Six Flags Great America | Sky Striker | Zamperla Giga Discovery | 2024
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CanobieFan
Strata Poster
Ah. Yes. When I think 172, I immediately also think frisbee ride.
The park lacks a star flyer ride, maybe it's one of those. SFNE replaced its sky coaster with one.
The park lacks a star flyer ride, maybe it's one of those. SFNE replaced its sky coaster with one.
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172 feet would make it ever so slightly taller than CraZanity at Magic Mountain, which unless I missed something stands as the world’s tallest frisbee ride at 170. It’s a sound enough theory if you ask me.Ah. Yes. When I think 172, I immediately also think frisbee ride.
The park lacks a star flyer ride, maybe it's one of those. SFNE replaced its sky coaster with one.
Christian
Hyper Poster
According to Zamperla their Giga Discovery reaches 172'3'' as a max height. https://www.zamperla.com/products/giga-discovery/
The park lacks a star flyer ride, maybe it's one of those. SFNE replaced its sky coaster with one.
A 172 feet SkyScreamer at one of Six Flag's biggest parks sounds pretty meh. A SFGAM ScyScreamer should be taller, at least 200 feet.
MaxxForceFan
Roller Poster
Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, Fiesta Texas, and Mexico currently have the same Giga Discovery and share the record.
CoasterHour
Roller Poster
A Vekoma Super Boomerang is also 172 ft tall as 52.5 m is 172 ft tall
MaxxForceFan
Roller Poster
Actual height is 164 ft tall (50 m). Great Adventure has a 50 in their teaser for the ride.
https://rcdb.com/19714.htm
CoasterHour
Roller Poster
Yeah looks like you are right. That's very odd that there is a 2.5 m discrepancy between the manufacturer and RCDB listed height.
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The funny thing is RCDB even has a photo of Vekoma’s model plate for Cloud Shuttle that lists 52.4m as the height:
Cloud Shuttle - Fantawild Wonderland (Tongshan, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China)
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lom.lom.lom
Roller Poster
Those manufacturers are the same folks that accurately list their rides’ top speeds and hourly capacities right?
Lofty
CF Legend
Yes, those ones. That's kind of an irrelevant argument when different coasters, in different locations around the world, with different operators are huge factors that affect the above (just to name a few).
Manufacturers have a TRPH (theoretical riders per hour), their hourly capacities are at perfect conditions and what is feasible as a maximum. So... not sure what your point is?
Lori Marie Loud
Giga Poster
There was an event called the Junkies Group Picnic yesterday afternoon. At the event attendees were given a card reading
"Strike 4: Get ready to soar. Please don’t ignore the number 4. You got the space, so put us in the race. Now is time to solve the case."
Hmmmmmmm
"Strike 4: Get ready to soar. Please don’t ignore the number 4. You got the space, so put us in the race. Now is time to solve the case."
Hmmmmmmm
Lori Marie Loud
Giga Poster
Sky Striker!
Steely Dan
Mega Poster
A totally solid addition for my home park.
I love the name too. No stupid superhero nonsense!!! and it's a fun nod back to the GI Joe days of my childhood (though I don't think there's any actual branding tie-in going on here).
The only thing that has my head a little tilty is the fact that SF is putting two of these monster rides in its two Midwest parks in the same year. It's not a complaint, and with the two parks 300 miles away from each other, there's extremely little market overlap, but it still seems a touch strange to me to do it that way.
But whatever, both parks will benefit from these awesome-looking rides.
I love the name too. No stupid superhero nonsense!!! and it's a fun nod back to the GI Joe days of my childhood (though I don't think there's any actual branding tie-in going on here).
The only thing that has my head a little tilty is the fact that SF is putting two of these monster rides in its two Midwest parks in the same year. It's not a complaint, and with the two parks 300 miles away from each other, there's extremely little market overlap, but it still seems a touch strange to me to do it that way.
But whatever, both parks will benefit from these awesome-looking rides.
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CanobieFan
Strata Poster
*Looks at Cedar Point and Kings Island getting WindSeeker the same year*
MaxxForceFan
Roller Poster
It would be nice to see a new entrance for Sky Striker instead of reusing the existing shared American Eagle/ Dare Devil Dive entrance.
It appears the park has space to put an entrance for Sky Striker here and run the queue line under X-Flight.
It appears the park has space to put an entrance for Sky Striker here and run the queue line under X-Flight.
MaxxForceFan
Roller Poster
Revolution is operating during Fright Fest, but the Grim Reaper has made an appearance.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/JiggidyNDG...Rjaws84queZzGQbF8Jznx7RZxzmoTjGranwT36tSZS2Wl
Source: https://www.facebook.com/JiggidyNDG...Rjaws84queZzGQbF8Jznx7RZxzmoTjGranwT36tSZS2Wl
Lori Marie Loud
Giga Poster
If the reaper appears elsewhere, then they could just be doing an SFA style campaign (that will end anticlimactically).Revolution is operating during Fright Fest, but the Grim Reaper has made an appearance.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/JiggidyNDG...Rjaws84queZzGQbF8Jznx7RZxzmoTjGranwT36tSZS2Wl
If it just shows up here, welp that's one rare flat I'll never get...