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Postby anewman35 on October 9th, 2017, 9:41 pm
FParker185 wrote:Seems like a waste to pay the money to have it inspected by the state just to have it open a few weeks. Wish the park would say why it's taken so long to move a portable ride that should tear down in under a day and set up in a day and a half.


If we were getting the park to explain things (which we never actually will), I'd be a lot more curious how they would justify having multiple dining locations closed yesterday during a busy Fright Fest weekend.
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Postby CoasterCale on October 10th, 2017, 1:40 pm
The head is back on, and they were testing the lap bars yesterday. Making sure they all came up when buzzed.
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Postby FParker185 on October 10th, 2017, 7:44 pm
it's possible besides the parks sheer laziness, could have been waiting on parts as well, though the ride is still in production by W. Schwarzkopf through Gerstlauer, the design has changed quite a bit and guessing some of the old parts are hard to find and have a long lead time
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Postby RollingCoasting on October 13th, 2017, 6:17 pm
https://m.facebook.com/dejavugurl/posts ... d%3D&mdf=1

King Chaos deconstruction pics

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 3564742338

The Lobster is not open but construction looks to be complete. Maybe tomorrow?
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Postby RollingCoasting on October 15th, 2017, 9:40 pm
It looked like there were some water dummies behind The Lobster today. Stating the obvious here but I bet it'll test this week and open Friday.
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on October 15th, 2017, 10:29 pm
Lobster as of today...
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Postby RollingCoasting on October 20th, 2017, 10:01 am
The Lobster is finally open according to the ride status page

http://sfgamworld.com/rides/ridestatus.php

I give it 6 years before they take it out again.... :lol:

Also apparently Hometown Fun Machine is closed for the remainder of the season. Probably moved the crew to Lobster
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on October 20th, 2017, 12:14 pm
Can't say I'm surprised that Fun Machine is closed. Glad that I will finally get to ride Lobster today though
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Postby JaminOut on October 20th, 2017, 7:00 pm
Rode Lobster. Definitely has some force behind it. Didn’t ride it previously, so I have nothing to compare it to. More intense than HSM.


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Postby coasterjoy on October 20th, 2017, 7:47 pm
Did they close Hometown Fun Machine just to get a head start on taking it down for the season?


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Postby RollingCoasting on October 21st, 2017, 12:31 am
The video the park posted on Snapchat makes the cycle look a lot better than it was after the 2012 rehab. Can't wait to ride it on 10/31
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Postby Philmon on October 21st, 2017, 9:17 am
RollingCoasting wrote:The video the park posted on Snapchat makes the cycle look a lot better than it was after the 2012 rehab. Can't wait to ride it on 10/31

I can’t wait to ride today! I think it has a great new home. It looks more secluded.
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on October 21st, 2017, 10:22 am
coasterjoy wrote:Did they close Hometown Fun Machine just to get a head start on taking it down for the season?


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Hometown Fun Machine was open yesterday.
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Postby coasterjoy on October 21st, 2017, 7:33 pm
Whizzer Whiz Kid wrote:
coasterjoy wrote:Did they close Hometown Fun Machine just to get a head start on taking it down for the season?


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Hometown Fun Machine was open yesterday.


I see Sfgamworld changed the ride status today from what it had said yesterday. Thanks for the update


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Postby RollingCoasting on November 2nd, 2017, 7:45 am
2 updates:

- Last Call is now Bring a Friend for Free
- The park opens April 21st next year:
https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/s ... ng-weekend
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Postby anewman35 on November 2nd, 2017, 7:22 pm
RollingCoasting wrote:2 updates:

- Last Call is now Bring a Friend for Free
- The park opens April 21st next year:
https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/s ... ng-weekend


I believe that Bring A Friend Free for the Fall Fest is just for people who got 2018 passes during the Flash Sale, but I could be wrong.

As for opening day, remember that last year they added a "preview weekend" before opening day, so I wouldn't count on April 21st really being the first day.
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Postby onyxhotel08 on November 13th, 2017, 1:29 pm
Can someone tell me why King Chaos is being removed? It is a maintenance issue? Low ridership? The ride is not that old (not a 80's/90"s ride)...

I enjoyed it. Is it being moved to another park?
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Postby RollingCoasting on November 13th, 2017, 1:34 pm
Primarily, to make room for WLLC/Hurricane Force, though it was always a problematic ride in it's own. I think it was even a trailer model, so I doubt the park was planning on keeping it around for 20+ years.

It's future whereabouts are unknown, but I heard that HUSS is coming to remove the ride
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Postby onyxhotel08 on November 30th, 2017, 12:34 pm
What is a trailer model?
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on November 30th, 2017, 12:47 pm
It was portable, like so it can travel as part of a fair.
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Postby RollingCoasting on November 30th, 2017, 7:20 pm
Tree is up
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Postby Philmon on November 30th, 2017, 9:47 pm
Is that done every year? I only got their Snapchat this year :P
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Postby RollingCoasting on November 30th, 2017, 10:16 pm
Yep, I *think* since 2003 or so (according to an old post on here) but I'm not 100% sure exactly how long.
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on November 30th, 2017, 10:34 pm
Yeah, it's been going up for a while now. Then they usually end up finally taking it down sometime in March or April.
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Postby onyxhotel08 on December 1st, 2017, 9:22 am
How to they install that?
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