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Postby CoasterDave316 on July 20th, 2005, 9:56 pm
<img src="http://www.sfgamworld.com/albums/Condor/Condor1_001.thumb.jpg" align="left">Six Flags Great America is pleased to announce that the Condor will once again take to the skies on July 22!

<a href="http://www.sfgamworld.com/gallery/Condor" class="news">Click here for Condor Photo's</a>
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Postby Sfagm-is-the-best on July 21st, 2005, 10:40 am
Yes! I love this ride
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Postby CoasterDave316 on July 21st, 2005, 12:36 pm
Six Flags wrote:Six Flags Great America is pleased to announce that the Condor will once
again take to the skies on July 22!

You and a guest are invited to experience the first ride of 2005 and
special Condor themed activities this Friday, from 9 a.m.-10 a.m. Space
for this exclusive ride time is limited, so call the Six Flags Public
Relations office today at 847-249-2133 Ext. 6100. You may also email
your RSVP to sfgrpr@sftp.com. Registration will close at 4 p.m. on
Thursday, July 21 so reserve your seat on the Condor right away!


If anybody from this site is interested in attending, they still have 20-30 spots left as of earlier today.
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Postby Bob O on July 21st, 2005, 4:49 pm
I have a question someone maybe able to answer, Why wasnt this ride up and running much sooner???
For a seasonal park like SFGAM, why wasnt the rehab done in the off-season and finished much sooner than now when a large part of summer is done??
It seems to me, that unless there were unforseen major circumstances this should have beend done much sooner.
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Postby rctfan1556 on July 21st, 2005, 5:38 pm
I will be working so I can't attend. Although you might see me working.
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Postby SFGAm Shock Wave on July 21st, 2005, 5:57 pm
Bob O wrote:I have a question someone maybe able to answer, Why wasnt this ride up and running much sooner???
For a seasonal park like SFGAM, why wasnt the rehab done in the off-season and finished much sooner than now when a large part of summer is done??
It seems to me, that unless there were unforseen major circumstances this should have beend done much sooner.


HUSS has problems with sending parts for maintenence. This is what made Condor take so long and why Triple Play took so long last year.
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Postby LAFFfan4lyfe on July 21st, 2005, 6:37 pm
i wanna go to the condor thing....
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Postby Aero737 on July 21st, 2005, 8:09 pm
I think it's a little late, unless you find someone who can bring a guest (everyone can bring 1 guest)
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Postby Timmy179 on July 21st, 2005, 8:50 pm
Bob O wrote:I have a question someone maybe able to answer, Why wasnt this ride up and running much sooner???
For a seasonal park like SFGAM, why wasnt the rehab done in the off-season and finished much sooner than now when a large part of summer is done??
It seems to me, that unless there were unforseen major circumstances this should have beend done much sooner.
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Every time any park rehabs an oldrer ride, it almost always carrys into the next season. In this case Six Flags was waiting souly for HUSS.


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Postby Mr. SFGAm on July 21st, 2005, 11:40 pm
Yeah, Triple Play opened late, as well as Orbit back in 2002. I can't remember if ERC opened late though.

Good thing Condor is re-opening, its very nice to see they have something special planned for it.

*Mr. SFGAm-- wondering which flat will be rehabed for 2006.
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Postby CoasterDude12-2 on July 22nd, 2005, 9:00 am
I think HTFM is a definate next. IMS should also be refurbished. It would be nice to see IMS open on Weekdays.
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Postby twixmix0303 on July 22nd, 2005, 9:59 am
I doubt they would refurbish it. It is much more likely that a better flat would take its place.
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 22nd, 2005, 6:39 pm
The Condor event was a lot of fun. We played a Condor themed game, which me and Jeff lost to wOOdland and his guest, but we still got prizes. Then we rode Condor and had Condor legs (turkey legs) which were really good. I went on a few times and then they let the people other people in the park on it too at 9:35.
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Postby w00dland on July 22nd, 2005, 7:50 pm
^Yeah that was a lot of fun. The "Condor Legs" themselves were worth the whole thing themselves. Left me full for the rest of the day which allowed me to spend a gigantic 2 dollars at the park the entire day.

I saw lots of people from this site, saw Michelle Hoffman for the first time, and got about 75 bucks worth of merchandise for winning the Condor related activity. Of course we also rode the Condor. I ended up getting 3 first dispatches in one day: Condor, Rajun Cajun, and Batman which was pretty nice. Crowds weren't nearly as bad as I had expected and Deja even gave us a nice little surprise. I'm glad we threw this impromtute trip together at the last minute.
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Postby rctfan1556 on July 22nd, 2005, 9:30 pm
I heard Condor eggs were also being gave away. What was in them?
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 22nd, 2005, 10:44 pm
They did not give us Condor eggs, they were used for the race.
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Postby rctfan1556 on July 23rd, 2005, 8:22 am
Danhockey04 wrote:They did not give us Condor eggs, they were used for the race.

Ah, ok.
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Postby Ilovthevu' on July 23rd, 2005, 9:00 am
How was the ride itself? Did it seem slower or faster than before? Was it longer (in time)?

I say that the next flat that I think will be rehabbed will be a ride I like considering every ride I like, they rehab, and thus I get mad at them for taking so much time. So, I say that it will be Whirlgig or Ricochet (at least the coverings on the outside). However, I wasn't upset of Condor as I was Triple Play.

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Postby w00dland on July 23rd, 2005, 11:02 am
Condor seemed to have the exact same program as it ran last year.
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Postby Danhockey04 on July 23rd, 2005, 11:18 am
It seemed to run better though, in my opinion.
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Postby Timmy179 on July 23rd, 2005, 11:47 am
Ilovthevu' wrote:I don't understand why you need this forum, Headlines. People post the headlines in the SFGAm forum anyway. And the mods always complain about multiple topics ALL the time. If the mods see a headline not in the SFGAm forum, they should post it there. This won't happen often considering someone will find something, and post it.


This is where dave posts the news on the main site.

http://www.sfgamworld.com

The news on the front page of the site is run via this forum, therefore making it somewhat necsasary
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Postby twixmix0303 on July 23rd, 2005, 12:57 pm
It also allows you to comment on articles from the front page.
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Postby Bob O on July 23rd, 2005, 1:22 pm
I can understand that Huss as a company is bad on filling its orders, but if that is known and im guessing that these rehabs are planned well in advance, then the parts to do the rehab should be ordered well in advance so rides arent opened when a good part of summer is over.
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Postby Timmy179 on July 23rd, 2005, 5:56 pm
Sorry to be semi ignorant, but you need to understand something.

When I bring my car in for its 30,000 mile checkup, I dont know what its gonna need. Hell, no one knows what it needs until they take it apart. Im sure that as soon as they knew what they needed, they ordered the corresponding parts.



Do you expect them to purchase a whole new ride just so they have every part??

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Postby RagingBullLover1543 on July 24th, 2005, 1:36 pm
I can't wait to ride it :!: :!: :D
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