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Postby RollingCoasting on April 22nd, 2017, 10:39 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SZF1M_N62A

JiggidyNDG posted a great video of how Capone's looks

Also, I wasn't at the park but I heard that

-EFX 360 started today
-Eagle Red was running 2 trains today
-Drop of Doom VR began today
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Postby B&MGuy35 on April 23rd, 2017, 12:01 am
Capone's Menu?
Does anyone know if it's the same?


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Postby great america fan on April 23rd, 2017, 8:49 am
B&MGuy35 wrote:Capone's Menu?
Does anyone know if it's the same?


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Postby staticshadows on April 26th, 2017, 9:29 am
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Postby Eagle04 on April 26th, 2017, 10:36 am
staticshadows wrote:Six Flags plans to acquire additional water parks in existing markets

add a second water park to some markets where they already have a Hurricane Harbor


Just speculating but would Six Flags have any interest in Wisconsin Dells???
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on April 26th, 2017, 10:41 am
^Maybe, but I'd doubt they would want to place themselves into such a competitive environment. It's the same reason they're not entering the Floridian Market- too much competition.
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Postby Wisco Woody on April 26th, 2017, 11:57 am
Six Flags PR has just proven they don't understand basic physics, when they posted this in the new pass holder announcements:
"Why You Need to Ride Raging Bull in the Front Row
Where you sit on a coaster can affect your ride experience. Our guests told us Raging Bull is more extreme when you sit in the front row. As you approach the top of the giant lift hill, the front car will slowly creep over the hill for a moment of heart-pumping anticipation before plummeting down.

The weight of the rear cars will push the front riders down, making your drops feel heavier and faster than the 73 miles per hour you're actually going."

First off, we all already know that front seat on Trimming Bull is extreme as changing lanes on the highway with the windows down when compared to the back row; what is more offensive to me is the second part. The rear cars do not "push" the front car down, the entire train is always travelling and accelerating at the same speed, and if you ignore friction the top speed of the train would be the same with only one car as it is with nine cars. This is due to the same reason that a baseball and bowling ball fall at the same rate near the Earth's surface. The person that wrote this tidbit needs to be placed on the Neutered Bull in the back row with lapbar loose as possible, and we'll see if they learn a thing or two about basic coaster physics.
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on April 26th, 2017, 12:02 pm
Or maybe it's a way to get more people to sit in the front row, leaving the back row open for us. :P

Btw, they've been saying that the front is better for a few years now. It's nothing new.
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Postby staticshadows on April 26th, 2017, 12:22 pm
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Postby RollingCoasting on April 27th, 2017, 5:01 pm
Sorry for getting off topic but here's some more news on the park acquisitions

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2 ... 006844/en/

Today Six Flags announced the purchase of Waterworld California near SFDK


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As for SFGAm news, I'm not sure if this was recently added or not, but on the live entertainment section of the website there appears to be a show for Hurricane Harbor starting on June 3rd:
https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/a ... -your-toes
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Postby chrisisdragon on April 27th, 2017, 5:48 pm
RollingCoasting wrote:Sorry for getting off topic but here's some more news on the park acquisitions

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2 ... 006844/en/

Today Six Flags announced the purchase of Waterworld California near SFDK


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As for SFGAm news, I'm not sure if this was recently added or not, but on the live entertainment section of the website there appears to be a show for Hurricane Harbor starting on June 3rd:
https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/a ... -your-toes



I can care less about the show. I am more excited to meet the one and only Daphne the Dolphin!!!!
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on April 27th, 2017, 7:06 pm
I'm super intrigued at the non-IP character. They had the Mascot for RB for a few years, and now they're adding this.

Also, inb4 'OMG COMPANY SPLIT'
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on April 27th, 2017, 7:20 pm
OMG! I totally forgot about the Bull character! I guess that idea flopped. :lol:
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Postby chrisisdragon on April 27th, 2017, 11:57 pm
when hurricane harbor first open did'nt they have shows at that sand area with chairs?
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on April 28th, 2017, 6:27 am
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on April 29th, 2017, 1:34 pm
New mobile site!

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I gotta say, this is soo much easier to navigate.

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Postby SixFlags_Fan on April 30th, 2017, 8:59 am
Anyone else notice the bridge connecting Hometown to County Fair is now all paved over.Image

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Postby stergmi on April 30th, 2017, 9:00 am
SixFlags_Fan wrote:Anyone else notice the bridge connecting Hometown to County Fair is now all paved over.Image

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Postby stergmi on April 30th, 2017, 10:08 am
Also it must be season because people are whining about trims on a B&M Hyper in a spot where every B&M Hyper has trims.


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Postby RollingCoasting on April 30th, 2017, 6:24 pm
Has anyone tried the Unicorn Funnel Cake Sundae?
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Postby SixFlags_Fan on May 1st, 2017, 8:59 am
I'll have to try it out next Saturday.
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Postby RollingCoasting on May 1st, 2017, 8:02 pm
Sorry for all of the questions but has anyone here done Drop of Doom yet? How was it? I was hoping to get on it yesterday but prioritized other things and only had 70 minutes at the park so I didn't get to it.
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Postby Dan The Coaster Man on May 1st, 2017, 9:32 pm
I have not ridden it yet but I would like to. I read somewhere though (newsletter through email I think?) that the VR is permanent. Thoughts?
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on May 1st, 2017, 9:37 pm
I thought it was going away after Memorial Day. I hope it isn't permanent.
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Postby SixFlags_Fan on May 2nd, 2017, 10:44 am
I got to try it out Saturday and it was a really different experience than demon last year. I enjoyed it only because the drop gives to falcons fury illusion.

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