TPR's SFGAm X-Flight Construction Tour!

[mcjacoBeer Man]

So today, Cameron and I got very lucky. We got to check out the hotness that is X-Flight at SFGAm!

Track is 100% complete as of this last week, and the trains start making their appearance this week. A ton of work is going on throughout the ride right now, including the water feature, the queue, and and exits. Obviously as someone that's been visiting the park since 1977.....yes, 1977! I am always a little nostalgic for when big changes are announced at the park. X-Flight made me feel the same. I could not have been wrong. This beast sits strikingly in dark red and black, along the midway, shoehorned in between Demon and the entrance to Dare Devil Dive. It's really has some incredible interaction with the midway, and some great photo ops along the entire course. The train tracks are temporarily removed for the construction, but will be put back into it's original place soon, and the train will roll underneath a part of X-Flight.

Since it's still a very big construction site, we were kept along the midway for most of this, with the exception of being able to walk down the train tracks back by Demon. So most every photo you see is what X-Flight will look like while roaming the park. This should give you a good idea of what this will be like once the park is open. So enough of my rambling, let's check out a hot Aussie in a hard hat.

So, the track layout is complete, yeah? It looks pretty good.

[mcjacoBeer Man]

Yes. Track is complete.

[GriffyTiffyBlake Griffin Is Dreamy]

Thanks. Now I'll never make it to May. The excitement hurts.


Also, I hope the ho stays as part of the theme. It's hot.

[XYZA village is missing its IDIOT!]

Wow! This looks incredible! This update really made X-Flight seem 10x more amazing than I thought it would be. I can't wait what it will look like when all the theming and landscaping is done.

[kumba830I'm a Tim Tam Whore!]

Great report Matt!
This thing is starting to look a lot more interesting now that I have seen better photos of this thing. Fingers crossed it turn to be a great ride like I have been hearing Wild Eagle has turned out to be...

[Also that first photo was a bit much for me, far too racy. ]

[-Edge of Beast-My brain is often hibernating.]

No kidding about being shoehorned. That thing gets awfully close to Demon and Dare Devil Dive. Hopefully it can enhance the experience a little bit! Thanks for the trip report you two, great photos.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

You seem a little hot and bothered by this tour, Matt--must be that long and hard inline twistiness. It can have that effect on people.

[nagro5nagro5 tastes like poo-poo.]

Oh wow. This is looking sexy.

[UrbanLegendThe playground is where I spend most of my days]

Goodness, I feel so wrong, but also... so right This is at least the third 2012 coaster that's going to one of the oldest rides the park (Leviathan/Dragon Fire and Skyrush/Comet). Must be some memo going around the parks so people can get some nice old/new photo ops
How might the drops of X-Flight and The Swarm compare? This one is a lot more bowed outward than its UK brother.