Usually I don't like assuming but... I highly doubt that Batman will be open tomorrow. By looks of it seats are not even on. Unless they filmed this last week or something I don't see it happening. Hopefully I'm wrong though! Well see tomorrow!
my guess it is probably open but who knows it may open later that day alls i know im running there first and i will sit and wait until it opens!
If you stop the video just as you see the station looking back (0:04) , you'll see that the storage track does not have a train on it. Does this mean 2 train operation on namtaB? Hopefully . Also if you look right there are some new purple seats.
Don't fight the Bull, ride the Bull!
Best 2011 Moment: "I lost my phone on Raging Bull!" "WELL I LOST A SOCK!!!" Best 2012 Moment: "No good! DREAM ON!" Best 2013 Moment: "I came here for Auntie Anne's pretzels and coasters......in that order!"
If you stop the video just as you see the station looking back (0:04) , you'll see that the storage track does not have a train on it. Does this mean 2 train operation on namtaB? Hopefully . Also if you look right there are some new purple seats.
No. From experience I know you shouldn't dispatch the train until you can see the second train at the end of the brake run or you risk causing a trouble light. I would look forward to one train op, with the second train coming in the next few weeks.
-Remember there's nothing but air beneath the chair.
The last row is the only row that doesn't have any seats on it. the seats are on. Unfortunately, its only one train for now. But there are seats on it.
When you get to the top, and you hear that click, you better hang on, because your coming down quick!
If you stop the video just as you see the station looking back (0:04) , you'll see that the storage track does not have a train on it. Does this mean 2 train operation on namtaB? Hopefully . Also if you look right there are some new purple seats.
Wrong, Train cannot be dispatched until it clears the first brake. It was also confirmed that the seats are simply transferred from the other trains' chassis. The only thing different between BTR forwards and backwards is the trains chassis since it's designed to run backwards.
B&M also has backwards chassis for wingriders and Hyper Coasters.
superflybri wrote:
DeathbyDinn wrote:From Twitter..
We are about to post some POV of Batman going backwards! Excited?
Usually I don't like assuming but... I highly doubt that Batman will be open tomorrow. By looks of it seats are not even on. Unless they filmed this last week or something I don't see it happening. Hopefully I'm wrong though! Well see tomorrow!
Also wrong, it's been said multiple times that the last row will not have seats at all because it would be over the edge of the Floor Platen and inaccessible to guests.
"I've been told that some part of every wish will be heard but lately I lost sight of the truth in those words."
Wow, down to a day left till opening day and still Batman, Superman, Viper, Whizzer and X Flight only have one freakin train in operation!!! Come on SFGAm you can do better! SFGAm had ALL winter long to get those trains READY TO GO ON OPENING DAY!!! I know it cost ALOT of money but so what, it would be money WELL SPENT!!! The lines are going to be EXTREMELY LONG!!! SFGAm has DEFINITELY been slacking off on getting ALL the rides in normal operation when they are supposed to on opening day!!! I am EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED and PISSED OFF with the fact that SFGAm can NOT do their simple job which is to get ALL the rides in NORMAL operation!!! It does NOT/ SHOULDN'T take this freakin long to get ALL the rides in NORMAL operation!!! Until ALL the rides are back in normal operation, my family friends and I ALL agreed that we will NOT go to SFGAm till ALL the rides are in normal operation because I am NOT going to way MUCH LONGER in line for a ride because SFGAm is doing an EXTREMELY POOR job of GETTING ALL THE RIDES IN NORMAL OPERATION!!! SFGAm MUST DO A BETTER JOB OF GETING ALL RIDES READY IN NORMAL OPERATION ON OPENING DAY!!! IT DOENT'T matter if it costs ALOT of money because it will be money well spent!!!
Have fun waiting in REDICUOSLY LONG lines tomorrow because SFGAm CAN'T do their simple freakin job which is to GET ALL RIDES OPEN AND IN NORMAL OPERATION ON OPEING DAY WITH NO EXCUSES!!!!!
