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

Seems as though SFA's apocalypse took on more of a Radioactive theme of destruction as opposed to SFMMs. Too bad we don't have one themed on cannibalism because that would be free adventising right now.

[CoasterRollinHoly crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

I'll keep writing this until I'm blue in the face (blue on my fingertips?)- It was nowhere near as awful as you would be led to believe if you sampled posts about Iron Wolf. If the ride beat you up, it's more than likely that you're completely relaxing your neck muscles and letting the ride's forces decide where your head goes. Fly a kite or take up gardening instead.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by that. I was trying to point out which parts of the ride had a tendency to be rough, which usually takes on the form of headbanging on this kind of coaster (in my experience, at least). As a first-time rider, you never really know what to expect.

[Ed FarmerThe only thing better than a naked woman is a naked donkey!]

I'll keep writing this until I'm blue in the face (blue on my fingertips?)- It was nowhere near as awful as you would be led to believe if you sampled posts about Iron Wolf. If the ride beat you up, it's more than likely that you're completely relaxing your neck muscles and letting the ride's forces decide where your head goes. Fly a kite or take up gardening instead.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by that. I was trying to point out which parts of the ride had a tendency to be rough, which usually takes on the form of headbanging on this kind of coaster (in my experience, at least). As a first-time rider, you never really know what to expect.

You're misunderstanding me- I'm agreeing with you. The reputation this ride has was laughably over-exaggerated. I'm pointing to your positive experience on it as support for that.

[CoasterRollinHoly crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

^ Ahhhh, so I didn't understand what you meant, haha. I'm sorry, I got confused in your usage of "you" and therefore took the "fly a kite or take up gardening" comment as directed torwards me. It's all good.

Maybe I just need to work on interpreting inflection in text.

[bubalaFull Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!]

Check out my Apocalypse queue walk through video! The vid also includes some footage of the coaster in action. All footage was shot from public areas of the park. No rules were broken during the filming of this footage.

YouTube Videolink

I have to admit that I was extremely skeptical at first, but I now truly believe that Apocalypse will be an excellent addition to the park. They did an excellent job with this one, and the general public will love it! I cannot wait to see what the future holds for SFA.

-Jason

[KDCOASTERFANI prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

^I must say that,judging by the video it looks like they did a good job designing the queue layout by not just using a generic SF style series of switchbacks as done on previous rides.I'll wait a few years to see what further improvements may be made to the park before making a decision on wether or not to return so I can check the ride out.

Hopefully by then I'll be able to drive so I'd need to do less convincing of friends to go back as they've decided that the park jusst isn't worth it right now.

[Intimidator305Challenge me at Donkey Kong...I dare ya!]

I'm not a fan of Six Flags... but WOW the area around this ride looks great! I hope we see more X-Flight and Apocalypse style theming at Six Flags parks in the near future.

[ArizonaGuyJason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

@Jason......awesome video. Great job on all the queue and off ride footage and putting it all together. Looking forward to viewing more of your work in the future.

[ninWhat would donkeys be like on the moon?]

That's such an awesome video! Are the black bars intentionally shaking? Or is it from a camera stabilization effect or something of the sort? Either way it's great!

On another note, this is one of my favorite additions to the SF chain this year, and I'm glad it turned out looking this great. Hoping to see more like this in the near future.

[ImmelMattFull Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!]

Six Flags America did a great job breathing new life into that coaster. As long as people can figure out how to ride it without suffering a concussion, it looks like it could be very popular there.