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Park News - (7/30/10) I’ve got a few links showing off more demolition photos of GASM today. Check them out at CoasterFusion and GadvOutpost.
    (7/29/10) A new demolition update for GASM has been posted to GADV.com.
    (7/27/10) A couple of new GASM demolition pics have been posted to Gadv.com this week.
    (7/26/10) A new demolition photo of GASM coming down has been posted to Gadv.com. Looks like it wont take long at all to get it all down at the rate their moving. And they are not trying to save any of it, they’re just cutting and ripping the track pieces apart.
    (7/24/10) GASM is coming down, piece by piece. You can see pictures showing off the start of the scraping of the ride posted to Gadv.com.
    (7/22/10) I’m told that Superman: Ultimate Flight has gone down again at SFGAdv. According to the story the gearbox went bad and they are now waiting to get it fixed and replaced. You can see pictures of the crane on site at the ride posted to CoasterFusion.
    (7/21/10) Pictures from the final rides of GASM have been posted to Amusement Insider as well as Great Adventure History who has a page showing off the ride’s history from creation through to it’s closure.
    (7/6/10) While GASM did not close this past weekend as anticipated, the park did confirm to the public in several ways that the coaster was leaving this season. A sign was posted by the main entrance confirming that it was leaving this year, which was backed up by a Facebook posting from Six Flags confirming it as well as listing a July 18th closing date for the coaster. The posting also mentioned that they would be offering “double rides” on GASM (aka: Great American Scream Machine) on July 11th and 18th as well as hosting a special send-off event.
    (6/29/10) Good news for Superman: Ultimate Flight fans… I’m told that the coaster is now reopen. As for GASM closing down, there is still a ton of fuss and rumor about it and from what I know, it does sounds fairly certain it will close down, though the exact date is a little more suspect at the moment. Still… get your last rides in while you still have time.
    Despite this, it seems the folks at GADV.com are going to be in the park hosting a little GASM ride marathon of their own between 2-3pm, which will be followed by a trivia contest where the winner will get two Walt Disney World park hopper tickets. Details can be found here.
    (6/28/10) Anyone have an update about Superman at Six Flags Great Adventure? As of last week, so far the ride had yet to reopen for the season. In other news, the rumors about GASM coming down continue to hold true, however there is apparently a bogus ‘reason’ being handed down from park management to the lower-end staff.
    I’ve heard from a few insiders who have been told that the ride’s time was simply up because it had become impossible to buy spare parts for the old Arrow coaster anymore. Nothing could be further from the truth as S&S purchased Arrow several years ago primarily for their lucrative ‘spare parts’ division and checking into this rumor I’ve been assured that there was “no truth whatsoever” to this crazy rumor.
    (6/21/10) A new rumor has come up over the weekend that may anger more than a few fans of Six Flags Great Adventure. If there is any truth to it, the new management calling the shots may be considering removing the park’s infamous Great American Scream Machine coaster. While at first the move seems shocking… keep in mind that GASM’s sister ride, Shockwave at the Chicago park, also met with a similar fate a few years ago. Of course it’s also well know that Shockwave, the first of the three Arrow made Six Flags Megaloopers (Viper at SF Magic Mountain was the final one) did suffer from a fair share of problems that the other two did not.
    So the next question would obviously be to ask what reason there would be to remove such an iconic ride? According to the discussion going on at CoasterFusion, plans have been spotted at the park that now place CHANG… the B&M Stand-Up Coaster from Kentucky Kingdom, as possibly going into GASM’s spot. Up until now Chang has been all but confirmed for Six Flags Great America near Chicago… with a few pieces and the trains already spotted on site. Meetings have been taking place with the local government as well to get a height variance permit to build the ride there as well, with the final approval meeting expected to take place on Monday, June 21st.
    While I haven’t seen it myself, I’ve heard a rumor that the Six Flags issue may have been unexpectedly removed from the agenda for tonight’s meeting, which only adds fuel to the fire that Chang could now be looking for a new home. Of course the online version of the agenda still shows it there, waiting to be finalized tonight. I had been told that as soon as Al Weber took control of Six Flags, he began to made huge and immediate changes to the plans set in place for the 2011 season by Shaprio. I guess we’ll know more once the Monday meeting is over if the proposal to add Chang has been dropped or not.  Stay tuned!
    (6/9/10) According to a reader who visited SFGAdv, Superman was down with some heavy equipment out working on the ride near the bottom of the Pretzel Loop. From the look of things, they may have been repairing or working on the footers there.
    (5/18/10) A guest to the park tells us that the Stride gum ad isn’t just on the front car, as it was in the previous picture, but has now been wrapped around all of the coaster cars.
    (5/11/10) I’ve been sent a couple of interesting pictures from SFGAdv taken this past weekend. It seems that the park has tried their hand at selling off some new custom advertising on Kingda Ka and El Toro.  While similar in concept to the new blue flames added to Georgia Scorcher at SFOG, these new ads placed for the new Karate Kid movie and Stride gum are more in your face and at odds with the ride’s normal themeing.
