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Postby cliffhanger on August 2nd, 2017, 2:33 pm
Ilovthevu' wrote:^Yeah, umm.. that doesn't fit. One of the arms is even outside the back fence in which they took away that back fence. Remember, they don't even have the cars on in which they need more room, and when it raises up, you need more room.

Not necessarily true. The arms are hinged at the center of the ride. When they tilt up, they are simply pivoting up in an arc. Really the only clearance you would need is with the roof of the structure. Since the roof dosent overhang into the center of the ride, it should be fine. And to those saying it wont fit into Orbit's spot, look at this photo, there's probably 3-4 feet between the cars and the railing. Image
The only thing about such a tight spot is that it will take longer to load/unload with people trying to squeeze between the cars closest to the railing.
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Postby Ilovthevu' on August 2nd, 2017, 4:25 pm
^Though imagine that ride at Great America like that, and I would expect people to go grabbing for the ride while they are in line (the Orbit line), and get injured somehow. If one fence falls down, that would also be catastrophic - especially a carnival fence. If that's a risk they want to take, don't blame me if anything happens.

You are definitely right though about hurting capacity a ton with spacing like that. This Europe carnival has a lot of those fences where you can exit / enter. With Great America's all fenced off, 1 entrance / 1 exit (smaller opening as compared to this Europe ride openings), that would have to mean an additional 1 minute loading / unloading (I would think at LEAST), and from a video of the East River Crawler, it was about a 4min 20 second minute loading procedure to begin with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVN-agETz_Y&t=23s
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Postby FParker185 on August 2nd, 2017, 10:09 pm
European Fair rides have no fences, at all, people are intelligent there, never been an issue
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Postby anewman35 on August 3rd, 2017, 4:58 pm
New "Last Call Fall Festival" in November. Special foods and drinks. Seems potentially interesting... https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/s ... l-festival
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Postby RollingCoasting on August 3rd, 2017, 5:47 pm
Sounds like a cool event! I hope it won't affect crowd size too much though
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Postby Coaster Justin on August 3rd, 2017, 6:29 pm
anewman35 wrote:New "Last Call Fall Festival" in November. Special foods and drinks. Seems potentially interesting... https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/s ... l-festival



I'm not saying they ripped off my idea, But they took my suggestion. I still think "Bugs Bunny's Not So Sober Oktoberfest" would've been a cool name.
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Postby RollingCoasting on August 3rd, 2017, 9:06 pm
The book will be released on September 4th, 2017 (Labor Day):

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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on August 5th, 2017, 5:58 pm
Lobster update circa. 5 minutes ago:

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First car is in!

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The other bases are in as well, and it doesn't seem like space is an issue.

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Postby CoasterDemon on August 6th, 2017, 1:13 pm
^I'm glad to see it's coming together nicely.

I might head to the park tonight. My first thought was... well, do I wanna drive up? I want Dairy Queen and I want to ride Lobster! Oh well, guess I'll settle for DQ, and some other classic flats.
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Postby gottastrata33 on August 6th, 2017, 3:03 pm
I just LOLd at the contemplation between the park & Dairy Queen ;D
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on August 7th, 2017, 7:23 pm
Well Viper is running backwards again.
This maniacal JOKER has created chaos! VIPER BACKWARDS

For a limited time only JOKER Mayhem has turned the Viper coaster BACKWARDS!


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I'm going to take a wild guess and say they are going to extend this a bit longer than just one week.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on August 7th, 2017, 8:02 pm
I've never experienced the Viper backwards before. Is it worth it?
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Postby RollingCoasting on August 7th, 2017, 8:19 pm
Oh yeah. Airtime is crazy in the back row (Seat with the view)
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Postby momlovescoasters on August 7th, 2017, 8:49 pm
I'm so bummed. I've been waiting for one of the coasters to go backwards. I've only been going again for a few years. There is no way I can get there over these dates. I really hope they extend!
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Postby ilrider on August 7th, 2017, 8:52 pm
SFGAM_Hog wrote:I've never experienced the Viper backwards before. Is it worth it?


It was fun to try once. I am not a big fan of backwards coasters. Too gimmicky. I like Eagle backwards a lot more than Viper.
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Postby maxwellt on August 7th, 2017, 9:39 pm
Yep viper was closed today, and a sign was in front of it saying backwards soon, sad that my next visit will be on the 13th and I'll be missing it by one day grrrr

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Postby Dan The Coaster Man on August 8th, 2017, 4:34 pm
I'm excited for Viper backwards. Rode is backwards once before I was an enthusiast. So I made plans to visit the 16th. What a good way to celebrate National Roller Coaster Day and the last day before school starts for me, right? :roll:
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on August 9th, 2017, 4:58 pm
So the bathrooms inside JBs are gone.

Also, Lobster update from around noon...

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Postby Dan The Coaster Man on August 9th, 2017, 10:59 pm
My GP friend has been infuriated that Lobster has not been open, it's his favorite ride in the park. I don't think I have even been on it, but I'm low-key dying to give it a try now. The drawn out process makes it more attractive to me I guess.
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Postby MrsTaxi on August 10th, 2017, 12:58 am
Whizzer Whiz Kid wrote:So the bathrooms inside JBs are gone.



Interesting. Funny story. ....A couple weeks ago hubby ran in to JB's to use it. Came out gagging saying something about poop smeared on the stall. :o WTH is wrong with some people?
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Postby BCarroll on August 10th, 2017, 11:19 am
I guess they meant Early Summer 2018 for The Lobster's opening time.
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Postby JaminOut on August 10th, 2017, 9:07 pm
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Postby great america fan on August 11th, 2017, 11:07 am
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Postby Tardis1972 on August 11th, 2017, 3:12 pm
Does anyone know why is Yankee Clipper temp closed. I noticed this on the ride stat page. Well the Six Flags app has Logger's Run listed as temp closed and Clipper open. If that's not wrong enough the app also says Logger's Run was manufactured by Intamin.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on August 11th, 2017, 3:13 pm
Viper was running backwards today. It's pretty fun
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