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Park News - (2/8/08) Six Flags America has posted a new list of shows coming to the park this season, and surprisingly, it looks like most of them will be live performance based and not some of the new video based shows we’re seeing added to other parks.
  (1/31/08) The local news has confirmed with Six Flags America that all of their rides will be returning for the 2008 season, so I guess Tower of Doom is staying after all. Still… I find it odd that its still missing from the park’s website. Maybe they plan to take the SFMM Flashback route and keep the ride up, but just not run it. It also mentions something about new restaurants coming to the park, so I wonder if the park will be getting a Johnny Rockets and Cold Stone this year.
  (1/17/08) It’s been noticed that Tower of Doom (another early Intamin second generation freefall similar to the one at Kentucky Kingdom) has been removed from the park’s website. Anyone know if they’ve made the choice to close the ride this year? It has had a long history of mechanical problems and frequent bouts of downtime, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they pulled it.

2008 - Tony Hawk’s Halfpipe - (4/18/08) Six Flags America has added some new construction pictures of Tony Hawk’s Halfpipe parts arriving on site this week and confirms the May 24th opening date.
  (4/17/08) Tony Hawk’s Halfpipe may be ready to open on May 24th.
  (12/18/07) Six Flags America has announced the addition of Tony Hawk’s Halfpipe to the Hurricane Harbor waterpark. This new four-story tall slide attraction will literally be a giant half-pipe where rides drop down one side and back up the other several times before coming to a stop. It’s worth noting that that this seems to be the same attraction as announced Wild Wedgie halfpipe slide going into Texas’ Hurricane Harbor. One could argue that they didn’t want to add two Tony Hawk themed rides in the area in the same year, or perhaps they’ve gotten some flack over the Wild Wedgie name which is also being used for a compact bowl slide at The Great Escape. It’s like the classic Six Flags era all over again when they would drop the “Viper” and “Ninja” names on totally different rides at random to sell more merchandise. Oh wait, they already did that earlier this year with Goliath at Fiesta Texas.