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Mardi Gras Hangover Discussion Thread

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Postby SFGAM_Hog on February 17th, 2018, 7:55 pm
I'm not sure who wrote this article ( http://us995.radio.com/2018/02/13/six-f ... is-spring/ ) but they claim "The theme park’s 16th coaster will open for the 2018 season on Saturday, April 21." Of course this isnt true, I know.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on February 17th, 2018, 8:29 pm
Well, of course it’s not true, it says coaster, lol.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on February 17th, 2018, 8:49 pm
RollingCoasting wrote:^ The platform is gone dude


https://youtu.be/rXvzga1ZGGQ Oh my goodness! I didnt even realize before watching this video.
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Postby onyxhotel08 on February 20th, 2018, 1:24 pm
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Cove26flags wrote:This entire project will probably take them a week to erect. Its basically a fair ride with a foundation. I'm guessing it will be up in March or April.
There is a surprising amount of ground work that has to be done. From a technical standpoint, hangover is much much different from the carnival versions

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Wish we had some sort of a construction update even though this is no Joker, Golitah or X-Flight..
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Postby gottastrata33 on February 20th, 2018, 4:02 pm
onyxhotel08 wrote:
astucks18 wrote:
Cove26flags wrote:This entire project will probably take them a week to erect. Its basically a fair ride with a foundation. I'm guessing it will be up in March or April.
There is a surprising amount of ground work that has to be done. From a technical standpoint, hangover is much much different from the carnival versions

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Wish we had some sort of a construction update even though this is no Joker, Golitah or X-Flight..


Your update is in that linked video. A pile of dirt.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on February 22nd, 2018, 8:20 pm
^ Well, that video was made in January. I wish they would at least have a model of what the area will look like.
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Postby Goku1910 on February 22nd, 2018, 8:32 pm
SFGAM_Hog wrote:^ Well, that video was made in January. I wish they would at least have a model of what the area will look like.


Why spend the money to pay people to make a 3D model for such a low budget attraction?
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on February 22nd, 2018, 11:18 pm
Goku1910 wrote:
SFGAM_Hog wrote:^ Well, that video was made in January. I wish they would at least have a model of what the area will look like.


Why spend the money to pay people to make a 3D model for such a low budget attraction?


What I mean is concept art to show what the area will look like, what they did for Joker. I did not mean a 3D model.
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Postby Goku1910 on February 23rd, 2018, 7:52 pm
That's what the promo for Joker was, it was a 3D rendering of the ride and surrounding area. It costs money to pay people to make that.

It's a magical thing called marketing. Six Flags didn't seem to think that was necessary for a small addition like this, especially when they have footage of several clones already from other parks.
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Postby RobSFGAm on March 16th, 2018, 7:22 pm
The ride is now on-site in the parking lot. Even the train cars are there.
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on March 16th, 2018, 10:53 pm
RobSFGAm wrote:The ride is now on-site in the parking lot. Even the train cars are there.

Any pictures? I'd love to see it!
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Postby RollingCoasting on March 17th, 2018, 5:07 pm
Credit to Jason Rotunda for these pictures:

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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on March 17th, 2018, 6:19 pm
Those are some nice colors, ngl

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Postby astucks18 on March 17th, 2018, 7:41 pm
Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:Those are some nice colors, ngl

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The trains are this super nice(in my opinion) green too its cool

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Postby Goku1910 on March 17th, 2018, 7:43 pm
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Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:Those are some nice colors, ngl

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The trains are this super nice(in my opinion) green too its cool

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Postby RBullFan97 on March 17th, 2018, 8:06 pm
The rendering on SFGAm's social media sites shows the top half being orange/yellow while the bottom half would be purple, with green trains. Based on the descriptions and pictures it looks like they might stay true to that. Does anyone know where on the ride the orange pieces in the picture would go? Would those be on the bottom?

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Postby astucks18 on March 18th, 2018, 5:27 pm
Goku1910 wrote:
astucks18 wrote:
Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:Those are some nice colors, ngl

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The trains are this super nice(in my opinion) green too its cool

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Postby Goku1910 on March 18th, 2018, 5:29 pm
Not even mad, I just couldn't help to take the opportunity to make fun of our new "coaster".
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on March 18th, 2018, 7:50 pm
Im glad the loop doesn't have the flames attached.
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Postby gottastrata33 on March 19th, 2018, 1:03 am
The flames can still easily be attached haha

Im hoping the colors work well with the area. Do you have a pic of the “train”?

I’m oddly excited for this. We’re still getting additions. Many parks go years without a damn thing so we shouldn’t complain too much. & the name is so frickin great honestly.
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Postby RBullFan97 on March 19th, 2018, 7:12 am
gottastrata33 wrote:The flames can still easily be attached haha

Im hoping the colors work well with the area. Do you have a pic of the “train”?

I’m oddly excited for this. We’re still getting additions. Many parks go years without a damn thing so we shouldn’t complain too much. & the name is so frickin great honestly.

I'm looking forward to this addition as well. I think the people who aren't excited are either a) still peeved about them calling it a coaster, or b) the fact that we're getting a larger version of a ride you can find at the Lake County Fair, which are both understandable concerns.

But if you set those aside, we're getting a new thrilling flat ride, something that we haven't gotten since 2004. It's going to help breathe some new life into a once dying area, and the name is unique which has really been unheard of from Six Flags in the past few years.

I'm not saying this is the greatest addition ever to Great America, don't get me wrong, and I would be lying if I said I haven't thought about those 2 concerns listed above, but it's like you said it is nice to consistently get new additions to the park that help make it more well-rounded and keep people returning.
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on March 19th, 2018, 11:18 am
I'm going to miss King Chaos! I just started riding it and I LOVED that point where it would hang you over the fountain. And like others on here I won't be adding this as a new coaster credit :)
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Postby SFGAMNUT9302 on March 19th, 2018, 1:14 pm
CoasterRiderSC wrote:I'm going to miss King Chaos! I just started riding it and I LOVED that point where it would hang you over the fountain. And like others on here I won't be adding this as a new coaster credit :)


There's a Heaven for rides like King Chaos and Jesters Wild Ride!.... It's Called Six Flags America, lol :lol:
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Postby SFGAM_Hog on March 19th, 2018, 8:12 pm
I'm surprised they haven't updated on any social media.
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Postby Goku1910 on March 24th, 2018, 12:37 pm
SFGAM_Hog wrote:I'm surprised they haven't updated on any social media.


Because no one really cares? I don't think SFGAm would bother going all-out on marketing a small addition like this. Honestly, I don't think any park in the chain has really posted updates when they got a super loop. :lol:
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