New ride for 2016

[Guy_With_A_Stick]

So I guess all but AT&T will be on the planned tower...?

Also, I noticed that on Six Flags TV, they started having trivia for various DC Characters(Flash, Cyborg, AquaMan, etc). Are they subtly hinting at Justice League BFM?

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[CoasterCale]

That's an interesting thought, I've never considered that. It wouldn't surprise me but then again, SF doesn't exactly hint at their attractions.

[BabyDinosaur]

So I guess all but AT&T will be on the planned tower...?

Also, I noticed that on Six Flags TV, they started having trivia for various DC Characters(Flash, Cyborg, AquaMan, etc). Are they subtly hinting at Justice League BFM?

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Could be a new Justice League themed ride?

[Muck Finnesota]

...I personally got a survey about an entirely different ride (I'll try to follow their request and not say exactly what it is, but it was a "roller coaster" that a few other Six Flags parks put in last year)...

Having guests repaint the lines in one of the parking lots under a hot sun sounds like a better time. Bonus points for being marketable as "interactive".

[Coaster Justin]

...I personally got a survey about an entirely different ride (I'll try to follow their request and not say exactly what it is, but it was a "roller coaster" that a few other Six Flags parks put in last year)...

Having guests repaint the lines in one of the parking lots under a hot sun sounds like a better time. Bonus points for being marketable as "interactive".

I do want to mention that a Survey that Six Flags sent out included S&S Free Spin's (Batman at Fiesta Texas) being considered for every Six Flags park including Fiesta Texas.

[UWW-10]

^I'm not sure how much "credibility" the surveys have as they aren't really "park specific"....could mean everything or nothing at all.

Also, it seems as if there are a few different options being tossed about as the survey that I completed was a totally different attraction/ride concept than what people have been already hinting at here.

I would suspect that any kind of official hints/teasers would be starting pretty soon anyways since end of August (week heading into Labor Day) has been announcement time the last few years for the chain.

[anewman35]

That was sort of the point of my post quotrde above... Don't ever put too much stock in a survey meaning something is coming to a particular park, at most it tells you that it's something that the chain is considering somewhere.

[Guy_With_A_Stick]

Based on the park's recent habit of having about 5 teaser videos each produced a week apart before announcements, we should be seeing teasers within the next 2-3 weeks.

[Coaster Justin]

Based on the park's recent habit of having about 5 teaser videos each produced a week apart before announcements, we should be seeing teasers within the next 2-3 weeks.

I wish they would go back to 2011-2012 and do a puzzle to reveal a piece one by one

[Iron Wolf 90-11]

Based on the park's recent habit of having about 5 teaser videos each produced a week apart before announcements, we should be seeing teasers within the next 2-3 weeks.

I wish they would go back to 2011-2012 and do a puzzle to reveal a piece one by one

I pretty sure people hacked it or something and revealed the picture early. So I don't see that returning.

[anewman35]

Based on the park's recent habit of having about 5 teaser videos each produced a week apart before announcements, we should be seeing teasers within the next 2-3 weeks.

I wish they would go back to 2011-2012 and do a puzzle to reveal a piece one by one

I pretty sure people hacked it or something and revealed the picture early. So I don't see that returning.

If they wanted to go to back to a puzzle (and I have no indication that they do), it would be pretty easy to prevent the hacking. Just don't upload all the versions in advance like they did before, then there's nothing for anybody to find...

[Jodon]

Got sent a new survey today and it was mostly about figuring out what DC Comics universe villains I was familiar with to use as part of a ride name. However, the really interesting part of the survey happened at the end of the survey where they asked how much I would pay for a season long Flash Pass. After I put down my answer, they asked how likely I would be to purchase a season long Flash Pass if it cost $350.

Personally, if it's $350 I likely would not purchase it, but it really would depend on what type of Flash Pass it includes. If it's $350 for the regular Flash Pass, it would take 8 visits to pay for the pass, which is a lot. If it's the Gold or Platinum pass, it would only be 4 visits...I could see that being worthwhile, but otherwise $350 is way too much money.

[Dan The Coaster Man]

^^ man, I hate when others get to take surveys and I don't I love all the surveys they have!! I like giving my input to the park.

[Foltzy]

^
Are you a part of the survey panel?
Also I noticed on my email that, if you are a member, you can Change the frequencies at which you get them it seems like

[w00dland]

$350 for a season long flash pass? I bet those things would sell out so quickly.

[Dan The Coaster Man]

Are you a part of the survey panel?
Also I noticed on my email that, if you are a member, you can Change the frequencies at which you get them it seems like

Yah, and I'm pretty sure I have it on the highest frequency!! I remember them asking me when I signed up and I think the option was "Send me all you got!" Which I thought I applied..

[Guy_With_A_Stick]

I will make my final prediction which I am sticking with for the new ride for 2016.

I believe that the park will close the Pictorium, and turn it into a Justice League Battle for Metropolis dark ride. They will rip up the current Pictorium entrance/exit, and extend the building forward. I also think that they will remove the Carousel Plaza Gift Shop, and add the "Hall of Justice" entrance in its place. The gift shop seems to be the perfect dimensions for the entrance, with enough space leftover to the sides for some outdoor queue lines. If need be, they can move the exit for Sky Trek Tower(for the third time).