Just a FYI guys do not go to Loaded Dogs near Demon. They sell hot dogs that are cold there and not even cooked.My friend and at least three other people had the same problem. That place should have shut down until they could serve hot food. Some people said this happened because its opening day and that they could not get the food out fast enough. They also said that the people were not trained, but that is not a excuse to be serving uncooked food that could make someone sick. My friend got food poisoning last year from taking a bite of a uncooked hamburger. Hopefully nobody else has to deal with this.
loved opening day!! had a blast with my daughter. . I didn't get a season pass so I didn't have to wait in the huge lines they had for those so not sure what others experience was with those. . . we got right in no wait for superman were on the 2nd train of the day. . next was Xflight and waited only 10 mins or so. . once the day got on lines weren't bad. . only complaint was that they only had the one trains going for the big coasters so once the day got going the lines did get longer but honestly it wasn't that bad. . longest we waited was for Xflight our second time.. was probably an hour and a half total cause of the flash pass people they kept letting go ahead of all the people that had been waiting forever. never got on raging bull that line looked to be a few hours long I think other than that it was a great day. . not much of a wait for dark knight, loggers run, demon was maybe 20-25 mins at the most, giant drop walked right up maybe a 5 min wait. so all in all, we had a great day! I'll be back in September!!
oh not a fan of the double entrance.. that is annoying to have to go through the metal detectors first and then get in the line again inside to get into the park with your ticket.. liked it when you could just do the one entrance for all of it.. kinda makes it take a little longer to get into the park.
jwlnroe wrote:never got on raging bull that line looked to be a few hours long I think
Not even, with one queue house it's never more than 35 minutes with three trains. With two I was almost to the basketball game and got on front in just barely over an hour. Other rows were probably 45 minutes.
You missed out.
"I've been told that some part of every wish will be heard but lately I lost sight of the truth in those words."
cab0218 wrote:Just a FYI guys do not go to Loaded Dogs near Demon. They sell hot dogs that are cold there and not even cooked.My friend and at least three other people had the same problem. That place should have shut down until they could serve hot food.
I got the danger dog there and it was great! It was hot, completely cooked and the fries were great too. Easily the best non-chain food I've had in the park.
Had a great day at the park today. The weather turned out to be beautiful all day. The new entrance looked fantastic, but was confusing for many people. Nobody knew where to purchase tickets AFTER going through security. Just a lack of communication by the park. Went straight to namtaB and was about 20th in line for it when it opened. Still waited 10-15 min in station though for back row. One train killed us, but the ride was great. Still like it better forwards though. Nothing special. Next was a 1 train wait for V2. Glad it was open. Eagle was woodie goodness and only a 5 min wait thanks to two train operation. X-Flight was about a 20-30 min wait for the back left. No mist or water features today which was disappointing, but i just hope it's a "small detail" that was looked over as not too important. Viper was 30 min wait and was running 2 trains today like someone thought it would. Also, side-note, Superman WAS open and running one train. I heard multiple times on here people saying it wasn't going to be open. Raging Bull had a 30-45 min wait for last row and was awesome as always. Teal and yellow were running and red was nowhere to be found. I noticed the crew on this ride did an exceptional job of keeping the line moving being down one train. Rode bumper cars (sorry name escapes me) a couple times. What a great, old fashioned ride. Still fun to this day for me. Condor was sketchy as always. Next was Giant Drop which was a walk-on (yes i said WALK-ON) and even re-rode. Shout-out to the Giant Drop ride crew for being super cool. Boy was it chilly at the top. Then Loggers run after 10 min wait. That was a HUGE mistake as night came along. I was freezing, but got one more ride on Triple Play before getting my Season Pass and heading home.
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Don't fight the Bull, ride the Bull!
Best 2011 Moment: "I lost my phone on Raging Bull!" "WELL I LOST A SOCK!!!" Best 2012 Moment: "No good! DREAM ON!" Best 2013 Moment: "I came here for Auntie Anne's pretzels and coasters......in that order!"
cab0218 wrote:Just a FYI guys do not go to Loaded Dogs near Demon. They sell hot dogs that are cold there and not even cooked.My friend and at least three other people had the same problem. That place should have shut down until they could serve hot food.
I got the danger dog there and it was great! It was hot, completely cooked and the fries were great too. Easily the best non-chain food I've had in the park.
