B&MGuy35 wrote:Just being nit picky here, but I really wish they would fix the lights on Sky Striker…
They start out working fine but then after like 30 mins the two arms just stop working.
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The lights always annoy me. Three support beams and the arm will be on one light pattern, and the one lone support beam will be on another. It annoys me so much. Part of me wishes that it had opened maybe a month later so that they could have fixed programming/ride issues. The two biggest of those being the restraints and the lights.
B&MGuy35 wrote:Just being nit picky here, but I really wish they would fix the lights on Sky Striker...
At SFNE earlier this month, their discovery had an arm that was just white. Would not change at all. Looked pretty bad. Hopefully ours does not get to that point
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Goku1910 wrote:SFMM has implemented a smoke free policy. Here's to hoping it comes here too.
Nice to hear. If it came to SFGAm, I wonder if they would have to leave the entire perimeter they recently built, or if they can still smoke in the "plaza" (between security and ticket scanning). I can't recall at a park like Cedar Point if they have to go through security again or if they can just hang out in the plaza between security and ticket scanning.
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Goku1910 wrote:SFMM has implemented a smoke free policy. Here's to hoping it comes here too.
It definitely should, it's been starting to become a problem here
Agreed. For the most part, GP have been smoking in the old HH plaza, which is good, but I literally saw somebody VAPING in the Sky Striker queue. I'm sorry, they need cameras with that queue being the way it is. I could kind-of excuse the vapers if they were smoking in let's say, Eagle's queue, but Sky Striker's is pure switchbacks. People are all around you.
Side Note: In June 2023, I saw a condom on the ground in Maxx Force's queue. They need more trash cans in that queue or something.
These are the prefect policies to help make Six Flags Great America more family friendly. Chaperone policies, getting rid of these scumbag surcharges, banning smoking and from what I saw on Coaster Nicks new video cutting the price of parking.
I am confident that Cedar Fair can make Great America the Magic Mountain of the Midwest while at the same time making it beautiful and family friendly. Zimmerman has been in control of the legacy Six Flags parks since July and I already love what he's doing
JackGlass wrote:These are the prefect policies to help make Six Flags Great America more family friendly. Chaperone policies, getting rid of these scumbag surcharges, banning smoking and from what I saw on Coaster Nicks new video cutting the price of parking.
I am confident that Cedar Fair can make Great America the Magic Mountain of the Midwest while at the same time making it beautiful and family friendly. Zimmerman has been in control of the legacy Six Flags parks since July and I already love what he's doing
I agree 100%! Cedar Fair will Make Great America Great Again! These changes are all positives. Parking went down to $30 (should be like $20 even)
They also need to ENFORCE the dress code! No nude/almost nude images on t-shirts, no profanity, no skimpy outfits on women, and NO sagging pants on males (showing underwear)
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Disagree on the "Magic Mountain of the Midwest" part, that seems like Cedar Point's/Kings Island's job, i can totally see Great America taking the Knott's route if they begin to embrace the theming again (especially since again, it's more prevalent here than at CP/KI) and in my opinion, the best choice if they were to take a "family friendly" approach.
Despite Rakshasa not fitting into the County Fair, i hope these "designs" they mentioned at the press conference turn out to be good and paves the way to great storytelling and immersion that this park can benefit from.
Old Great America was better, however I hope just a bit of that charm comes back
JackGlass wrote:These are the prefect policies to help make Six Flags Great America more family friendly. Chaperone policies, getting rid of these scumbag surcharges, banning smoking and from what I saw on Coaster Nicks new video cutting the price of parking.
I am confident that Cedar Fair can make Great America the Magic Mountain of the Midwest while at the same time making it beautiful and family friendly. Zimmerman has been in control of the legacy Six Flags parks since July and I already love what he's doing
With Cedar Point being the Disneyland of the Midwest, I can see SFGAm becoming the MM of the Midwest. I don't really care about parking anymore since I have a Season Pass, as do most people I think do on here, but it could definitely scare off some GP. I agree with everything else you say.
CoasterRiderSC wrote:I agree 100%! Cedar Fair will Make Great America Great Again! These changes are all positives. Parking went down to $30 (should be like $20 even)
They also need to ENFORCE the dress code! No nude/almost nude images on t-shirts, no profanity, no skimpy outfits on women, and NO sagging pants on males (showing underwear)
I wish they would enforce the dress code, but I guess teenagers help teenagers. Profanity is a HUGE issue, more than anything else. Heard some kids yelling f*** and d*** when I was in line for Raging Bull once. I've never seen males wearing saggy pants, but I don't want to imagine it. As for the nude images on t-shirts, I think the only shirts with that kind-of thing on them are Harley Quinn official t-shirts. Besides that, get rid of them please, along with those skimpy outfits. I get so tired of seeing them at school, I don't want to see them at a park.
So the lighting issue on Sky Striker must be a glitch in the programming….St Louis’ Joker ride is doing the exact same thing. 2 of the arms are just stuck while the others are changing and moving.
B&MGuy35 wrote:So the lighting issue on Sky Striker must be a glitch in the programming….St Louis’ Joker ride is doing the exact same thing. 2 of the arms are just stuck while the others are changing and moving.
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Speaking of SFStL, it shocks me that Joker: CoC is opening this late into the season. On the other hand, with the Fright Fest, the timing works out.
GreatAmericanfox wrote:Disagree on the "Magic Mountain of the Midwest" part, that seems like Cedar Point's/Kings Island's job, i can totally see Great America taking the Knott's route if they begin to embrace the theming again (especially since again, it's more prevalent here than at CP/KI) and in my opinion, the best choice if they were to take a "family friendly" approach.
