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Postby Tardis1972 on November 8th, 2018, 12:38 pm
You know I don’t think I’ve ever felt that brake before. Although maybe it just didn’t kick hard enough to notice.
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on November 8th, 2018, 3:53 pm
It's a small "pause" before the drop/photo shot. I don't think I've ever ridden Bull withOUT that brake on
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Postby JaminOut on November 8th, 2018, 6:31 pm
CoasterRiderSC wrote:It's a small "pause" before the drop/photo shot. I don't think I've ever ridden Bull withOUT that brake on


We are talking about the brake after the photo op. It’s directly before the figure eight after the track encompasses the first drop.
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Postby Airboss on November 8th, 2018, 8:26 pm
I've ridden Bull over 70 times, and I've only felt that trim activate about 3 or 4 times. It seems to activate whenever the train is going faster than normal. For example, two Sundays ago (28th), it was absolutely hauling, and the final trim was definitely on. It doesn't slow you down much, but you can definitely feel the deceleration.
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on November 9th, 2018, 1:11 pm
JaminOut wrote:
CoasterRiderSC wrote:It's a small "pause" before the drop/photo shot. I don't think I've ever ridden Bull withOUT that brake on


We are talking about the brake after the photo op. It’s directly before the figure eight after the track encompasses the first drop.



I've ridden Raging Bull well over 100x and I don't think I've noticed any trim brake AFTER the photo op........
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Postby _FuryBull_330_ on November 9th, 2018, 2:28 pm
^ Yeah it's right where you begin those small turns before the brake run. There is a section of straight track and then trim.
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Postby SaveTheWAVE on November 9th, 2018, 4:22 pm
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on November 10th, 2018, 8:54 am
^ thank you. I think some people were confused lol
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on November 12th, 2018, 6:08 pm
SFGAM_Hog wrote:^ thank you. I think some people were confused lol


Yes! I was a bit confused myself! Thanks for posting the section in question.
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Postby SaveTheWAVE on November 12th, 2018, 9:16 pm
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Postby Tardis1972 on June 17th, 2019, 10:19 pm
So I noticed on Friday it’s costs $30 to park now. Since when was that the price? I was at the park over Memorial day weekend and I’m pretty sure it was only $26 then. I don’t know I think $30 is just too much and this is coming from someone who has a gold pass.
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Postby coasterlove on June 17th, 2019, 11:04 pm
I know someone posted a pic of the new price a week or two ago somewhere, either on here or one Facebook group or another. I think anything over $15 or $20 is getting to be a lot for parking if someone is just a daily ticket guest. I don't know how anyone would even consider visiting a Six Flags park without some sort of Gold Pass or membership. Between the $60 or more admission at (I'm guessing) almost all of their parks, the $25+ parking and the price of concessions and merchandise.
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Postby launcher330 on July 2nd, 2019, 9:58 am
Thinking of going to the park on July 4th. Have never gone that day in the past. Anyone know the attendance that day? I am wondering if it will be insanely busy or pretty dead.
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on July 2nd, 2019, 12:34 pm
launcher330 wrote:Thinking of going to the park on July 4th. Have never gone that day in the past. Anyone know the attendance that day? I am wondering if it will be insanely busy or pretty dead.
Thanks.

With Maxx Force opening to general public, I predict it will be super crowded.
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Postby V2853 on July 2nd, 2019, 3:42 pm
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launcher330 wrote:Thinking of going to the park on July 4th. Have never gone that day in the past. Anyone know the attendance that day? I am wondering if it will be insanely busy or pretty dead.
Thanks.

With Maxx Force opening to general public, I predict it will be super crowded.


I would say that the issue is not so much that the park will be packed, it will just be understaffed. (That'll of course make your visit feel like there are 50k in park, though) Typical of the fourth. Last year's fourth fest was one of the worst attended in the event's history. ---- of course, management's answer is to blame the weather and launch a pathetically behind ride in the meantime. I really hate to be a hater but it's just so hard to keep optimistic about this park, especially with such willful ignorance to glaringly obvious guest experience issues.
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Postby JT2002 on July 3rd, 2019, 6:04 pm
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launcher330 wrote:Thinking of going to the park on July 4th. Have never gone that day in the past. Anyone know the attendance that day? I am wondering if it will be insanely busy or pretty dead.
Thanks.