    The lead car on an El Toro train has been wrapped with a giant PINK ad for Stride gum, which at first glance is more than a little obnoxious looking. Meanwhile a slightly subtler ad for Karate Kid has been placed on one of the lead cars on Kingda Ka.
    (4/15/10) Ever wonder why theme parks don’t like it when people try to shoot video on their roller coasters anymore? Here’s a fun POV video showing off how one fellow lost his camera on Kingda Ka.

2010 - Tornado at Hurricane Harbor - (5/31/10) Over this past weekend Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags Great Adventure opened their new Tornado slide. A good collection of footage shot throughout the media day opening of the new attraction can be found here. You can also find a new trip reports posted over at GADV.com.
    (1/18/10) New construction pictures showing off the pieces of the new Tornado slide on site as well as other things taking place within the main park, as shot from the air. Visit GADV.com to see more.
    (10/1/09) Six Flags has confirmed in a conference call that a Tornado slide will be added to Hurricane Harbor at SFGAdv in 2010.
    (8/27/09) Screamscape sources tell us that Six Flags Great Adventure will likely and FINALLY add a Proslide Tornado slide to Hurricane Harbor for the 2010 season. About time… as this project has only been nearly green lit on and off for the past 5 years or so.
    (10/21/08) While just on the verge of Hurricane Harbor finally adding a new attraction, we’ve now heard from a very reliable source that the waterpark might not get a new slide at all next year due to some budget cuts. The new attraction may be cut entirely or delayed until 2010.
    (10/20/08) The latest rumors about the new slide coming to Hurricane Harbor indicate that the park was looking over various plans for a Mat Racer slide since they really do need something with high capacity. Anyone know more?
    (9/5/08) According to a reader, during the Gold Carousel Awards, the President of the park (Mark Kane) confirmed that Hurricane Harbor would get a new attraction next season, however the plans to add anything to the main park had not been finalized yet.
    (7/6/08) From what I’ve been told some orange paint construction markings on trees have been discovered in Hurricane Harbor for whatever the 2009 project is.
    (7/1/08) Sources tell us that it seems fairly certain right now that Hurricane Harbor will finally add a new attraction in 2009. Since I believe this may be the only major Six Flags waterpark without a Tornado slide, they’ll probably start with by adding one since Tornado’s generally have scored high marks in the industry for guest satisfaction.
    (5/28/08 - Edited) While it may still be a bit early to say anything for sure, we’ve heard that Hurricane Harbor may finally add a new attraction in 2009 if the budget comes through for the year. The separate gate waterpark has actually never received any kind of expansion or new attraction since 2001.

2011 - Chang / Green Lantern - Semi-Confirmed - (7/19/10) Head on over to CoasterFusion to take a look at all the new survey markings set up for the installation of Chang. Since there are some markings out in the parking lot as well, I can only guess that the coaster install may extend the park out a bit more into the lot.
    (7/14/10) I got some bad news for your Green Lantern fans out there… as it seems the proposed plans to theme Chang as Green Lantern are stuck between a rock and a hard place. The new board calling the shots at Six Flags is eyeballing every penny right now in an effort to prove to Wall Street that Six Flags is a profitable company under capable management now. As such, they are said to be very unlikely to approve the funding needed to gain the rights to tie the ride into Green Lantern at this point in time…
    Such a shame too, it would have been a perfect fit. Maybe they’ll change their minds if the film’s trailer is released and is a hit.
    (7/11/10) Many have wondered if Chang is coming to Six Flags Great Adventure… just what might Six Flags theme it to? With a new board of directors calling the shots, clearly anything is possible at this point. The one thing that is certain however is that the name “Chang” will be retired.
    Right now a very likely possibility apparently under consideration is to theme the coaster to Green Lantern. The park does have coasters themed to Batman, Superman and Bizarro, so another DC Comics character would indeed fit right in. In addition the area around Great American Scream Machine used to be themed as Edwards Air Force Base before becoming “Boardwalk” but it could easily be turned back into an Air Force Base with little effort. This would fits right in with the back story of Green Lantern’s origin as Hal Jordan, a Test Pilot. Of course the biggest momentum pushing all of this is that a Green Lantern feature film is on the way for Summer 2011 staring Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern. Of course, with Six Flags currently in a budget cutting mood, I’m not sure they’d free up the money to do all this just yet, but so far they don’t have a bunch of other big projects going on yet to eat up the 2011 capital.
    (6/22/10) Screamscape sources tell us that the rumors from this past weekend are true and that not only is GASM set to end it’s life at Six Flags Great Adventure on July 1st, but Chang will indeed be coming to the park to take up it’s place in 2011. As for that mystery 5D project... it’s dead for now.
    (3/27/10) You know that mystery 5D project that Six Flags has been hinting about for some time?  I’m hearing rumors that the first one will most likely drop into Six Flags Great Adventure in time for the 2011 season, taking over the location of the former simulator ride building.