Six Flags Corporation announced their 2017 expansion plans for all of their parks today. Despite some leaks we are very excited for a few of the announcements, kind of perplexed by a few, but overall happy that some parks are choosing to not just focus on new rides but overall park improvements. Hopefully with the new rides will also come general park improvements around those rides. As always we'll start on the West Coast and work our way east. Six Flags Discovery KingdomSwinging higher and higher, while rotating counterclockwise are the hallmarks of this extreme, gigantic pendulum. Experience a sensation of weighlessness as you spin and swing simultaneously, reaching heights of up to 147 feet in the air. Six Flags Magic MountainSix Flags Magic Mountain — in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products on behalf of DC Entertainment — today announced the newest innovation in immersive thrills, JUSTICE LEAGUE: Battle for Metropolis — Ride. Play. Triumph. The next generation of the award-winning Six Flags ride will now feature a spectacular new finale, new game targets and the introduction of one of DC’s hottest SuperVillains, Harley Quinn. Six Flags MexicoMardis Gras Festival and The New Revolution Six Flags Fiesta TexasThunder Rapids An incredible 942-ft. long and 3-story tall water coaster. Guests will experience lightning-fast uphill speeds and adrenaline pumping drops. Six Flags Over TexasThe Joker 4D Coaster After being lifted straight up a 12-story, 90-degree hill, the freestyle-coaster will wreak havoc as riders flip head-over-heels at least six times along the weightless journey. Thrill seekers will experience exhilarating leaps and dives along a horizontal plane, along with unexpected drops as they tumble from one level to the next. The wing seats amp up the pandemonium since riders will experience all of this chaos with no track above or below─ just the sky, ground and plenty of sinister thrills. Six Flags St LouisSpinsanity Spinsanity brings a different thrill to the park as the massive disc rotates first one direction and then another while spinning from side to side. Forty guests sit on motorcycle-style seats facing outward as the disc flies along the 51-foot high half-pipe track all while whirling around at 14 revolutions per minute. Six Flags Great AmericaAfter being lifted straight up a 12-story, 90-degree hill, the free-fly coaster will wreak havoc as riders flip head-over-heels at least six times along the weightless journey. Thrill seekers will experience exhilarating leaps and dives along a horizontal plane with unexpected drops as they tumble from one level to the next. The wing seats amp up the pandemonium since riders will experience this wild adventure with no track above or below ─ just the sky, ground and plenty of sinister thrills. Six Flags Over GeorgiaEngaging in a full-sensory journey on JUSTICE LEAGUE: Battle for Metropolis, guests will tag alongside BATMAN™, SUPERMAN™, WONDER WOMAN, THE FLASH and GREEN LANTERN against Lex Luthor, The Joker and his henchmen Six Flags AmericaWonder Woman Lasso of Truth NEW in 2017 WONDER WOMAN Lasso of Truth will join the amazing line up Super Hero rides. This new attraction is an extreme swing ride that spins guests in a 98-foot circle at speeds of 40 miles per hour atop a 24-story tower. With a capacity of thirty-two riders, guests will climb to the top of the tower while spinning round and round, offering an breathtaking view while soaring high above the beautiful Maryland and D.C. landscape. La RondeTitan Going up to 45 meters in the air, you will fly in a giant pendulum ride at speeds of 112 Km/h. Titan will propel you into a spinning tour over the park, sending you higher and higher in the air until you experience a feeling of weightlessness. Six Flags Great AdventureIn a high-stakes clash between good and evil, guests will become members of the Justice League Reserve team and engage in a full-sensory journey to save the city of Metropolis as they battle alongside Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Supergirl and Cyborg against Super Villains Lex Luthor and The Joker. The Great EscapeBonzai Pipelines You’ll blast out of the gate shoot down a crazy winding slope to create one epic splashing finish. These new body slides are the first of their kind at The Great Escape. Standing 30 feet in the air with only one goal: deliver endless adrenaline. Six Flags New EnglandThe Joker Free Fly Coaster THE JOKER 4D Free Fly Coaster allows you to soar outside the confines of the track for an all-new coaster riding experience. Begin your journey by traveling straight up a 120-foot hill, before being released for your highly unusual journey. Face your fears as you flip head-over-heels from four to eight times along the weightless, tumbling journey. So what do you think of these announcements? Be sure to let us know in the comments and vote in our poll. Also be sure to join our Facebook Live Chat tonight at 7:00pm Pacific as we discuss all of the 2017 additions. Related Updates: Below is our collection of Mountain Madness 2.0 pictures. We apologize in advance for the delay in these, so we hope you enjoy them. Before we get to the pictures we want to send a huge heartfelt thank you to everybody who attended. The day started out kind of rough (more on that below) but I think by the end of the day everybody had an amazing time and for that we are thankful. So quick story about the morning. We had set up reverse