With Maxx Force opening to general public, I predict it will be super crowded.


I would say that the issue is not so much that the park will be packed, it will just be understaffed. (That'll of course make your visit feel like there are 50k in park, though) Typical of the fourth. Last year's fourth fest was one of the worst attended in the event's history. ---- of course, management's answer is to blame the weather and launch a pathetically behind ride in the meantime. I really hate to be a hater but it's just so hard to keep optimistic about this park, especially with such willful ignorance to glaringly obvious guest experience issues.

This year's fest will also be poorly attended if we get repeats of today. The park was actually overstaffed today though (maybe not Culinary, they're always understaffed)
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Postby ChicagoCoasters on July 4th, 2019, 1:01 pm
Last year during the fest the waterpark was slammed and nobody was in the dry park. I went with my sister some of her friends and some of my buddies. Me and my friends stayed in the dry park, rode Goliath ten times in less than an hour, waited less than five minutes for food, and everything was a walk on. My sister and her friends went to the waterpark, hour plus waits for the slides and most seating was taken. They waited two hours for food and during that time 3 people passed out and another two threw up in line. That wait is unacceptable in my opinion.


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Postby CoasterRiderSC on July 5th, 2019, 9:28 am
Does anyone remember when they last used BOTH sides of Yankee Clipper and Logger's Run?

We rode Yankee Clipper 2x yesterday and I actually noticed that the right side (unused) doesn't actually appear to have anywhere to go after the drop , meaning it wouldn't be able to reach the loading station. Did they modify the ride somehow in the past?

How did that side used to flow, after the drop?

I'm not sure if Logger's has the same issue.
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Postby SiliconMessiah on July 5th, 2019, 1:44 pm
Is anyone at the park today and can they tell me if it's a crowded day? Considering taking the kids this late afternoon / early evening. Anyone who can give me a heads up, I'd much appreciate it!
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Postby IssaCoaster on July 5th, 2019, 3:27 pm
SiliconMessiah wrote:Is anyone at the park today and can they tell me if it's a crowded day? Considering taking the kids this late afternoon / early evening. Anyone who can give me a heads up, I'd much appreciate it!
Idk how the park is, but keep in mind it's supposed to storm later today.

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Postby Sven18 on July 5th, 2019, 3:51 pm
Best bet the park will very busy the next month barring bad weather. New ride just opened getting media attention locally & add that to the already swamped bring a friend discount days, which they have a bunch coming up. BF Free all next week, then BF $20,etc...
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Postby V2853 on July 5th, 2019, 4:01 pm
CoasterRiderSC wrote:Does anyone remember when they last used BOTH sides of Yankee Clipper and Logger's Run?

We rode Yankee Clipper 2x yesterday and I actually noticed that the right side (unused) doesn't actually appear to have anywhere to go after the drop , meaning it wouldn't be able to reach the loading station. Did they modify the ride somehow in the past?

How did that side used to flow, after the drop?

I'm not sure if Logger's has the same issue.



The dual chute hasn't been used in years. I'm unsure of the exact time frame---- but yes, the ride has been "modified" (they put up barriers on the path to the not used chute). They used to merge right at the base of the drop. You can hardly tell if you aren't paying attention. Logger's Run and Yankee Clipper are both permanently set to one chute. The ride's computer isn't even programmed for 2 Chutes anymore, all of the hardware at the top has been removed.

Legend has it that the dual chute was removed because of an incident in the runout at the California Park, but you know how legends go.
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on July 5th, 2019, 4:47 pm
^ Thanks for your comments! I might have ridden one or both of them with both chutes open but if so, that was literally 30+ years ago.
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Postby JT2002 on July 5th, 2019, 5:42 pm
SiliconMessiah wrote:Is anyone at the park today and can they tell me if it's a crowded day? Considering taking the kids this late afternoon / early evening. Anyone who can give me a heads up, I'd much appreciate it!

It's busier than yesterday, so it's pretty darn crowded, but nothing too bad
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Postby FParker185 on July 5th, 2019, 7:58 pm
Yeah, it's been a minimum of 20 years since they blocked off one chute on Loggers and Yankee Clipper, I've heard that both parks had issues with it, and there were incidents o plenty on both, but nothing that would get anyone hurt. Besides I'm sure sure no one really wants to don the hip waders to venture out there to clear up a jam :)
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