That is my final prediction I am sticking with. Unless if the teasers hint otherwise, I think I'm pretty confident with my prediction.

[anewman35]

I wouldn't go as far as to call this a prediction, because I really don't know, but something doesn't seem quite right about them putting it in the Pictorium. If they were going to reuse the site, it would probably make sense to save it for future water park expansion, it's about the only place they could unless they took over more of the parking lot.

I feel like a good, somewhat underused part of the part a Justice League ride could go in is the County Fair games area. I just looked at some maps, the building in the middle of it is almost exactly the same size as the Justice League building in St. Louis, and they could probably use the game stall areas as a entrance/queue.

[Guy_With_A_Stick]

We really don't need another waterpark expansion. We have almost everything a waterpark can have. The only 2 slides we don't have are a Water Coaster, which can easily go over paths, and a Zero-G slide, which is relatively small. They could very well use the area where the Pictorium exit is, and just make the slide there, and extend the pictorium the other way/to the front. And like I said, we're pretty much good with Hurricane Harbor as it is. We have capsule slides, two toilet bowls, two funnel slides, 2 family raft rides, a giant Water Playground, a racing mat slide, various tube slides, and body speed slides. We also have a kiddie splash zone, a lazy river, a wave pool, a rec. pool, and a wave rider. Besides the two I mentioned earlier, what else could you ask for?

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[Foltzy]

I was just thinking about this, but could condor be closed because they're converting it to the newer condor 2G. I'm not sure how much they differ but could this be possible?

[anewman35]

I'm not saying we NEED anything more in the water park, but that's like saying "we have a lot of roller coasters, we don't need any more". If they just decide the water park is perfect and never needs changing, the next thing you know the water park is old and stale. Especially since they're now charging for it (and they raised the price this year, so I guess it went well), I feel like eventually they're going to want to expand it, so if I'm them I would try to keep my options open (who knows what rides are coming in a few years?)

Plus, I dunno, the Pictorium just feels like a kind of a weirdly setup building to convert for something like this, and they already lost one indoor theater a few years ago without replacging it (for The Dark Knight), would they really want to be down to only one in the whole park?

[DejaVu2001]

^ The thing is though that the Pictorium doesn't really serve it's purpose anymore. The IMAX equipment is long gone. They're much more likely to restore Theater Royale and give The Dark Knight Coaster a new queue than they are to make Pictorium a useful theater again. Just about every other theme park IMAX theater has been demolished, left SBNO, or converted to a live entertainment venue. And the design of the Pictorium really doesn't leave much room to add a stage for live performances.

[anewman35]

^ The thing is though that the Pictorium doesn't really serve it's purpose anymore. The IMAX equipment is long gone. They're much more likely to restore Theater Royale and give The Dark Knight Coaster a new queue than they are to make Pictorium a useful theater again. Just about every other theme park IMAX theater has been demolished, left SBNO, or converted to a live entertainment venue. And the design of the Pictorium really doesn't leave much room to add a stage for live performances.

Yeah, I don't disagree, I actually almost said something like that but didn't bother - restoring Theater Royale certainly seems like a good option. I just feel like they would want to do SOMETHING to replace the Pictorium as an indoor theater space - I know they always use it for the hypnotist during Fright Fest (and possibly for some special events?)

Going back to 2016, though, I still don't feel like they use the spot for Justice League (although again that's just a total guess). Now that I think about it more, I feel like maybe some sort of ride for 2016 (Justice League, Skyscreamer, Coaster, whatever) and then maybe water park expansion in 2017, since at that point it will have been 6 years since they did anything with it.

[Coaster Justin]

^ The thing is though that the Pictorium doesn't really serve it's purpose anymore. The IMAX equipment is long gone. They're much more likely to restore Theater Royale and give The Dark Knight Coaster a new queue than they are to make Pictorium a useful theater again. Just about every other theme park IMAX theater has been demolished, left SBNO, or converted to a live entertainment venue. And the design of the Pictorium really doesn't leave much room to add a stage for live performances.

I've wondered honestly why they can't upgrade/change it into a 3D/4D Simulator. They played Marvin The Martian in 2007? and that's used mainly for Simulators.

[anewman35]

^ The thing is though that the Pictorium doesn't really serve it's purpose anymore. The IMAX equipment is long gone. They're much more likely to restore Theater Royale and give The Dark Knight Coaster a new queue than they are to make Pictorium a useful theater again. Just about every other theme park IMAX theater has been demolished, left SBNO, or converted to a live entertainment venue. And the design of the Pictorium really doesn't leave much room to add a stage for live performances.

I've wondered honestly why they can't upgrade/change it into a 3D/4D Simulator. They played Marvin The Martian in 2007? and that's used mainly for Simulators.

Well, there is the fact that (in my opinion) Simulator rides, especially Simulator rides on a Six Flags budget, kinda suck. I don't think anybody would consider Space Shuttle America a success, and I know at least a few other Six Flags Simulator rides of that era are now gone. Not sure if they've done any more recent ones?