Six Flags St. Louis (SFStL) Discussion Thread

[theonetheonlyJT“Fear can make a donkey attack a lion”]

^ yes and it will have a new name and theme too.

[theonetheonlyJT“Fear can make a donkey attack a lion”]

Sorry for the double post but on the local news here in Georgia they showed Mr. freeze and that it stopped in the middle of the course, anyone have more on this? They did say that no one was believed to be hurt.

[jps2942 + 2 = donkey!]

^ Here you go!

EUREKA, Mo. -- A roller coaster stalled at Six Flags in Eureka on Thursday, putting riders in quite a predicament.

According to KMOV News sources, everybody onboard the Mr. Freeze ride at the time it stalled were forced to climb down a ladder to get off the ride.

According to a spokesperson at the park, there was a power interruption to the mechanisms that push the coaster.

Mr. Freeze is designed and powered differently than other coasters. The coaster was designed so that if there is a power interruption, the train will stop in the valleys of the track so crews can safely unload passengers.

Six Flags has stressed the coaster did not malfunction but it did not have enough speed to make it around. Crews are working on repairs.

There is also a video, CLICK HERE!

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LOL! Must be a slow news day. 'Put the riders in quite the predicament'. They had to climb what looks to be about an 8' ladder.

[brock_boehmWhat would donkeys be like on the moon?]

LOL! Must be a slow news day. 'Put the riders in quite the predicament'. They had to climb what looks to be about an 8' ladder.

I know right? It must have been "death-defying". lol

[3MuttsDonkeys are my way of life!]

^^^ Looks like the media found their "NTAG getting stuck on the lift" like story this year.

[OISU8PI teach at the school of donkey!]

My local news must have played this story ten times today that I have seen. They made it sound like the thing shot off the spike.

With the amount of power this ride requires I'm not really surprised that it hasn't happened before.

[palmerleeberryA zonkey is a cross between a zebra and a donkey.]

I have seen something like that at least a few times - with Sidewinder in Hersheypark valleying to the late Two-Face in Six Flags America valleying and to the even late Hypersonic XLC in Kings Dominion that didn't make it over the top. Even though safety protocols are in place; still, seeing something like that can freak out some riders and cause some of them to quickly exit the line and head over to a safer ride, like the carousel. Even being stuck on the lift hill of a coaster can cause some people to think they are going to die when all they're doing is just standing still. Now I've never been stuck in a "valley" position before, but I've been on several coasters in which the train stopped on the lift hill just for a few seconds before the motor kicks on and the chain begins moving once more.

As for the report, and knowing that I will be visiting Six Flags St. Louis in a couple weeks, I'm glad that nobody was hurt and the coaster wasn't damaged. The only cause was that the power went off during the ride. Since I want to ride Mr. Freeze when I get there ( not to mention the other rides such as Xcaliber and Shazam!), I'm hoping the ride is operating when I get there and also hoping the power doesn't quit when I'm riding it.

One last thing: what ride from Six Flags over Texas is rumored to take the place of Tidal Wave for next year? I've got a better question: what about the Water Street Cab Company (i.e. the bumper cars)? I heard that attraction is being moved out, so the question is will they place it in a new area ( that will have a much better station) or will they take it out completely? If those bumper cars are part of the ride roatation system, then I don't know any Six Flags park that could use the bumper cars. Does Six Flags over Texas even have the bumper cars? How this for a trade, St. Louis gets Flashback and Texas gets the bumper cars? Oh what a trade!

"I'm think about a trade myself: to someone you wants to sleep with me all the time!"

[DJeXeLThis button makes my penis erect.]

This "incident" was not newsworthy by any means. However, I do wonder why Mr. freeze @ SFSTL doesn't have the 2 catwalks that Mr. Freeze at SFOT has on the valley sections of the ride.