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Ditto. That last hour of the auction was wild. Love to have a piece, still.

Just added the site/app to my phone Home Screen per the prompt. Looks great! Thanks to all who made this happen.

Ryan the Ride Mechanic said pretty much the same thing in his first video about this situation. Screamscape is always going to Screamscape, so I’m not sure if they have actual sources or are just piggybacking of off his expertise, but yeah… the reopening of coasters outside the Six Flags chain looks pretty darning, whether they’re ultimately at fault or not.

Be nice if these coasters stopped trying to kill people.

Seat belts alone aren’t going to save lives when the geriatric, corporate board of executives are more concerned with lining their pockets than they’re are with guest safety. This merger is starting to reveal itself as an abhorrent example of predatory capitalism that’s resulting in injury and death. Disgusting however you look at it. I’m embarrassed for the park and myself for being a member.

I’d retheme it to a revamped, beautifully landscaped area of Coney Mall with a moderate/thrilling family-style wooden coaster from The Gravity Group, a collection of new and classic flat rides, and maybe even a new quick service restaurant. There’s so much underutilized space in and around the Junkyard Coaster. It could become something more than just “one” new attraction. I miss that area of the park from before it was a parking garage. A lot. Something like this alongside the Eiffel Tower, Grand Carousel, and the new covered seating area could be an appropriate way to bring some character back to that area specifically. Honestly above a Vortex replacement on my list.

The media doing media things: Repeating myself and others, but… The Six Flags brand is utterly detrimental to the future success of the chain and its portfolio. It’s insane to me how forced this entire merger has seemed. It’s been lambasted as a terrible idea since the beginning and people may be getting harmed/killed as a result. Edit: Don’t want to double post Ryan The Ride Mechanic provided some well informed insights regarding the accident in a video posted a few hours ago:

Not that it’s important given this incident, but the Six Flags brand/name is dead. Time for some serious change, selling off parks, restructuring, bankruptcy, whatever. It’s over.

Outrage, sure. But I think mostly total denial. How many people are still using Paramount ride names? Haha. They could try to change the park name but I don’t think anyone would listen.

Absolutely horrifying if something happened to the integrity of the restraints. Hard to believe that would be a B&M issue. But in an era where the chain is slashing maintenance budgets much as they are, it would be absolutely devastating to learn this happened as a result of something that could have been avoided if the chain cared more about safety as opposed to their wallets.

Hard to imagine the restraint totally failing. Curious to see what happened. Some (hearsay) reports are saying the train came back into the station with the restraint up/open. If that’s true, it’s probably more realistic to think it was never properly locked in the first place.

Another wonderful day for the chain. Link To Story “Unconfirmed reports online said that a man died after falling from the ride, which opened in 2006 and stands 200 feet tall.”

It appears as though Maestro is a fan of Monet…

Checking in from a very crowded park. Carousel is playing Christmas music. AE is running one train. It’s gonna be a day.

They need to refocus a lot of effort on Halloween decor in general, family friendly or not. I couldn’t care less what direction they go with it, but after two consecutive Sundays in the park I have severe second hand embarrassment as a result of how Coney Maul is “decorated.” Between collapsed tents, dumpy looking flags, and decaying mannequins I think they’re better off not doing anything at all at this point. There are houses on my street that do better than what’s out on display currently. Looks like a halloween yard sale taking up space in what should be one of the more beautiful looking areas of the park.