SIX FLAGS DISCOVERY KINGDOM Vallejo, California Six Flags Theme Parks
Park News - (1/24/12) The latest progress shot on the SFDK Facebook page shows that Big Spin is now gone, and the ride is open and ready for Superman to rise. (1/11/12) Pandemonium is coming down… and you can check on the progress over at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Facebook page. (11/22/11) SFDK has confirmed that Pandemonium will continue to run through to the last day of the season before they begin the process of removing it. So you’ve got until January 1st to get your last rides in. (11/11/11) According to SFDK’s page promoting Holiday In The Park, they list Pandemonium as being open and available for the winter holiday event days. So it sounds like you still have a little longer to get your last rides in on it before it goes to Mexico. (10/5/11) Sad news for Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as the park’s beloved 51-year-old dolphin, Terry, passed away. According to the various articles, in human years, that would be equal to being about 95 years old. (9/15/11) A reader who visited SFDK over the weekend was told that Pandemonium will be closing for good as soon as Fright Fest ends on October 30th. (8/17/11) Another reader reports that Sky Screamer at SFDK was seen up and running again earlier today. (8/9/11) I’m not quite sure what’s going on, but while I was previously told SkyScreamer at SFDK had reopened, it was reported as being down for inspection over this past weekend. Also, during the Q&A session at the Bay Area Bash event over the weekend, a park rep mentioned that they have something in the works for the park’s closed simulator ride building. No more hints, or even a timeline as to when we can expect this, but at least it’s something. In other news, they also mentioned that they are hoping to swap out Kong’s trains for the new style Vekoma restraint trains in the next few years. (Whenever they can get the corporate office to sign off on the deal I guess, which doesn’t help lock things down either…) (8/3/11) In a shocking bit of news, Screamscape sources have confirmed to us that SFDK will soon remove Pandemonium (aka: Big Spin) and send the ride to another Six Flags park. Lets hope that they will replace this coaster with at least a new one of equal or bigger size.
2012 - Superman: Ultimate Flight - (12/15/11) We’ve got a g
reat new concept art piece showing off the Superman: Ultimate Flight coaster coming to SFDK sent in by our friends at Premier Rides. (9/1/11) Six Flags Discovery Kingdom had a surprise up it’s sleeve for the 2012 season, a new coaster in the form of Superman: Ultimate Flight. This is a great new take on the SkyLoop coaster concept from Premier Rides featuring a covered launch over 60mph up a twisted vertical climb to the top, a 150 foot tall barrel roll before you take the vertical plunge that will twist as you dive back to the ground and up into a crazy non-inverting loop before you dive back into Superman’s fortress.
(8/23/11) Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has started teaser their 2012 attraction on the official website. (It’s one of the image images that scrolls through, so if you can’t find it, just wait for it. The announcement is September 1st, and the teaser describes it as being an “over-the-top, upside-down” kind of ride. (7/22/11) The latest rumors seem to indicate that SFDK will add another ride to the park in 2012. Unfortunately, I’ve also heard that it wont be the large new coaster follow-up to Medusa that everyone has been waiting forever for. Instead expect some kind of small to medium sized attraction.
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