A couple of hours @ SFOT & Zero Gravity - TR

Having just gotten back from Six Flags Over Texas, I decided it would be a nice idea to write a little trip report on the park, but I unfortunately did not get any pictures as; 1. It was night time and I couldn't get any good resolution pictures, and 2. It was about 30 degrees there. Hands in my pockets the entire time.

The park is one of the more spectacular looking parks, but not the easiest to find your way around, and it's for sure not the smallest park Six Flags has ever made, even though it was the first. I must say though, the rides there are pretty goddamn spectacular, and pack a MAJOR punnch.

OPEN RIDES:

Titan - Amazing coaster, even though I've been on Goliath @ SFMM. The 540* helix is a really addition to the ride with the constant headchoppers and the such. There were virtually no lines, and got a back seat ride twice, only waiting about 5 minutes in between each ride. The drop never ends, and provides constant floater all the way down with your stomach in your chin, and the floater hill after the turnaround is a really fun addition.
10/10

Runaway Mountain - Lol coaster at best. It's just a Zamperla Hurricane ride? (Like the one at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk). Nothing special, but I did notice it was much smoother.

5/10

La Vibora - A little bobsled coaster that swings you side in a bobsled track. Meh, nothing too special, just a good old fashion bobsled coaster.

7/10

Superman: Tower of Power - This is a damn good S&S tower. It launches you up 325 feet (which is wayyyyyy taller than you can imagine. I promise), gives you the -1 G airtime, slows you down, then cranks you back to the top for an Intamin drop tower factor. Great S&S tower.

10/10

Tony Hawk - That was a damn fun ride! My cousin and I sat across from a (bigger...) couple and we spun the living crap out of the car. Needless to say it was the best spinner ride I had ever been on. The layout was amazing as well, and I love how there is no block brake in front of the tight, spinny turns.

9/10

Shockwave - This was our weirdest coaster ride. We waited in line for about 30 minutes, got up to the station level, and every single seat was packed with at least 3 rides to go before we could ride, accept for the front seat. We got on in 1 ride, and it was the front seat. Wtf right? Anywho, this ride was actually, and without a doubt, love amazing. You crank your way to the top of the lift, hold for a sec, and the ride to the loops. The airtime on this ride was insane! Every hill had my cousin and I out of our seats. Loops were fun too, and having never been on a Schwartzkopf coaster, this was a definite winner.

9/10

Runaway Mine Train - Wee! First coaster of its type, and it actually does not disappoint! A little bit painful at times, but all n all it really captures the mine train feel, and the last drop of the ride into the tunnel is pretty killer.

For what it's worth... 6/10

RIDES CLOSED:

Mr. Freeze - This betch was closed. We got to take a pretty look at it's glory though, and it's a sexy looking ride. Especially that inverted top hat. Sexy sexy sexy.

Batman (B&M Invert Clone) - Closed. But it's a Batman clone, and most people know what they are like. For those of you who don't, there forceful as hell, and pack a major punch for such a compact coaster.

Drum Roll Please....

TEXAS GIANT: Obviously closed, but I got a great look at the coaster from the top of Goliath and Superman. I have to tell you. The pictures LITERALLY do the ride no justice. To start off, the only track missing at this point (or so I saw) is the station track. There is a really long section between the station and the first turn, and that's not in place yet. When you are either heading towards or away from Titan, you get to see the INSANELY tall lift hill. I mean, this is the tallest wooden coaster I've ever seen. Then moving onto the drop, omfg is all I can say. The ejector in the back seat is going to be nucking futs. I promise you. Then you couldn't see much of the ride afterwards except for the crazy overbanks, and amazing turns. I wasn't quite looking forward to this ride to begin with, but hands down this is going to be the world's craziest woody.

A little side note... We took a side trip to a place called Zero Gravity where there are slingshots, bungee jumping, and a net drop. I only rode the net drop, but let me tell you, that poop is INTENSE. It was so intense, I have a video. [:D]



The best definition of free fall around. Intamin drop towers got nothin' on this bad boy.

Well... That end's the TR. If I happened to miss anything, please let me know and I'll respond with some more detail.

Yeah, Schwarskopf coasters are amazing.

Awesome stuff,how high was your fall?
BTW obviously the majority of america can`t spell Schwarzkopf or Alpengeist right.[:D]

Lack of correct pronunciation. Of course, if you had a better browser, it would do it for you ;)

Awesome you got a vid of the drop.

