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Iron Wolf Last Rides/Removal Thread
Neither would a Zacspin
Earn your money? Seriously, I think that car of 2 adults and 3 kids taking up a parking spot that would have been taken up by you is far an away better for Six Flags anyway. Thanks for not taking the time out of your pampas busy schedule to go to the park., and making my waits at SFGAm longer by having your presence at the park. If you are crying about the removal of Iron Wolf, then your in a very slim minority. 
Slim as in pin thin minority. There are actual cricket noises from those who know it is leaving.
13 Years with SFGAm World!
If you are looking at the ride park though, I can understand where this person is coming from. It's the same thing people go we really need a bigger coaster - not a small Eurofighter. I think I would be happy with a Eurofighter or a Premier ride, but yes I do understand where this person is coming from. As I always said I like Dark Knight, but the times I ride it, a bunch of times I hear from other people saying they don't think it's that great of a ride. The most common phrase I hear from other people is that's it? Than they made an un-needed another area for kids rides. Sure, if they wanted to add some rides to the Looney Tunes area, that would have been a better idea to me, but look at what they did. They gutted the Looney Tunes area, and put the Go-Karts there. There was nothing wrong with that Marvin ride, that train, that foam ball place. Plus, they had the Little Dipper there, but they just gutted it instead. And sure that climbing thing looked like a pile or garbage, but add a new ride there. The reason though why I'm not affected by "the downward trend" for the Regular Park as you call it is because I like the waterpark, I like Superman Ultimate Flight, I like the Dark Knight, and I like some of the flats we have (not just a few though - more than 8 I would say). I understand where every thrill person is coming from though. But I do understand the removal for Iron Wolf, but I really think the "ride" that's going to replace it, is going be games or Dare Devil Dive. "I've been staring at the world, waiting. All the trouble and all the pain we're facing. Too much light to be livin' in the dark. Why waste time? We only got one life. Together we can be the CHANGE. So go and let your heart burn bright"
Has anyone heard how SFGAm will decide who will get the last rides on wolfie? i know it hurts but it would still be really cool!
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!"
I would love to be on the last rides. I hope they throw a event like they did for GASM. I'd love to marathon Wolfie without lines. Im sure I am one of the few people that would enjoy marathoning Wolfie
 Top 5: 1) El Toro. 2) Maverick. 3) Millenium Force. 4) Diamondback. 5) X2.
Coaster Count: 167 (41 Wood, 125 Steel) @Coaster_Cole on Twitter
I doubt they will do a marathon on Wolf. I mean why would you do it for like a dozen people?
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I would marathon it, they'd have to give me some morphine though... jk
 RIP IRON WOLF
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I think you very much get what I was trying to say, but thank you for compiling that excellent list of water rides and wild mouse coasters. It's novel that anyone outside of corporate board/shareholders worry themselves over Six Flags catering to families. You're not getting a cut, and this isn't Roller Coaster Tycoon. Especially with a park that has no competition in a major metropolitan area- it wouldn't matter if Shockwave clones were added every other year. People will still always come back to Great America, so let us drop the whole ridiculous "concern about families" approach. Let park management worry about park managing. Keep Eurofighters in Europe
WE bring in the most profit. We may not have the most attendance but we bring in the most profit. We always get something. Our park is kept up pretty well. We have a good balance of flat rides and coasters. We badly need a new thrill ride but to say we have been neglected completely is off base. 90's and early 2000's were all about coasters. Then, the park remembered families.
