JoshC. Posted March 29, 2013 Report Posted March 29, 2013 (Picture taken from The Coaster Guy's FB). Full Throttle's track is merging Looks...interesting. Them supports though; bleurgh. Quote
Matt 236 Posted March 30, 2013 Report Posted March 30, 2013 Can't say I like the supports very much. Quote
JoshC. Posted April 11, 2013 Report Posted April 11, 2013 The vertical loop with 'top hat' on Full Throttle at SFMM has been completed: (Credit to The Coaster Guy's FB) Looks okay I guess. Them supports though... MikeC 1 Quote
Benin Posted April 11, 2013 Report Posted April 11, 2013 Why the support hate? It's not a Maurer Sohne... Coaster 1 Quote
Bubbles1 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Posted April 12, 2013 What manufacturer is it by the way, It's just that I do t recognise the track spine look from anywhere, you know the way it's sort of elongated. Quote
Benin Posted April 12, 2013 Report Posted April 12, 2013 IIRC it's Premier... Famous for... Not a lot really Quote
JoshC. Posted April 12, 2013 Report Posted April 12, 2013 Why the support hate? It's not a Maurer Sohne... Dunno really, just not my cuppa tea. Quote
pluk Posted June 22, 2013 Report Posted June 22, 2013 YOLO! (Best stop watching before the rider facing POV or you might want to fly out there and hurt these people). https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BaHCyahkiAY I think it looks pretty good but it seems to stop short, like there is a lot of wasted energy there they could have done a lot more with. Got to wonder if the train can balance itself upside down in the top of that vertical loop, in the same way Stealth has perched itself on the top hat before, with the shallowness of the angle and slowness of the train at the top you wouldn't need much of an underpowered launch to make it happen. Inferno 1 Quote
James_C Posted June 23, 2013 Report Posted June 23, 2013 I expected a lot more from this ride. Admittedly SFMM do not exactly need it to be an amazing ride as they have so many of them, however as pluk said, there is so much wasted energy, it goes from launch to breaks in seconds... Quote
Matt 236 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Posted June 23, 2013 This ride seems to lack energy and it doesn't really build up speed during the circuit. The backwards launch looks pretty Cool. The layout looks okay and quite fun but it just lacks energy from what I've seen. Shame they removed a classic log flume that looked perhaps the slightly better of two. Quote
alexander Posted June 23, 2013 Report Posted June 23, 2013 The ride seems a bit lack lustre, the second half after the backwards launch is very short and underwhelming in my opinion. I like the look of the track though. Also never realised how worn Tatsu looks, because the colours faded the colours don't look nice together imo Quote
Benin Posted June 23, 2013 Report Posted June 23, 2013 The ride seems a bit lack lustre, the second half after the backwards launch is very short and underwhelming in my opinion. I like the look of the track though. Also never realised how worn Tatsu looks, because the colours faded the colours don't look nice together imo What you get when you build rides in the EXTREMELY hot Californian sun... Quote
Bubbles1 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Posted June 23, 2013 It seems an awful lot of meh for an awful lot of space. I'm sure it's fun, but it looked a bit... Side attraction, if you compare it to other coasters there, which IMO appear better than this. Quote
Tom Posted June 23, 2013 Report Posted June 23, 2013 What you get when you build rides in the EXTREMELY hot Californian sun... Saying that; the batman paint job from a few years back still looks good now! Surely their is type of paint they can use to stop it wearing so quickly? Quote
JoshC. Posted June 23, 2013 Report Posted June 23, 2013 I think it looks as I expected it to look - average, with a fun looking gimmicky feature. No doubt the ride will be lapped up, what with the size and launches. So I guess that makes it a success? Quote
EC! Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 I have watched that video (minus YOLO idiots) and it just looks abit meh. They could have done so much more in my opinion. Quote
Mitchada04 Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 I feel the exact same way EC. There is just so much potential to be had with the speed after the top hat but this wasn't used. I talked a few minutes with Tim (director of operations) who told me a few interesting tidbits about the ride:1) The idea was to create a ride that appeals to all ages, not just hardcore riders.2) This was the toughest ride they've ever built in terms of the land prep.3) The ride was green lighted after the decision to move Deja Vu and was initially slated for that area until cutbacks made it impossible to continue to operate the energy hogging Log Jammer.4) The budget for Full Throttle was tight, so there was no way to make the coaster longer or more sprawling. However, after reading this over on CoasterForce (posted by Newtrek5) I am a bit more understanding and feel that they have done the best they can with what they had/were given. Either way, I wouldn't say no to riding this even if it is just for the hang time of that massive loop and the lap bars Quote
Luke_A Posted June 24, 2013 Report Posted June 24, 2013 It looks a good ride, and I'm sure it will 'do the job' at pulling in the guests. Does look a little slow over that top hat though in both directions! That's the thing with Six Flags of late, they tend to only do the minimum necessary in order to bring the guests in and that's all that matters to them. I wouldn't really say they've always been like it because the days when they purchased multiple 3-train B&M's in all parks were different! The same happened at Discovery Kingdom with their Premier launch coaster, it only has 1 train but Premier did offer for it to have a slide-track station system, but Six Flags refused. Can't imagine the capacity is very good on Full Throttle either. Quote
Benin Posted August 29, 2013 Report Posted August 29, 2013 Next year Batman and Colossus are going backwards (for limited time again, random) and an expansion of the kid's area including a new coaster... Quote
Mark9 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Posted August 29, 2013 Next year Batman and Colossus are going backwards (for limited time again, random) and an expansion of the kid's area including a new coaster... When's Batman going backwards out of interest? Quote
Benin Posted August 29, 2013 Report Posted August 29, 2013 They didn't say... Probably be the same as the limited time whichever other one went backwards for... Was only a couple of months... Quote
Deleted Users Posted August 29, 2013 Report Posted August 29, 2013 I thought Colossus went backwards at Halloween anyway? Weird. Quote
pluk Posted August 29, 2013 Report Posted August 29, 2013 That's the way to do backwards in my book - whole train, limited time. Can't think I've ever been on a backwards woodie, would love to try it. Colossus is frankly a bit crap, this might be the sort of thing it needs. Quote
coastercameron98 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 **Unearth's topic** Colossus has today been officially announced to be CLOSING on the 16th August this year! Thoughts? Perhaps we will see this given the RMC treatment... Or just completely demolished... A racing RMC could be quite interesting. Source: Theme Park Review Quote
Coaster Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 **Unearth's topic** Colossus has today been officially announced to be CLOSING on the 16th August this year! Thoughts? Perhaps we will see this given the RMC treatment... Or just completely demolished... A racing RMC could be quite interesting. Source: Theme Park Review Yet another classic woodie being destroyed Although I haven't been to Six Flags (or even America), it saddens me that parks get rid of rides as soon as they stop pulling in crowds. That doesn't mean they aren't good rides! Quote
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