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Postby JackGlass on January 21st, 2025, 7:51 am
CoastsToCoasters wrote:I'm hoping this new open area becomes the perfect spot for the 50th anniversary pavers we can personalize. They've gotta do it ;)


That would be awesome! I wonder if they're going to keep the name Six Flags Great America for the long term, or just call it Great America and ditch the Six Flags name
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Postby coasterfanatic on January 21st, 2025, 1:38 pm
JackGlass wrote:Too bad those kid flash coasters are so problematic. One would fit very nicely into that plot of land and look great
No. That thing is hideous and a giant piece of crap. We don’t need cheap Salim funded cookie cutter crap in our park!!!!


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Postby coasterfanatic on January 21st, 2025, 1:42 pm
JackGlass wrote:
CoastsToCoasters wrote:I'm hoping this new open area becomes the perfect spot for the 50th anniversary pavers we can personalize. They've gotta do it ;)


That would be awesome! I wonder if they're going to keep the name Six Flags Great America for the long term, or just call it Great America and ditch the Six Flags name
This seems likely. Magic Mountain is getting a new sign and the sign is dropping the name “Six Flags”


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Postby coasterfanatic on January 24th, 2025, 11:29 am
The park has posted the operating schedule. Opening Day is April 18th! That is Easter weekend which is why I’m assuming they elected to open one week earlier.


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Postby Tidal_Waver on January 24th, 2025, 3:25 pm
The cool thing about this year’s schedule is that from May 15-May 31 they’re open every day except Monday May 19th.
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Postby GreatAmericanfox on January 25th, 2025, 9:44 pm
Imagine i worked at the park
Old Great America was better, however I hope just a bit of that charm comes back
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Postby Blue_Toad_Coasters on January 26th, 2025, 3:36 pm
coasterfanatic wrote:The park has posted the operating schedule. Opening Day is April 18th! That is Easter weekend which is why I’m assuming they elected to open one week earlier.


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Awesome! Since the 18th is Good Friday and school's out, that means I can attend Opening Day for the first time -- whether Rakshasa is open or not!
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Postby staticshadows on January 27th, 2025, 10:00 pm
I am guessing these are pre-merger stats:
https://www.youtube.com/live/6kI0QrqSuoQ?t=1702
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on January 27th, 2025, 10:06 pm
That’s still very impressive and I’m sure we’re not far behind some of the top legacy Cedar Fair parks. With the village and Great America having such a good relationship together I hope that means they will approve that giga in the next few years [emoji39]


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Postby coasterfanatic on January 27th, 2025, 11:00 pm
Blue_Toad_Coasters wrote:
coasterfanatic wrote:The park has posted the operating schedule. Opening Day is April 18th! That is Easter weekend which is why I’m assuming they elected to open one week earlier.


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Awesome! Since the 18th is Good Friday and school's out, that means I can attend Opening Day for the first time -- whether Rakshasa is open or not!
It won’t be open. They already said the target day is Memorial Day…and given where they are at in construction, they seem to be on track with a Memorial Day weekend open. The last new ride to open before Memorial Day was X Flight and that was only a few weeks before.


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Postby Goku1910 on January 28th, 2025, 12:45 am
Got a slightly warmer week coming this week, today was a no-go with how bad the wind was. They just might make some significant progress Thursday.
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Postby GreatAmericanfox on January 28th, 2025, 10:42 am
staticshadows wrote:I am guessing these are pre-merger stats:
https://www.youtube.com/live/6kI0QrqSuoQ?t=1702


I'm not surprised since everyone always said Great America felt like a Cedar Fair park but with the Six Flagsisms.
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Postby B&MGuy35 on February 1st, 2025, 6:07 pm
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Some retracting being done on Viper!


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Postby Coaster Justin on February 1st, 2025, 9:28 pm
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Postby coasterfanatic on February 1st, 2025, 11:27 pm
Coaster Justin wrote:Gravity Group or GCI?
Neither.


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Postby GreatAmericanfox on February 2nd, 2025, 11:21 am
B&MGuy35 wrote:Image

Some retracting being done on Viper!


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IT was pretty rough last year from what i remembered, hope it improves this year
Old Great America was better, however I hope just a bit of that charm comes back
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Postby Goku1910 on February 2nd, 2025, 12:56 pm
That final turn has always been a doozy, I doubt retracking will make it that much better. It would need to be re profiled since the train enters that turn with so much speed.
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Postby Coaster Justin on February 4th, 2025, 11:18 am
Goku1910 wrote:That final turn has always been a doozy, I doubt retracking will make it that much better. It would need to be re profiled since the train enters that turn with so much speed.



How about a 90 Degree turn?
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on February 4th, 2025, 10:12 pm
Goku1910 wrote:That final turn has always been a doozy, I doubt retracking will make it that much better. It would need to be re profiled since the train enters that turn with so much speed.



When Viper was brand new, it would stop super abruptly after completing that turn! SO much so that I still brace myself now (25+ years later)!
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Postby coasterfanatic on February 7th, 2025, 4:31 pm
No surprise and this likely signals the end of memberships all together in the coming years, but Six Flags is getting rid of the Platinum and Diamond Elite legacy membership.

Everyone will be upgraded to the next level and a price increase will be a part of it. You should get an email.


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