POV's on Revolution which actually turned out AWESOME (you can look at an example of that here) and then were starting our morning ERT. Everybody had the option of using the VR or going without it. Those of us on the first train went out and had an amazing ride. Once the 2nd train left we pulled into the station and promptly got stopped half way through the station. And anybody who knows Revolution knows what that means. Safe to say we weren't very happy as we pride ourselves on giving an amazing event and we were a bit disappointed that the ride went down. Luckily everybody in attendance took it in stride and ended up having a great time. Hopefully we were able to hide our disappoint. The park did great and offered us all one front of the line pass for The New Revolution and one other front of the line pass for any other ride in the park. Luckily it wasn't a very busy day so we're pretty sure everybody got to ride everything they wanted. Thanks again to everybody who showed up. Below we're just going to share some pictures from the day, click on any of the pictures to see a larger version. First set is from "The Coaster Whisperer The rest are of course from our own awesome CoasterMatt Thanks again to all who attended. We've already been asked about future events and right now we don't have anything in the works, that could change but there likely won't be anything for the remainder of 2016. Next week we'll have an all new feature video "Coaster Reviews with Gregg" where we'll be talking about Twisted Colossus at Magic Mountain and The Joker at Discovery Kingdom and why it's not so easy to compare them. Stay tuned for that. =) Related Updates: We decided to head up to Six Flags Magic Mountain the other day to take advantage of the offseason weekday crowds, and as you'll see below, this is the absolute best time of year to go to the park. But before that, let's take a look at Project 2017 and see what's doing. Written by Gregg Condon Before we get started, your reminder to get your tickets for Mountain Madness 2.0 that's coming up on June 5. JUST ADDED!!! Get a FREE reverse POV on The New Revolution during morning ERT. Click the picture below to view all of the information. We're going to start off with Tidal Wave, which is still not open. Sadly the more we look at this ride the more we fear for it's fate. For a park that consistently sees many 100 degree days during the summer the more water rides the better. Two water rides is simply not enough for this park. Looking inside the station, it kind of appears that the queue line has been taken out, let's hope not though. Moving over to where we assume the new ride(s) are going you can see a lot of space here, more than what they need for what is rumored to go here. Which could make for a very interesting 2017. As you can see, large green fences now surround the entire area. But if you know where to go you can still see in. Once construction starts it's going to be pretty obvious what's coming. The only question is, will it be obvious before the new ride announcements are made in late August/early September. Moving on, it appears a couple of the Jet Stream boats got some TLC. Unfortunately we didn't get to ride as the ride is STILL opening up at least an hour after the park on a daily basis. Along with Roaring Rapids. But as you can see, the "refurb" appears to be entirely cosmetic. Moving over to Ninja, more trees have been trimmed. Not sure if this is because they were going bad or for something else, but it's very open back here now. She does look beautiful. If you were following along on our social media during our visit you'll know we were posting pictures about a nearly empty park. Every ride was pretty much a walk-on. You know the park isn't very busy when even Tatsu's line is this short. One ride that didn't have a short line was The New Revolution. From what we could tell this wasn't just an issue of the VR, although it didn't help. Because people are concentrating so much on the VR and getting their headsets done they are forgetting the most basic of amusement park rules regarding loose articles. etc. So it's kind of a perfect storm of crap. It's going to be interesting to see if the slower operations impact the life of the VR portion of the ride. Tip: But ... if you want to use the Single Rider line and be split up, it's still available. Also, if you don't care about doing the VR remember that the front row is a non-VR row so by using the single rider line you will pretty much be instantly placed in the front row of the ride. Also also, remember, during ERT of Mountain Madness 2.0 you won't have any of these line issues. =) If you can get up to the park during the week over the next couple of weeks you're pretty much guaranteed to have light crowds ... but don't blame us if some random school group shows up. ;) Grad Night's are coming ... Allegra isn't my allergy medicine, but I'd probably switch after seeing these ad's. Lastly, the new slides for Hurricane Harbor are still sitting in front of Colossus. Considering the waterpark opens next week not sure if these new slides will be open with the park. But they shouldn't take long to install. Alright, that's going to wrap it up for this update. Our next SFMM update is probably going to be for Mountain Madness with all of the awesome fun, tours and more. So be sure you are there so you can see it in person!!! Related Updates: |
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