Oh my god. Grammar fayul. I'm sorry about the bad grammar, I was hanging with my cousin, it was 1 in the morning, and I was a tad tipsy. Lolz

@Loea - The drop from the carriage to the net was 130 ft, but with the net catching you, it was about 150 ft. Crazy ride.
@Jcoasters - Yes, the Schwarzkopf coaster was amazing, and the loops were quite forceful.
@Ianko - Yes I got the vid. [:D]

[Coasterkidmwm]

Smirnoff Ice?

Originally posted by ianko66

Lack of correct pronunciation. Of course, if you had a better browser, it would do it for you

Awesome you got a vid of the drop.

What Browser? I have Chrome and what could be better then that? lol

Originally posted by Coasterkidmwm

Smirnoff Ice?

[Mikey]

Wheres my Snowhill night POV?

[Coasterkidmwm]

I know Smirnoff ice is the manly big boy drink of 18 year olds lol

@ Mikey - Whoops. [:P] It really wasn't anything special. Seriously.
@ Ckid - Nope. I stay classy.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Pabst?

[TheArchitect]

If you're really tough in England you drink White Lightning.

Originally posted by TheArchitect

If you're really tough in England you drink Frosty Jacks.

Fixed it.

Titan does not sustain floater until the pullout in the back row. The first 1/2 of the pullover is right around 0, then the rider is set down in his/her seat for the next 1/2 with low positives (maybe .3 or .4, since the drop flattens out), then normal positives for the pullout. I rode something like 16x the day I was there lol. I think the ride was pretty clearly designed to be best in front (I can add more info as to why I say that if anyone's interested) and that's where it stood out for me. That camelback is one of my favorite hills on any coaster...so well done.

I also must be the only one who thought Shockwave was very mediocre. The best part for me was the loops with the high forces. The pops of airtime are incredibly brief, the pullouts are gigantic, the layout is meandering and uninteresting, the turns are slow and plain, and the ending is completely lackluster. Rode once in front, and once in back, and neither was that much fun to me. If you ask me, despite its short length and lack of airtime, Laser at Dorney was a much more fun ride with the same great loops, but better pacing through the rest of the ride.

Superman: Tower of Power
loved operating this ride
watching people freaking out
hated the throw up though..
and i lloved how no one listened about the no change on the ride

[Mikey]

If you were smart, at the end of the night you would get a broom and bump the net above the que...

We used to call that the TIPS net.

Originally posted by dcs221

Titan does not sustain floater until the pullout in the back row. The first 1/2 of the pullover is right around 0, then the rider is set down in his/her seat for the next 1/2 with low positives (maybe .3 or .4, since the drop flattens out), then normal positives for the pullout. I rode something like 16x the day I was there lol. I think the ride was pretty clearly designed to be best in front (I can add more info as to why I say that if anyone's interested) and that's where it stood out for me. That camelback is one of my favorite hills on any coaster...so well done.

I also must be the only one who thought Shockwave was very mediocre. The best part for me was the loops with the high forces. The pops of airtime are incredibly brief, the pullouts are gigantic, the layout is meandering and uninteresting, the turns are slow and plain, and the ending is completely lackluster. Rode once in front, and once in back, and neither was that much fun to me. If you ask me, despite its short length and lack of airtime, Laser at Dorney was a much more fun ride with the same great loops, but better pacing through the rest of the ride.

You see, with Titan, or Goliath for that matter, I think the back seat is the best because you get a pretty damn good amount of air coming down the first drop, and the camel back is complete floater. These were what my rides felt like at least.

As for Shockwave, it's pretty spectacular for what it's worth. Remember, the coaster was built in 1978, so obviously it cannot do what the new Intamin or B&M rides we have today can. Back then, the technology wasn't what we have now, so I don't take points away for it being a tad early in the coaster world. I think of being on the first consecutive looping coaster, and being back when it was first built. If you think of it that way, the ride is pretty good. [dunno]

lol, you must not have been on a ride like Apollo's Chariot, that actually does sustain a lot of air on the first drop. It has to be at *least* 2-2.5x as long duration of perfect air, with a more sudden start too. Also, in back the train rattles over the airhill, and the negatives don't last as long since the hill ends so much higher than it starts. To me, in back that hill was just a slightly above average airhill, and that's only because of the high speed. The increased forces on the second helix are balanced by decreased forces on the first.

And speaking of Shock Wave, I like to ride the coasters I consider to be most fun. I realize the ride was designed a long time ago, and maybe it was great then, but that doesn't mean it's great now.