Six Flags St. Louis Announces Superman Tower of Power

by **Galvan** on February 15th, 2006, 12:56 pm

In its biggest addition in its history. Six Flags St. Louis has announced Superman Tower of Power!

http://www.sixflags.com/parks/stlouis/ParkPress/article021506.html

Also the park has announced Bugs Bunny National Park a family themed area as well.

by **punkbunny24242** on February 15th, 2006, 1:01 pm

Awesome! So it looks like it will be up for opening day? I hope so. I love freefall rides.

by **DejaVuGurl1203** on February 15th, 2006, 1:30 pm

Awesome, can't wait to get there.

by **Trailblazer Tony** on February 15th, 2006, 8:32 pm

That's great. The park needed a modern family section and obviously needed a freefall tower. Does anyone know if the old kiddy section will remain?

by **ihauntu2** on February 15th, 2006, 10:05 pm

Most of the old kids rides have been relocated to the new area. A few of the old rides do remain at the front of the park. They are going to use the old space to extend the moon car track to a length similar to its original length.

by **nalarrabee4752** on February 16th, 2006, 2:18 am

Is this new freefall tower from astroland or is it brand new?

by **DejaVuGurl1203** on February 16th, 2006, 7:41 am

Yeah, it's from SFAW.

by **ihauntu2** on February 16th, 2006, 1:49 pm

A few notes on the new Drop Tower. It will be a little different experience from Giant Drop. This tower has been placed at the rear of the park which is the highest point in the park. SFSTL is built into a hillside with an elevation difference of a few hundred feet between the front entry plaza and the first drop on Screaming Eagle.

Previously the First Drop on Screaming Eagle had marked the highest point in the park, above B:TR, Mr. Freeze, Boss, Slingshot, and Xcaliber even though it is shorter than all of those rides.

This means that the view from the new tower will not only be a view of the entire park below you, but it will also appear that you are 300-400 feet above the park depending on your position on the tower.

The tower is also in a section of the park known for getting gusts of wind from the hills. I would have to imagine that the sway effect at the top will be quite a bit.

And in the make money by wasting money category - This ride has already been painted and erected as Acrophobia with four different colored sections. It was quite ugly, but now it will be repainted to match the Superman theme. This means that SFI gets to pay for all new paint, plus the added expense of sending painters up the tower versus when it was originally painted on the ground. Not to mention the ride originally had a medival theme and is placed near the medival sherwood area, but for some reason they felt the need to retheme it twice. :roll:

by **zjohn1988** on February 16th, 2006, 5:02 pm

I like the idea of where they decided to put their "new" freefall. It should give a really scary effect to some riders.

by **DejaVuGurl1203** on February 16th, 2006, 5:16 pm

Wow, thanks for the info. That sounds even more awesome

by **Trailblazer Tony** on February 16th, 2006, 7:32 pm

That is an awesome location. You know, I finally understand why i had an easy time seeing Screamin' Eagle from the rode, but not Batman, which was right in the front. Thanks again for the valuable info ihauntu2!!

On another note, we have another Superman to add to the "I take away from the park's theme" catagory.

by **punkbunny24242** on February 16th, 2006, 8:47 pm

Wow! Now I really can not wait for April 1st. It gives me another thing to look forward to!

Website · by **EagleFan344** on February 16th, 2006, 9:39 pm

Sweet

by **Danhockey04** on February 17th, 2006, 1:49 am

That'll be a nice addition to the park, especially the location, I am trying to head out there some time in September, maybe.

by **CoasterDude12-2** on February 17th, 2006, 9:53 am

That is probably the best location for a tower. But, i've already ridden the AW version, which is this. Trust me, unless they refurbish it or something, this is way less fun than Giant Drop.

by **Trailblazer Tony** on February 17th, 2006, 4:03 pm

^I'm sure the 2 new layers of paint will make it nicer and seem newer.

by **MSLSM** on February 17th, 2006, 4:12 pm

This is great. When I visited the park, I was suprised to find no free fall type ride in the park. This is a good move, and I guess I should visit the park again soon.

by **raginbullrider** on February 17th, 2006, 4:24 pm

whats the difference between that and giant drop

by **DejaVuGurl1203** on February 17th, 2006, 4:28 pm

It's taller, and plus it will be on the highest point of the park.

by **FParker185** on February 17th, 2006, 6:32 pm

Both towers are exactly the same.

Theirs has a different name and paint scheme now.

by **ihauntu2** on March 2nd, 2006, 5:55 pm

I recieved this by e-mail today. The web based copy can be found at
http://cdi-mail.net/SFSL/blasts/SFSL_2006-02.1/

The first thing to catch my eye was "Family Fright Fest" under concerts and events. The second thing was Lights and fireworks show nightly.

I wonder if this means they'll cut me some good deals on the props they won't be using?

by **w00dland** on March 2nd, 2006, 7:55 pm

Does anybody know if the park plans to do its "Double Ride" weekend again like last year? I mean it didn't really matter since crowds were nonexhistant but it was nice to get to have two tries at the Basketball game instead of one...

by **zjohn1988** on March 2nd, 2006, 9:35 pm

I never even heard of that

by **ihauntu2** on March 2nd, 2006, 10:29 pm

w00dland wrote:Does anybody know if the park plans to do its "Double Ride" weekend again like last year? I mean it didn't really matter since crowds were nonexhistant but it was nice to get to have two tries at the Basketball game instead of one...

I haven't seen it announced, so I highly doubt it. If I get an e-mail for it like last season, I'll post it here.

zjohn1988 - The event was called "Spring Fling", and it was the first four weekends of last season. The double rides were only valid on certain rides.

My daughters first time on SE was 2 times in the front row because of this program.

by **zjohn1988** on March 2nd, 2006, 11:24 pm

Do any other parks do that?

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