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Six Flags 2015 Additions

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Postby Muck Finnesota on August 28th, 2014, 11:26 am
Rather than mix discussion concerning the rest of the chain's 2015 additions with GAm's, here is what they've got cooking:

http://www.latimes.com/travel/themepark ... story.html

Six Flags Fiesta Texas - Batman The Ride, S&S Free-Spin 4D
Six Flags Magic Mountain - Twisted Colossus, RMC Mobius Hybrid Makeover of Colossus
Six Flags New England - Wicked Cyclone, RMC Hybrid Makeover of Cyclone
Six Flags Mexico - 242 ft. Star Flyer
Six Flags Over Texas/Six Flags St. Louis - Battle For Metropolis, Sally Corp. 3D Justice League Dark Ride
Six Flags Great Adventure/Six Flags Discovery Kingdom/Six Flags Over Georgia/Six Flags America - Looping Dragon/Bourbon Street Fireball/Dare Devil Chaos/Joker's Chaos, all are Larson Giant Loops

I think this excerpt from the LA Times article linked at the top sums up the Looping Dragon additions-

In perhaps the most disappointing announcement of the 2015 season, four Six Flags parks are to install pendulum-style thrill rides typically associated with traveling carnivals and county fairs. Adding insult to injury, Six Flags is intentionally misrepresenting these rides as roller coasters.


An absurd addition that I hope backfires on Six Flags so it doesn't happen again.

Apart from that, I think the pair of RMC Hybrid Makeovers were expected, they look great (also expected). It's evident that Six Flags names their coasters by drawing xtreme(!) sounding adjectives from a hat, possibly to save money, unless they reuse a franchise name (Batman The Ride, Goliath, X-Flight...). The names on the Larson Loops are about as creative as the decision to add them to anything other than a county fair; Dare Devil Chaos (wtf?), Looping Dragon, Joker's Chaos. Bourbon Street Fireball is the one out of the bunch with a name that won't make you cringe when you hear it. Idiots came up with the other three.

One other thought, with the S&S Free-Spin going to Fiesta Texas, I wonder if Six Flags is done with Intamin? Off the top of my head, prior to Green Lantern, El Toro was the last Intamin installation.
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Postby Coastermonkey61 on August 28th, 2014, 11:39 am
LA Times nails that.
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on August 28th, 2014, 2:51 pm
Pretty disappointing. Besides the pair of RMCs and maybe Batman, it's all a disappointment and not a surprise. I do hope more parks do the 40th anniversary thing. I like how Colossus isn't just 2 separate coasters, and rather a single track. I also like how they didn't just do Orange.

And yet another small thing for GE. Someone really needs to win the lottery and give like 25 million to the Great Escape.

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Postby ilrider on August 28th, 2014, 4:14 pm
Man, is RMC on a roll. What amazing rides they are creating! Wish these parks were not on opposite sides of the U.S.
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Postby CoasterCale on August 28th, 2014, 4:58 pm
Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:Pretty disappointing. Besides the pair of RMCs and maybe Batman, it's all a disappointment and not a surprise. I do hope more parks do the 40th anniversary thing. I like how Colossus isn't just 2 separate coasters, and rather a single track. I also like how they didn't just do Orange.

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I agree except for Battle for Metropolis. I'm sure SF will find a way to mess it up. But it sounds pretty cool.
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Postby Foltzy on August 28th, 2014, 6:49 pm
Who else cringed when they totally stole the bulls intro
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Postby FParker185 on August 29th, 2014, 9:31 pm
Last year saw the drop towers on Kingda Ka, SF still utilizes Intamin
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Postby Sharon29060 on August 29th, 2014, 10:37 pm
The best additions are the two RMC's(Twisted Colossus looks awesome!) and B:TR. The Battle for Metropolis dark rides look nice.
I'm happy that SFGAm is doing something for the 40th Anniversary!

And seriously Six Flags, marketing Giant Loops as "coasters"?
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Postby Muck Finnesota on August 29th, 2014, 11:32 pm
FParker185 wrote:Last year saw the drop towers on Kingda Ka, SF still utilizes Intamin


Indeed. Missed that.
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