Gotta say, JB's Smokehouse impressed me. Unlike the other places, you actually have to wait for the food until they call you. And boy, when they call your food is HOT. The burger was absolutely fantastic.
"I've been told that some part of every wish will be heard but lately I lost sight of the truth in those words."
cab0218 wrote:Just a FYI guys do not go to Loaded Dogs near Demon. They sell hot dogs that are cold there and not even cooked.My friend and at least three other people had the same problem. That place should have shut down until they could serve hot food.
I got the danger dog there and it was great! It was hot, completely cooked and the fries were great too. Easily the best non-chain food I've had in the park.
You are lucky then.I know that this is not a place to complain but I wanted to just warn people. I already went to that page and spoke to guest services.
yesterday for me was great 1st to ride Batman back front and got on everything except superman and whizzer I also rode everything up front! Ride count Raging bull-2 Viper-1 Giant drop-4 Demon-1 Xflight-1 Demon-1 Ae-1 V2-2 Batman-1 Dark knight-1
To All who complained it would be a mess it wasnt really that bad at all(: turned out to be a great opening day!
^Agreed....it really wasn't that bad yesterday....my friend and I ended up leaving at about 3:30 but that's also the joy of a Season Pass. I didn't attend the early bird processing, but the wait was really about 25 minutes to process my pass and we did it right before we left. People are usually pretty clueless when it comes to those kind of things so in the 25 minutes there were plenty of people that would come up and ask "Do I have to wait?" or got to the front and realized that they waited in the wrong line for an upgrade......but they did have employees walking the line so if you weren't smart enough to ask or look around and read the signage....then you pretty much deserve to have your time wasted in my opinion
There seemed to be a lot of grumbling from the GP but you paid $20.13 for a ticket and the weather was more favorable than what was forecast days before.....what do people really expect?!? It wasn't like the park was legitimately trying to undermine people with rides that weren't fully operational yet. They could have easily not had those 1 train rides running. Plus, seeing many supervisors run some of the positions also tells you that given some of the rides last minute the past week, they did their best to get what they could running.
I'm not complaining about anything but people talk all the time about discounted tickets for half-operation status.....so if you paid $20.13 then you really did get a discount based on what the park had running in my mind
it looked like Raging Bull was only using one train yesterday from what I could tell when I was in that area. how many trains were out? I just went by the sign that said 120 mins from this point but i wondered if that was when all the lines were being used which I am sure they weren't.. and the line was way out past the entrance as well. I had my daughter with so didn't want to be stuck in line for 2 hours.. if it was 45 then darn I'll be back in September and will for sure ride it then!
^It was running two. It was probably close to a 45-55 minute wait. It's always better to trust your judgement than the signs...people mess with the signs all the time.
SMALL UPDATE FROM TODAY:
-X-Flight had the storage door open a little so I could see inside, seems the 2nd train is almost finished, according to my sources they want to get it onto the track tomorrow. Assuming it finishes cycling we should see X-Flight running two trains next weekend!
Hometown Fun Machine was testing today...is expected for next weekend as well.
"I've been told that some part of every wish will be heard but lately I lost sight of the truth in those words."
So after two days of operation, my opinion of the new entrance it that the entrance itself is more efficient. Unfortunately, Six Flags is choosing to run it and the parking lot in a way that is an absolute disaster. You would expect every thing to be the same, but just 30 minutes later. You would be WRONG. The parking lot doesn't open until 10:00, the metal detectors don't open until 10:20, and the turnstyles don't open until 10:30. So from the time the parking lot gates open, you sit at the toll booths, while all the SUVs and minivans send their kids walking to the gate, so by the time the first cars get in, every line at the metal detectors is already at least 10 people deep.
^Agree 100%! I just don't get Six Flags thinking at all. Seriuosly it not that difficult of a concept. Open parking lot at 9:30 (Let people actually park their cars!!!!), Open metal detectors AND turn styles at 10, then have a chain drop at 10:30 underneath the hometown and orleans bridge.
. Also if you look right there are some new purple seats.
other than that it was a great day. . not much of a wait for dark knight, loggers run, demon was maybe 20-25 mins at the most, giant drop walked right up maybe a 5 min wait. so all in all, we had a great day! I'll be back in September!! 