Despite Rakshasa not fitting into the County Fair, i hope these "designs" they mentioned at the press conference turn out to be good and paves the way to great storytelling and immersion that this park can benefit from.
Looks like the County Fair sign has been removed. Maybe they will retheme that area with Demon and Rakshasa to ghost town or haunted trails or something spooky and just move the County Fair entrance near X-Flight That easily solves the theming problem for that area.
I think Cedar Fair will definitely focus a lot more on theming and the parks history. However, Cedar Fair loves to build large roller coasters. Especially at their flagship parks. You can almost take it to the bank they will add some amazing roller coasters to Great America
GreatAmericanfox wrote:Disagree on the "Magic Mountain of the Midwest" part, that seems like Cedar Point's/Kings Island's job, i can totally see Great America taking the Knott's route if they begin to embrace the theming again (especially since again, it's more prevalent here than at CP/KI) and in my opinion, the best choice if they were to take a "family friendly" approach.
Despite Rakshasa not fitting into the County Fair, i hope these "designs" they mentioned at the press conference turn out to be good and paves the way to great storytelling and immersion that this park can benefit from.
Looks like the County Fair sign has been removed. Maybe they will retheme that area with Demon and Rakshasa to ghost town or haunted trails or something spooky and just move the County Fair entrance near X-Flight That easily solves the theming problem for that area.
I think Cedar Fair will definitely focus a lot more on theming and the parks history. However, Cedar Fair loves to build large roller coasters. Especially at their flagship parks. You can almost take it to the bank they will add some amazing roller coasters to Great America
This better be temporary
Old Great America was better, however I hope just a bit of that charm comes back
GreatAmericanfox wrote:Disagree on the "Magic Mountain of the Midwest" part, that seems like Cedar Point's/Kings Island's job, i can totally see Great America taking the Knott's route if they begin to embrace the theming again (especially since again, it's more prevalent here than at CP/KI) and in my opinion, the best choice if they were to take a "family friendly" approach.
Despite Rakshasa not fitting into the County Fair, i hope these "designs" they mentioned at the press conference turn out to be good and paves the way to great storytelling and immersion that this park can benefit from.
Looks like the County Fair sign has been removed. Maybe they will retheme that area with Demon and Rakshasa to ghost town or haunted trails or something spooky and just move the County Fair entrance near X-Flight That easily solves the theming problem for that area.
I think Cedar Fair will definitely focus a lot more on theming and the parks history. However, Cedar Fair loves to build large roller coasters. Especially at their flagship parks. You can almost take it to the bank they will add some amazing roller coasters to Great America
This better be temporary
They're probably going to retheme that area and move the County Fair entrance closer to X-Flight. Isn't this what you wanted? The theming of the rides to fit the area?
So I haven’t been in the park past max force for like 5 years… (might have been 4) either way. 1. When did they get rid of the Orbit?! [emoji23] and 2. I know we previously had The Lobster but I can’t recall where it was located. I was watching a fright fest video today to see what they added and saw The Orbit in the cemetery. Always enjoyed that ride. But now that I’m thinking of it I think they were having issues getting parts.
briphotoguy wrote:So I haven’t been in the park past max force for like 5 years… (might have been 4) either way. 1. When did they get rid of the Orbit?! [emoji23] and 2. I know we previously had The Lobster but I can’t recall where it was located. I was watching a fright fest video today to see what they added and saw The Orbit in the cemetery. Always enjoyed that ride. But now that I’m thinking of it I think they were having issues getting parts.
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The Orbit was removed at the end of the 2016 season (40 years). Lobster used to be in Yankee Harbor (called East river crawler when batman came in) by where joker is now
Old Great America was better, however I hope just a bit of that charm comes back
JackGlass wrote: They're probably going to retheme that area and move the County Fair entrance closer to X-Flight. Isn't this what you wanted? The theming of the rides to fit the area?
Yeah i do, but i don't really want it at the sacrifice of the original Americana theme
Old Great America was better, however I hope just a bit of that charm comes back
briphotoguy wrote:So I haven’t been in the park past max force for like 5 years… (might have been 4) either way. 1. When did they get rid of the Orbit?! [emoji23] and 2. I know we previously had The Lobster but I can’t recall where it was located. I was watching a fright fest video today to see what they added and saw The Orbit in the cemetery. Always enjoyed that ride. But now that I’m thinking of it I think they were having issues getting parts.
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The Orbit was removed at the end of the 2016 season (40 years). Lobster used to be in Yankee Harbor (called East river crawler when batman came in) by where joker is now
That’s right! Thanks for refreshing my memory. I totally remembered it being somewhere!
JackGlass wrote: They're probably going to retheme that area and move the County Fair entrance closer to X-Flight. Isn't this what you wanted? The theming of the rides to fit the area?
Yeah i do, but i don't really want it at the sacrifice of the original Americana theme
There was barley ever an Americana theme there, the county fair has historically been the worst area at Great America in terms of theming or atmosphere, it's just a blacktop path masquerading as a generic games area, which is really only held up in the American Eagle Plaza, even then it's just not a great area visually. Revamping the area near Rakshasa can only be beneficiary assuming we got an area similar to copperhead strikes per say, and if it is preservation you are concerned about (which I understand), at worst this new area will only take up the lesser half of the county fair area, so we will be getting an original land and avoiding another DC universe situation.
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Moving the County Fair sign closer to X-Flight wouldn't be sacrificing the Americana theme, it would be improving it. Demon doesn't fit with County Fair. Neither does Wrath of Rakshasa.
But if you retheme that area with Demon and Rakshasa to ghost town or whatever. All of a sudden. Everything makes sense.
There's nothing more Americana than spooky locations. As someone who's been on many voyages to Cuba road and Bachelors Grove. I can tell you haunted stuff is as American as apple pie
