The Great Gasp @ SFOG

The Great Gasp at Six Flags Over Georgia will be taken out, retired after almost 30 years of operation. august 14th will be the last day of operation "The Last Gasp" of this ride. On the 13 and 14 of august the last days of operation, riders will revieve a pin for the retirement.

Evidence

http://sfog.playride.com/otherstuff.html

[:p]Rmfrick[:p]

I've always wanted to ride one of these. They look so intresting and fun but since there all goin down i don't think I will ever.

i kinda liked this ride too, but as time went, less and less parachutes operated so the line was real long, but u didnt miss anything

That's sad that it's being torn down, but it's also really exciting. I'm going to SFOG on the 13th, so I will be sure to ride it. I sure hope the rumors about a B&M hyper in its place are true.

Lucky, Nannerdw i was gonna go to Six Flags Over Georgia this year but then didnt. i have never riden this ride, but hope that somthing better comes in its place.

ah, the gasp.
i remember one summer when the park was nearly empty, no line, so me and my friend never had to get off, i dont even know how many times we went.

Originally posted by Rmfrickriders will revieve a pin for the retirement.

Uh Oh [B)]. They get weapons from the park [:p]

I have really never seen that ride untill I got RCT3 Soaked...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! I love the Great Gasp, i ride it like everytime i go to georgia!!!!! I gotta ride it one last time...but, it better have a good ride in it's place.

Yeah hopefully they will get something good to visit, something that stands out from other parks, like Acrophobia-My favorite drop ride.

******ONLY TEN MORE DAYS UNTIL THE GREAT GASP WILL BE CLOSED FOR GOOD****** DATE CLOSING 8/14/2005

im going the 14th, the last day. its sad. i still think they could remove the no good auditorium in gotham city and re build the gasp there. six flags is so stupid to get rid of a rare ride like the gasp. its an icon for the park. its the first thing u see coming down I20 west.

I know, they should get rid of the auditorium in gotham city, rebuild the gasp there, and then have it even better with more parachutes running, i think that deja vu should stay, though many think it should go deja vu is a goood one to. i unfortuanly never got or get to ride the gasp.

They had one of these 'paratowers' at Drayton Manor before Apocalypse took its place. I think i only ever rode it once as i was about 6 and i remember it being quite terrifying. You stood up in a little square basket, where it went to the top and released. I remember some airtime for a couple of metres where my feetleft the ground, before the parashute opened and we glided back down...fun ride

Well, now it is to the last week The Great Gasp will be open, it sad to see it go, it has been there for thirty yeas about now its just gone.

Looks like a really fun ride, it has been imortalised in a POV video here though:

http://coastershow.rctcompetition.com/Gasp%20POV.wmv

Well, as a former rides foreman at SFOG, and the GASP. This is sad. I'll try to contact the operations manager, who is a friend of mine, and find out what's going to take it's place.

The Last Gasp Is Today 8-14-05 [:(] its very sad to see it go, yet i have been to the park since i was four many times a year, i never got to the gasp, and this year, i did not get to go to georgia, which is okward, because this was the first year in ten years i did not go to georgia, and the last year i can ride the gasp, but not now, so if you are in georgia, take this last opertunity to ride this very rare ride. See ya GASP[hello]

[worship]The Great Gasp - 1976-August 14, 2005[worship]

[:p]Rmfrick[:p]

i went today and rode it!! so sad. there were a bunch of ACErs there. i got the special little pin. i love it. i will keep it forever. lol. it will be so weird driving down 20 west and not seeing the gasp looming over the highway. i guess we have to wait and see what comes next...

I would much rather see a huge hyper coaster than the great gasp

Originally posted by spaminacan11

I would much rather see a huge hyper coaster than the great gasp

Well, we all would, thats why less and less people rode it, hopefully, they put a huge hyper, in its place, but at this point i have not a clue what will be in the park maybe a flat ride, possibly two new coasters one part of the connect the dots, http://sfog.playride.com/2006/ and a flat fun ride in the gasp plae, but we will have to find out.

Well Seeya Gasp, You Can Go To Sleep, LOL. The Great Gasp Is Now Closed At Six Flags Over Georgia For good, The Gasp May Be Relocated but at the time we dont know. Also did anyone get a pin? what does it look like and say?

The Great Gasp - 1976-August 14, 2005

Rmfrick

I went on the 13th and rode it. It wasn't really worth the 40 minute wait, in my opinion. It did not feel like a real drop at all. It was like riding in an open elevator. My camera doesn't take good quality close-up shots, so I just made the design in powerpoint.

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Originally posted by nannerdw

I went on the 13th and rode it. It wasn't really worth the 40 minute wait, in my opinion. It did not feel like a real drop at all. It was like riding in an open elevator. My camera doesn't take good quality close-up shots, so I just made the design in powerpoint.

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