Six Flags Great Adventure (SFGAdv) Discussion Thread

Six Flags is getting all these new rides...no fair... I think Cedar Fair needs to get some new stuff.... Disney is just cool because they can spend $100,000,000 on a ride...

Cedar Fair is spending $14,000,000 on WOF alone with the Patriot.^

I posted some pics on my site as well: http://amusementpics.com/2006%20Construction.htm

^Those are some pretty good pics.

BTW, do you know when they will annouce it?

Snipped from XtremeCoaster

From Kristin Siebeneicher-Public Relations Manager for Six Flags Great Adventure:

" MEDIA ALERT - September 21, 2005

SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE WILL ANNOUNCE MONSTROUS WOODEN ROLLER COASTER

AND NEW KIDS' AREA FOR 2006

When:

Release date - Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005

What:

Six Flags Great Adventure, the World's largest regional theme park,

will soon announce the details of its dramatic 2006 expansion plans.

The announcement will include an enormous, record-breaking wooden

roller coaster -- the park's first new wooden coaster since 1978. One

of two newly-themed areas - the park's third section devoted to

children - will focus solely on families with exciting pint-sized

adventures for the littlest thrill seekers."

Awesome! I can't wait for the announcement. Record Breaker? That'll be interesting!

Katie

Looks like I'll have to hit SFGAdv a few more times next season.

Yup, I'm glad I live close by. I'm already out of vacation days next year and need to stay local more than this year. I'm looking forward to the announcement, as from what I've heard, this one's looking just as good as the other 2 Intamin woodies. And to think, I'll be riding all three of them in the same year!

Bring on that announcement!

I can't think of a better addition to SFNJ than one of these Intamin prefab wooden coasters. Ever since I saw Balder go up I had to ride one of these, and this one is already being described as monstrous, I'm glad to hear it's going to be a "record breaker", I wonder what records they are?

Can't wait till '06, between this and Everest I'm amped for next year.

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I guess 2006 will be the year for wooden coasters. Woot! lots of new coasters being bult for the 2006 season.

This is the best news I've had all week. I am so excited for this, I almost jumped out of my seat while in chemistry class.

I got yer record-setting woodie right heeyear...

Somebody had to do it...

:shock:

YAY! THey are finally going to annonce it!

BTW, a new kids area? they just got one this year. I don't think that will happen.

I got yer record-setting woodie right heeyear...

 

Somebody had to do it...

 

:shock:

^Record breaking miniatures don't count j/k

I'm really excited about the woodie being a record breaker and the whole new themed area just like with Kingda Ka.

A great new ride is wonderful, but the continued overall rehab of the park is far more important to me.

^^LMAO hahahahaha, I hope this turns out to be a good one!

Maybe they will FINALLY steal the record from the Beast-Fun ride, BUT WE NEED LONGER! lol-that would be so cool

I'm curious...I don't think the record will be height or length. There's not enough room to go 7600 ft. and I think Six Flags is smart enough not to try to go over 220 ft. with a woodie.

Perhaps this ride will feature the most inversions on a woodie, being that they'd only have to have two loops to beat Son of Beast.

Eric

I think the record-breaker is that it's actually a good woodie at a Six Flags park.

I think it will be tallest. I mean, Colossos is only 20 feet shorter than SoB, so it would be easy to beat that with an Intamin woodie.

--Robb

My vote is also for tallest...although after talking to a few other enthusiasts I could see them going for steepest drop.

A vertical drop :mrgreen:, I mean a vertical drop would have the same amount of -G's as a bunny hop so. I mean I dont get why vertical drop coasters have OTSR's, there are rides that have more -g's with T-Bars than a vertical drop with OTSR's.

That would be so cool, A vertical droping woody

I'm curious...I don't think the record will be height or length. There's not enough room to go 7600 ft. and I think Six Flags is smart enough not to try to go over 220 ft. with a woodie.

That's what you think! Those "Woodies" could handle 300ft without a problem. The navigate the track so smoothly!

Now I don't like that on Woodies too much. That's also why I don't like Colossos and Balder that much. They just feel so "no Wood" to me and I basically ride them as any other steel coaster.

OF COURSE that does NOT make them bad! And OF COURSE that doesn't mean they are not Woodies! That's just my opinion...

The "record" will be height and speed. I'd bet a $100 on that!

I think the record has to do with drop. Either steepest or tallest. It may not break the height record but could still break the drop record with a tunnel or trench of sorts. Intamin would be the ones to push a coaster like that... and at least we shouldn't have to worry about the coaster being as rough as SOB if they did!

Well after Balder and Colussos, I dont think it will be rough.

BTW, new Intamin Woodies dont use steel wheels right?