BeeastFarmer Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Hope all are ok! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion742 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, BeeastFarmer said: Hope all are ok! This is giving me flashbacks of SOB incident. I hope everyone is ok! Edited August 26, 2022 by Orion742 Accidentally clicked submit before I finished 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThrillKingsFitzy Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Wow, this is awful. I hope everyone is ok and recovers well!But on a side note, this could be the final nail in the coffin for not only El Toro but for Six Flags as a whole. With all the trouble they are dealing with currently, this might just multiply it by 10.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion13 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Noooooooo! My mom and I took the 9 hour drive to Six Flags Great Adventure back in August of last year, but it was closed because of the accident in June. I’m going to be really disappointed if El Toro gets closed down forever after this accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimParker85 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 darn, scary stuff. Balder is down for a full year full retrack. Colossos was closed for multiple seasons as the ride was completely redone as well. If SF is willing to keep El Toro, I think they need to follow suit and fully retrack it, not the patch job they did last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 This could be it for the ride, but then again Six Flags hasn’t been known for having the safest rides- heck they relocated their painful Intamin free-spin model to Canada. On a side note, I always found it problematic that the majority of the Six Flags parks bare the name “Six Flags.” When you hear of a ride breaking down at a Six Flags named park, it doesn’t really ensure a lot of confidence in the chain. Not that incidents should be anticipated, but at least with Cedar Fair or Herschend if something happens at one of their properties it’s not reflecting the entire chain like it does for Six. With regards to El Toro, I wouldn’t be surprised if the state shuts the ride down for an indefinite period of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Scary stuff. Hope the guests are ok long-term. It will be interesting to find out if this was a park issue or if it was another Intamin design issue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 ^They just re-tracked it after an incident where a wheel came out and part of the train shredded 2000-3000 ft of track. That wasn't even the 1st time it was re-tracked. I'm going with Intamin design flaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomPlague Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Have the other intamin prefabs had issues like this? I believe SFGAdv creates its own prefab track pieces, so I wonder about its quality. Though honestly, as good as those rides may be, the fully prefab wood coaster concept appears to have failed. You pay steel coaster prices to build something that still needs re-tracked now and then and its expensive re-tracking to boot. Especially true now that we have new track options from Gravity Group and GCI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Sounds similar to the SOB accident - ledgers breaking. I hope all those injured recover! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 So even with other track designs, large wooden coasters aren't the best way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinserman11 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 John Allen's theory from the 70's still hold true. Wooden coasters shouldn't be more than 110ft or so tall, too many forces, pressure, etc on track & structure. Keep in mind he told KI engineers if they were going go as high as they were & as fast as they were with The Beast that the turns should all be fairly low to the ground to avoid undue stress on the structure.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 An update- https://www.phillyvoice.com/el-toro-six-flags-closed-roller-coaster-great-adventure-malfunction-injuries/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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