13 Years with SFGAm World!
They're closing it because the sponsorship deal with Advil fell through early in the season. Now they have no money to operate the ride. [/sarcasm][/stupid joke] 
You know, this ride sucked pretty bad, but when I put my head forward instead of letting it rest against the headrest, I didn't bang my head once. Now I'm just a little sad the ride is leaving. RIP IRON WOLF
Twitter: ILoveJimmy_Pop
For rides running, yes I would agree, and Hurricane Harbor nothing looks bad that I've seen, but I see wear at the park in many places that they aren't keeping up. I will comment on the Splash Water Falls area, but besides that there are other areas that need work at the park, and I mentioned these before. If you come on vacation, and you see the Splash Water Falls area on a train, you might think the park had a warzone. That looks terrible just that rubble alone plus two dead attractions, but the rubble is worse. In a year, the upkeep hurts attendance. If the people go in the Triple Play line, and see the fence for the line, they might think this is a junk park. They also could question if the line fences aren't kept up, are the rides even safe? I like the park, but you can just tell they aren't keeping up with the park. They are letting things go, and they are building the new rides instead of the upkeep with such things as lines, roofs, etc. And I was looking at Iron Wolf's targets today, and it had three number. Two were in the middle 400 - (450), and I guess the greatest they ever did was 820 per hour. So, that's basically Deja Vu capacity, and that line is never really that packed compared to other rides. And people say we need capacity. We need capacity, but if you look at flats like East River Crawler, Fiddler's Fling, Big Easy Balloons, Triple Play, and so on and they aren't run to a greater capacity. They only have 1 worker, and mostly with 1 worker, it takes time. You look at the waterpark, and most of the time, it's not run to capacity. For 4 slides today, they had 1 lifeguard on both of the complexes for tube slides. For something like the Pictorium show that takes up people, they don't even run it past 4 pm!! That takes a lot people in that audiotorium, but they are only showing a certain amount of shows. That Pop Fusion says that it's already gone, and that started later too - I forgot when, maybe June 13th?? So, again there's your capacity. "I've been staring at the world, waiting. All the trouble and all the pain we're facing. Too much light to be livin' in the dark. Why waste time? We only got one life. Together we can be the CHANGE. So go and let your heart burn bright"
Cant share much more... but Iron Wolf will be seeing a APOCALYPSE at SFA...
Top 5: 1) El Toro. 2) Maverick. 3) Millenium Force. 4) Diamondback. 5) X2.
Coaster Count: 167 (41 Wood, 125 Steel) @Coaster_Cole on Twitter
^Okay seriously if you have "Inside Info" and you tease everyone with a stupid "Can't share much more", what is the point?
99% of people who say they have inside info, don't. Getting real sick of that... Have a take and don't suck, it's the Jim Rome Show!
It should be out there soon enough, just wanted to let you guys know.
Last edited by Cole on August 16th, 2011, 2:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Top 5: 1) El Toro. 2) Maverick. 3) Millenium Force. 4) Diamondback. 5) X2.
Coaster Count: 167 (41 Wood, 125 Steel) @Coaster_Cole on Twitter
 Favorite Wood Coasters: The Voyage, Ravine Flyer II, Thunderhead, Balder
Favorite Steel: Voltron Nevera, Steel Vengeance, Expedition GeForce, Olympia Looping Parks visited: 232, Coasters Ridden: Steel: 894, Wood: 179, Total: 1073
The ride getting an Apocalypse theme has been on Screamscape since July 25
But all that matters is that Cole told us first  
 Top 5: 1) El Toro. 2) Maverick. 3) Millenium Force. 4) Diamondback. 5) X2.
Coaster Count: 167 (41 Wood, 125 Steel) @Coaster_Cole on Twitter
If thats real, might not be the best idea to post it on a forum before its announced.
You guys were egging him on to do it. And of course it's real. You think Cole would spend his free time doing that? Haha. And stuff leaks all the time.
It seems like since I've been gone Cole is being treated as the new David. Gotta love GAm World.
^ How was I egging him on to do it? I was simply saying IW getting an Apocalypse theme has been rumored for a while. And I know stuff has been leaked before, but there have been times when parks will have leaked stuff pulled off of forums, like the Verbolten concept art, and B&M track pieces pictures at Dollywood.
Egging him on? where? And how I see things, is Cole is acting like some big shot know it all, just like David, so seems to me from where I sit, if anyone is treating anyone else "unfair" its someone who thinks they know everything there is about everything. Its all about how you present yourself. Act like a douchebag, expect to be treated like one.
Same motto TPR follows, isn't it.
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